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Error in starting Linux operating system due to unmounted /home partition

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I have a problem with my Linux OS (Ubuntu), I was working normally, and suddenly I couldn't do anything, the files on my home were disabled, after the restart, the OS booted up, but not the graphical server, it displayed this message:

[   0.144028] x86/cpu: VMX (outside TXT) disabled by BIOS
[   1.405688] ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.PCIO.SATO.S
0)
[   1.405802] ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.PCIO.SATO.SPT4._GTF due to previ
[   1.407240] ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.PCIO.SATO.S
0)
[   1.407283] ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.PCIO.SATO.SPT4._GTF due to previ
You are in emergency mode. After logging in, type "journalctl -xb" to view
system logs, "systemctl reboot" to reboot, "systemctl default" or "exit"
to boot into default mode.
Give root password for maintenance
(or type Control-D to continue):

I logged in with root, the fdisk -l is:

Device       Boot       Start        End    Sectors   Size Id Type
/dev/sda1                2048     204799     202752    99M 83 Linux
/dev/sda2              206848  512206847  512000000 244,1G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3           512206848  921806847  409600000 195,3G 83 Linux
/dev/sda4           921808894 1953519615 1031710722   492G  f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5           921808896 1433806847  511997952 244,1G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda6          1433808896 1943781375  509972480 243,2G 83 Linux
/dev/sda7          1943783424 1953519615    9736192   4,6G 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Device          Start       End   Sectors   Size Type
/dev/sdb1        2048    206847    204800   100M Sistema EFI
/dev/sdb2      206848    239615     32768    16M Reservado para Microsoft
/dev/sdb3      239616 408535333 408295718 194,7G Datos básicos de Microsoft
/dev/sdb4   408537088 409597951   1060864   518M Entorno de recuperación de Windows
/dev/sdb5   409597952 761942015 352344064   168G Sistema de ficheros de Linux
/dev/sdb6   761942016 927956991 166014976  79,2G Sistema de ficheros de Linux
/dev/sdb7   927956992 937701375   9744384   4,6G Linux swap

I have 2 disks, a mechanical (sda) and solid (sdb), My OSs are in sdb and I use my old disk (sda) for file storage.

The partition of linux is sdb5, and my /home is sdb6. The details of this command is in: https://pastebin.com/2MzYWHr0

When I did

systemctl -xb

And some of the relevant messages were:

feb 04 04:28:39 Debian-E01 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.PCI0.SAT0.SPT4._GTF.DSSP], AE_NOT_FOUND (20210730/psargs-330)
feb 04 04:28:39 Debian-E01 kernel: 
feb 04 04:28:39 Debian-E01 kernel: No Local Variables are initialized for Method [_GTF]
feb 04 04:28:39 Debian-E01 kernel: 
feb 04 04:28:39 Debian-E01 kernel: No Arguments are initialized for method [_GTF]
feb 04 04:28:39 Debian-E01 kernel: 
feb 04 04:28:39 Debian-E01 kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.PCI0.SAT0.SPT4._GTF due to previous error (AE_NOT_FOUND) (20210730/psparse-529)

...

feb 04 04:28:39 Debian-E01 systemd-udevd[417]: sdb5: Process '/usr/bin/unshare -m /usr/bin/snap auto-import --mount=/dev/sdb5' failed with exit code 1.
feb 04 04:28:39 Debian-E01 systemd-udevd[424]: sda4: Process '/usr/bin/unshare -m /usr/bin/snap auto-import --mount=/dev/sda4' failed with exit code 1.
feb 04 04:28:39 Debian-E01 systemd-udevd[417]: sda2: Process '/usr/bin/unshare -m /usr/bin/snap auto-import --mount=/dev/sda2' failed with exit code 1.
feb 04 04:28:39 Debian-E01 systemd-udevd[422]: sda6: Process '/usr/bin/unshare -m /usr/bin/snap auto-import --mount=/dev/sda6' failed with exit code 1.
feb 04 04:28:39 Debian-E01 kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio
feb 04 04:28:39 Debian-E01 kernel: usb 3-10: Found UVC 1.00 device Logitech Webcam C925e (046d:085b)
feb 04 04:28:39 Debian-E01 kernel: input: Logitech Webcam C925e as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-10/3-10:1.0/input/input27
feb 04 04:28:39 Debian-E01 kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
feb 04 04:28:39 Debian-E01 systemd-udevd[428]: sdb6: Process '/usr/bin/unshare -m /usr/bin/snap auto-import --mount=/dev/sdb6' failed with exit code 1.
feb 04 04:28:39 Debian-E01 systemd[1]: Found device KINGSTON_SA400S37480G 6.

...

eb 04 04:28:39 Debian-E01 systemd-udevd[427]: video4linux: Process '/usr/lib/snapd/snap-device-helper add snap_firefox_firefox /class/video4linux 0:0' failed with exit code 1.
feb 04 04:28:39 Debian-E01 systemd-udevd[427]: video4linux: Process '/usr/lib/snapd/snap-device-helper add snap_firefox_geckodriver /class/video4linux 0:0' failed with exit code 1.
feb 04 04:28:39 Debian-E01 systemd-fsck[632]: /dev/sdb6 contains a file system with errors, check forced.
feb 04 04:28:39 Debian-E01 systemd-udevd[420]: sda1: Process '/usr/bin/unshare -m /usr/bin/snap auto-import --mount=/dev/sda1' failed with exit code 1.
feb 04 04:28:40 Debian-E01 systemd-udevd[431]: sda5: Process '/usr/bin/unshare -m /usr/bin/snap auto-import --mount=/dev/sda5' failed with exit code 1.

...
   The unit systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-4e608ae6\x2db450\x2d4e25\x2d9f7d\x2d0dbb3bf8a9bc.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
feb 04 04:28:40 Debian-E01 systemd[1]: Failed to start File System Check on /dev/disk/by-uuid/4e608ae6-b450-4e25-9f7d-0dbb3bf8a9bc.
   Subject: A start job for unit systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-4e608ae6\x2db450\x2d4e25\x2d9f7d\x2d0dbb3bf8a9bc.service has failed
   Defined-By: systemd
   Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support
   
   A start job for unit systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-4e608ae6\x2db450\x2d4e25\x2d9f7d\x2d0dbb3bf8a9bc.service has finished with a failure.
   
   The job identifier is 21 and the job result is failed.
feb 04 04:28:40 Debian-E01 systemd[1]: Dependency failed for /home.
   Subject: A start job for unit home.mount has failed

The detail of this cmd is in: https://pastebin.com/FA5s68aJ

Disco /dev/loop0: 55,61 MiB, 58310656 bytes, 113888 sectores
Unidades: sectores de 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Tamaño de sector (lógico/físico): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Tamaño de E/S (mínimo/óptimo): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disco /dev/loop1: 55,61 MiB, 58310656 bytes, 113888 sectores
Unidades: sectores de 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Tamaño de sector (lógico/físico): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Tamaño de E/S (mínimo/óptimo): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disco /dev/loop2: 4 KiB, 4096 bytes, 8 sectores
Unidades: sectores de 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Tamaño de sector (lógico/físico): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Tamaño de E/S (mínimo/óptimo): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disco /dev/loop3: 63,24 MiB, 66314240 bytes, 129520 sectores
Unidades: sectores de 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Tamaño de sector (lógico/físico): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Tamaño de E/S (mínimo/óptimo): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disco /dev/loop4: 63,27 MiB, 66347008 bytes, 129584 sectores
Unidades: sectores de 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Tamaño de sector (lógico/físico): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Tamaño de E/S (mínimo/óptimo): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disco /dev/loop5: 238,7 MiB, 250298368 bytes, 488864 sectores
Unidades: sectores de 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Tamaño de sector (lógico/físico): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Tamaño de E/S (mínimo/óptimo): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disco /dev/loop6: 239,12 MiB, 250732544 bytes, 489712 sectores
Unidades: sectores de 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Tamaño de sector (lógico/físico): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Tamaño de E/S (mínimo/óptimo): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disco /dev/loop7: 164,76 MiB, 172761088 bytes, 337424 sectores
Unidades: sectores de 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Tamaño de sector (lógico/físico): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Tamaño de E/S (mínimo/óptimo): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disco /dev/sda: 931,51 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectores
Disk model: ST1000DM003-1CH1
Unidades: sectores de 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Tamaño de sector (lógico/físico): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
Tamaño de E/S (mínimo/óptimo): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Tipo de etiqueta de disco: dos
Identificador del disco: 0xa66b9532
 
Dispositivo Inicio   Comienzo      Final   Sectores Tamaño Id Tipo
/dev/sda1                2048     204799     202752    99M 83 Linux
/dev/sda2              206848  512206847  512000000 244,1G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3           512206848  921806847  409600000 195,3G 83 Linux
/dev/sda4           921808894 1953519615 1031710722   492G  f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5           921808896 1433806847  511997952 244,1G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda6          1433808896 1943781375  509972480 243,2G 83 Linux
/dev/sda7          1943783424 1953519615    9736192   4,6G 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disco /dev/sdb: 447,13 GiB, 480103981056 bytes, 937703088 sectores
Disk model: KINGSTON SA400S3
Unidades: sectores de 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Tamaño de sector (lógico/físico): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Tamaño de E/S (mínimo/óptimo): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Tipo de etiqueta de disco: gpt
Identificador del disco: C3887667-AC2B-42B3-9E9E-39558477EDA8
 
Dispositivo  Comienzo     Final  Sectores Tamaño Tipo
/dev/sdb1        2048    206847    204800   100M Sistema EFI
/dev/sdb2      206848    239615     32768    16M Reservado para Microsoft
/dev/sdb3      239616 408535333 408295718 194,7G Datos básicos de Microsoft
/dev/sdb4   408537088 409597951   1060864   518M Entorno de recuperación de Windows
/dev/sdb5   409597952 761942015 352344064   168G Sistema de ficheros de Linux
/dev/sdb6   761942016 927956991 166014976  79,2G Sistema de ficheros de Linux
/dev/sdb7   927956992 937701375   9744384   4,6G Linux swap

Disco /dev/loop8: 346,33 MiB, 363151360 bytes, 709280 sectores
Unidades: sectores de 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Tamaño de sector (lógico/físico): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Tamaño de E/S (mínimo/óptimo): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
 
Disco /dev/loop9: 91,69 MiB, 96141312 bytes, 187776 sectores
Unidades: sectores de 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Tamaño de sector (lógico/físico): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Tamaño de E/S (mínimo/óptimo): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
 
Disco /dev/loop10: 49,83 MiB, 52248576 bytes, 102048 sectores
Unidades: sectores de 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Tamaño de sector (lógico/físico): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Tamaño de E/S (mínimo/óptimo): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
 
Disco /dev/loop11: 169,42 MiB, 177647616 bytes, 346968 sectores
Unidades: sectores de 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Tamaño de sector (lógico/físico): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Tamaño de E/S (mínimo/óptimo): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I realize is that the /home partition is not mounting.

I do these steps to start my graphical server:

  1. Execute: systemctl reboot
  2. Log in with the root account again (because after systemctl reboot, it asked me again for root).
  3. Execute: mount -t ext4 /dev/sdb6 /home/
  4. Execute: systemctl default

I have to manually mount the /home partition. After this the graphical server starts and I can work normally, just that I get a message of an error report, besides that, everything appears to work normally.

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You've not provided any release details; and your mention of Server (therefore no GUI) and Graphic Server is somewhat confusing (if you add a desktop to a server system, it's converted into a desktop system usually though depends on details you've not provided, but will still perform server functions). Your issue appears to be an altered *file-system table* (`fstab`), I'd suggest checking that on your *unstated* Ubuntu product.
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