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#1 2023-05-22 23:29:18
- AKL
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[SOLVED] Update interrupted -> not booting anymore
Hi,
today the update was interrupted because the power went out. After that the Syslinux bootloader starts but doesn't seem to find anything to boot. It doesn't matter if I choose Arch Linux or the fallback option, the countdown of the bootloader just starts again with 5 seconds without any error.
There is another drive with Windows 10 in this PC. I installed the Sysinternals Linux Viewer and can at least inspect the Arch Linux drive, but I don't know what to look for. Seems to me that the folders and files are still there, but as I said, I don't know what to look for.
Any help is appreciated!
Last edited by AKL (2023-05-23 11:33:26)
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#2 2023-05-22 23:31:19
- Scimmia
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Re: [SOLVED] Update interrupted -> not booting anymore
You need to boot an external drive, mount everything, chroot in, and reinstall all packages involved with the update.
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#3 2023-05-22 23:57:29
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Re: [SOLVED] Update interrupted -> not booting anymore
How do I find out the involved packages?
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#4 2023-05-23 01:22:37
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Re: [SOLVED] Update interrupted -> not booting anymore
/var/log/pacman.log
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#5 2023-05-23 01:49:38
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Re: [SOLVED] Update interrupted -> not booting anymore
Or just take the easy way (after chrooting):
pacman -Qnq | pacman -Syu -Last edited by Trilby (2023-05-23 02:02:15)
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#6 2023-05-23 01:54:30
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Re: [SOLVED] Update interrupted -> not booting anymore
Or just take the easy way (after chrooting):
pacman -Qq | pacman -Syu -
Will that flag everything as explicitly installed? What about foreign packages?
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#7 2023-05-23 02:03:16
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Re: [SOLVED] Update interrupted -> not booting anymore
Will that flag everything as explicitly installed?
No, it will not change the installation reason of any package.
What about foreign packages?
Ooops, I forgot the 'n' flag which has been added now.
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#8 2023-05-23 11:32:35
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Re: [SOLVED] Update interrupted -> not booting anymore
It worked, thanks everybody!
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