Re: Can't boot kernel 6.17.4+ via rEFInd

Ard Biesheuvel
2025-11-03T21:28:28Z

On Mon, 3 Nov 2025 at 22:22, Eugene Shalygin <eugene.shalygin@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Ard and Nathan,
>
> On Mon, 3 Nov 2025 at 16:00, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> wrote:
> > Eugene, can you try whether the image can be loaded by the EFI shell
> > directly? You may have to rename the file and give it a .efi
> > extension, but otherwise, you should be able to boot it using
>
> Did that with the kernel file and it loaded up until the non syncing
> VFS error, but I suppose that is enough to state that the firmware can
> boot the kernel image which rEFInd is unable to, and I should look for
> answers with rEFInd author?
>

Indeed. Not saying there isn't anything to fix on the kernel side, but
narrowing it down needs to be done on the side of the loader, it
seems.