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Since my installation of Mageia in July system update installed several new kernel versions in /boot:

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 6108 -rw-r--r--  1 root root  6252928 Jul  2 11:26 vmlinuz-5.1.14-desktop-1.mga7
 6140 -rw-r--r--  1 root root  6285696 Aug 12 11:17 vmlinuz-5.1.20-desktop-2.mga7
 6220 -rw-r--r--  1 root root  6367616 Sep 17 21:14 vmlinuz-5.2.13-desktop-2.mga7
 6288 -rw-r--r--  1 root root  6437248 Okt 10 15:36 vmlinuz-5.3.2-desktop-1.mga7

/lib/modules is also "complete":

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4 drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 4096 Jul  2 11:27 5.1.14-desktop-1.mga7/
4 drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 4096 Aug 12 11:17 5.1.20-desktop-2.mga7/
4 drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 4096 Sep 17 21:14 5.2.13-desktop-2.mga7/
4 drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 4096 Okt 10 15:36 5.3.2-desktop-1.mga7/

However there's only one initrd, the original (but updated) one:

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13744 -rw-------  1 root root 14072380 Okt 10 15:36 initrd-5.1.14-desktop-1.mga7.img

Obviously grub will not consider the newer kernels for its boot menue.
Is there an explanation for this?

please advise output of as root

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update-grub2

also, if this is a multi boot system, you will need to update grub in your last installed system.

But grub update will not (re)build the missing initrds and hence he cannot boot those kernels.

Please post the full output as root of either

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bootloader-config --action rebuild-initrds

or

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dracut -f

Thank you for responding!

@benmmc
the problem I have apparently is not grub2 -related, as grub refuses to create a menuentry for a kernel without a corresponding initrd, the latter having to be built in the urpmi process, not by `grub-mkconfig` .
Note: Mageia is installed as the only OS on a bootable USB stick and besides the missing newer kernels it runs just fine. One of it's 'responsibilities' is to do borgbackup's for me.

@doktor5000 - here's some more information:

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[root@localhost ~]# ls -lasc /boot
insgesamt 56016
    4 drwxr-xr-x  4 root root     4096 Okt 10 15:36 ./
    4 drwxr-xr-x 19 root root     4096 Aug 12 11:22 ../
  216 -rw-r--r--  1 root root   218186 Jul  2 11:26 config-5.1.14-desktop-1.mga7
  216 -rw-r--r--  1 root root   218292 Aug 12 11:17 config-5.1.20-desktop-2.mga7
  224 -rw-r--r--  1 root root   227331 Sep 17 21:14 config-5.2.13-desktop-2.mga7
  228 -rw-r--r--  1 root root   229538 Okt 10 15:36 config-5.3.2-desktop-1.mga7
    4 drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     4096 Jul  2 11:26 dracut/
    4 drwxr-xr-x  6 root root     4096 Jul  2 12:23 grub2/
13744 -rw-------  1 root root 14072380 Okt 10 15:36 initrd-5.1.14-desktop-1.mga7.img
    0 lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root       32 Jul  2 11:40 initrd.img -> initrd-5.1.14-desktop-1.mga7.img
  184 -rw-r--r--  1 root root   186052 Jul  2 11:26 symvers-5.1.14-desktop-1.mga7.xz
  184 -rw-r--r--  1 root root   186192 Aug 12 11:17 symvers-5.1.20-desktop-2.mga7.xz
  188 -rw-r--r--  1 root root   189248 Sep 17 21:14 symvers-5.2.13-desktop-2.mga7.xz
  188 -rw-r--r--  1 root root   191640 Okt 10 15:36 symvers-5.3.2-desktop-1.mga7.xz
 3888 -rw-r--r--  1 root root  3978900 Jul  2 11:26 System.map-5.1.14-desktop-1.mga7
 3940 -rw-r--r--  1 root root  4030778 Aug 12 11:17 System.map-5.1.20-desktop-2.mga7
 3996 -rw-r--r--  1 root root  4091692 Sep 17 21:14 System.map-5.2.13-desktop-2.mga7
 4048 -rw-r--r--  1 root root  4142859 Okt 10 15:36 System.map-5.3.2-desktop-1.mga7
    0 lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root       29 Jul  2 11:40 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-5.1.14-desktop-1.mga7
 6108 -rw-r--r--  1 root root  6252928 Jul  2 11:26 vmlinuz-5.1.14-desktop-1.mga7
 6140 -rw-r--r--  1 root root  6285696 Aug 12 11:17 vmlinuz-5.1.20-desktop-2.mga7
 6220 -rw-r--r--  1 root root  6367616 Sep 17 21:14 vmlinuz-5.2.13-desktop-2.mga7
 6288 -rw-r--r--  1 root root  6437248 Okt 10 15:36 vmlinuz-5.3.2-desktop-1.mga7

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[root@localhost ~]# rpm -qa | grep ^kernel | sort
kernel-desktop-5.1.14-1.mga7-1-1.mga7
kernel-desktop-5.1.20-2.mga7-1-1.mga7
kernel-desktop-5.2.13-2.mga7-1-1.mga7
kernel-desktop-5.3.2-1.mga7-1-1.mga7
kernel-desktop-latest-5.3.2-1.mga7
kernel-firmware-20190603-1.mga7
kernel-firmware-nonfree-20190926-1.mga7.nonfree
kernel-userspace-headers-5.3.2-1.mga7

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[bunc@localhost ~]$ urpmq --fuzzy kernel

...
mine are contained therein
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[root@localhost ~]# bootloader-config --action rebuild-initrds
INTERNAL ERROR: unknown device sdg
MDK::Common::Various::internal_error() called from /usr/lib/libDrakX/devices.pm:131
devices::entry() called from /usr/lib/libDrakX/devices.pm:146
devices::make() called from /usr/lib/libDrakX/partition_table/raw.pm:60
partition_table::raw::typeOfMBR() called from /usr/lib/libDrakX/bootloader.pm:307
bootloader::read() called from /usr/sbin/bootloader-config:64

hmmm - some inconsistencies, perhaps due to the USB stick boot, but what prevents urpmi from building initrd's?

and finally:

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  [root@localhost ~]# dracut -f
dracut: Executing: /usr/bin/dracut -f
dracut: dracut module 'bootchart' will not be installed, because command '/sbin/bootchartd' could not be found!
dracut: dracut module 'systemd' will not be installed, because it's in the list to be omitted!
dracut: dracut module 'systemd-bootchart' will not be installed, because command '/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-bootchart' could not be found!
dracut: systemd-initrd needs systemd in the initramfs
dracut: dracut module 'caps' will not be installed, because command 'capsh' could not be found!
dracut: systemd-networkd needs systemd in the initramfs
dracut: dracut module 'busybox' will not be installed, because command 'busybox' could not be found!
dracut: dracut module 'network' will not be installed, because it's in the list to be omitted!
dracut: dracut module 'network' will not be installed, because it's in the list to be omitted!
dracut: dracut module 'ifcfg' depends on 'network', which can't be installed
dracut: dracut module 'cifs' will not be installed, because command 'mount.cifs' could not be found!
dracut: dracut module 'iscsi' will not be installed, because command 'iscsistart' could not be found!
dracut: dracut module 'iscsi' will not be installed, because command 'iscsi-iname' could not be found!
dracut: dracut module 'biosdevname' will not be installed, because command 'biosdevname' could not be found!
dracut: dracut-systemd needs systemd-initrd in the initramfs
dracut: dracut module 'caps' will not be installed, because command 'capsh' could not be found!
dracut: dracut module 'busybox' will not be installed, because command 'busybox' could not be found!
dracut: dracut module 'ifcfg' depends on 'network', which can't be installed
dracut: dracut module 'cifs' will not be installed, because command 'mount.cifs' could not be found!
dracut: dracut module 'iscsi' will not be installed, because command 'iscsistart' could not be found!
dracut: dracut module 'iscsi' will not be installed, because command 'iscsi-iname' could not be found!
dracut: *** Including module: bash ***
dracut: *** Including module: dash ***
dracut: *** Including module: i18n ***
dracut: *** Including module: drm ***
dracut: *** Including module: plymouth ***
dracut: *** Including module: kernel-modules ***
dracut: *** Including module: resume ***
dracut: *** Including module: rootfs-block ***
dracut: *** Including module: terminfo ***
dracut: *** Including module: udev-rules ***
dracut: Skipping udev rule: 40-redhat.rules
dracut: Skipping udev rule: 50-firmware.rules
dracut: Skipping udev rule: 50-udev.rules
dracut: Skipping udev rule: 91-permissions.rules
dracut: Skipping udev rule: 80-drivers-modprobe.rules
dracut: *** Including module: usrmount ***
dracut: *** Including module: base ***
dracut: *** Including module: fs-lib ***
dracut: *** Including module: shutdown ***
dracut: *** Including modules done ***
dracut: *** Installing kernel module dependencies ***
dracut: *** Installing kernel module dependencies done ***
dracut: *** Resolving executable dependencies ***
dracut: *** Resolving executable dependencies done***
dracut: *** Stripping files ***
dracut: *** Stripping files done ***
dracut: *** Generating early-microcode cpio image ***
dracut: *** Constructing GenuineIntel.bin ****
dracut: *** Store current command line parameters ***
dracut: Stored kernel commandline:
dracut:  resume=UUID=5ba34985-b92a-4e9c-9ec7-f7c763266cb8
dracut:  root=UUID=6381f318-7e77-43ca-b8c8-c05006865e5f rootfstype=ext4 rootflags=rw,relatime
dracut: *** Creating image file '/boot/initrd-5.1.14-desktop-1.mga7.img' ***
dracut: *** Creating initramfs image file '/boot/initrd-5.1.14-desktop-1.mga7.img' done ***

So it's building only the 5.1.14 -initrd.
I can live with that, but still ....

buncl wrote:

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[root@localhost ~]# bootloader-config --action rebuild-initrds
INTERNAL ERROR: unknown device sdg
MDK::Common::Various::internal_error() called from /usr/lib/libDrakX/devices.pm:131
devices::entry() called from /usr/lib/libDrakX/devices.pm:146
devices::make() called from /usr/lib/libDrakX/partition_table/raw.pm:60
partition_table::raw::typeOfMBR() called from /usr/lib/libDrakX/bootloader.pm:307
bootloader::read() called from /usr/sbin/bootloader-config:64

hmmm - some inconsistencies, perhaps due to the USB stick boot, but what prevents urpmi from building initrd's?

Exactly the issue above, that bootloader-config does not complete. This is what's being called during kernel installation/update, and as it fails no initrd is generated.

Can you please post what you have in /boot/grub2/install.sh ?

Thank you doktor5000:

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[root@localhost ~]# cat /boot/grub2/install.sh
grub2-install /dev/sdg

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[root@localhost ~]# df -Th
Dateisystem    Typ      Größe Benutzt Verf. Verw% Eingehängt auf
...
/dev/sdb1      ext4       27G    8,8G   17G   35% /
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So in my current environment the boot partition is /dev/sdb1, therefore I might do something like

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vi  /boot/grub2/install.sh     # change sdg to sdb
chattr -i /boot/grub2/i386-pc/core.img
grub2-install --target=i386-pc --debug --force /dev/sdb
chattr +i /boot/grub2/i386-pc/core.img

My concern though is that on another machine sdb might be wrong again. Yet the

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vi /boot/grub2/install.sh
&&
grub2-install
&&
bootloader-config --action rebuild-initrds

might do the trick, i.e. provide missing initrd's ?!

Note: I just tried - now it gives

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[root@localhost ~]# bootloader-config --action rebuild-initrds
Creating: target|kernel|dracut args|basicmodules
remove-boot-splash: Format of /boot/initrd-5.1.14-desktop-1.mga7.img not recognized

and leaves my /boot -directory with

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[root@localhost ~]# ls -lasc /boot/init*
13756 -rw------- 1 root root 14086044 Okt 14 14:37 /boot/initrd-5.1.14-desktop-1.mga7.img
13744 -rw------- 1 root root 14071798 Okt 14 14:36 /boot/initrd-5.1.14-desktop-1.mga7.img.old
    0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       32 Jul  2 11:40 /boot/initrd.img -> initrd-5.1.14-desktop-1.mga7.im

I just wonder how - before - the system every time after a kernel upgrade succeeded building the initrd-5.1.14-desktop-1.mga7.img but skiped the newer ones?!

With the arrival of

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kernel-desktop-5.3.7-4.mga7-1-1.mga7

the problem disappeared: it installed the corresponding

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initrd-5.3.7-desktop-4.mga7.img

and thus boots successfully. I have manually urpme'd 5.1.20-2, 5.2.13-2 and 5.3.2-1 but kept 5.1.14-1. The latter is listed as orhaned, nevertheless still recognized by grub and usable.
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Thanks ahead.

thank you for advising isadora - I've done as you said ...