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kadev

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Registered: 2017-02-05

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GRUB loads an older kernel image

Hello.
Today I was unable to boot my Arch because it didn't mount my /boot partition (it's also my EFI partition) due to "vfat" module bug. I recognized that GRUB loaded different kernel image (4.10.6-1) than the installed one (4.10.13-1, results of commands "uname -a" and "pacman -Q linux" were different). So I downgraded the linux package and system booted correctly. After that, I decided to update my system again and check if my vmlinuz-image would be correctly replaced. Everything went ok, I had an up-to-date image on my EFI partition (/boot). However GRUB was still loading an old kernel. What's more, I didn't perform today any Linux update so I don't know what causes this problem. It occured just after my Windows Update and firstly I thought that it had locked EFI some way but it was impossible because I had an access to the boot partition after downgrading kernel. Do you have any idea how to correctly update the kernel?

Last edited by kadev (2017-05-14 16:28:53)

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

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Re: GRUB loads an older kernel image

Welcome to the arch linux forums kadev.  Examine the grub entry and find the location of the old kernel.

WorMzy

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Re: GRUB loads an older kernel image

Mod note: not a kernel/hardware issue, moving to NC.

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tom.ty89

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Re: GRUB loads an older kernel image

Reinstall grub with your ESP mounted to /boot; I bet you see no grub directory under /boot (not /boot/EFI/grub, but /boot/grub); if you umount /boot you should see it and the old set of kernel it is loading.