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poppybara

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Registered: 2023-02-21

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[SOLVED] error: file /vmlinuz-linux not found in btrfs

Hello! I was recently updating my system, when it just froze mid update completely, and I was forced to reboot. What I didn't realise was that the update included some stuff for

linux

and firmware updates for it.

I have gone through some previous threads which referred to the same issue, but with not much success.

I apologize that I am only able to provide pictures, as I am aware it isn't convenient for people with sight disabilities.

Here is the error that grub shows:

https://files.catbox.moe/5u18fs.jpg

I tried chrooting into my arch install via a live USB, I tried running

sudo pacman -S linux

and also

sudo pacman -Syu

.

This does generate a

vmlinuz-linux

file in

boot

.

Here are some pictures for the same:

https://files.catbox.moe/e5ul0v.jpg

https://files.catbox.moe/ci3qmz.jpg

However, this doesn't solve the issue and blurts out the same error as shown in picture 1. i.e. GRUB being unable to find

/vmlinuz

What can I be doing next?

Mod note: Removed large embedded links -- V1del

Last edited by poppybara (2023-02-22 04:05:37)

V1del

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Re: [SOLVED] error: file /vmlinuz-linux not found in btrfs

Please don't embed huge images directly: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Genera … s_and_code

How sure are you you don't have the ESP mounted to /boot normally and didn't do so on these reinstall attempts? Mount all partitions as you expect them to be under the path you will chroot in (e.g. / on /mnt, /boot on /mnt/boot and so forth) chroot in and rerun the installation command.

poppybara

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Re: [SOLVED] error: file /vmlinuz-linux not found in btrfs

Please don't embed huge images directly: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Genera … s_and_code

My apologies.

How sure are you you don't have the ESP mounted to /boot normally and didn't do so on these reinstall attempts? Mount all partitions as you expect them to be under the path you will chroot in (e.g. / on /mnt, /boot on /mnt/boot and so forth) chroot in and rerun the installation command.

Prior to this, I also tried mounting the boot partition to /mnt/boot/ , which didn't yield any tangible results either.

I will mention this, I use Legacy BIOS so the ESP part might have been unnecessary.

I also followed the guide on the arch wiki for chrooting and adjusted them for my set up

Here is my lsblk

 
NAME        MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
loop0         7:0    0   1.8G  1 loop 
loop1         7:1    0   7.6G  1 loop 
├─live-rw   253:1    0   7.6G  0 dm   
└─live-base 253:2    0   7.6G  1 dm   
loop2         7:2    0    32G  0 loop 
└─live-rw   253:1    0   7.6G  0 dm   
sda           8:0    0 465.8G  0 disk 
├─sda1        8:1    0   200M  0 part 
└─sda2        8:2    0 465.6G  0 part 
sdb           8:16   1   7.3G  0 disk 
├─sdb1        8:17   1   7.2G  0 part 
└─sdb2        8:18   1    32M  0 part 
sdc           8:32   1     0B  0 disk 
sr0          11:0    1  1024M  0 rom  
zram0       252:0    0   3.7G  0 disk [SWAP]

Here, sda is my laptops HDD, sdb is my live install and sdc is my phone via which I USB tether to get internet

And here are the commands I used for mounting my stuff

 
# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
# mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
# mount -t proc /proc proc/
# mount -t sysfs /sys sys/
# mount --rbind /dev dev/
# chroot /mnt/@ /bin/bash

Am I doing this right? It might be wrong considering the fact that I probably shouldn't be mounting sda1 as boot. Rather, I should be mounting /dev/sda2/boot at /mnt/boot.

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] error: file /vmlinuz-linux not found in btrfs

# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
# mount /dev/sda2 /mnt

The order is off.
You're mounting /dev/sda1 to /mnt/boot and then shadow that partition by mounting /dev/sda2 to /mnt

# mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot

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poppybara

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Re: [SOLVED] error: file /vmlinuz-linux not found in btrfs

# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
# mount /dev/sda2 /mnt

The order is off.
You're mounting /dev/sda1 to /mnt/boot and then shadow that partition by mounting /dev/sda2 to /mnt

# mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot

How does that matter? Just out of curiosity

Edit: figured it out nvm

Last edited by poppybara (2023-02-21 23:15:50)

poppybara

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Re: [SOLVED] error: file /vmlinuz-linux not found in btrfs

Update: Pacman is complaining that it is unable to detect the root filesystem.

pacman log

Here is how I went about mounting this time:

# mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/
# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
# mount -t proc /proc proc/
# mount -t sysfs /sys sys/
# mount --rbind /dev dev/
# chroot /mnt/@ /bin/zsh

Last edited by poppybara (2023-02-21 23:47:23)

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] error: file /vmlinuz-linux not found in btrfs

[2023-02-22T04:50:16+0530] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> ERROR: /proc must be mounted!

Sorry, didn't pay enough attention

# mount -t proc /proc proc/
# mount -t sysfs /sys sys/
# mount --rbind /dev dev/
# chroot /mnt/@ /bin/bash

is off as well
You need to enter /mnt before mounting /proc
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Chroot
If you're doing this from the install iso, you can also just use arch-chroot after mounting /mnt and /mnt/boot

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poppybara

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Re: [SOLVED] error: file /vmlinuz-linux not found in btrfs

[2023-02-22T04:50:16+0530] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> ERROR: /proc must be mounted!

Sorry, didn't pay enough attention

# mount -t proc /proc proc/
# mount -t sysfs /sys sys/
# mount --rbind /dev dev/
# chroot /mnt/@ /bin/bash

is off as well
You need to enter /mnt before mounting /proc
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Chroot
If you're doing this from the install iso, you can also just use arch-chroot after mounting /mnt and /mnt/boot

Maybe it is a bit late, but I want to mention that I use BTRFS (you will see why I am mentioning this)

I downloaded the iso for arch and did the following:

# mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
# arch-chroot /mnt

This results in arch-chroot complaining that:

mount: /mnt/proc: mount point does not exist
             dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call.
==> ERROR: failed to setup chroot /mnt

But, now I did the following:

# ls /mnt
boot   @.  @.snapshots   @home   @log   @pkg

This slipped my mind completely and was also present in one of the screenshots, that my proc is at /mnt/@/proc, NOT /mnt/proc.

Perhaps arch-chroot assumes you are using EXT4 or smth?

I tried mounting proc at /mnt/@proc and same for boot and also the same for rbind dev and sysfs

Still no avail

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: [SOLVED] error: file /vmlinuz-linux not found in btrfs

You have to specify the subvol option when you mount it, same way you did when you installed the system.. See the btrfs wiki page.

poppybara

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Re: [SOLVED] error: file /vmlinuz-linux not found in btrfs

You have to specify the subvol option when you mount it, same way you did when you installed the system.. See the btrfs wiki page.

I just did arch-install and let it do its thing

What should i be looking for in the wiki?

Scimmia

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Re: [SOLVED] error: file /vmlinuz-linux not found in btrfs

archinstall is not a way of avoiding knowing how your system is set up. You take shortcuts in Arch, the WILL come back to bite you.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Btrfs# … subvolumes

poppybara

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Re: [SOLVED] error: file /vmlinuz-linux not found in btrfs

After roughly 12+ hrs of head banging, I have finally gotten it fixed!

BTRFS mounts differently than ext4(shocker), the Arch Wiki doesn't mention that in the chroot wiki, but thx to Scimmia I was able to figure it out.

Arch by default creates the following subvolumes for BTRFS:

@.   @home   @.snapshots   @log   @pkg   boot 

The one of interest here is "@." aka the root folder

Mounted it by:

# mount -t btrfs -o subvol=@. /dev/sda2 /mnt

Reference Wiki

I personally didn't need to go any further, as the root directory itself contains the boot folder. The other boot folder (/dev/sda1) was the one with GRUB, no need to touch that

From there, I chrooted by:

# chroot /mnt /bin/bash

After chrooting, I could run the usual commands:

# pacman -S linux

After regenerating the initcpios, I could breathe the sigh of relief knowing that proc mounting issue I had earlier was fixed

Sure it did throw an error up later but the thing I wanted actually was fixed

Big thanks to V1del and seth for helping the Arch Forums community for a very long time, you guys have helped me fix issues and guide me for a while now <3

Thank you so much Scimmia for leading me in the right direction.