Error: Stage Configuring fstab mount: /: mount point not mounted or bad option
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2026 7:19 pm
Warning: This post is hastily written, so take it with a grain of salt. You might end up sitting in a recovery console after doing what I describe here, but it has been tested once and worked well.
When you get this error:
Error: Stage Configuring fstab mount: /: mount point not mounted or bad option
Then you are probably reinstalling an evernode machine, and got a few screwed up settings in your fstab.
To fix that, write
sudo nano /etc/fstab
Check the comment for the first fstabb line,
(example: # / was on /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv during curtin installation /dev/disk/by-id/dm-uuid-LVM-)
The line below that probably looks like something like this:
/dev/disk/by-id/dm-uuid-LVM-k5FLZn8pcmVRbWb21ZtFQnBWcHPr77fmzzwJ1nR4nw45wjELvOXUXieIuXDExHvu / ext4 defaults,usrquota 0 1
You would just adjust that to the information you had above:
/ /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv / ext4 defaults 0 1
Save and exit,
write mount -a to check if it works nicely.
Reboot to double check that reboots work.
Try to install again
When you get this error:
Error: Stage Configuring fstab mount: /: mount point not mounted or bad option
Then you are probably reinstalling an evernode machine, and got a few screwed up settings in your fstab.
To fix that, write
sudo nano /etc/fstab
Check the comment for the first fstabb line,
(example: # / was on /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv during curtin installation /dev/disk/by-id/dm-uuid-LVM-)
The line below that probably looks like something like this:
/dev/disk/by-id/dm-uuid-LVM-k5FLZn8pcmVRbWb21ZtFQnBWcHPr77fmzzwJ1nR4nw45wjELvOXUXieIuXDExHvu / ext4 defaults,usrquota 0 1
You would just adjust that to the information you had above:
/ /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv / ext4 defaults 0 1
Save and exit,
write mount -a to check if it works nicely.
Reboot to double check that reboots work.
Try to install again