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[SOLVED] what did I do to debian 13.0? I can only access the backup install (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by arsus5478@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I hope you understand what I mean.

On my grub screen there are 4 options, 2 regular booting and 2 recovery mode afair.

I cannot access the first regular one, only the second one. Cannot give you a screenshot or a picture because I'm scared of rebooting the computer again.

If I execute cat /etc/debian_version it returns 13.0, so it's already upgraded.

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y doesn't return any errors.

what is going on?

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[–] Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

What was the thing you did before this started happening?

[–] arsus5478@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (11 children)

upgraded from 12.11 to 13.0. I just deleted some old kernels and freed some space in the boot partition. Could this be the reason? not enough free boot space?

[–] technopagan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Did you free up space by manually deleting files from the boot partition? Then chances are you deleted some vital files and you should reinstall the kernels and grub.

[–] arsus5478@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I listed all installed kernels:

dpkg -l | grep linux-image | awk '{print$2}'

then removed several old kernels:

sudo apt remove --purge linux-image-XXX

then updated grub:

sudo update-grub2

[–] Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Sound like they may not have been old 😅

Edit: Can you list the kernels now?

[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I've never had to manually delete kernels.

Apt autoremove automatically takes care of older kernels

Maybe try reinstalling your default stable kernel linux-image-amd64 (or whatever architecture)

Typically, no need to specify specific kernel versions like 6.12

[–] mouse@midwest.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

You can look at the /boot/grub/grub.cfg file for details as to what each option is on the grub menu. It's not the prettiest file though. Search for menuentry, that should be followed by the name of the entry and below details for what kernel and options it uses.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip -2 points 2 weeks ago

You should really just back up your files, do a fresh install, and don't fuck with the system like that.

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