/dev/sda1 timout and emergency mode

[jlbo93]

Hello,

My son laptop is running Kubuntu 24.04.
His machine fails to start properly and we got errors about /dev/sda1 timeout which causes going into emergency mode.
What is /dev/sda1 ? How could I fix this?

Thanks,

[jlittle]

sda1 is the first partition (that's the "1") on the first SATA-connected storage drive (that's the "a"). It doesn't work, times out, and suggests the drive has nasty errors.

If you'd like more constructive help, please tell us more about the laptop, such as the make and model, and what you know about the storage in it.

If it was me I'd boot to a live USB (such as a Kubuntu install USB) and investigate from there.

[skyfishgoo]

something is wrong with the drive.

it can help sometimes to break and make the SATA cable and power cable connections couple of times at both ends of the cables.

these electrical connections can get tired and just quit intermittently before they just fail altogether.