Stuck at “Loading initial ramdisk ...”

Hi folks,

I know that this thread may have been posted a dozen times already, but I’m looking on how to fix it with no avail.

Here is what I have tried so far:

  • Updated my BIOS to the latest version
  • Chroot and run pacman -Syu
  • Run mkinitcpio -P under chroot
  • Run pacstrap from the live USB and resintall a few packages

My system:

  • AMD Ryzen 1400
  • Mobo Asus B350m
  • Nvidia 1050ti

Please guide on what I should try next. Thank you for your time.

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If you have installed EnOS with the default configuration of the installer, then mkinitcpio is not used as initramfs generator.

EnOS uses dracut by default.

:arrow_right: https://discovery.endeavouros.com/installation/dracut/2022/12/

You could try chrooting into your system (use the method appropritae for your filesystem).

Inside the chroot run:

reinstall-kernels (if using systemd-boot)

or

dracut-rebuild (if using Grub)

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Thank you for the fast response,

Seems that I don’t have installed resintall-kernel nor dracut-rebuild. Forgot to add that I installed eOS around October 2022. Seems that I’m using mkinitcpio because I have a config file on /etc, and I dont have /etc/dracut.conf.d.

You think installing dracut may help?

Could you post the output of the following commands from the live session?

sudo parted -l
efibootmgr
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Sure friend,

https://0x0.st/XNh3.txt
https://0x0.st/XNhY.txt

I have a dual boot system with Windows 10

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Perhaps you could try to chroot again:

sudo mount /dev/sda5 /mnt
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot/efi
sudo arch-chroot /mnt

Inside chroot, try reinstalling your kernels:

pacman -Syu linux linux-headers (for example for the latest stable)

This should trigger mkinitcpio automatically.

Check under /boot directory to see if the kernel images and the initramfs are present.

For good measure, reinstall the bootloader and regenerate your grub.cfg:

grub-install

grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

When done, type exit followed by enter to quit chroot.

Reboot.

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A typo with the command, should be

reinstall-kernels
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Good catch! :eye:

However, looking at the output provided, the OP is using the good old EXT4-Grub combo so reinstall-kernels is out of the equation.

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Yeah, thanks, missed that. :upside_down_face:

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Solved!

Here is what I did:

  • Downgraded to the previous kernel version I had on cache
  • Grub reinstall and make config as your comment says

Seems that the latest kernel may have an issue with my system. I will update and carefully look at the logs next time!

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Great! Glad you got it it resoved!

Perhaps you could consider linux-lts in the meantime if you are experiencing issues with the latest stable?

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Just started to suggest the LTS kernel too. :wink:

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The LTS kernel is a good idea to have too. Can save some extra work.

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