My archlinux system has a separate boot partition NAME SIZE UUID OWNER GROUP LABEL MOUNTPOINT sda 465.8G root disk ├─sda1 19.5G d7c05292-01fc-a6ac-9961-ef349991e2ac root disk arch_boot /boot ├─sda2 62.5G 5a1ca848-b27c-966c-8bb5-fb498991521a root disk arch_root / ├─sda3 16G cdb9e719-9cd1-47ed-911b-c6319b3c67a2 root disk ├─sda4 1K root disk └─sda5 367.7G 6ff811c8-7f8d-9d83-14ac-059816ad4367 root disk arch_home /home
I am booting with grub 2.04 from Linux kise-005 5.5.2-1-MANJARO #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Feb 4 19:22:35 UTC 2020 x86_64 GNU/Linux Configuration finds the archlinux system... Generating grub configuration file ... Found theme: /usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/theme.txt Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.5-x86_64 Found initrd image: /boot/intel-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-5.5-x86_64.img Found initrd fallback image: /boot/initramfs-5.5-x86_64-fallback.img Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.4-x86_64 Found initrd image: /boot/intel-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-5.4-x86_64.img Found initrd fallback image: /boot/initramfs-5.4-x86_64-fallback.img Found Arch Linux (rolling) on /dev/sda2 Found Windows 10 on /dev/sdc1 Found Windows 10 on /dev/sdf1 Found Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS (18.04) on /dev/sdg1 >From grub.cfg... ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### menuentry 'Arch Linux (rolling) (on /dev/sda2)' --class arch --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-simple-5a1ca848-b27c-966c-8bb5-fb498991521a' { savedefault insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos1' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-ieee1275='ieee1275//disk@0,msdos1' --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 d7c05292-01fc-a6ac-9961-ef349991e2ac else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d7c05292-01fc-a6ac-9961-ef349991e2ac fi linux /vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=5a1ca848-b27c-966c-8bb5-fb498991521a rw verbose fbcon=scrollback:128k initrd /intel-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux.img } submenu 'Advanced options for Arch Linux (rolling) (on /dev/sda2)' $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-advanced-5a1ca848-b27c-966c-8bb5-fb498991521a' { menuentry 'Arch Linux (on /dev/sda2)' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-/vmlinuz-linux--5a1ca848-b27c-966c-8bb5-fb498991521a' { savedefault insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos1' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-ieee1275='ieee1275//disk@0,msdos1' --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 d7c05292-01fc-a6ac-9961-ef349991e2ac else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d7c05292-01fc-a6ac-9961-ef349991e2ac fi linux /vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=5a1ca848-b27c-966c-8bb5-fb498991521a rw verbose fbcon=scrollback:128k initrd /intel-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux.img } menuentry 'Arch Linux, with Linux linux (on /dev/sda2)' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-/vmlinuz-linux--5a1ca848-b27c-966c-8bb5-fb498991521a' { savedefault insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos1' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-ieee1275='ieee1275//disk@0,msdos1' --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 d7c05292-01fc-a6ac-9961-ef349991e2ac else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d7c05292-01fc-a6ac-9961-ef349991e2ac fi linux /vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=5a1ca848-b27c-966c-8bb5-fb498991521a rw verbose fbcon=scrollback:128k initrd /intel-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux.img } menuentry 'Arch Linux, with Linux linux (fallback initramfs) (on /dev/sda2)' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-/vmlinuz-linux--5a1ca848-b27c-966c-8bb5-fb498991521a' { savedefault insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos1' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-ieee1275='ieee1275//disk@0,msdos1' --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 d7c05292-01fc-a6ac-9961-ef349991e2ac else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d7c05292-01fc-a6ac-9961-ef349991e2ac fi linux /vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=5a1ca848-b27c-966c-8bb5-fb498991521a rw verbose fbcon=scrollback:128k initrd /initramfs-linux-fallback.img } menuentry 'Arch Linux, with Linux linux (recovery mode) (on /dev/sda2)' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-/vmlinuz-linux-root=UUID=5a1ca848-b27c-966c-8bb5-fb498991521a rw single-5a1ca848-b27c-966c-8bb5-fb498991521a' { savedefault insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos1' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-ieee1275='ieee1275//disk@0,msdos1' --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 d7c05292-01fc-a6ac-9961-ef349991e2ac else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d7c05292-01fc-a6ac-9961-ef349991e2ac fi linux /vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=5a1ca848-b27c-966c-8bb5-fb498991521a rw single initrd /initramfs-linux-fallback.img } } Boot fails with message: unable to find 'initramfs-linux.img' then a kernel panic