# Corrupted kernel after PC crash during update **URL:** \ **Category:** Kernel, boot, graphics & hardware\ **Created:** [December 9, 2021, 1:53am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/corrupted-kernel-after-pc-crash-during-update/20994 "2021-12-09T01:53:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ottoman42](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ottoman42/32/52059_2.png) [@ottoman42](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ottoman42)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 1:53am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/corrupted-kernel-after-pc-crash-during-update/20994/1 "2021-12-09T01:53:07Z")
Hello everyone, I’m very worried about my EOS install and I was hoping you guys could help me. I was updating my system and my PC crashed during the update, because the specific model of my GPU does that sometimes. When I rebooted the PC, this message appeared: ![image](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/4/5/45f2ca2cb5162199a42b7e2527fcd4cceef98ecc.jpeg) I think the kernel has been corrupted. I have no idea if this can be solved but I want to avoid installing EOS again at all costs. Any help would be appreciated! ---
**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:** [December 9, 2021, 1:57am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/corrupted-kernel-after-pc-crash-during-update/20994/2 "2021-12-09T01:57:21Z")
Boot off the iso, arch-chroot into you system as described in the wiki and reinstall the kernel package and update the system. No o reinstall should be needed. ---
**Author:** ![ottoman42](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ottoman42/32/52059_2.png) [@ottoman42](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ottoman42)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/corrupted-kernel-after-pc-crash-during-update/20994/3 "2021-12-09T03:12:44Z")
I’m in the ISO but I cannot arch-chroot into my system, for some reason. I will try this again tomorrow. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![ottoman42](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ottoman42/32/52059_2.png) [@ottoman42](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ottoman42)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 4:22am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/corrupted-kernel-after-pc-crash-during-update/20994/4 "2021-12-09T04:22:23Z")
This worked. Thank you so much. I simply plugged the USB with the ISO file and updated the kernel with “pacman -S linux” (with root access). This should’ve taken five minutes, not hours; I had some problems with arch-chroot and did some unnecessary steps. Thank you again ! ---
**Author:** ![Kresimir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/kresimir/32/73739_2.png) [@Kresimir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Kresimir)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/corrupted-kernel-after-pc-crash-during-update/20994/5 "2021-12-09T07:28:16Z")
> [@ottoman42](#): > > I will try this again tomorrow. _One hour later:_ > [@ottoman42](#): > > This worked. Thank you so much. I’m guessing it was between 23:00 and midnight when the first of these was posted, so tomorrow was less than an hour away 🤣 I’m glad your issue is resolved! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9ea52f9fd5ef8e609e593c362d61a36295f48be8.png) [@system](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2021, 7:29am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/corrupted-kernel-after-pc-crash-during-update/20994/6 "2021-12-11T07:29:09Z")
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