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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
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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 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
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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
                            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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