# Cannot boot after latest update (stuck at initializing ramdisk) **URL:** \ **Category:** Kernel, boot, graphics & hardware\ **Created:** [July 3, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cannot-boot-after-latest-update-stuck-at-initializing-ramdisk/15623 "2021-07-03T21:06:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bhaelfur](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@Bhaelfur](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Bhaelfur)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cannot-boot-after-latest-update-stuck-at-initializing-ramdisk/15623/1 "2021-07-03T21:06:13Z")
Hello all, Last night, I updated system then went to bed. Today, I am unable to boot. After GRUB, it stops at “initializing ramdisk”. The fallback doesn’t work, either. I’m currently running the live enviroment. I’ve tried mounting the boot drive and running pacstrap /mnt base linux linux\_firmware, but it returns with “error: target not found: linux\_firmware” I’m wondering if I’m not mounting boot/root at all. Can someone please help me? I’d rather not have to reinstall EndeavourOS if it can be avoided. ---
**Author:** ![dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/dalto/32/5577_2.png) [@dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/dalto)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cannot-boot-after-latest-update-stuck-at-initializing-ramdisk/15623/2 "2021-07-03T21:11:03Z")
I am not sure using pacstrap is the right thing to do here. Can we see `inxi -Fxxxz` from the live environment? Also, when you boot your system normally, after it sits there for a minute, can you switch to a TTY? Try pressing `alt+ctrl+F3` ---
**Author:** ![Bhaelfur](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@Bhaelfur](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Bhaelfur)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cannot-boot-after-latest-update-stuck-at-initializing-ramdisk/15623/3 "2021-07-03T21:14:07Z")
Hi Dalto, here is the output of `inxi -Fxxxz` Edit: alt + ctrl + F3 does nothing. ```auto System: Kernel: 5.11.14-arch1-1 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0 Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 vt: 1 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: EndeavourOS base: Arch Linux Machine: Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: N/A v: N/A serial: Chassis: type: 10 serial: Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 1853 v: 71.13 serial: UEFI-[Legacy]: Insyde v: F.05 date: 04/23/2012 Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 69.4 Wh (100.0%) condition: 69.4/69.4 Wh (100.0%) volts: 12.2 min: 11.1 model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion serial: status: Full Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech M570 serial: charge: 95% rechargeable: yes status: Discharging CPU: Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-3210M bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge rev: 9 cache: L2: 3 MiB flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 bogomips: 19962 Speed: 1197 MHz min/max: 1200/3100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1197 2: 1357 3: 1197 4: 1209 Graphics: Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0166 class-ID: 0300 Device-2: AMD Heathrow PRO [Radeon HD 7850M/8850M] vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: radeon v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:6827 class-ID: 0300 Device-3: Importek HP TrueVision HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 2-1.6:4 chip-ID: 10f1:1a37 class-ID: 0e02 Display: server: X.org 1.20.11 compositor: xcompmgr driver: loaded: ati,intel,radeon unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: Message: Unable to show advanced data. Required tool glxinfo missing. Audio: Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20 class-ID: 0403 Device-2: Microchip (formerly SMSC) HP Wireless Audio Adapter type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 2-1.5:3 chip-ID: 0424:b832 class-ID: 0300 Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.11.14-arch1-1 running: yes Sound Server-2: JACK v: 0.125.0 running: no Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.25 running: no Network: Device-1: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 4000 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:088e class-ID: 0280 IF: wlan0 state: down mac: Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: atl1c v: kernel port: 2000 bus-ID: 0e:00.0 chip-ID: 1969:1083 class-ID: 0200 IF: enp14s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: Bluetooth: Device-1: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-1.1:3 chip-ID: 0a12:0001 class-ID: e001 Report: This feature requires one of these tools: hciconfig/bt-adapter Drives: Local Storage: total: 713.18 GiB used: 332.63 GiB (46.6%) ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST750LX003-1AC154 size: 698.64 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s rotation: 7200 rpm serial: rev: HPM1 scheme: MBR ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Toshiba model: TransMemory size: 14.54 GiB serial: rev: PMAP scheme: MBR Partition: ID-1: / size: 10 GiB used: 189.5 MiB (1.9%) fs: overlay source: ERR-102 Swap: Alert: No Swap data was found. Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 39.0 C mobo: 39.0 C gpu: radeon temp: 43.0 C Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A Info: Processes: 202 Uptime: 38m wakeups: 4 Memory: 7.67 GiB used: 2.18 GiB (28.5%) Init: systemd v: 248 target: multi-user.target Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 Packages: pacman: 896 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.03 ``` ---
**Author:** ![simonw](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/simonw/32/30535_2.png) [@simonw](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/simonw)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2021, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cannot-boot-after-latest-update-stuck-at-initializing-ramdisk/15623/4 "2021-07-04T10:32:50Z")
I had the same problem. [Edited to remove the `inxi` output] ---
**Author:** ![simonw](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/simonw/32/30535_2.png) [@simonw](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/simonw)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2021, 10:51am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cannot-boot-after-latest-update-stuck-at-initializing-ramdisk/15623/5 "2021-07-04T10:51:43Z")
I’ve just tried rebooting and now get a `[FAILED] Failed to start Light Display Manager` error which would make sense since I was adjusting some libinput configurations and had broken something. Fixing that via the live environment got things working again. ---
**Author:** ![manuel](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/manuel/32/396_2.png) [@manuel](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/manuel)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cannot-boot-after-latest-update-stuck-at-initializing-ramdisk/15623/6 "2021-07-04T15:14:14Z")
Edited your inxi output for readability by surrounding it with 3 backticks (```). Note that our wiki provides many useful tips, for example this about chrooting: [https://discovery.endeavouros.com/?s=chroot](https://discovery.endeavouros.com/?s=chroot) This way you can kind of “boot” into your installed system and give terminal commands. You just need the USB installer with which you can boot the machine.