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sundar_ima

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Registered: 2011-03-14

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[Solved] Missing vmlinux-linux and initrid files after upgrade

Recently I have updated my Arch system which also included a new kernel. While rebooting the system, GRUB produced an error that `could not locate /boot/vmlinuz-linux`. Upon investigation, I found that recent update deleted vmlinux-linux and initramfs-linux.img located at /boot/. However I could see the intel-ucode.img at /boot. While going through many post online about the issue, it seems that updated mkinitcpio hooks does not install vmlinz and initramfs at /boot/. However, there are no documentation available in the internet to indicate where is the new install location for those two packages. After lot of manual search I could locate vmlinuz at /usr/lib/modules/5.4.10-arch1-1/vmlinuz but could not find the initramfs-linux.img. Currently, my system is unable to boot due to missing kernel packages. Could some one guide me in the right direction.

Last edited by sundar_ima (2020-01-17 11:27:23)

Lone_Wolf

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Re: [Solved] Missing vmlinux-linux and initrid files after upgrade

Upon investigation, I found that recent update deleted vmlinux-linux and initramfs-linux.img located at /boot/.

That's not supposed to happen, which update did that ?

Incase you are thinking about https://www.archlinux.org/news/new-kern … pio-hooks/ , the job of creating initram files was transferred from kernels to mkinitcpio.
Nothing was changed wrt the location of the initram files.

Is /boot a separate partition on your system ?
If so, was it mounted when you performed the update ?

Try booting the archinstall iso and chroot to recreate initram files, https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Chroot

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V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: [Solved] Missing vmlinux-linux and initrid files after upgrade

mkinitcpio does generate the images to /boot granted the kernel packages were relevantly updated which all official ones were. What happens if you run

mkinitcpio -P

also what do you get for

pacman -Q mkinitcpio
pacman -Qs linux

sundar_ima

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Registered: 2011-03-14

Posts: 45

Re: [Solved] Missing vmlinux-linux and initrid files after upgrade

Is /boot a separate partition on your system ?

No. I don't have separate partition for boot.

I think it I need to install/ create initrid file through chroot.

also what do you get for

I can't even boot in to the Arch system.

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: [Solved] Missing vmlinux-linux and initrid files after upgrade

So to it while you're chrooted.

sundar_ima

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Registered: 2011-03-14

Posts: 45

Re: [Solved] Missing vmlinux-linux and initrid files after upgrade

It appears to be the case of partial upgrade. chrooted to arch linux and reinstalled new linux package. Issue solved. Thanks.

2ManyDogs

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Registered: 2012-01-15

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Re: [Solved] Missing vmlinux-linux and initrid files after upgrade

Please remember to mark your thread [SOLVED] (edit the title of your first post).