Skip to content

systemd[1]: Failed to start Create Volatile Files and Directories. - on Arch Linux having zfsonlinux as root

Posted by artodeto on

I just got the following entry on my boot up today:

systemd[1]: Failed to start Create Volatile Files and Directories.

After a while of searching using my favorit searchengine, I (as usual ;-)) found the most fitting solution in the bbs.archlinux.org.
The solution is given in the manpage of the tmpfiles.d.
tmpfiles.d(5) wrote:

If the administrator wants to disable a configuration file supplied by the vendor, the recommended way is to place a symlink to /dev/null in /etc/tmpfiles.d/ bearing the same filename.

So all you have to do is:

# sudo su
# cd /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d
# cp journal-nocow.conf journal-nocow.conf.bak
# rm journal-nocow.conf.bak 
# ln -s /dev/null journal-nocow.conf

And thats it. Fingers crossed you system will boot without errors.

Trackbacks

No Trackbacks

Comments

Display comments as Linear | Threaded

No comments

The author does not allow comments to this entry

Add Comment

E-Mail addresses will not be displayed and will only be used for E-Mail notifications.
To leave a comment you must approve it via e-mail, which will be sent to your address after submission.

To prevent automated Bots from commentspamming, please enter the string you see in the image below in the appropriate input box. Your comment will only be submitted if the strings match. Please ensure that your browser supports and accepts cookies, or your comment cannot be verified correctly.
CAPTCHA

Markdown format allowed
Form options