Re: Issues booting after kernel upgrades

On Wed, Apr 22, 2026 at 12:24 AM Lucie Scarlet <lucie@scarlet.moe> wrote:

Hi, Whenever I upgrade my Linux kernel, my computer never properly boots. I have to boot into archiso and reinstall the kernel in chroot before I can get it booting again. Not very sure where to begin looking, but it's an issue that has been bugging me for a good while now. The fix for it is easy enough which is why I've put off mentioning it before now.

A common issue is that a split /boot partition isn't mounted, which causes the kernel upgrade to place new kernels and initrds in the root partition's /boot directory instead. Compare the mounts you do in the archiso with those made when your system boots.