How to Mount /dev/nvme0n1 /folder in arch linux on NVMe ssd?

Raoulsch · 02-05-2016, 01:26 PM

I just got a new Intel 750 NVME SSD 1.2TB now i have done arch in a virtual box several times but this is the very first time im going all bare metal install. so here is my issue. i partition the drive fine using cgdisk, then i format the drives for EFI, swap, root, home, vt 5 partitions in total. i got to mount my directories using: ( mount /dev/nvme0n1p3 /mnt ) it gives me a Fstab error that it recognizes the device. so what am i doing wrong and how do i fix it?

thanks. Raoul

mostlyharmless · 02-05-2016, 02:25 PM

You didn't mention which filesystem you made, eg ext4. What is the error that the mount command gives?

Raoulsch · 02-05-2016, 02:30 PM

well from memory since i have only 1 computer it comes under this format after partition

nvme0n1 259:0 0 238.5G 0 disk
nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 1024M 0 part /boot Fat32 - for efi
nvme0n1p2 259:1 0 64G 0 part [swap]
nvme0n1p3 259:1 0 100G 0 part /root ext4
nvme0n1p4 259:1 0 35G 0 part /home ext4
nvme0n1p5 259:1 0 918.1G 0 part /vt ext4

the error is and again from memory:
missing device from /etc/fstab

Raoulsch · 02-06-2016, 07:32 AM

I have a solution for the issue. YOU MUST BOOT IN EFI MODE ONLY! under csm management make sure UEFI only is selected. otherwise nothing else would work. the install went without issues then.

mostlyharmless · 02-06-2016, 08:36 AM

Well good, glad you solved it.

moxieman99 · 02-06-2016, 08:48 AM

nvme0n1 259:0 0 238.5G 0 disk
nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 1024M 0 part /boot Fat32 - for efi
nvme0n1p2 259:1 0 64G 0 part [swap]
nvme0n1p3 259:1 0 100G 0 part /root ext4
nvme0n1p4 259:1 0 35G 0 part /home ext4
nvme0n1p5 259:1 0 918.1G 0 part /vt ext4

Question for you, and pardon my ignorance: Why such a massive swap? If you have 32 gig of RAM you could probably dispense with swap altogether. Crank that down to 16 or 32 gig maximum and give the space to /home?

BW-userx · 02-06-2016, 08:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moxieman99

nvme0n1 259:0 0 238.5G 0 disk
nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 1024M 0 part /boot Fat32 - for efi
nvme0n1p2 259:1 0 64G 0 part [swap]
nvme0n1p3 259:1 0 100G 0 part /root ext4
nvme0n1p4 259:1 0 35G 0 part /home ext4
nvme0n1p5 259:1 0 918.1G 0 part /vt ext4

Question for you, and pardon my ignorance: Why such a massive swap? If you have 32 gig of RAM you could probably dispense with swap altogether. Crank that down to 16 or 32 gig maximum and give the space to /home?

S^^T I only got 4GB RAM with 1GB swap, and my swap never gets used even. fyi

little note:
if you take that good advice rid yourself of a swap, and use that space saved in Home, then you do know if by chance you did need some swap space then do this.

Code:

  [size swap you want/need >< path/name of swap file]
 sudo fallocate -l 512M /swapfile
 sudo mkswap /swapfile
Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 524284 KiB
no label, UUID=67328381-6ed2-4c61-8276-c54a003906f9

 sudo swapon /swapfile

Raoulsch · 02-07-2016, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moxieman99

nvme0n1 259:0 0 238.5G 0 disk
nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 1024M 0 part /boot Fat32 - for efi
nvme0n1p2 259:1 0 64G 0 part [swap]
nvme0n1p3 259:1 0 100G 0 part /root ext4
nvme0n1p4 259:1 0 35G 0 part /home ext4
nvme0n1p5 259:1 0 918.1G 0 part /vt ext4

Question for you, and pardon my ignorance: Why such a massive swap? If you have 32 gig of RAM you could probably dispense with swap altogether. Crank that down to 16 or 32 gig maximum and give the space to /home?

the reason for the large swap is I have 128 gigs of ram and I plan on doing multiple virtual machines using Xen hypervisor.