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xydxydxyd

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Registered: 2023-12-20

Posts: 3

Stuck at [code]Loading Linux linux[/code]

Background

While running

pacman -Syu

in the background, computer froze with unknown cause. Upon being unresponsive, I force-restarted the computer with the reset button. GRUB then started hanging at

you need to load kernel first

.

I suspected that there was a problem with GRUB, so I chrooted into the system from a live USB and reinstalled GRUB (following this tutorial). Upon restarting, GRUB no longer shows Archlinux as a boot option.

Then I suspected that the upgrade interruption caused linux to break. To fix linux, I chrooted again and ran

pacman -S --overwrite="*" linux

. Then, I reinstalled GRUB following the same procedure from above. This did not fix the issue.

I tried to fix linux again by using the pacstrap command provided by the Archlinux installation guide. I then regenerated grub.cfg. Upon restarting, GRUB now shows Arch linux as an option.

Current Issue

Upon starting Archlinux from GRUB, it now hangs on

Loading Linux linux

. I don't really know where to go after reinstalling linux didn't fix it.

Last edited by xydxydxyd (2024-04-18 03:45:03)

Nikolai5

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From: North West, England, UK

Registered: 2024-01-27

Posts: 275

Re: Stuck at [code]Loading Linux linux[/code]

Have you tried arch-chrooting into your system and running this:

mkinitcpio -P

Might also be worth completing the pacman upgrade.

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seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: Stuck at [code]Loading Linux linux[/code]

pacman -Syu … I force-restarted the computer with the reset button … (following this tutorial)

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman … an_upgrade

Did you forget to mount the /boot partition when re-installing the kernel?

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