Hey everyone! I've been using Arch Linux for about 8 months now, and I've been enjoying the experience. I installed it manually with guidance from a YouTube tutorial and the Arch wiki. However, I encountered a major issue today. After restarting my system following an update, it stopped booting into Arch and instead only goes to the firmware screen. I have a USB stick for EndeavourOS and can access my files through it. I'm seeking help on how to get my Arch installation back up and running. The last commands I ran were 'sudo pacman -Scc' and 'sudo pacman -Syu'. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
3 Answers
It sounds like you might have lost your bootloader, which is pretty common. Were you using GRUB to boot your system? If that's the case, it should be repairable unless there's a problem with the drive itself.
Have you considered trying another distribution like openSUSE Tumbleweed KDE? A lot of users find it rock solid and user-friendly.
You can definitely troubleshoot using the EndeavourOS live USB! It should be fine to follow similar steps as you would with Arch. A common fix is to reinstall your bootloader. If you need to, you might have to install a couple of packages to get everything back to normal.
So you're suggesting I chroot into my system and run 'sudo pacman -S systemd-boot'? That sounds doable.