PLEASE HELP ME WITH POPOS 20.04

[dimiidk]

So basically, I don't know what is happening but i have proper dual boot windows 10 and popos set up and everything is working fine, both Operating Systems are stable and working well, BUT sometimes (not everytime) when i boot up popos it just says cryptsetup: waiting for encypted device or something similar and it never finds it, and i can't seem to find how to fix it, i've been searching for about a month to fix this, so i figured it was time to ask you

Thank you, in advance

Also it's almost like it doesn't detect the SSD sometimes when it boots up so that creates the problem, [removed]

 

[KGIII]

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[dimiidk]

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okay

 

[f33dm3bits]

These problems are usually not easy to fix, I can try. Can you share your /etc/default/grub?

 

[emmanueloffsetlikecc]

So basically, I don't know what is happening but i have proper dual boot windows 10 and popos set up and everything is working fine, both Operating Systems are stable and working well, BUT sometimes (not everytime) when i boot up popos it just says cryptsetup: waiting for encypted device or something similar and it never finds it, and i can't seem to find how to fix it, i've been searching for about a month to fix this, so i figured it was time to ask you

Thank you, in advance

Also it's almost like it doesn't detect the SSD sometimes when it boots up so that creates the problem, [removed]

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[dimiidk]

These problems are usually not easy to fix, I can try. Can you share your /etc/default/grub?

popos uses systemd-boot tho

 

[f33dm3bits]

popos uses systemd-boot tho

I didn't know that, I don't have experience with systemd-boot. I would check the device(/dev/sdX) is configured, if so it might be worth a try configuring the UUID of the luks encrypted device to see if that makes a difference.

 

[dimiidk]

I didn't know that, I don't have experience with systemd-boot. I would check the device(/dev/sdX) is configured, if so it might be worth a try configuring the UUID of the luks encrypted device to see if that makes a difference.

The UUIDs are correct but i think the problem is that the ssd for some reason sometimes does not get detected, because when it boots it shows messages like the device with UUID=xxxxx is not found, and when it drops to intrafams and i type exit then it shows that the root file system is not detected as well

 

[f33dm3bits]

Yeah it sounds then like the UUID is used or else you would see something else. Can you share the output of fdisk -l so we can see what Disk model your system is using?

 

[dimiidk]

 

[f33dm3bits]

I'm assuming PopOS is installed on the "Kingmax PCIe SSD 256GB" ?

 

[dimiidk]

I'm assuming PopOS is installed on the "Kingmax PCIe SSD 256GB" ?

yes, /dev/sda3 in just some reserve space for my VMs

 

[f33dm3bits]

Do you by any chance have "Fast boot" enabled on your Windows installation and what is the full message you get when it's waiting? I did a search on the web and the one I have come across several time so far is "Cryptsetup: Wating for encrypted source device", so I think we might be able to find more if you share the full message you get?

 

[dimiidk]

Do you by any chance have "Fast boot" enabled on your Windows installation and what is the full message you get when it's waiting? I did a search on the web and the one I have come across several time so far is "Cryptsetup: Wating for encrypted source device", so I think we might be able to find more if you share the full message you get?

i will reboot a couple of times and take a picture if i get the error, also fast boot is disabled

 

[dimiidk]

 

[f33dm3bits]

Try running the following in a terminal when you are booted into PopOS.

sudo update-initramfs -u -k all

That will update your initramfs with your encrypted device, not sure if it will help but it's worth a try.

 

[dimiidk]

Try running the following in a terminal when you are booted into PopOS.

sudo update-initramfs -u -k all

That will update your initramfs with your encrypted device, not sure if it will help but it's worth a try.

Okay, I will try that later,thanks for your help

 

[Lord Boltar]

I would also check your BIOS settings and make sure it is set to ACHI and not to Raid ON
This configuration can be seen by:

cat /etc/crypttab

Just to corroborate what is happening by:

ls /dev/

also make sure Secure Boot is turned off as well in Windows

 

[dimiidk]

yes i can confirm it's set to AHCI

 

[dimiidk]

Try running the following in a terminal when you are booted into PopOS.

sudo update-initramfs -u -k all

That will update your initramfs with your encrypted device, not sure if it will help but it's worth a try.

i just tried this, but the problem still appears