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Arch Linux Easy ZFS installer
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systemd-boot-system-token.service failing #48

Closed dmp1ce closed 5 years ago

dmp1ce commented 5 years ago

systemd-boot-system-token.service is failing with the message Failed to open random seed file for writing: Operation not permitted

On IRC, the #archlinux channel was kind enough to help me.

That's bootctl trying to write the random seed. (A new feature in systemd 243.) Is /boot mounted read-only for some reason?

I was not sure if /boot is mounted as read-only but I thought it probably was.

Could you help me to get bootctl to write the random seed with the ALEZ setup?

dmp1ce commented 5 years ago

More information about the issue: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=249348

dmp1ce commented 5 years ago

Also, trying to set the random seed doesn't work once the system is booted.

sudo bootctl random-seed
Failed to open random seed file for writing: Operation not permitted
johnramsden commented 5 years ago

You need to set the esp path, try:

bootctl random-seed --esp-path=/mnt/efi

Then set in /mnt/efi/loader/loader.conf:

random-seed-mode always

If that doesn't work, check if your boot partition is mounted read only, it shouldn't be by default, but if you have file system errors it could be.

dmp1ce commented 5 years ago

That did it. Thank you!