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    • JaredBuschJ
      JaredBusch
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      Unless someone has any more ideas, I'm also out of ideas and I will have to reinstall since I will need my laptop on Wednesday and Thursday.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
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        @JaredBusch said in Fedora 31 stuck in a boot loop:

        Kernel 5.3.12-300 is current.
        But both previous kernels fail also.
        5.3.11-300
        5.3.8-300

        So this suggests that a library or something has failed, not the kernel. That's going to be a huge pain.

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        • JaredBuschJ
          JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
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          @scottalanmiller said in Fedora 31 stuck in a boot loop:

          @JaredBusch said in Fedora 31 stuck in a boot loop:

          Kernel 5.3.12-300 is current.
          But both previous kernels fail also.
          5.3.11-300
          5.3.8-300

          So this suggests that a library or something has failed, not the kernel. That's going to be a huge pain.

          Right sounds like the grub update borked itself.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @flaxking
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            @flaxking said in Fedora 31 stuck in a boot loop:

            @Pete-S said in Fedora 31 stuck in a boot loop:

            Can't provide any input but it's interesting to read the problems that shows up every time there is a new Fedora release out. Your customers are a forgiving bunch for sure.

            That said, it's great for the open source community to have lots of people running the latest and greatest. 👍

            I've been on Fedora about 2 years on my laptop now and I know exactly what you're talking about.

            No new release issues on any Fedora system that I use, either. Been flawless and we use it across laptops, desktops, and servers.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
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              @JaredBusch said in Fedora 31 stuck in a boot loop:

              I did have a Fedora 31 laptop (different model Dell than mine) spun up and logged in two weeks ago. I have ran updates on that one and rebooted. it is running fine.

              Yeah, my Dell with F31 hasn't had an issue yet and I keep it updated.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
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                @JaredBusch said in Fedora 31 stuck in a boot loop:

                The updates show that grub had changes. Shit happens with all OS.

                They also showed that something new was being compiled against GLibC and the Kernel.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
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                  @JaredBusch said in Fedora 31 stuck in a boot loop:

                  @scottalanmiller said in Fedora 31 stuck in a boot loop:

                  @JaredBusch said in Fedora 31 stuck in a boot loop:

                  Kernel 5.3.12-300 is current.
                  But both previous kernels fail also.
                  5.3.11-300
                  5.3.8-300

                  So this suggests that a library or something has failed, not the kernel. That's going to be a huge pain.

                  Right sounds like the grub update borked itself.

                  That's definitely my guess.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
                    last edited by

                    @JaredBusch have you tried the boot loader rebuild process listed here?

                    https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/23/html/System_Administrators_Guide/sec-Resetting_and_Reinstalling_GRUB_2.html

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                    • JaredBuschJ
                      JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
                      last edited by JaredBusch

                      @scottalanmiller said in Fedora 31 stuck in a boot loop:

                      @JaredBusch have you tried the boot loader rebuild process listed here?

                      https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/23/html/System_Administrators_Guide/sec-Resetting_and_Reinstalling_GRUB_2.html

                      I don't have any internet. It only boots to emergency mode when I choose the rescue kernel. Anything else is the boot loop.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
                        last edited by

                        @JaredBusch said in Fedora 31 stuck in a boot loop:

                        @scottalanmiller said in Fedora 31 stuck in a boot loop:

                        @JaredBusch have you tried the boot loader rebuild process listed here?

                        https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/23/html/System_Administrators_Guide/sec-Resetting_and_Reinstalling_GRUB_2.html

                        I don't have any internet. It only boots to emergency mode when I choose the rescue kernel. Anything else is the boot loop.

                        What about booting to a rescue USB stick?

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                        • JaredBuschJ
                          JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
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                          @scottalanmiller said in Fedora 31 stuck in a boot loop:

                          @JaredBusch said in Fedora 31 stuck in a boot loop:

                          @scottalanmiller said in Fedora 31 stuck in a boot loop:

                          @JaredBusch have you tried the boot loader rebuild process listed here?

                          https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/23/html/System_Administrators_Guide/sec-Resetting_and_Reinstalling_GRUB_2.html

                          I don't have any internet. It only boots to emergency mode when I choose the rescue kernel. Anything else is the boot loop.

                          What about booting to a rescue USB stick?

                          I can boot to a live USB. try it from there you think?

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
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                            @JaredBusch said in Fedora 31 stuck in a boot loop:

                            @scottalanmiller said in Fedora 31 stuck in a boot loop:

                            @JaredBusch said in Fedora 31 stuck in a boot loop:

                            @scottalanmiller said in Fedora 31 stuck in a boot loop:

                            @JaredBusch have you tried the boot loader rebuild process listed here?

                            https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/23/html/System_Administrators_Guide/sec-Resetting_and_Reinstalling_GRUB_2.html

                            I don't have any internet. It only boots to emergency mode when I choose the rescue kernel. Anything else is the boot loop.

                            What about booting to a rescue USB stick?

                            I can boot to a live USB. try it from there you think?

                            I think so.

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                            • popesterP
                              popester
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                              • JaredBuschJ
                                JaredBusch
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                                managed to boot into recovery mode and get an IP from a USB ethernet dongle.

                                I ran through the instructions fine on that link, but then step 5 was a link to another page that stated to run grub2-install /dev/sda

                                Well that puked on the nowEFI thing. Google told me I needed to dnf install grub2-efi-x64-modules.

                                Now it dies and says grub2-install: error: cannot find EFI directory

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                                • black3dynamiteB
                                  black3dynamite @JaredBusch
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                                  @JaredBusch said in Fedora 31 stuck in a boot loop:

                                  managed to boot into recovery mode and get an IP from a USB ethernet dongle.

                                  I ran through the instructions fine on that link, but then step 5 was a link to another page that stated to run grub2-install /dev/sda

                                  Well that puked on the nowEFI thing. Google told me I needed to dnf install grub2-efi-x64-modules.

                                  Now it dies and says grub2-install: error: cannot find EFI directory

                                  These look to be more up to date with more details.
                                  https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/bootloading-with-grub2/
                                  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GRUB_2

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                                  • Emad RE
                                    Emad R @JaredBusch
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                                    @JaredBusch said in Fedora 31 stuck in a boot loop:

                                    Now I am trying to boot up and it simply goes back to bios.
                                    Obviously something is crashing in the boot cycle. But what?
                                    Kernel 5.3.12-300 is current.

                                    I dont know why you love that Distro at ML ... Ubuntu 19.10 and POP OS looks similar in software updates and more stable

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                                    • black3dynamiteB
                                      black3dynamite @Emad R
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                                      @Emad-R said in Fedora 31 stuck in a boot loop:

                                      @JaredBusch said in Fedora 31 stuck in a boot loop:

                                      Now I am trying to boot up and it simply goes back to bios.
                                      Obviously something is crashing in the boot cycle. But what?
                                      Kernel 5.3.12-300 is current.

                                      I dont know why you love that Distro at ML ... Ubuntu 19.10 and POP OS looks similar in software updates and more stable

                                      That's not helpful for his situation.

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                                      • JaredBuschJ
                                        JaredBusch @black3dynamite
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                                        @black3dynamite said in Fedora 31 stuck in a boot loop:

                                        @JaredBusch said in Fedora 31 stuck in a boot loop:

                                        managed to boot into recovery mode and get an IP from a USB ethernet dongle.

                                        I ran through the instructions fine on that link, but then step 5 was a link to another page that stated to run grub2-install /dev/sda

                                        Well that puked on the nowEFI thing. Google told me I needed to dnf install grub2-efi-x64-modules.

                                        Now it dies and says grub2-install: error: cannot find EFI directory

                                        These look to be more up to date with more details.
                                        https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/bootloading-with-grub2/
                                        https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GRUB_2

                                        well, I totally broke something in grub. Laptop no longer sees any boot partition.

                                        So, clean reinstall time.

                                        Just really annoyed that I couldn't figure this out with everyone's help.

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                                        • JaredBuschJ
                                          JaredBusch
                                          last edited by JaredBusch

                                          Clean install from the live media. All good after multiple reboots.

                                          dnf upgrade --refresh --exclude kernel*

                                          And hmmmmm

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller
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                                            What the heck.

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