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#1 2024-05-28 22:07:14

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[SOLVED] error: file '/boot/vmlinuz-linux' not found

My computer froze in the middle of upgrading, and I had to force shutdown. Now when I try to boot, I receive the following error message: "error: file '/boot/vmlinuz-linux' not found".

Solutions I've tried:

  1. Followed the steps in https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman … an_upgrade. After running step 4, the update completed, but the following error message appeared while it was updating:

    "/bin/sh: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/lib/libncursesw.so.6: file too short".

  2. Mounted the root and efi file systems and tried to chroot; received the following error message:

    "/bin/bash: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/lib/libncursesw.so.6: file too short".

  3. Ran "pacstrap -K /mnt base linux linux-firmware" and received the following error message:

    "Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. ==> ERROR: Failed to install packages to new root"

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#2 2024-05-28 22:48:42

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Re: [SOLVED] error: file '/boot/vmlinuz-linux' not found

There're more packages broken and if ncurses is affected, almost nothing will work.

Check

LC_ALL=C pacman --root /mnt -Qkk | grep -v ', 0 altered files'

If there're files w/ broken or missing mtree's, you'll first have to re-install those "--dbonly", then along all packages w/ a suspicious amount of deviating files

pacman --root /mnt --cachedir /mnt/var/cache/pacman/pkg -S --dbonly <list of packages w/ broken mtrees> # ignore "file to short" etc. errors during this run
pacman --root /mnt --cachedir /mnt/var/cache/pacman/pkg -S  <list of all broken packages>

Don't forget to mount the boot partition into /mnt/boot and don't try to chroot.

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#3 2024-05-28 23:53:38

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Re: [SOLVED] error: file '/boot/vmlinuz-linux' not found

That did the trick. My system boots now. Thank you very much.

However, now a new message appears during boot after the screen with these lines:

Loading Linux linux ...
Loading initial ramdisk ...

and before the login prompt appears.

The message is:

fsck: /usr/bin/fsck.ext4: execute failed: Exec format error
ERROR: fsck failed on 'UUID=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx'

(with the xxx's being the actual UUID, of course)

Should I do something to fix this even though I can boot and login?

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#4 2024-05-29 06:17:26

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Re: [SOLVED] error: file '/boot/vmlinuz-linux' not found

pacman -Qikk e2fsprogs
ldd /usr/bin/fsck.ext4

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#5 2024-05-29 16:58:16

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Re: [SOLVED] error: file '/boot/vmlinuz-linux' not found

After trying your solution, the message still appears as before. May I just ignore it?

(Also, if this is unrelated to the original post, I can just mark as solved. I'm still getting used to best practices.)

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#6 2024-05-29 19:27:20

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Re: [SOLVED] error: file '/boot/vmlinuz-linux' not found

That's not a solution but a diagnostic, please post the output.
It might still be caused by the original problem - we'll see.

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#7 2024-05-29 20:12:01

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Re: [SOLVED] error: file '/boot/vmlinuz-linux' not found

...I'm dumb.

Output of first command:

[name@host ~]$ pacman -Qikk e2fsprogs
Name            : e2fsprogs
Version         : 1.47.1-4
Description     : Ext2/3/4 filesystem utilities
Architecture    : x86_64
URL             : http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net
Licenses        : GPL  LGPL  MIT
Groups          : None
Provides        : libcom_err.so=2-64  libe2p.so=2-64
                  libext2fs.so=2-64  libss.so=2-64
Depends On      : sh  util-linux-libs
Optional Deps   : lvm2: for e2scrub
                  util-linux: for e2scrub [installed]
                  smtp-forwarder: for e2scrub_fail
                  script
Required By     : krb5  lib32-e2fsprogs
                  libblockdev-fs
Optional For    : udisks2
Conflicts With  : None
Replaces        : None
Installed Size  : 5.20 MiB
Packager        : Christian Hesse
                  <eworm@archlinux.org>
Build Date      : Fri 24 May 2024 05:44:51 AM PDT
Install Date    : Tue 28 May 2024 04:43:00 PM PDT
Install Reason  : Explicitly installed
Install Script  : No
Validated By    : Signature

e2fsprogs: 209 total files, 0 altered files

Output of second command:

[name@host ~]$ ldd /usr/bin/fsck.ext4
	linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007533ec305000)
	libext2fs.so.2 => /usr/lib/libext2fs.so.2 (0x00007533ec21e000)
	libcom_err.so.2 => /usr/lib/libcom_err.so.2 (0x00007533ec218000)
	libblkid.so.1 => /usr/lib/libblkid.so.1 (0x00007533ec1df000)
	libuuid.so.1 => /usr/lib/libuuid.so.1 (0x00007533ec1d5000)
	libe2p.so.2 => /usr/lib/libe2p.so.2 (0x00007533ec1cb000)
	libc.so.6 => /usr/lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007533ebfdf000)
	/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 => /usr/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007533ec307000)

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#8 2024-05-29 20:20:28

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Re: [SOLVED] error: file '/boot/vmlinuz-linux' not found

e2fsprogs is fine and the file a dynamically linked elf library…

pacman -Qikk util-linux-libs glibc

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#9 2024-05-29 20:23:55

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Re: [SOLVED] error: file '/boot/vmlinuz-linux' not found

[name@host ~]$ pacman -Qikk util-linux-libs glibc
Name            : util-linux-libs
Version         : 2.40.1-1
Description     : util-linux runtime libraries
Architecture    : x86_64
URL             : https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux
Licenses        : BSD-2-Clause  BSD-3-Clause  BSD-4-Clause-UC  GPL-2.0-only  GPL-2.0-or-later
                  GPL-3.0-or-later  ISC  LGPL-2.1-or-later  LicenseRef-PublicDomain
Groups          : None
Provides        : libutil-linux  libblkid.so=1-64  libfdisk.so=1-64  libmount.so=1-64
                  libsmartcols.so=1-64  libuuid.so=1-64
Depends On      : glibc  sqlite
Optional Deps   : python: python bindings to libmount [installed]
Required By     : cryptsetup  e2fsprogs  glib2  libblockdev-crypto  libblockdev-fs  libblockdev-part
                  libblockdev-swap  libnm  libsm  parted  rasqal  systemd  udisks2  util-linux  volume_key
Optional For    : None
Conflicts With  : libutil-linux
Replaces        : libutil-linux
Installed Size  : 1301.99 KiB
Packager        : Christian Hesse <eworm@archlinux.org>
Build Date      : Mon 06 May 2024 12:22:23 PM PDT
Install Date    : Fri 10 May 2024 09:33:31 AM PDT
Install Reason  : Explicitly installed
Install Script  : No
Validated By    : Signature

util-linux-libs: 79 total files, 0 altered files
Name            : glibc
Version         : 2.39+r52+gf8e4623421-1
Description     : GNU C Library
Architecture    : x86_64
URL             : https://www.gnu.org/software/libc
Licenses        : GPL-2.0-or-later  LGPL-2.1-or-later
Groups          : None
Provides        : None
Depends On      : linux-api-headers>=4.10  tzdata  filesystem
Optional Deps   : gd: for memusagestat [installed]
                  perl: for mtrace [installed]
Required By     : abseil-cpp  acl  alsa-lib  alsa-plugins  alsa-utils  appstream  argon2  at-spi2-core
                  attr  audit  base  bash  binutils  bison  bluez  bluez-libs  bluez-utils  bridge-utils
                  brotli  bzip2  c-ares  confuse  coreutils  cups  cups-filters  dav1d  debugedit
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                  egl-wayland  expat  fakeroot  ffcall  ffmpeg  fftw  file  findutils  flex  fribidi  gawk
                  gcc-libs  gdb  gdbm  gdk-pixbuf2  ghostscript  giflib  glib-networking  glib2  glu  gmp
                  gnupg  gnutls  gperftools  grep  gsm  gtk-update-icon-cache  gtk3  gtk4  gzip  harfbuzz
                  harfbuzz-icu  hyphen  i3blocks  icu  ijs  imath  inetutils  iproute2  jack2  jansson
                  jbig2dec  jbigkit  jdk17-openjdk  jdk21-openjdk  json-c  k6  kbd  keyutils  kmod  krb5
                  l-smash  less  lib32-glibc  libadwaita  libass  libassuan  libasyncns  libatasmart
                  libatomic_ops  libavc1394  libavif  libblockdev  libblockdev-crypto  libblockdev-fs
                  libblockdev-loop  libblockdev-mdraid  libblockdev-nvme  libblockdev-part
                  libblockdev-swap  libbpf  libcap  libcap-ng  libcdr  libcmis  libconfig  libcups
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                  libgpg-error  libgtop  libheif  libice  libidn  libinput  libixion  libjpeg-turbo
                  libksba  liblangtag  libmnl  libmspub  libndp  libnet  libnfnetlink  libnghttp2
                  libnghttp3  libngtcp2  libnl  libnsl  libogg  libomxil-bellagio  libopenmpt  liborcus
                  libp11-kit  libpaper  libpcap  libpciaccess  libpgm  libpipeline  libplacebo  libpng12
                  libppd  libproxy  libqxp  libraw1394  libreoffice-still  librsvg  libsamplerate  libsasl
                  libseccomp  libsigsegv  libsndfile  libsodium  libssh  libstemmer  libsynctex  libtasn1
                  libthai  libtheora  libtiff  libtirpc  libtommath  libtool  libunibreak  libunistring
                  libunwind  libusb  libutempter  libuv  libverto  libvisio  libvpx  libwacom  libwebp
                  libx11  libxau  libxaw  libxcb  libxcrypt  libxcursor  libxcvt  libxdmcp  libxext
                  libxkbcommon  libxkbcommon-x11  libxkbfile  libxml2  libxmu  libxrandr  libxshmfence
                  libxss  libyaml  libzmf  lpsolve  lsof  lz4  lzo  m4  make  man-db  md4c  mdadm  mesa
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                  redland  rubberband  sbc  sdl2  sed  shaderc  shadow  shared-mime-info  snappy  sqlite
                  startup-notification  steam  sudo  svt-av1  systemd-libs  tar  tdb  texlive-bin
                  tracker3  tree  tslib  udisks2  usbutils  util-linux  util-linux-libs  valgrind
                  vid.stab  vim  volume_key  vulkan-icd-loader  wayland  which  xcb-util-cursor
                  xf86-input-libinput  xorg-server  xorg-xauth  xorg-xkbcomp  xorg-xprop  xorg-xrdb
                  xvidcore  xxhash  yajl  zeromq  zimg  zlib  zstd  zxing-cpp
Optional For    : tzdata
Conflicts With  : None
Replaces        : None
Installed Size  : 47.25 MiB
Packager        : Frederik Schwan <freswa@archlinux.org>
Build Date      : Tue 07 May 2024 09:56:19 AM PDT
Install Date    : Fri 10 May 2024 09:33:30 AM PDT
Install Reason  : Explicitly installed
Install Script  : Yes
Validated By    : Signature

backup file: glibc: /etc/locale.gen (Modification time mismatch)
backup file: glibc: /etc/locale.gen (Size mismatch)
backup file: glibc: /etc/locale.gen (SHA256 checksum mismatch)
glibc: 1611 total files, 0 altered files

May I ask what exactly you're looking for?

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#10 2024-05-29 20:36:56

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Re: [SOLVED] error: file '/boot/vmlinuz-linux' not found

execute failed: Exec format error

means "this file cannot be executed", but nothingyou posted looks prone to cause this.
Can you manually

fsck /dev/disk/by-uuid/<uuid-here>

or

fsck.ext4 /dev/disk/by-uuid/<uuid-here>

?

Does the error only appear during the (early) boot?
Might be the copy in the initramfs, try to regnerate that (mkinitcpio)

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#11 2024-05-29 21:23:19

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Re: [SOLVED] error: file '/boot/vmlinuz-linux' not found

root@archiso ~ # fsck /dev/disk/by-uuid/<uuid>
fsck from util-linux 2.40
e2fsck 1.47.0 (5-Feb-2023)
/dev/<partition>: recovering journal
/dev/<partition> contains a file system with errors, check forced.
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks and sizes
Inode <inode-number> extent tree (at level 1) could be shorter.  Optimize<y>? yes
Pass 1E: Optimizing extent trees
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
Pass 5: Checking group summary information
Orphan file (inode 12) block 65 is not clean
Clear<y>? yes

/dev/<partition>: ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****
/dev/<partition>: 452431/49152000 files (0.7% non-contiguous), 17457476/196608000 blocks

I'm not exactly sure what that means, but after doing this, it still booted with the "execute failed" message.

Then I ran

 mkinitcpio -P

rebooted, and the error message was gone.

I can't thank you enough for your help and patience.

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#12 2024-05-29 22:47:35

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Re: [SOLVED] error: file '/boot/vmlinuz-linux' not found

Hi,
I didn't know if I should create a new post since this one exists
I have the same problem, but almost about all my packages have altered files (more than 950 of them) and I can't handpick them to pass to pacman for dbonly so any package not found has to be deleted from the file I pass to pacman but I cant do that too because I can't scroll up to see whats not found or cant pipe the output to a file and I don't know why

Also it doesn't seem to succeed with the dbonly anyways throwing errors about some different library being too short

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#13 2024-05-30 06:20:00

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Re: [SOLVED] error: file '/boot/vmlinuz-linux' not found

You can re-install all packages first --dbonly (ignore the errors, that's normal - you're only fixing the database, there're still a lot of broken files around) and then without.

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#14 2024-05-30 07:56:10

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Re: [SOLVED] error: file '/boot/vmlinuz-linux' not found

I need about 20gigs of space to to that update but I have about 6 free
So I thought I'd update just the lib packages first, but doing so all the downloaded packages are marked corrupted therefore none are upgraded
I get this for every(?) package and it finishes with a "failed to commit transaction"

error: <package>: signature from "John Doe <johndoe@archlinux.org>" is unknown trust

EDIT: For anyone facing the same issue, what worked for me is

delete the /etc/pacman.d/gnupg folder, then

pacman-key --config /mnt/etc/pacman.conf --gpgdir /mnt/etc/pacman.d/gnupg --init
pacman-key --config /mnt/etc/pacman.conf --gpgdir /mnt/etc/pacman.d/gnupg --populate
pacman-key --config /mnt/etc/pacman.conf --gpgdir /mnt/etc/pacman.d/gnupg --refresh-keys # this one will probably take a real long time

then if you also have the storage space trouble

pacman ... $(<packages you need to install> | awk 'NR>=0 && NR<=100' ) # only passes the 0th to the 100th line to pacman to install
pacman -Scc # cleans the cache to free up space

increase numbers every time untill there are no more packages

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