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Linux no longer boots after update (lemmy.zip)
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So I got this weird bug – I updated my Pop_OS install and now Linux doesn't boot anymore. I should probably boot from USB and fix this. I could figure it out on my own, but maybe it will be good knowledge for people searching on engines so any advice is welcome. Windows still boots properly. Let's give people some alternatives to reddit :)

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[-] Gronk@aussie.zone 30 points 2 months ago

My common solution to boot issues that lock me out is,

  1. Get a USB Live distro (always good to have a backup lying around)

  2. Boot into live distro

  3. Chroot into the broken distro (Arch wiki has an article on this)

  4. Fix any bugs that I can find and/or reinstall the bootloader

  5. Test, repeat until the problem has been found and fixed

Hope it helps any newcomers!

[-] lemonuri@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 months ago

Popos also has specific guides for these common errors:

https://support.system76.com/articles/bootloader

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