Garuda got stuck on 'Loading Initial Ramdisk' stage

Hello Garuda users.

My laptop got recently stuck on "Loading Initial Ramdisk", and hands there without any effect. I tried to update nvidia drivers (cuz I initially thought that was a case), then I tried setting up an early KMS for my nvidia gpu but that didn't help either. (I performed those actions in TTY, cuz I didn't have any installation media)

Now I am accessing my garuda through chroot and here's what I see in my console:

inxi:

# garuda-inxi
12System:
  12Kernel 6.0.2-zen1-1-zen 12arch x86_64 12bits 64 12compiler gcc 12v 12.2.0
    12parameters BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC misobasedir=garuda
    misolabel=GARUDA_GNOME_TALON quiet systemd.show_status=1 ibt=off driver=nonfree
    nouveau.modeset=0 i915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=1
  12Console N/A 12Distro Garuda Linux 12base Arch Linux
12Machine:
  12Type Laptop 12System Acer 12product Predator G3-572 12v V1.22 12serial <filter>
  12Mobo KBL 12model Sienta_KLS 12v V1.22 12serial <filter> 12UEFI Insyde 12v 1.22 12date 03/15/2019
12Battery:
  12ID-1 BAT1 12charge 36.0 Wh (100.0%) 12condition 36.0/48.9 Wh (73.6%) 12volts 15.8 12min 15.2
    12model LG 004B384234314341 12type Li-ion 12serial <filter> 12status full
12CPU:
  12Info 12model Intel Core i7-7700HQ 12socket U3E1 12bits 64 12type MT MCP 12arch Kaby Lake 12gen core 7
    12level v3 12note check 12built 2018 12process Intel 14nm 12family 6 12model-id 0x9E (158) 12stepping 9
    12microcode 0xF0
  12Topology 12cpus 1x 12cores 4 12tpc 2 12threads 8 12smt enabled 12cache 12L1 256 KiB 12desc d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32
    KiB 12L2 1024 KiB 12desc 4x256 KiB 12L3 6 MiB 12desc 1x6 MiB
  12Speed (MHz) 12avg 3089 12high 3629 12min/max 800/3800 12base/boost 3400/8300 12scaling
    12driver intel_pstate 12governor powersave 12volts 1.1 V 12ext-clock 100 MHz 12cores 121 2800 122 3629 123 2800
    124 3489 125 2800 126 2800 127 3600 128 2800 12bogomips 44798
  12Flags avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  12Vulnerabilities
  12Type itlb_multihit 12status KVM: VMX disabled
  12Type l1tf 12mitigation PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  12Type mds 12mitigation Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  12Type meltdown 12mitigation PTI
  12Type mmio_stale_data 12mitigation Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  12Type retbleed 12mitigation IBRS
  12Type spec_store_bypass 12mitigation Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  12Type spectre_v1 12mitigation usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  12Type spectre_v2 12mitigation IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  12Type srbds 12mitigation Microcode
  12Type tsx_async_abort 12status Not affected
12Graphics:
  12Device-1 Intel HD Graphics 630 12vendor Acer Incorporated ALI 12driver i915 12v kernel 12arch Gen-9.5
    12process Intel 14nm 12built 2016-20 12ports 12active eDP-1 12empty none 12bus-ID 00:02.0 12chip-ID 8086:591b
    12class-ID 0300
  12Device-2 NVIDIA GP106M [GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile] 12vendor Acer Incorporated ALI 12driver nvidia
    12v 520.56.06 12non-free 515.xx+ 12status current (as of 2022-10) 12arch Pascal 12code GP10x
    12process TSMC 16nm 12built 2016-21 12pcie 12gen 1 12speed 2.5 GT/s 12lanes 16 12link-max 12gen 3 12speed 8 GT/s
    12bus-ID 01:00.0 12chip-ID 10de:1c20 12class-ID 0300
  12Device-3 Chicony HD WebCam 12type USB 12driver uvcvideo 12bus-ID 1-9:4 12chip-ID 04f2:b5f7
    12class-ID 0e02
  12Display 12server X.org 12v 1.21.1.4 12with Xwayland 12v 22.1.5 12compositor gnome-shell 12driver 12X
    12loaded nvidia 12gpu i915 12tty 80x40
  12Monitor-1 eDP-1 12model AU Optronics 0x61ed 12built 2016 12res 1920x1080 12dpi 142 12gamma 1.2
    12size 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") 12diag 394mm (15.5") 12ratio 16:9 12modes 1920x1080
  12Message GL data unavailable in console for root.
12Audio:
  12Device-1 Intel CM238 HD Audio 12vendor Acer Incorporated ALI 12driver snd_hda_intel 12v kernel
    12bus-ID 00:1f.3 12chip-ID 8086:a171 12class-ID 0403
  12Device-2 NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio 12vendor Acer Incorporated ALI 12driver snd_hda_intel
    12v kernel 12pcie 12gen 1 12speed 2.5 GT/s 12lanes 16 12link-max 12gen 3 12speed 8 GT/s 12bus-ID 01:00.1
    12chip-ID 10de:10f1 12class-ID 0403
  12Sound API ALSA 12v k6.0.2-zen1-1-zen 12running yes
  12Sound Server-1 PulseAudio 12v 16.1 12running no
  12Sound Server-2 PipeWire 12v 0.3.59 12running yes
12Network:
  12Device-1 Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter 12vendor Lite-On
    12driver ath10k_pci 12v kernel 12pcie 12gen 1 12speed 2.5 GT/s 12lanes 1 12bus-ID 02:00.0 12chip-ID 168c:003e
    12class-ID 0280 12temp 53.0 C
  12IF wlp2s0 12state up 12mac <filter>
  12Device-2 Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 12vendor Acer Incorporated ALI
    12driver r8169 12v kernel 12pcie 12gen 1 12speed 2.5 GT/s 12lanes 1 12port 3000 12bus-ID 03:00.1
    12chip-ID 10ec:8168 12class-ID 0200
  12IF enp3s0f1 12state down 12mac <filter>
12Bluetooth:
  12Device-1 Lite-On 12type USB 12driver btusb 12v 0.8 12bus-ID 1-7:3 12chip-ID 04ca:3016 12class-ID e001
  12Report bt-adapter 12ID hci0 12rfk-id 2 12state up 12address N/A
12Drives:
  12Local Storage 12total 1.15 TiB 12used 186.77 GiB (15.9%)
  12SMART Message Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  12ID-1 /dev/nvme0n1 12maj-min 259:0 12vendor SK Hynix 12model HFS256GD9MNE-6200A 12size 238.47 GiB
    12block-size 12physical 512 B 12logical 512 B 12speed 31.6 Gb/s 12lanes 4 12type SSD 12serial <filter>
    12rev 40000E00 12temp 33.9 C
  12ID-2 /dev/sda 12maj-min 8:0 12vendor Western Digital 12model WD10SPZX-21Z10T0 12size 931.51 GiB
    12block-size 12physical 4096 B 12logical 512 B 12speed 6.0 Gb/s 12type N/A 12serial <filter> 12rev 1A02
  12ID-3 /dev/sdb 12maj-min 8:16 12type USB 12model General 12size 7.5 GiB 12block-size 12physical 512 B
    12logical 512 B 12type N/A 12serial <filter> 12rev 5.00
12Partition:
  12ID-1 / 12raw-size 218.85 GiB 12size 218.85 GiB (100.00%) 12used 186.77 GiB (85.3%) 12fs btrfs
    12block-size 4096 B 12dev /dev/nvme0n1p2 12maj-min 259:2
  12ID-2 /boot/efi 12raw-size 300 MiB 12size 299.4 MiB (99.80%) 12used 592 KiB (0.2%) 12fs vfat
    12block-size 512 B 12dev /dev/nvme0n1p1 12maj-min 259:1
  12ID-3 /home 12raw-size 218.85 GiB 12size 218.85 GiB (100.00%) 12used 186.77 GiB (85.3%) 12fs btrfs
    12block-size 4096 B 12dev /dev/nvme0n1p2 12maj-min 259:2
  12ID-4 /var/log 12raw-size 218.85 GiB 12size 218.85 GiB (100.00%) 12used 186.77 GiB (85.3%) 12fs btrfs
    12block-size 4096 B 12dev /dev/nvme0n1p2 12maj-min 259:2
  12ID-5 /var/tmp 12raw-size 218.85 GiB 12size 218.85 GiB (100.00%) 12used 186.77 GiB (85.3%) 12fs btrfs
    12block-size 4096 B 12dev /dev/nvme0n1p2 12maj-min 259:2
12Swap:
  12Kernel 12swappiness 133 (default 60) 12cache-pressure 100 (default)
  12ID-1 swap-1 12type zram 12size 7.64 GiB 12used 2.09 GiB (27.3%) 12priority 100 12dev /dev/zram0
12Sensors:
  12System Temperatures 12cpu 54.0 C 12pch 47.0 C 12mobo N/A 12gpu nvidia 12temp 46 C
  12Fan Speeds (RPM) N/A
12Info:
  12Processes 289 12Uptime 2h 2m 12wakeups 1 12Memory 7.64 GiB 12used 4.3 GiB (56.2%) 12Init systemd 12v 251
  12default graphical 12tool systemctl 12Compilers 12gcc 12.2.0 12alt 11 12clang 14.0.6 12Packages 1921 12pm dpkg
  12pkgs 0 12pm pacman 12pkgs 1911 12libs 563 12tools gnome-software,octopi,pamac,paru 12pm flatpak 12pkgs 10
  12Client Unknown Client: slub_flushwq 12inxi 3.3.22
Garuda (2.6.9-1):
  System install date:     2022-01-03
  Last full system update: 2022-11-02
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       NetworkManager connman
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Snapshots:               Snapper
Running in chroot, ignoring command 'list-units'
  Failed units:            

Does anyone have any idea on how to fix it?

Hi there, welcome to the forum!
Please check if the solution below helps (and if necessary check also the reddit post shortly after):

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