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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
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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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                          • 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
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                              @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
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                                  @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
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                                      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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