Voidlinux question: can't boot system after upgrade

xiongnu · 03-20-2020, 09:02 AM

hi, pardon me for posting here on voidlinux since i couldn't find a dedicated forum

i upgraded my voidlinux system but couldn't start the system after reboot

the systems displays the following then freezes:
'Booting Void GNU/Linux

Loading Linux 5.4.25_1...
Loading initial ramdisk..'

I updated system from a previous 'xbps' < 0.54, related thread is here
#251
the system is a homebuilt pc with void installed on internal IDE drive.

the old 4.19 kernel can be boot without any issue (from Advanced menu)

any advice?

BW-userx · 03-20-2020, 10:19 AM

they hang out on freenode now ..
https://irc-source.com/channel/freenode/%23voidlinux

hazel · 03-20-2020, 10:35 AM

Check that you have a new initrd image for your new kernel. Most distros automatically create one with some kind of mkinitrd script when a new kernel is installed, but I don't know if Void does.

xiongnu · 03-22-2020, 03:43 PM

here's the initrd in the /boot:

Code:

[erdos@quantum boot]$ ls -l
total 318272
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2262846 Mar 12 15:29 System.map-4.19.109_1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2222850 May  4  2019 System.map-4.19.39_1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2223082 May 11  2019 System.map-4.19.42_1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1836111 Aug 20  2016 System.map-4.7.2_1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1856110 Nov 19  2016 System.map-4.8.9_1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2379683 Mar 12 15:29 System.map-5.4.25_1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   199184 Mar 12 15:29 config-4.19.109_1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   199124 May  4  2019 config-4.19.39_1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   199124 May 11  2019 config-4.19.42_1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   177026 Aug 20  2016 config-4.7.2_1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   178575 Nov 19  2016 config-4.8.9_1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   217520 Mar 12 15:29 config-5.4.25_1
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root     4096 Mar 16 09:43 grub
-rw------- 1 root root 50022924 Mar 16 09:43 initramfs-4.19.109_1.img
-rw------- 1 root root 53422316 May  4  2019 initramfs-4.19.39_1.img
-rw------- 1 root root 53419614 May 11  2019 initramfs-4.19.42_1.img
-rw------- 1 root root 37698850 Aug 30  2016 initramfs-4.7.2_1.img
-rw------- 1 root root 33992213 Nov 21  2016 initramfs-4.8.9_1.img
-rw------- 1 root root 53081067 Mar 16 09:41 initramfs-5.4.25_1.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  5421632 Mar 12 15:29 vmlinuz-4.19.109_1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  5374368 May  4  2019 vmlinuz-4.19.39_1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  5373856 May 11  2019 vmlinuz-4.19.42_1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  4210160 Aug 20  2016 vmlinuz-4.7.2_1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  4266048 Nov 19  2016 vmlinuz-4.8.9_1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  5616512 Mar 12 15:29 vmlinuz-5.4.25_1

teckk · 03-23-2020, 06:46 PM

You have 6 kernels installed. Is that on purpose?

Do the docs help you
https://docs.voidlinux.org/
You can remove kernels with vkpurge the docs say.