After tonight’s system update logged below, my CachyOS drive became unbootable, not even making it to the bootloader screen, rEFInd in my case. The drive is silently ignored, or if I enter my motherboard boot menu and select it, it just goes back to the motherboard setup screen.
I can fix it temporarily from a live SD card by cachy-chroot and refind-install. It lets me boot the drive once but no more until I cachy-chroot and refind-install again.
I do also have a Windows drive and my previous Linux distro drive but I haven’t known them to cause any similar problem.
My secure boot options are “Windows” and “Other OS”, I have “Other OS” selected.
Bug report: 1b38345
pacman.log
[2025-07-09T21:59:34-0700] [PACMAN] Running ‘pacman -Syu’
[2025-07-09T21:59:34-0700] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2025-07-09T21:59:35-0700] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2025-07-09T21:59:50-0700] [ALPM] running ‘60-mkinitcpio-remove.hook’…
[2025-07-09T21:59:50-0700] [ALPM] transaction started
[2025-07-09T21:59:50-0700] [ALPM] upgraded gettext (0.25-1.1 → 0.25.1-1.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:50-0700] [ALPM] upgraded archlinux-keyring (20250430.1-2 → 20250707-2)
[2025-07-09T21:59:51-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Appending keys from archlinux.gpg…
[2025-07-09T21:59:52-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Disabling revoked keys in keyring…
[2025-07-09T21:59:52-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Disabled 4 keys.
[2025-07-09T21:59:52-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Updating trust database…
[2025-07-09T21:59:52-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] gpg: marginals needed: 3 completes needed: 1 trust model: pgp
[2025-07-09T21:59:52-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] gpg: depth: 0 valid: 1 signed: 6 trust: 0-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 1u
[2025-07-09T21:59:52-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] gpg: depth: 1 valid: 6 signed: 100 trust: 0-, 0q, 0n, 6m, 0f, 0u
[2025-07-09T21:59:52-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] gpg: Note: third-party key signatures using the SHA1 algorithm are rejected
[2025-07-09T21:59:52-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] gpg: (use option “–allow-weak-key-signatures” to override)
[2025-07-09T21:59:52-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] gpg: depth: 2 valid: 73 signed: 18 trust: 73-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 0u
[2025-07-09T21:59:52-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] gpg: next trustdb check due at 2025-08-18
[2025-07-09T21:59:52-0700] [ALPM] upgraded blueprint-compiler (0.16.0-1 → 0.18.0-1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:52-0700] [ALPM] upgraded btop (1.4.3-3.1 → 1.4.4-1.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:52-0700] [ALPM] upgraded chwd (1.13.2-1 → 1.14.0-1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:53-0700] [ALPM] upgraded discord (1:0.0.100-1 → 1:0.0.101-1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:53-0700] [ALPM] upgraded docker-compose (2.38.1-1.1 → 2.38.2-1.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:53-0700] [ALPM] upgraded dos2unix (7.5.2-2.17 → 7.5.2-2.18)
[2025-07-09T21:59:54-0700] [ALPM] upgraded firefox (140.0.2-1.1 → 140.0.4-1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:54-0700] [ALPM] upgraded git (2.50.0-1.1 → 2.50.1-1.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:54-0700] [ALPM] upgraded glances (4.3.1-1 → 4.3.2-1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:54-0700] [ALPM] upgraded ldb (2:4.22.2-1.1 → 2:4.22.3-1.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:54-0700] [ALPM] upgraded libgexiv2 (0.14.5-1.1 → 0.14.6-1.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:54-0700] [ALPM] upgraded libvlc (3.0.21-24.1 → 3.0.21-26.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:54-0700] [ALPM] upgraded libwbclient (2:4.22.2-1.1 → 2:4.22.3-1.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:55-0700] [ALPM] upgraded linux-cachyos (6.15.4-4 → 6.15.5-2)
[2025-07-09T21:59:57-0700] [ALPM] upgraded linux-cachyos-headers (6.15.4-4 → 6.15.5-2)
[2025-07-09T21:59:57-0700] [ALPM] upgraded linux-cachyos-nvidia-open (6.15.4-4 → 6.15.5-2)
[2025-07-09T21:59:57-0700] [ALPM] upgraded paru (2.0.4-1 → 2.1.0-1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] upgraded pnpm (10.12.4-1 → 10.13.1-1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] upgraded python-cryptography (45.0.4-1.1 → 45.0.5-1.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] upgraded python-pillow-heif (0.22.0-1.1 → 1.0.0-1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] upgraded qt6-base (6.9.1-2.1 → 6.9.1-3.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] upgraded scx-scheds (1.0.13-1 → 1.0.14-2)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] upgraded scx-manager (1.15.1-1 → 1.15.2-1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] upgraded smbclient (2:4.22.2-1.1 → 2:4.22.3-1.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] installed vlc-plugin-alsa (3.0.21-26.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] installed vlc-plugin-a52dec (3.0.21-26.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] installed vlc-plugin-dav1d (3.0.21-26.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] installed vlc-plugin-dbus (3.0.21-26.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] installed vlc-plugin-dbus-screensaver (3.0.21-26.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] installed vlc-plugin-faad2 (3.0.21-26.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] installed vlc-plugin-flac (3.0.21-26.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] installed vlc-plugin-gnutls (3.0.21-26.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] installed vlc-plugin-inflate (3.0.21-26.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] installed vlc-plugin-jpeg (3.0.21-26.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] installed vlc-plugin-journal (3.0.21-26.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] installed vlc-plugin-mpg123 (3.0.21-26.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] installed vlc-plugin-opus (3.0.21-26.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] installed vlc-plugin-png (3.0.21-26.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] installed vlc-plugin-shout (3.0.21-26.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] installed vlc-plugin-speex (3.0.21-26.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] installed vlc-plugin-tag (3.0.21-26.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] installed vlc-plugin-theora (3.0.21-26.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] installed vlc-plugin-twolame (3.0.21-26.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] installed vlc-plugin-vorbis (3.0.21-26.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] installed vlc-plugin-vpx (3.0.21-26.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] installed vlc-plugin-xml (3.0.21-26.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] installed vlc-plugins-base (3.0.21-26.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] installed vlc-cli (3.0.21-26.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] installed vlc-plugin-lua (3.0.21-26.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] installed vlc-plugin-pulse (3.0.21-26.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] installed vlc-plugins-video-output (3.0.21-26.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] installed vlc-gui-qt (3.0.21-26.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:58-0700] [ALPM] upgraded vlc (3.0.21-24.1 → 3.0.21-26.1)
[2025-07-09T21:59:59-0700] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2025-07-09T21:59:59-0700] [ALPM] running ‘20-systemd-sysusers.hook’…
[2025-07-09T21:59:59-0700] [ALPM] running ‘30-systemd-daemon-reload-system.hook’…
[2025-07-09T21:59:59-0700] [ALPM] running ‘30-systemd-restart-marked.hook’…
[2025-07-09T22:00:00-0700] [ALPM] running ‘30-systemd-update.hook’…
[2025-07-09T22:00:00-0700] [ALPM] running ‘60-depmod.hook’…
[2025-07-09T22:00:01-0700] [ALPM] running ‘90-mkinitcpio-install.hook’…
[2025-07-09T22:00:01-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux-cachyos.preset: ‘default’
[2025-07-09T22:00:01-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Using default configuration file: ‘/etc/mkinitcpio.conf’
[2025-07-09T22:00:01-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux-cachyos -g /boot/initramfs-linux-cachyos.img
[2025-07-09T22:00:01-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Using drop-in configuration file: ‘10-chwd.conf’
[2025-07-09T22:00:01-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: ‘6.15.5-2-cachyos’
[2025-07-09T22:00:01-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [base]
[2025-07-09T22:00:01-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [udev]
[2025-07-09T22:00:02-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [autodetect]
[2025-07-09T22:00:02-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [microcode]
[2025-07-09T22:00:02-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [kms]
[2025-07-09T22:00:04-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [modconf]
[2025-07-09T22:00:04-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [block]
[2025-07-09T22:00:04-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2025-07-09T22:00:04-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [keymap]
[2025-07-09T22:00:04-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [consolefont]
[2025-07-09T22:00:04-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: consolefont: no font found in configuration
[2025-07-09T22:00:04-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [plymouth]
[2025-07-09T22:00:05-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2025-07-09T22:00:06-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2025-07-09T22:00:06-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: ‘/boot/initramfs-linux-cachyos.img’
[2025-07-09T22:00:06-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Early uncompressed CPIO image generation successful
[2025-07-09T22:00:06-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Initcpio image generation successful
[2025-07-09T22:00:06-0700] [ALPM] running ‘90-scx-scheds-upgrade.hook’…
[2025-07-09T22:00:07-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] The service is not active.
[2025-07-09T22:00:07-0700] [ALPM] running ‘cachyos-nvidia.hook’…
[2025-07-09T22:00:07-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux-cachyos.preset: ‘default’
[2025-07-09T22:00:07-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Using default configuration file: ‘/etc/mkinitcpio.conf’
[2025-07-09T22:00:07-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux-cachyos -g /boot/initramfs-linux-cachyos.img
[2025-07-09T22:00:07-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Using drop-in configuration file: ‘10-chwd.conf’
[2025-07-09T22:00:07-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: ‘6.15.5-2-cachyos’
[2025-07-09T22:00:07-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [base]
[2025-07-09T22:00:07-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [udev]
[2025-07-09T22:00:07-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [autodetect]
[2025-07-09T22:00:07-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [microcode]
[2025-07-09T22:00:07-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [kms]
[2025-07-09T22:00:09-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [modconf]
[2025-07-09T22:00:09-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [block]
[2025-07-09T22:00:10-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2025-07-09T22:00:10-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [keymap]
[2025-07-09T22:00:10-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [consolefont]
[2025-07-09T22:00:10-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: consolefont: no font found in configuration
[2025-07-09T22:00:10-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [plymouth]
[2025-07-09T22:00:11-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2025-07-09T22:00:11-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2025-07-09T22:00:11-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: ‘/boot/initramfs-linux-cachyos.img’
[2025-07-09T22:00:11-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Early uncompressed CPIO image generation successful
[2025-07-09T22:00:12-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Initcpio image generation successful
[2025-07-09T22:00:12-0700] [ALPM] running ‘cachyos-reboot-required.hook’…
[2025-07-09T22:00:12-0700] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> INFO: Reboot is recommended due to the upgrade of core system package(s).
[2025-07-09T22:00:12-0700] [ALPM] running ‘dbus-reload.hook’…
[2025-07-09T22:00:12-0700] [ALPM] running ‘gtk-update-icon-cache.hook’…
[2025-07-09T22:00:12-0700] [ALPM] running ‘rebuild-detector.hook’…
[2025-07-09T22:00:14-0700] [ALPM] running ‘texinfo-install.hook’…
[2025-07-09T22:00:14-0700] [ALPM] running ‘update-desktop-database.hook’…
[2025-07-09T22:00:14-0700] [ALPM] running ‘update-vlc-plugin-cache.hook’…