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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
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        @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
                    last edited by

                    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
                          last edited by

                          @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
                                last edited by

                                What the heck.

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                                • black3dynamiteB
                                  black3dynamite @JaredBusch
                                  last edited by

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

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

                                  dnf upgrade --refresh --exclude kernel*

                                  And hmmmmm

                                  C6097280-6B7C-456C-B239-49546784A187.jpeg

                                  0D73073C-D9A0-4745-8D4A-22DBB7B6BE86.jpeg

                                  Is something wrong with SELinux permissions?

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                                  • JaredBuschJ
                                    JaredBusch @black3dynamite
                                    last edited by

                                    @black3dynamite said in Fedora 31 stuck in a boot loop:

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

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

                                    dnf upgrade --refresh --exclude kernel*

                                    And hmmmmm

                                    C6097280-6B7C-456C-B239-49546784A187.jpeg

                                    0D73073C-D9A0-4745-8D4A-22DBB7B6BE86.jpeg

                                    Is something wrong with SELinux permissions?

                                    It is a 100% new install. Second time in fact because I installed the first time, ran updates and rebooted before looking. And it wouldn’t reboot. So I did it again.

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                                    • warren.stanleyW
                                      warren.stanley @JaredBusch
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                                      @JaredBusch efibootmgr is clean?

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                                      • JaredBuschJ
                                        JaredBusch @warren.stanley
                                        last edited by

                                        @warren-stanley said in Fedora 31 stuck in a boot loop:

                                        @JaredBusch efibootmgr is clean?

                                        at this point, yes, because it was a clean install. twice.

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                                        • JaredBuschJ
                                          JaredBusch
                                          last edited by JaredBusch

                                          doing it again (clean install) and this time excluding grub but updating the kernel

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                                          • JaredBuschJ
                                            JaredBusch
                                            last edited by

                                            So no idea what the exact fail combo is, but I am fully updated, and working, on a clean install.

                                            • Installed Fedora 31 Cinnamon from USB.
                                            • Rebooted, I have only kernel 5.3.7-301
                                            • Removed dnf dragora GUI sudo dnf remove dnfdragora* -y
                                            • Rebooted.
                                            • Upgraded all but grub2 sudo dnf upgrade --refresh -y --exclude grub2*
                                            • Rebooted, not I now have kernel 5.3.13-300 available and default.
                                            • Upgraded grub2 sudo dnf upgrade --refresh -y, I did receive the above SELinux errors again, they may be normal?
                                            • Rebooted, system working normally.
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