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short slate Dec 6, 2023, 7:57 PM

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I removed a hard drive that had nothing to do with my linux install and now when i boot it is stuck in black screen, what should i do?

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also when i try to open the iso for arch it also gives me a black screen im really not sure why(like the iso install through my thumb drive)

short slate Dec 6, 2023, 8:18 PM

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i got the iso to work but what should i in in chroot?

last pawn Dec 6, 2023, 8:47 PM

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you may need to edit your fstab file and remove the lines having to do with the other harddrive @short slate

short slate Dec 6, 2023, 8:48 PM

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last pawn you may need to edit your fstab file and remove the lines having to do with the ...

how can i do that sir?

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also after i did pac-man syuu

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and rebooted to the actual install it put me in emergency mode because it couldn’t mount boot

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when i tried to mount it manually it said it couldn’t because it was a vfat file system

last pawn Dec 6, 2023, 8:49 PM

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vim /etc/fstab

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or nano

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wtv u have

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just wtv u do dont delete the ones for ur ssd

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you can comment them out by inserting # before the lines

short slate Dec 6, 2023, 8:50 PM

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it says i only have one drive

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which is the one i have installed arch on

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one boot partition and one big one

short slate Dec 6, 2023, 8:51 PM

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last pawn you can comment them out by inserting # before the lines

should i try to downgrade my kernel?

last pawn Dec 6, 2023, 8:51 PM

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can you show your fstab file

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picture or sm

short slate Dec 6, 2023, 8:52 PM

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i’m on 6.6.3-arch-1

short slate Dec 6, 2023, 9:08 PM

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last pawn picture or sm

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shouldn’t these be the same?

last pawn Dec 6, 2023, 9:17 PM

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do you have two kernels?

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wait i see what you mean

short slate Dec 6, 2023, 9:19 PM

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what should i do?

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i think that’s the problem but idk what to do

last pawn Dec 6, 2023, 9:26 PM

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https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=131101

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this describes ur kernel issue

short slate Dec 6, 2023, 9:27 PM

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2 - you did nit update kernel image in /boot ( my best bet

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thinks it’s this

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because i did pacmN syuu without mnting boot

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sorry i didn’t understand the solution

short slate Dec 6, 2023, 9:51 PM

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i commented the boot in fstab and it wouldn’t boot anymore

mild idol Dec 7, 2023, 4:13 AM

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You need to undo the fstab changes to continue, it unfortunatly wasn't the issue and the changes made it worse. Make a bootable arch usb and reference the installation instructions on how to mount your exsisting partitions
(note: you only need to get into the exsisting install, no need to create new partitions or log into wifi)

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then use arch-chroot /mnt to acsess your system and nano /etc/fstab to pull up fstab in a text editor

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un comment the boot drive and save the file. You should then be able to restart and get to where you were before

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once your done this, (I'm assuming your in emergency mode now), mount boot and run pacman -S linux this will force reinstall the kernal and run the scripts that regenerate some code in your boot partition

short slate Dec 7, 2023, 11:11 AM

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mild idol once your done this, (I'm assuming your in emergency mode now), mount boot and r...

i have got it to launch on linux hardened

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but when i try to launch linux it just gives me a black screen

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maybe it’s due to nvifia or something

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and when i do startx it says no screens found

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actually nvm i was able to boot into normal linux

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now i just need to figure out why startx isnt working

short slate Dec 7, 2023, 2:47 PM

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only when i have nvidia or nvidia-dkms installed i get a black screen when i boot linux

last pawn Dec 7, 2023, 3:08 PM

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what is your CPU/GPU?

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