From 2a327a357f49ba51bd4535c7b44b6367014c61ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ItsDrike Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 20:06:12 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Mention setting proper partition type to automount --- guides/05_SYSTEMD_INITRAMFS.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/guides/05_SYSTEMD_INITRAMFS.md b/guides/05_SYSTEMD_INITRAMFS.md index b2e4944..cfb4d20 100644 --- a/guides/05_SYSTEMD_INITRAMFS.md +++ b/guides/05_SYSTEMD_INITRAMFS.md @@ -67,6 +67,17 @@ auto-mounted from initramfs via [systemd-gpt-auto-generator]). We will however still need the `rootflags` argument for selecting the btrfs subvolume (unless your default subvolume is the root partition subvolume). +> [!IMPORTANT] +> To make the GPT partition auto-mounting work, you will need to make sure that +> you've used the correct GPT type labels during partitioning (they can also be +> changed later if you haven't). +> +> Specifically, for systemd to pick up and attempt to auto-mount you root +> partition, it needs to have one of the `Linux root` types (most likely the +> `Linux root (x86-64)` type). You can achieve this with `fdisk`. You can use +> `l` to list all GPT partition types and `t` to change the type of a specific +> partition. + [systemd-cryptsetup-generator]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dm-crypt/System_configuration#Using_systemd-cryptsetup-generator [systemd-gpt-auto-generator]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd#GPT_partition_automounting