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    • popesterP
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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
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                  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
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                      @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
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                              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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