Failed to mount /efi (unknown filesystem type vat) after using Timeshift

jensi · November 13, 2025, 5:33pm

Hey community, desperate newbie here.

After using Timeshift, I can no longer access my system - failed to mount /efi; unknown filesystem type vat.

I’ve tried some of the solutions from other threads, but nothing really works. I managed to mount ESP and the system partition and log into my system, as described here, but I don’t know how to proceed now.

Maybe someone here is willing to guide me through. What information do you need?

Thanks in advance!

[liveuser@eos-2025.03.19 ~]$ sudo lsblk -f
NAME       FSTYPE   FSVER          LABEL       UUID                                 FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
loop0      squashfs 4.0                                                                   0   100% /run/archiso/airootfs
sda
├─sda1     exfat    1.0            Ventoy      4E21-0000
│ ├─ventoy iso9660  Joliet Extensi EOS_202503  2025-03-19-11-30-07-00                     0   100% /run/archiso/bootmnt
│ └─sda1   exfat    1.0            Ventoy      4E21-0000
└─sda2     vfat     FAT16          VTOYEFI     3105-B091
sdb
└─sdb1     vfat     FAT32                      516A-DEEF
nvme0n1
├─nvme0n1p1
│          vfat     FAT32                      818B-6EC4
├─nvme0n1p2
│          ext4     1.0            endeavouros f2674558-1f87-45be-9793-4bb96bb0f5dc
└─nvme0n1p3
swap     1              swap        7099a33c-6d1b-41b0-b022-40ded94bd898

[liveuser@eos-2025.03.19 ~]$ sudo mount /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt

[liveuser@eos-2025.03.19 ~]$ sudo cat /mnt/etc/fstab

/etc/fstab: static file system information.

Use ‘blkid’ to print the universally unique identifier for a device; this may

be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices that works even if

disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).         

UUID=818B-6EC4                            /efi           vfat    fmask=0137,dmask=0027 0 2
UUID=f2674558-1f87-45be-9793-4bb96bb0f5dc /              ext4    noatime    0 1
UUID=7099a33c-6d1b-41b0-b022-40ded94bd898 swap           swap    defaults   0 0
tmpfs                                     /tmp           tmpfs   defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0

[liveuser@eos-2025.03.19 ~]$ sudo mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/efi

[liveuser@eos-2025.03.19 ~]$ sudo arch-chroot /mnt

[root@EndeavourOS /]#

cactux · November 13, 2025, 6:04pm

Inside chroot run pacman -Q | grep -E "dracut|mkinitcpio|grub" and post the output.

jensi · November 13, 2025, 6:20pm

[root@EndeavourOS /]# pacman -Q | grep -E “dracut|mkinitcpio|grub”
dracut 108_eos-1
kernel-install-for-dracut 1.13-1
mkinitcpio-busybox 1.36.1-1
mkinitcpio-nfs-utils 0.3-8

cactux · November 13, 2025, 6:28pm

You can’t have both mkinicpio and dracut in the same system. I guess you would need to remove those packages and try rebuilding your initrds:

reinstall-kernels

jensi · November 13, 2025, 6:30pm

So I go

sudo pacman -R mkinitcpio-busybox mkinitcpio-nfs-utils

first before

reinstall-kernels

?

cactux · November 13, 2025, 6:33pm

Yes.

Also as a side note, inside chroot, you are already “root”. No need for sudo.

jensi · November 13, 2025, 6:40pm

Reinstalling kernels comes with an error, see below:

[root@EndeavourOS /]# pacman -Q | grep -E “dracut|mkinitcpio|grub”
dracut 108_eos-1
kernel-install-for-dracut 1.13-1

[root@EndeavourOS /]# reinstall-kernels
Installing kernel 6.12.57-2-lts
dracut[I]: Detected container-other container.
dracut[I]: Executing: /usr/bin/dracut --no-hostonly --force /efi/10182b6906a048208348c469af4eecd6/6.12.57-2-lts/initrd-fallback 6.12.57-2-lts
dracut[I]: *** Including module: bash ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-ask-password ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-battery-check ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-cryptsetup ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-initrd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-journald ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-modules-load ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-pcrphase ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-sysctl ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-tmpfiles ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-udevd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: modsign ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: i18n ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-sysusers ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: btrfs ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: crypt ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: dm ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: fs-lib ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: kernel-modules ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: kernel-modules-extra ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: lvm ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: mdraid ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: nvdimm ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: qemu ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: qemu-net ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: fido2 ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: pkcs11 ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: hwdb ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: lunmask ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: resume ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: rootfs-block ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: terminfo ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: udev-rules ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: virtiofs ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: dracut-systemd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: initqueue ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: usrmount ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: base ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: shell-interpreter ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: shutdown ***
dracut[I]: *** Including modules done ***
dracut[I]: *** Installing kernel module dependencies ***
dracut[I]: *** Installing kernel module dependencies done ***
dracut[I]: *** Resolving executable dependencies ***
dracut[I]: *** Resolving executable dependencies done ***
dracut[I]: *** Generating early-microcode cpio image ***
dracut[I]: *** Constructing GenuineIntel.bin ***
dracut[I]: *** Store current command line parameters ***
dracut[I]: *** Stripping files ***
dracut[I]: *** Stripping files done ***
dracut[I]: *** Creating image file ‘/efi/10182b6906a048208348c469af4eecd6/6.12.57-2-lts/initrd-fallback’ ***
dracut[I]: *** Hardlinking files ***
dracut[I]: *** Hardlinking files done ***
cp: error writing ‘/efi/10182b6906a048208348c469af4eecd6/6.12.57-2-lts/initrd-fallback’: No space left on device
dracut[F]: Creation of /efi/10182b6906a048208348c469af4eecd6/6.12.57-2-lts/initrd-fallback failed
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/50-dracut-fallback.install failed with exit status 1.
Installing kernel 6.17.7-arch1-2
dracut[I]: Detected container-other container.
dracut[I]: Executing: /usr/bin/dracut --no-hostonly --force /efi/10182b6906a048208348c469af4eecd6/6.17.7-arch1-2/initrd-fallback 6.17.7-arch1-2
dracut[I]: *** Including module: bash ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-ask-password ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-battery-check ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-cryptsetup ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-initrd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-journald ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-modules-load ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-pcrphase ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-sysctl ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-tmpfiles ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-udevd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: modsign ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: i18n ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-sysusers ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: btrfs ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: crypt ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: dm ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: fs-lib ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: kernel-modules ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: kernel-modules-extra ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: lvm ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: mdraid ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: nvdimm ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: qemu ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: qemu-net ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: fido2 ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: pkcs11 ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: hwdb ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: lunmask ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: resume ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: rootfs-block ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: terminfo ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: udev-rules ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: virtiofs ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: dracut-systemd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: initqueue ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: usrmount ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: base ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: shell-interpreter ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: shutdown ***
dracut[I]: *** Including modules done ***
dracut[I]: *** Installing kernel module dependencies ***
dracut[I]: *** Installing kernel module dependencies done ***
dracut[I]: *** Resolving executable dependencies ***
dracut[I]: *** Resolving executable dependencies done ***
dracut[I]: *** Generating early-microcode cpio image ***
dracut[I]: *** Constructing GenuineIntel.bin ***
dracut[I]: *** Store current command line parameters ***
dracut[I]: *** Stripping files ***
dracut[I]: *** Stripping files done ***
dracut[I]: *** Creating image file ‘/efi/10182b6906a048208348c469af4eecd6/6.17.7-arch1-2/initrd-fallback’ ***
dracut[I]: *** Hardlinking files ***
dracut[I]: *** Hardlinking files done ***
cp: error writing ‘/efi/10182b6906a048208348c469af4eecd6/6.17.7-arch1-2/initrd-fallback’: No space left on device
dracut[F]: Creation of /efi/10182b6906a048208348c469af4eecd6/6.17.7-arch1-2/initrd-fallback failed
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/50-dracut-fallback.install failed with exit status 1.

dalto · November 13, 2025, 6:41pm

mkinitcpio-busybox and mkinitcpio-nfs-utils don’t do anything by themselves. They won’t hurt anything but you also don’t need them.

Before running reinstall-kernels be very sure your ESP is mounted properly in the chroot.

dalto · November 13, 2025, 6:42pm

You need to clean the old files out of your ESP first.

Can you share the output of ls /efi

jensi · November 13, 2025, 6:47pm

[root@EndeavourOS /]# ls /efi
10182b6906a048208348c469af4eecd6 EFI loader

[root@EndeavourOS /]# mount | grep efi
/dev/nvme0n1p1 on /efi type vfat (rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro)
efivarfs on /sys/firmware/efi/efivars type efivarfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)

[root@EndeavourOS /]# ls /boot/efi
ls: cannot access ‘/boot/efi’: No such file or directory

dalto · November 13, 2025, 6:49pm

You can delete everything inside of /efi/10182b6906a048208348c469af4eecd6 and /efi/loader/entries as long as you aren’t dual booting another Linux distro.

After you do that, run reinstall-kernels again.

jensi · November 13, 2025, 6:55pm

That worked I guess. Reboot now?

[root@EndeavourOS /]# rm -rf /efi/10182b6906a048208348c469af4eecd6/*

[root@EndeavourOS /]# rm -rf /efi/loader/entries/*

[root@EndeavourOS /]# reinstall-kernels
Installing kernel 6.12.57-2-lts
dracut[I]: Detected container-other container.
dracut[I]: Executing: /usr/bin/dracut --no-hostonly --force /efi/10182b6906a048208348c469af4eecd6/6.12.57-2-lts/init
rd-fallback 6.12.57-2-lts
dracut[I]: *** Including module: bash ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-ask-password ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-battery-check ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-cryptsetup ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-initrd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-journald ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-modules-load ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-pcrphase ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-sysctl ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-tmpfiles ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-udevd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: modsign ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: i18n ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-sysusers ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: btrfs ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: crypt ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: dm ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: fs-lib ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: kernel-modules ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: kernel-modules-extra ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: lvm ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: mdraid ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: nvdimm ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: qemu ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: qemu-net ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: fido2 ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: pkcs11 ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: hwdb ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: lunmask ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: resume ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: rootfs-block ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: terminfo ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: udev-rules ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: virtiofs ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: dracut-systemd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: initqueue ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: usrmount ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: base ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: shell-interpreter ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: shutdown ***
dracut[I]: *** Including modules done ***
dracut[I]: *** Installing kernel module dependencies ***
dracut[I]: *** Installing kernel module dependencies done ***
dracut[I]: *** Resolving executable dependencies ***
dracut[I]: *** Resolving executable dependencies done ***
dracut[I]: *** Generating early-microcode cpio image ***
dracut[I]: *** Constructing GenuineIntel.bin ***
dracut[I]: *** Store current command line parameters ***
dracut[I]: *** Stripping files ***
dracut[I]: *** Stripping files done ***
dracut[I]: *** Creating image file '/efi/10182b6906a048208348c469af4eecd6/6.12.57-2-lts/initrd-fallback' ***
dracut[I]: *** Hardlinking files ***
dracut[I]: *** Hardlinking files done ***
dracut[I]: *** Creating initramfs image file '/efi/10182b6906a048208348c469af4eecd6/6.12.57-2-lts/initrd-fallback' d
one ***
dracut[I]: Detected container-other container.
dracut[I]: Executing: /usr/bin/dracut --hostonly --no-hostonly-cmdline -f /efi/10182b6906a048208348c469af4eecd6/6.12
.57-2-lts/initrd 6.12.57-2-lts
dracut[I]: *** Including module: bash ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-ask-password ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-battery-check ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-cryptsetup ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-initrd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-journald ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-modules-load ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-pcrphase ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-sysctl ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-tmpfiles ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-udevd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: i18n ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-sysusers ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: btrfs ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: crypt ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: dm ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: fs-lib ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: kernel-modules ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: kernel-modules-extra ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: lvm ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: mdraid ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: qemu ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: qemu-net ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: hwdb ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: lunmask ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: resume ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: rootfs-block ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: terminfo ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: udev-rules ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: virtiofs ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: dracut-systemd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: initqueue ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: usrmount ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: base ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: shell-interpreter ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: shutdown ***
dracut[I]: *** Including modules done ***
dracut[I]: *** Installing kernel module dependencies ***
dracut[I]: *** Installing kernel module dependencies done ***
dracut[I]: *** Resolving executable dependencies ***
dracut[I]: *** Resolving executable dependencies done ***
dracut[I]: *** Generating early-microcode cpio image ***
dracut[I]: *** Constructing GenuineIntel.bin ***
dracut[I]: *** Store current command line parameters ***
dracut[I]: *** Stripping files ***
dracut[I]: *** Stripping files done ***
dracut[I]: *** Creating image file '/efi/10182b6906a048208348c469af4eecd6/6.12.57-2-lts/initrd' ***
dracut[I]: *** Hardlinking files ***
dracut[I]: *** Hardlinking files done ***
dracut[I]: *** Creating initramfs image file '/efi/10182b6906a048208348c469af4eecd6/6.12.57-2-lts/initrd' done ***
Installing kernel 6.17.7-arch1-2
dracut[I]: Detected container-other container.
dracut[I]: Executing: /usr/bin/dracut --no-hostonly --force /efi/10182b6906a048208348c469af4eecd6/6.17.7-arch1-2/ini
trd-fallback 6.17.7-arch1-2
dracut[I]: *** Including module: bash ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-ask-password ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-battery-check ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-cryptsetup ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-initrd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-journald ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-modules-load ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-pcrphase ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-sysctl ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-tmpfiles ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-udevd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: modsign ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: i18n ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-sysusers ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: btrfs ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: crypt ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: dm ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: fs-lib ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: kernel-modules ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: kernel-modules-extra ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: lvm ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: mdraid ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: nvdimm ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: qemu ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: qemu-net ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: fido2 ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: pkcs11 ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: hwdb ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: lunmask ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: resume ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: rootfs-block ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: terminfo ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: udev-rules ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: virtiofs ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: dracut-systemd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: initqueue ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: usrmount ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: base ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: shell-interpreter ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: shutdown ***
dracut[I]: *** Including modules done ***
dracut[I]: *** Installing kernel module dependencies ***
dracut[I]: *** Installing kernel module dependencies done ***
dracut[I]: *** Resolving executable dependencies ***
dracut[I]: *** Resolving executable dependencies done ***
dracut[I]: *** Generating early-microcode cpio image ***
dracut[I]: *** Constructing GenuineIntel.bin ***
dracut[I]: *** Store current command line parameters ***
dracut[I]: *** Stripping files ***
dracut[I]: *** Stripping files done ***
dracut[I]: *** Creating image file '/efi/10182b6906a048208348c469af4eecd6/6.17.7-arch1-2/initrd-fallback' ***
dracut[I]: *** Hardlinking files ***
dracut[I]: *** Hardlinking files done ***
dracut[I]: *** Creating initramfs image file '/efi/10182b6906a048208348c469af4eecd6/6.17.7-arch1-2/initrd-fallback'
done ***
dracut[I]: Detected container-other container.
dracut[I]: Executing: /usr/bin/dracut --hostonly --no-hostonly-cmdline -f /efi/10182b6906a048208348c469af4eecd6/6.17
.7-arch1-2/initrd 6.17.7-arch1-2
dracut[I]: *** Including module: bash ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-ask-password ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-battery-check ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-cryptsetup ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-initrd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-journald ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-modules-load ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-pcrphase ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-sysctl ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-tmpfiles ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-udevd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: i18n ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-sysusers ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: btrfs ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: crypt ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: dm ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: fs-lib ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: kernel-modules ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: kernel-modules-extra ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: lvm ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: mdraid ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: qemu ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: qemu-net ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: hwdb ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: lunmask ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: resume ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: rootfs-block ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: terminfo ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: udev-rules ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: virtiofs ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: dracut-systemd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: initqueue ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: usrmount ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: base ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: shell-interpreter ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: shutdown ***
dracut[I]: *** Including modules done ***
dracut[I]: *** Installing kernel module dependencies ***
dracut[I]: *** Installing kernel module dependencies done ***
dracut[I]: *** Resolving executable dependencies ***
dracut[I]: *** Resolving executable dependencies done ***
dracut[I]: *** Generating early-microcode cpio image ***
dracut[I]: *** Constructing GenuineIntel.bin ***
dracut[I]: *** Store current command line parameters ***
dracut[I]: *** Stripping files ***
dracut[I]: *** Stripping files done ***
dracut[I]: *** Creating image file '/efi/10182b6906a048208348c469af4eecd6/6.17.7-arch1-2/initrd' ***
dracut[I]: *** Hardlinking files ***
dracut[I]: *** Hardlinking files done ***
dracut[I]: *** Creating initramfs image file '/efi/10182b6906a048208348c469af4eecd6/6.17.7-arch1-2/initrd' done ***

dalto · November 13, 2025, 7:02pm

Yes, reboot

jensi · November 13, 2025, 7:03pm

Success! Thank you so much for your time!

Is there anything I should check or do now?

dalto · November 13, 2025, 7:10pm

Everything should be fine.

If you use timeshift to do a rollback in the future, you will need to chroot in and do the same thing so you might want to document the steps somewhere.

jensi · November 13, 2025, 7:15pm

Already did. Thanks a ton for your help.

jensi · November 13, 2025, 7:20pm

Since no single post summarizes the solution, here’s what I did for anyone finding this helpful at some point:

chrooted into my system using this guide: https://discovery.endeavouros.com/system-rescue/arch-chroot/2022/12/
Both mkinitcpio and dracut were installed. Removed mkinitcpio: sudo pacman -R mkinitcpio-busybox mkinitcpio-nfs-utils
Reinstalling kernels didn’t work because I needed to clean the old files out of my ESP first: rm -rf /efi/10182b6906a048208348c469af4eecd6/* and rm -rf /efi/loader/entries/*
Reinstalled kernels: reinstall-kernels
Rebooted