Cannot open access to console, root account is locked.

im getting this issue, im assuming because i tried to mount my ntsf game drive. i was able to game for it on awhile but this issue came up

im not sure why this happening. is it better to format my game drive to a exfat so its more compatible for bazzite. also i am dual booting my system for context so i want to share my library between windows and bazzite

DDVsTheWorld im getting this issue, im assuming because i tried to mount my ntsf game drive. ...

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/24/25, 3:20 PM

yeah you didn't mount it it quite right

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/24/25, 3:20 PM

did you update after setting that up?

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/24/25, 3:20 PM

if no that's good

Nnagito || Knight of Emilia did you update after setting that up?

DVsTheWorldOP•9/24/25, 3:21 PM

no i didn’t

DDVsTheWorld no i didn’t

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/24/25, 3:21 PM

oh good
it's simple to fix then

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/24/25, 3:22 PM

select the other ostree option in the boot menu(grub)

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/24/25, 3:22 PM

that one should boot

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/24/25, 3:22 PM

& update

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/24/25, 3:22 PM

that should fix the main system

Nnagito || Knight of Emilia & update

DVsTheWorldOP•9/24/25, 3:29 PM

let me try that. i’m at work rn but ill respond once im able to see what happens

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/24/25, 3:30 PM

edit fstab by hand?

Nnagito || Knight of Emilia edit fstab by hand?

DVsTheWorldOP•9/24/25, 3:45 PM

yes i edited fstab in the terminal

DDVsTheWorld yes i edited fstab in the terminal

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/24/25, 3:46 PM

you should have added a nofail bit to the line in fstab

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/24/25, 3:46 PM

else the drive becomes essential

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/24/25, 3:46 PM

& the system fails to boot without it

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/24/25, 3:47 PM

as it's doing now

DVsTheWorldOP•9/24/25, 3:47 PM

sounds good i did not do that. i might reinstall bazzite

DDVsTheWorld sounds good i did not do that. i might reinstall bazzite

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/24/25, 3:47 PM

probably not

DVsTheWorldOP•9/24/25, 3:47 PM

and start from the beginning

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/24/25, 3:47 PM

as i said booting the other ostree option should absolutely fix it

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/24/25, 3:48 PM

as long as you didn't update

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/24/25, 3:48 PM

after adding this

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/24/25, 3:48 PM

it's no problem

DVsTheWorldOP•9/24/25, 3:48 PM

ok sounds good, i’ll try doing this after work

Nnagito || Knight of Emilia you should have added a nofail bit to the line in fstab

DVsTheWorldOP•9/24/25, 3:51 PM

what would the code look like when i mount my drive in the fstab with no fail?

DDVsTheWorld what would the code look like when i mount my drive in the fstab with no fail?

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/24/25, 3:54 PM

for example here's my own fstab

# This is a generated file.  Do not edit!
#
# To make changes, edit the fileSystems and swapDevices NixOS options
# in your /etc/nixos/configuration.nix file.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>

# Filesystems.
/dev/disk/by-label/nixos-rootfs / auto x-initrd.mount 0 0


# Swap devices.
/home/.swapfile none swap defaults

# This is a generated file.  Do not edit!
#
# To make changes, edit the fileSystems and swapDevices NixOS options
# in your /etc/nixos/configuration.nix file.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>

# Filesystems.
/dev/disk/by-label/nixos-rootfs / auto x-initrd.mount 0 0


# Swap devices.
/home/.swapfile none swap defaults

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/24/25, 3:54 PM

look where it says x-initrd.mount for me

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/24/25, 3:55 PM

well currently that's probably defaults for you

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/24/25, 3:55 PM

it should be

defaults,nofail

defaults,nofail

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/24/25, 4:11 PM

as for what filesystem to use btrfs would be best for the shared drive

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/24/25, 4:11 PM

though you need a driver for that on Windows

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/24/25, 4:12 PM

you boot Windows to repair the shared drive

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/24/25, 4:13 PM

once that's done there's a way to convert from NTFS to BTRFS

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/24/25, 4:13 PM

no format required

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/24/25, 4:13 PM

you keep all the data

DVsTheWorldOP•9/27/25, 12:39 AM

i got it to work @nagito || Knight of Emilia thank you for your help

DVsTheWorldOP•9/27/25, 12:39 AM

i followed this guide also: https://youtu.be/h6fc-3CCXbA?si=hdZZhzCSWin4UYYx

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