"loading initial ramdisk" hang....

yodermk · 2014-09-27 16:22:50

FYI, an Arch installation that's been working well for 2 year is now freezing on "loading initial ramdisk" on boot.
Still looking into it. Not seeing any other recent reports. If anyone has any quick ideas, it would be appreciated. Need to get the computer running ASAP....

It's an Ivy Bridge i7 with UEFI booting. Nothing is particularly special about it. No added video card or storage or anything.

yodermk · 2014-09-27 16:46:39

well that is weird. When I boot with an Arch ISO on a USB stick - but not even boot the USB, just boot as normal, it works. Take the USB stick out, reboot, and the problem returns.

Well disaster averted for now, so I can continue working on my presentation, but hopefully more clues will come about....

mrunion · 2014-09-28 01:44:57

Mine did that -- would only boot with a USB stick installed. (It didn't matter if you were booting fromt the USB stick or not, it just had to be stuck in there.)

The fix was a BIOS upgrade from Acer.

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yodermk · 2014-10-02 13:45:58

Very interesting. Mine is an ASUS motherboard, I could check for an update.

I just wonder why this only started recently.

mrunion · 2014-10-04 01:43:59

I was fine for about a year after getting this laptop (from Jan 2013 to Feb 2014). But then it started. Something just triggers the issue.

It may not be the fix for you, but it's worth a try.

jasonwryan · 2014-10-04 02:15:42

What's in your logs? Was there an update for your boot manager (whatever that is)?

Not a Pacman issue, moving to NC...

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"loading initial ramdisk" hang....

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