arch not booting says error preparing initrd: not found | Linux Mint Community🍵 | Page 1

pulsar nebula Jul 3, 2024, 12:59 AM

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Hey Iam having an error when booting up my pc when I boot the media after taking out the usb it says error preparing initrd: not found like everything I looked up was not helping I need some help

spark crag Jul 3, 2024, 1:45 AM

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leave the usb with the arch installation iso in for the entire session until fully installed

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or is that message occuring after attempting to boot from the hard drive?

pulsar nebula Jul 3, 2024, 2:03 AM

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spark crag or is that message occuring after attempting to boot from the hard drive?

Well it was when attempting to boot from the drive

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Is what you mean to redo the installation because I followed mutahars guide on it and did it all up until taking out the usb I don’t really want to lose that process yk what I mean

spark crag Jul 3, 2024, 2:05 AM

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pulsar nebula Well it was when attempting to boot from the drive

it's obviously incomplete so u may have to reinstall

pulsar nebula Jul 3, 2024, 2:06 AM

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That’s all good better to do that than anything else

spark crag Jul 3, 2024, 2:06 AM

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what u can do to learn to troubleshoot is

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use another live usb with a premade distro like Mint, and u can view the folders on ur HDD using a comfortable file manager in the live desktop mode. initrd i think supposed to live in /boot of the HDD

pulsar nebula Jul 3, 2024, 2:08 AM

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Yeah I have a usb with mint on it already I can go ahead with that thank you for the advice lol

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I will reinstall arch on my main pc just to make sure if that is the wiser option to resolve my issue

spark crag Jul 3, 2024, 2:09 AM

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pulsar nebula Jul 3, 2024, 2:10 AM

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Yeah want me to view the files on my usb with arch?

spark crag Jul 3, 2024, 2:11 AM

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No, just to view what got installed to thee hard drive

pulsar nebula Jul 3, 2024, 2:11 AM

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I mean idk if I can do that all I got on my pc is arch but my laptop runs off of mint

spark crag Jul 3, 2024, 2:11 AM

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boot Mint usb live, then go to hdd device

pulsar nebula Jul 3, 2024, 2:12 AM

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I would if I could rn sadly
I cannot due to me not having mint installed on my main pc as of right now

spark crag Jul 3, 2024, 2:12 AM

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u dont have a spare usb stick with Mint iso etched?

spark crag Jul 3, 2024, 2:13 AM

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pulsar nebula Yeah I have a usb with mint on it already I can go ahead with that thank you for...

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pulsar nebula Jul 3, 2024, 2:13 AM

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I do have one with a mint iso etched onto it

pulsar nebula Jul 3, 2024, 2:13 AM

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spark crag .

My bad did not think to much been a long day😭

spark crag Jul 3, 2024, 2:14 AM

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there you go. it may not fully solve ur issue, but just to at least inspect the folders/structure

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have a peek in the arch /boot folder etc

pulsar nebula Jul 3, 2024, 2:26 AM

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Ok it did I am all good thank you sm!😭😭😭

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