Restoring Timeshift snapshot on encrypted disk: “Boot device not selected†error
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I am having a problem restoring a Timeshift snapshot on an encrypted disk. Here are the detailed steps:
1.Install Manjaro Linux 17.1.11 in UEFI mode using default settings except enabling full disk encryption. This will create three partitions: root, swap and EFI.
My fdisk v-l output:
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 238,5 GiB, 256060514304 bytes, 500118192 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 24BD641B-F706-4C3A-BBEA-77A2094BF117
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/nvme0n1p1 4097 618497 614401 300M EFI System
/dev/nvme0n1p2 618498 481648510 481030013 229,4G Linux filesystem
/dev/nvme0n1p3 481648511 500103449 18454939 8,8G Linux filesystem
Disk /dev/mapper/luks-cf34ea3e-2eac-4506-88df-299d01ff70be: 229,4 GiB, 246285269504 bytes, 481025917 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/mapper/luks-2dbbe0fd-517d-40a4-b6d4-cb0b0f1f8f73: 8,8 GiB, 9446831616 bytes, 18450843 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
My df -h output:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
dev 3,9G 0 3,9G 0% /dev
run 3,9G 9,7M 3,9G 1% /run
/dev/dm-0 225G 68G 147G 32% /
tmpfs 3,9G 64M 3,8G 2% /dev/shm
tmpfs 3,9G 0 3,9G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs 3,9G 7,1M 3,9G 1% /tmp
/dev/nvme0n1p1 300M 408K 299M 1% /boot/efi
tmpfs 789M 20K 789M 1% /run/user/120
tmpfs 789M 15M 775M 2% /run/user/1000
cat /etc/fstab output:
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
UUID=9738-630B /boot/efi vfat defaults,noatime 0 2
UUID=c630065d-90ce-4212-b613-563b15f74730 / ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1
/dev/mapper/luks-2dbbe0fd-517d-40a4-b6d4-cb0b0f1f8f73 swap swap defaults,noatime 0 2
tree -d /boot output:
/boot
├── efi
│  └── EFI
│  ├── boot
│  └── Manjaro
├── grub
│  ├── fonts
│  ├── themes
│  │  └── starfield
│  └── x86_64-efi
└── memtest86+
- Open Timeshift and configure it to use rsync snapshots saved to the system disk (i.e. nvme0n1p2):
- Create a snapshot either on-demand or on schedule.
- Now try to restore the snapshot using the default settings suggested by Timeshift:
This results in the "Boot device not selected" error:
Full error text:
Boot device not selected.
An encrypted device is selected for root file system (/). The boot directory (/boot) must be mounted on a non-encrypted device for the system to boot successfully.
Either select a non-encrypted device for boot directory or select a non-encrypted device for root filesystem.
Any ideas on what I am missing here?
backup encryption manjaro
asked Aug 11 at 11:34
Igor
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I am having a problem restoring a Timeshift snapshot on an encrypted disk. Here are the detailed steps:
1.Install Manjaro Linux 17.1.11 in UEFI mode using default settings except enabling full disk encryption. This will create three partitions: root, swap and EFI.
My fdisk v-l output:
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 238,5 GiB, 256060514304 bytes, 500118192 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 24BD641B-F706-4C3A-BBEA-77A2094BF117
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/nvme0n1p1 4097 618497 614401 300M EFI System
/dev/nvme0n1p2 618498 481648510 481030013 229,4G Linux filesystem
/dev/nvme0n1p3 481648511 500103449 18454939 8,8G Linux filesystem
Disk /dev/mapper/luks-cf34ea3e-2eac-4506-88df-299d01ff70be: 229,4 GiB, 246285269504 bytes, 481025917 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/mapper/luks-2dbbe0fd-517d-40a4-b6d4-cb0b0f1f8f73: 8,8 GiB, 9446831616 bytes, 18450843 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
My df -h output:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
dev 3,9G 0 3,9G 0% /dev
run 3,9G 9,7M 3,9G 1% /run
/dev/dm-0 225G 68G 147G 32% /
tmpfs 3,9G 64M 3,8G 2% /dev/shm
tmpfs 3,9G 0 3,9G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs 3,9G 7,1M 3,9G 1% /tmp
/dev/nvme0n1p1 300M 408K 299M 1% /boot/efi
tmpfs 789M 20K 789M 1% /run/user/120
tmpfs 789M 15M 775M 2% /run/user/1000
cat /etc/fstab output:
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
UUID=9738-630B /boot/efi vfat defaults,noatime 0 2
UUID=c630065d-90ce-4212-b613-563b15f74730 / ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1
/dev/mapper/luks-2dbbe0fd-517d-40a4-b6d4-cb0b0f1f8f73 swap swap defaults,noatime 0 2
tree -d /boot output:
/boot
├── efi
│  └── EFI
│  ├── boot
│  └── Manjaro
├── grub
│  ├── fonts
│  ├── themes
│  │  └── starfield
│  └── x86_64-efi
└── memtest86+
- Open Timeshift and configure it to use rsync snapshots saved to the system disk (i.e. nvme0n1p2):
- Create a snapshot either on-demand or on schedule.
- Now try to restore the snapshot using the default settings suggested by Timeshift:
This results in the "Boot device not selected" error:
Full error text:
Boot device not selected.
An encrypted device is selected for root file system (/). The boot directory (/boot) must be mounted on a non-encrypted device for the system to boot successfully.
Either select a non-encrypted device for boot directory or select a non-encrypted device for root filesystem.
Any ideas on what I am missing here?
backup encryption manjaro
asked Aug 11 at 11:34
Igor
12
Interesting. The directory/bootis in fact in one of your LUKS containers and the ESP (the real boot directory on EFI systems) is mounted in/boot/efi. Is that the way it's configured in/etc/fstab? Can you provide a directory listing of/boot? Perhaps you have paths like/boot/efi/EFI/....
– Emmanuel Rosa
Aug 11 at 11:45
Updated myt question with the info you reauested. And yes, I do have/boot/efi/EFI/
– Igor
Aug 11 at 12:37
Hmm... Manjaro expects the ESP to be mounted at/boot/efi, oh well. I see you've already reported the issue on Github. It seems like the problem is Timeshift needs GRUB to be on an decrypted partition.
– Emmanuel Rosa
Aug 11 at 12:58
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I am having a problem restoring a Timeshift snapshot on an encrypted disk. Here are the detailed steps:
1.Install Manjaro Linux 17.1.11 in UEFI mode using default settings except enabling full disk encryption. This will create three partitions: root, swap and EFI.
My fdisk v-l output:
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 238,5 GiB, 256060514304 bytes, 500118192 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 24BD641B-F706-4C3A-BBEA-77A2094BF117
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/nvme0n1p1 4097 618497 614401 300M EFI System
/dev/nvme0n1p2 618498 481648510 481030013 229,4G Linux filesystem
/dev/nvme0n1p3 481648511 500103449 18454939 8,8G Linux filesystem
Disk /dev/mapper/luks-cf34ea3e-2eac-4506-88df-299d01ff70be: 229,4 GiB, 246285269504 bytes, 481025917 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/mapper/luks-2dbbe0fd-517d-40a4-b6d4-cb0b0f1f8f73: 8,8 GiB, 9446831616 bytes, 18450843 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
My df -h output:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
dev 3,9G 0 3,9G 0% /dev
run 3,9G 9,7M 3,9G 1% /run
/dev/dm-0 225G 68G 147G 32% /
tmpfs 3,9G 64M 3,8G 2% /dev/shm
tmpfs 3,9G 0 3,9G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs 3,9G 7,1M 3,9G 1% /tmp
/dev/nvme0n1p1 300M 408K 299M 1% /boot/efi
tmpfs 789M 20K 789M 1% /run/user/120
tmpfs 789M 15M 775M 2% /run/user/1000
cat /etc/fstab output:
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
UUID=9738-630B /boot/efi vfat defaults,noatime 0 2
UUID=c630065d-90ce-4212-b613-563b15f74730 / ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1
/dev/mapper/luks-2dbbe0fd-517d-40a4-b6d4-cb0b0f1f8f73 swap swap defaults,noatime 0 2
tree -d /boot output:
/boot
├── efi
│  └── EFI
│  ├── boot
│  └── Manjaro
├── grub
│  ├── fonts
│  ├── themes
│  │  └── starfield
│  └── x86_64-efi
└── memtest86+
- Open Timeshift and configure it to use rsync snapshots saved to the system disk (i.e. nvme0n1p2):
- Create a snapshot either on-demand or on schedule.
- Now try to restore the snapshot using the default settings suggested by Timeshift:
This results in the "Boot device not selected" error:
Full error text:
Boot device not selected.
An encrypted device is selected for root file system (/). The boot directory (/boot) must be mounted on a non-encrypted device for the system to boot successfully.
Either select a non-encrypted device for boot directory or select a non-encrypted device for root filesystem.
Any ideas on what I am missing here?
backup encryption manjaro
asked Aug 11 at 11:34
Igor
12
I am having a problem restoring a Timeshift snapshot on an encrypted disk. Here are the detailed steps:
1.Install Manjaro Linux 17.1.11 in UEFI mode using default settings except enabling full disk encryption. This will create three partitions: root, swap and EFI.
My fdisk v-l output:
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 238,5 GiB, 256060514304 bytes, 500118192 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 24BD641B-F706-4C3A-BBEA-77A2094BF117
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/nvme0n1p1 4097 618497 614401 300M EFI System
/dev/nvme0n1p2 618498 481648510 481030013 229,4G Linux filesystem
/dev/nvme0n1p3 481648511 500103449 18454939 8,8G Linux filesystem
Disk /dev/mapper/luks-cf34ea3e-2eac-4506-88df-299d01ff70be: 229,4 GiB, 246285269504 bytes, 481025917 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/mapper/luks-2dbbe0fd-517d-40a4-b6d4-cb0b0f1f8f73: 8,8 GiB, 9446831616 bytes, 18450843 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
My df -h output:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
dev 3,9G 0 3,9G 0% /dev
run 3,9G 9,7M 3,9G 1% /run
/dev/dm-0 225G 68G 147G 32% /
tmpfs 3,9G 64M 3,8G 2% /dev/shm
tmpfs 3,9G 0 3,9G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs 3,9G 7,1M 3,9G 1% /tmp
/dev/nvme0n1p1 300M 408K 299M 1% /boot/efi
tmpfs 789M 20K 789M 1% /run/user/120
tmpfs 789M 15M 775M 2% /run/user/1000
cat /etc/fstab output:
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
UUID=9738-630B /boot/efi vfat defaults,noatime 0 2
UUID=c630065d-90ce-4212-b613-563b15f74730 / ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1
/dev/mapper/luks-2dbbe0fd-517d-40a4-b6d4-cb0b0f1f8f73 swap swap defaults,noatime 0 2
tree -d /boot output:
/boot
├── efi
│  └── EFI
│  ├── boot
│  └── Manjaro
├── grub
│  ├── fonts
│  ├── themes
│  │  └── starfield
│  └── x86_64-efi
└── memtest86+
- Open Timeshift and configure it to use rsync snapshots saved to the system disk (i.e. nvme0n1p2):
- Create a snapshot either on-demand or on schedule.
- Now try to restore the snapshot using the default settings suggested by Timeshift:
This results in the "Boot device not selected" error:
Full error text:
Boot device not selected.
An encrypted device is selected for root file system (/). The boot directory (/boot) must be mounted on a non-encrypted device for the system to boot successfully.
Either select a non-encrypted device for boot directory or select a non-encrypted device for root filesystem.
Any ideas on what I am missing here?
backup encryption manjaro
backup encryption manjaro
asked Aug 11 at 11:34
Igor
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asked Aug 11 at 11:34
Igor
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edited Aug 11 at 12:33
asked Aug 11 at 11:34
Igor
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asked Aug 11 at 11:34
Igor
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asked Aug 11 at 11:34
Igor
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Interesting. The directory/bootis in fact in one of your LUKS containers and the ESP (the real boot directory on EFI systems) is mounted in/boot/efi. Is that the way it's configured in/etc/fstab? Can you provide a directory listing of/boot? Perhaps you have paths like/boot/efi/EFI/....
– Emmanuel Rosa
Aug 11 at 11:45
Updated myt question with the info you reauested. And yes, I do have/boot/efi/EFI/
– Igor
Aug 11 at 12:37
Hmm... Manjaro expects the ESP to be mounted at/boot/efi, oh well. I see you've already reported the issue on Github. It seems like the problem is Timeshift needs GRUB to be on an decrypted partition.
– Emmanuel Rosa
Aug 11 at 12:58
add a comment |Â
Interesting. The directory/bootis in fact in one of your LUKS containers and the ESP (the real boot directory on EFI systems) is mounted in/boot/efi. Is that the way it's configured in/etc/fstab? Can you provide a directory listing of/boot? Perhaps you have paths like/boot/efi/EFI/....
– Emmanuel Rosa
Aug 11 at 11:45
Updated myt question with the info you reauested. And yes, I do have/boot/efi/EFI/
– Igor
Aug 11 at 12:37
Hmm... Manjaro expects the ESP to be mounted at/boot/efi, oh well. I see you've already reported the issue on Github. It seems like the problem is Timeshift needs GRUB to be on an decrypted partition.
– Emmanuel Rosa
Aug 11 at 12:58
Interesting. The directory
/boot is in fact in one of your LUKS containers and the ESP (the real boot directory on EFI systems) is mounted in /boot/efi. Is that the way it's configured in /etc/fstab? Can you provide a directory listing of /boot? Perhaps you have paths like /boot/efi/EFI/....– Emmanuel Rosa
Aug 11 at 11:45
Interesting. The directory
/boot is in fact in one of your LUKS containers and the ESP (the real boot directory on EFI systems) is mounted in /boot/efi. Is that the way it's configured in /etc/fstab? Can you provide a directory listing of /boot? Perhaps you have paths like /boot/efi/EFI/....– Emmanuel Rosa
Aug 11 at 11:45
Updated myt question with the info you reauested. And yes, I do have
/boot/efi/EFI/– Igor
Aug 11 at 12:37
Updated myt question with the info you reauested. And yes, I do have
/boot/efi/EFI/– Igor
Aug 11 at 12:37
Hmm... Manjaro expects the ESP to be mounted at
/boot/efi, oh well. I see you've already reported the issue on Github. It seems like the problem is Timeshift needs GRUB to be on an decrypted partition.– Emmanuel Rosa
Aug 11 at 12:58
Hmm... Manjaro expects the ESP to be mounted at
/boot/efi, oh well. I see you've already reported the issue on Github. It seems like the problem is Timeshift needs GRUB to be on an decrypted partition.– Emmanuel Rosa
Aug 11 at 12:58
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Interesting. The directory
/bootis in fact in one of your LUKS containers and the ESP (the real boot directory on EFI systems) is mounted in/boot/efi. Is that the way it's configured in/etc/fstab? Can you provide a directory listing of/boot? Perhaps you have paths like/boot/efi/EFI/....– Emmanuel Rosa
Aug 11 at 11:45
Updated myt question with the info you reauested. And yes, I do have
/boot/efi/EFI/– Igor
Aug 11 at 12:37
Hmm... Manjaro expects the ESP to be mounted at
/boot/efi, oh well. I see you've already reported the issue on Github. It seems like the problem is Timeshift needs GRUB to be on an decrypted partition.– Emmanuel Rosa
Aug 11 at 12:58