“Mkinitcpio failed for kernel 6.17.3-arch2-1, skipping”

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I am trying to add arch into grubs boot menu. I have semi-accidentally uninstalled bootctl. I have arch manually added to grubs /40_custom file. It shows up in the menu on reboot but it doesn’t do anything and simply loops back to grub when I click on it

@tranquil escarp could you help 😭🙏

[tranquil escarp]

no idea,sorry

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Why are you doing this manually?

grub generates its own config file

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It didn’t wanna recognize arch, although it did detect windows by itself

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

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Yup. That didn’t work @last ibex

[last ibex]

Is this a manual install?

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@last ibex yeah I had to. I just pasted that script into /40_costum

[last ibex]

There's no kernel

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@last ibex I am not sure why. But it just refused to acknowledge arch existed in my system by itself(prober)

[last ibex]

how is it supposed to recognise it?

[last ibex]

It can exist without grub

[last ibex]

Did you solve this?

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Hmmm no kernel?

No still here trying to solve it

[last ibex]

Solve this first, before messing with grub

Where exactly are you in the process right now?

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Yeah that’s what am trying to do…but not sure how to go about it

I haven’t made any progress since making this post

Tbh I was using ChatGPT to get this far and ran into token limit…so kind of not sure what to do next

[last ibex]

I mean

where are you rn?

are you chrooted into the system?

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Oh yeah chroot inside arch install from usb

[last ibex]

ok, try running mkinitcpio -P

see if it fails

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Tried that already

Exact same as Pac-Man -S linux

[last ibex]

Also, is this a manual install?

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No omarchy was done via iso

[last ibex]

so what happened exactly?

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I wanted to duel boot with grub into arch and windows. Since bootctl didn’t allow it

[last ibex]

omarchy already has limine bootloader

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Wasn’t onarchy bootloader bootctl?

[last ibex]

no

it's limine

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Oh. Does that support duel boot?

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Yes..?

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Oh. Maybe i should just try to get it back then

[last ibex]

bootctl isn't even a bootloader

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lol that what gpt told me

Got any tips to get it back the smoothest way?

Or fix this kernel issue.

[last ibex]

first exit the chroot

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I just wanna get back to my arch atp

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exit

then do pacstrap -K /mnt linux linux-headers

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Do you think it’s better to fix kernel or reinstall limine? Is it good for duel booting with windows

[last ibex]

limine should already be there

you just need to remove grub

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Okay alright. Let’s do it

@last ibex jesus

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internet

ping archlinux.org

see if it your internet is working

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Oh yeah give me a sec ill fix that

Ah now got failed to install packages to new root

@last ibex

[last ibex]

wait

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linux-headers

not header

pacstrap -K /mnt linux linux-headers

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Sorry about that.

But now I got this

[last ibex]

no free space

lsblk

show the output

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Yeah doesn’t Omarchy consume all the disk?

[last ibex]

Don't add the -f flag

I need to see the mount points

either you have mounted the wrong parition, your installation was incomplete because of low space

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...

You haven't mounted the paritions

cryptsetup open /dev/nvme0n1p2 root

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Ah yeah the pc rebooted must have lost it

It’s mount -o and the dev…

[last ibex]

You do know how to mount btrfs subvolumes?

mount -o subvol=@ /dev/mapper/root /mnt

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Yeah I have done it once give me a moment

I’ll mount all of them

[last ibex]

ok

show me the lsblk output after you're done mounting

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Ok

There we go @last ibex

[last ibex]

great, now mount the boot parition

mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot

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Done

[last ibex]

Run this now

pacstrap -K /mnt linux linux-headers

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I was talking with ChatGPT in the background and it told me that limine isn’t ideal for windows/arch duel booting

That it was better to just remove it and clean install grub?

[last ibex]

just leave chatgpt

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Aight I what’s the worst that can happen 😂

It’s running it now. What does the code do btw?

[last ibex]

Install the kernel, and set up the system

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Ok

[last ibex]

It should solve this issue

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🤞🤞

:/

@last ibex

[last ibex]

Are you using a lts kernel?

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What do you mean? @last ibex

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pacstrap -K /mnt linux linux-headers nvidia-lts

run this

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Ok

You think the graphics card was the issue?

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wait

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don't run this yet

pacstrap -K /mnt linux linux-headers nvidia nvidia-utils

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run this one instead

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It’s running :/

[last ibex]

This one?

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No the one before

It’s taking it’s sweet time with loading it hmmm

[last ibex]

because it's gonna work now

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Oh I see some green txts 🙂

In Jesus name work

Fuck 😭

@last ibex

[last ibex]

not lts smh

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.

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I told you to run this one

I thought maybe you had a lts kernel

[last ibex]

just run this

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It’s just the extra nvidia line in between?

[last ibex]

It'll work

[last ibex]

nvidia nvidia-utils

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Ok

3rd times the charm 🙏

Do all of these attempts that fail get deleted automatically or are the bloating the drive?

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transaction doesn't happen if there's an error in the pipe

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I see alit “WARNNING: missing firmware” errors. Is that normal?

They are not red though

[last ibex]

Yeah

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Damn think it worked

Holy

But some red next Limine, not sure about that

But no major error now 😮‍💨

So it was the gpu. Wtf , would have never guessed that

What made you even think of that?

[last ibex]

because the errors involving nvidia

the kernel params for loading relevant nvidia modules were failing

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Ah

I am blind.

So what’s next?

Mkinitcpio is nvidia kernel?

[last ibex]

no

it makes the initramfs

[last ibex]

You need to delete the grub stuff from the /boot

your /boot is full, so it can't make the limine.cfg

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Ok

Just rm /boot ?

[last ibex]

no

ls \boot, and show me the output

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@last ibex here

[last ibex]

delete grub, and all the initramfs files

rm -r grub initramg..

also remove the lts kernel

you are using a lts kernel

rm vm-linuz-lts

show the output after this

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Ok

I see vmlinuz-linux and vmlinuz-linux-its

Remove them both?

[last ibex]

You can also delete limine.conf.old and limine.conf.tmp

[last ibex]

just the lts one

vmlinuz-linux is your kernel

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Ok

[last ibex]

It's lts not its

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Ok

Ah small l gotcha

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after you're done, run lsblk -f, and show the output

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Done @last ibex

[last ibex]

Ok exit from chroot and run that command again

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.

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With it without nvidia parts

Ok

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Without

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Ok

No errors. Some green stuff. Think it went well

So i am back to the old omarchy boot now?

[last ibex]

Arch-chroot into the system

Do sudo limine-update

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Arch-Chroot /mnt

That’s what you mean?

Am gona assume yes

[last ibex]

Yes

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👍

Done

[last ibex]

Ok you can reboot now

In theory your system should work now

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What about windows

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You wanted to dual boot with windows right?

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Yes

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Both omarchy and windows are in the same efi partition right?

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Windows doesn’t use efi

It’s «legacy» according to ChatGPT

[last ibex]

Chatgpt is stupid

It uses UEFI

Do

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Oh

[last ibex]

ls /boot/EFI

Paste the output

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I’ve got a similar problem installing from usb drive created with Caligula. I’ve disabled TPM and safe boot and it’s my only drive https://discord.com/channels/1390012484194275541/1429543778263367780

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Here:

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I have been at this for 6hes now 😭 my sunday is ruined

[last ibex]

Nice

Now add this to limine.conf

It is inside /boot

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No modifications required?

[last ibex]

nano /boot/limine.conf

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You need to add that section

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Yup on it

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do show me the file before exiting

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Ok

Like this:? @last ibex

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wait

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Uppercase W

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Yup noticed that also

But good otherwise?

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remove the linux-lts

the entire section

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Ok

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from //linux-lts till kernal cmdline

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Ok

@last ibex

[last ibex]

fix the identation

make sure /Windows is at the same level as /Omarchy

It's good otherwise

save, and exit

then do sudo limine-update, and hope for the best

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Like this:?

Alright

[last ibex]

I mean

make sure it's at the left most position

touching the start of the line

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Ah

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Like Omarchy

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Gotcha

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Yours is like this rn

  /windows
      protoc..

/windows
    protocl...

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make it like this

Idk if that matters, but let's just be careful

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Having issues with its children , is that a problem or no?

Can’t make them go one tab back

[last ibex]

It's fine

save and exit

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Ok

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run sudo limine-scan

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Looks like its working

Okay, I’ll reboot

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aight

lemme know if it works

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🤞

Hmm not exactly

[last ibex]

just check if omarchy works

windows can be configured later

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But arch works 🥳

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That's a good sign

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Big relief

So it was indication issue

With windows?

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Yeah

Ig identation matters

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Where was the file stored again?

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/boot

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Think this correct

I’ll try again

[last ibex]

I see the issue

add the windows section below snapshots

snapshots go under omarchy

place it above /EFI fallback

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Ah okay

[last ibex]

on second thought, add it below the /EFI fallback section

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Ok

How do you past on nvlinuz

Nvim

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ctrl shift v

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From Yank

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p

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👍

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below the EFI section

just paste it at the very bottom

you can press u to undo

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But the indentation refuses to get any smaller

[last ibex]

looks good

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Ok 👍

Let it rip

Oh shit 😱

[last ibex]

It's fine

open boot menu

select limine

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Yeah your right

[last ibex]

you can change the boot order from the BIOS

remove grub completely after you're done

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It worked! 🤩🎉🥳

Damn I will never talk to ChatGPT again about config or arch again

I have been spending 3 days chasing my tail when it was as simple as that

[last ibex]

remember all of these are just statistical models. They only regurgitate the majority. If you run into an obsecure issue, that's not found in the forums, you're gonna be in trouble with these models

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Your right. Well, thank you so much for the help. I feel like I should be paying you 😂 you saved my ass.

[last ibex]

Nah, people help here voluntarily