Error: end of file /boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64

[Jappio]

Please forgive my lack of understanding I used windows for most of my life.
I was updating using AUR in the background and trying to use adb to get into a broken phone I noticed that my start menu had no icons like it was empty. I thought I messed something up running the adb commands on my laptop and not connecting to the phone to run the commands. I noticed there was an error with the update but didn’t read it before restarting.
I then get this error when booting.

Error: end of file /boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64

I tried going into advanced options but unfortunately the fallback is the exact same kernel version as the default and doesn’t work either.
I have looked at other threads that have similar issues and made a live Manjaro usb so I can boot into that and repair the one on my system however my disk has full encryption so I am at a loss as to how to do this.

[cscs]

Something like this:

[HowTo] Recovering from an interrupted update/upgrade

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆ So you couldn’t wait until the update process had completed and you went for the reset/power button, didn’t you? And now you’re getting the message that you don’t have a kernel installed. Well, you’re not the only one — we’re seeing it happen all the time. So, here’s how to fix it, you impatient n00b. If you don’t happen to have a recent Manjaro installer USB/DVD/CD handy, direct your browser to this wonderful page, download t…

[Jappio]

Thanks for this. Will this work if I have full disk encryption? Because booting into the Manjaro live never gives me the decrypt prompt.

[Jappio]

When I try to run
manjaro-chroot -a
I get
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for dev/sdb1. Check your device.map
ERROR: No Linux partitions detected!

[cscs]

Looks l ike there is a guide for encrypted here:

[Fix] Can’t login - black screen & chroot guide

Original author on old forum @AlManja If you are stuck and you can’t log into your system, use one of these steps below. They are sorted from easiest at the top. Start with the first step and if it doesn’t work, try with the next one and so on… Once you get access to the system, then proceed with updating the system or installing/removing packages, checking log files… Steps (you only need one) are: log to tty terminal boot without X chroot auto (with manjaro-chroot) chroot (with manjaro-chro…

[Jappio]

After much trial and error I made some progress doing the following…

sudo su -

cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/nvme0n1p1 ssd

sudo mount /dev/mapper/ssd /mnt

sudo manjaro-chroot /mnt

Then the prompt changed to Sh-5.2#

[ -f /var/lib/pacman/db.lck ] && rm -f /var/lib/pacman/db.lck

pacman-mirrors -f && pacman -Syyu

So far no errors until I run

update-grub

I get his output

Generating grub configuration file …

Found theme: /usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/theme.txt

Found lunux image: /boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64

Found initrd image: /boot/intel-ucode.img

Warning: os-prober will be executed to detect other bootable partitions.

Its output will be used to detect bootable binaries on them and create new boot entries.

ERROR: mkdir /var/lock/dmraid

grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRIB drive for /dev/sdb1. Check your device.map.

Adding boot menu entry for UEFI Firmware Settings …

Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+/memtest.bin

done

I restart and pull out the flash drive. I am prompted for my password but after I get the same error.
Error: end of file /boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64
Error: you need to load the kernal first

[andreas85]

Your kernel-file is damaged, while grub thinks it is OK. So, best is to add another kernel.

While in chroot,

• try to install (add) kernel 6.6
  with: sudo mhwd-kernel -i linux66
• reboot into kernel 6.6
• remove kernel 6.1
• reinstall kernel 6.1

Manjaro Kernels

[Jappio]

While in chroot I used that command. It doesnt give me any output and just went down to the next line. It is not installing any new kernels when I check with
mhwd-kernel -li

What am I doing wrong?

[andreas85]

@Jappio

It doesnt give me any output

Then your kernel is not installed correctly.

please try:
mhwd-kernel -l

@Jappio

mhwd-kernel -li

I did ask for:

@andreas85

sudo mhwd-kernel -i linux66

Please provide (copy / paste) full output ! Do not only describe what happens !

[Jappio]

When I use the command
sudo mhwd-kernel -i linux66
It just goes to the next line and doesn’t give me any feedback to share with you. I tried various different kernels with the same result.

I used
mhwd-kernel -li
To see if the any new kernels were installed.
It shows

Currently running: 6.5.5-1-MANJARO (linux65)
The following kernels are installed in your system:
*linux61

When I run
mhwd-kernel -l
I get
Available kernels:
*linux419
*linux510
*linux515
*linux54
*linux61
*linux65
*linux66
*linux61-rt
*linux65-rt
*linux66-rt

[andreas85]

@Jappio

It just goes to the next line and doesn’t give me any feedback to share with you

Then that’s out of my league

[Jappio]

For some reason using
sudo mhwd-kernel -i linux66
Does nothing
but if I try
mhwd-kernel -i linux66
I get
Synchronizing package databases…
Core 100%
Extra 100%
Community is up to date
Multilib is up to date
Error: no targets specified (use -h for help)

[bedna]

If you are in chroot that makes perfect sense, since you ARE root and sudo should not be used.
I haven’t actually read the whoe thread you pulled me in here from another remember.

But you could try to install with pacman instead.

[Teo]

pacman -S linux66
update-grub

From the chroot of course (#). Hopefully mirrors are synced.

[Jappio]

I installed and tried every kernel I the furthest I got was a login screen which would just ask me to relog in once I already had logged in.
I think my issue is the same as this thread.

Getting an error while trying to recover system from interrupted update

Hi guys! While I was updating some packages I received an error (did not get to capture it), and I was not able to do anything, such as opening apps or even restarting or shutting down the computer. I did a hard reset and I was prompted with the following message: error: file '/boot/vmlinuz-6.5-x86_64' not found. error: you need to load the kernel first' I followed the steps in this post: [HowTo] Recovering from an interrupted update/upgrade. However, when I run the following command I get an…

At this point I want to copy the contents of my whole drive to an external and do a fresh install.

Would I use rsync to do this? I just dont understand what the path is out of my unencrypted drive once I have done the mounting and chrooting into my encrypted drive.

[Jappio]

I found that dolphin file manager could do what I needed. I used AUR on the USB run manjaro to install it and then didnt restart my machine. I right clicked the external drive and set it to modify files so I could copy everything over there.
I hadnt realized that using AUR could do this to my system. Thanks for all your help!

[Teo]

@Jappio

I used AUR on the USB run manjaro to install it

Nobody understood what you just said

[andreas85]

@Jappio

I was updating using AUR in the background

@Jappio

I noticed there was an error with the update but didn’t read it before restarting.

Please do not do this again
The problem is not AUR itself

Some things that others can learn from it

It cannot be said often enough:

• Do update in a terminal
• Do read the update-thread ahead of it
• Do read error-messages
• Do update AUR only if you already updated the base-system without errors
  

P.S.:

• In principle, saving an encrypted system is much more difficult than saving an unencrypted one. (> 1 day)
• Backups help you not to have to put in too much effort in the event of a crash, but rather to be able to simply reinstall and restore your data. (1 hour)
• Timeshift / snapper and btrfs help you get out of a crash with a simple rollback (5 minutes)