On Monday, 16 September 2019 12:55:29 CEST pete via arch-general wrote: > On Mon, 16 Sep 2019 11:18:59 +0200 > > Khorne via arch-general <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On September 16, 2019 10:45:18 AM GMT+02:00, pete via arch-general > > > > <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >Morning folks > > > > > >I have just done a complete new install on a new drive , That is all > > >working now fine . > > > > > >My problem comes when trying to include another drive on the system , > > >it just refuses to boot fully , I get a message unable to mount sda2 > [...] > hi Fstab .. > > # /dev/sda2 > UUID=318fa89a-22b9-4bdd-92a1-1e9b3f070cb3 / xfs > rw,relatime,attr2,inode64,noquota 0 1 > > # /dev/sda1 > UUID=78aca2f9-6dbd-4e21-9f4d-dae59b8c1a4f /boot ext2 > rw,relatime 0 2 > > # /dev/sda4 > UUID=b17ea3f0-c632-46b1-9c78-4f1aeb8773c7 /home xfs > rw,relatime,attr2,inode64,noquota 0 2 > > # /dev/sda3 > UUID=a755fa7c-93ff-4ccb-bcd6-47560bd54cee none swap > defaults 0 0 Perhaps there is an entry, or a missing entry, in grubs configuration file. Have you tried to use /dev/sda2 instead of the UUID in /etc/fstab? Do you know if the other drive does work? I have seen an SSD that had failed and when installed into another machine to see just if it might work, the computer wouldn't boot at all.