• Tangent5280@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    any idea what this is? Ive been seeing this a lot when I start up my laptop - sometimes it goes away automatically, sometimes it doesnt, but I have no idea what to even search for.

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      11 months ago

      That’s just systemd failing to start Switch Root. Have you tried the systemctl status suggestion in the error, or reading the text file it generates?

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      11 months ago

      search for “linux fix bad bit”, from my experience with raspberry pis i think this happens if you don’t power off the device properly. if this happens more often, it’s usually a sign that the hdd is damaged and will give in soon