NO SUITABLE KERNELS AVAILABLE During USB Install

Issues & Assistance Newbies
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noob here! I am seeing following error on boot from USB on laptop or workstation:

NO SUITABLE KERNELS AVAILABLE

If I drop to grub command line some commands return:

error: symbol 'grub_calloc' not found.

Any ideas?

Regards

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Read

please
and post

inxi -Fxxxza

and
:slight_smile:

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System:

Lenovo ThinkPad W520

ISO:

garuda-dr460nized-linux-tkg-bmq-210107.iso

Inxi:

user@user-ThinkPad-W520:~$ inxi -Fxxxza
System:
  Kernel: 5.4.0-65-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-65-generic 
  root=UUID=48923b45-857f-4166-90ac-ff84184a0385 ro 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 4.8.6 wm: muffin 4.8.1 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 
  Distro: Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 42844ZU v: ThinkPad W520 
  serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: LENOVO model: 42844ZU serial: <filter> UEFI [Legacy]: LENOVO 
  v: 8BET66WW (1.46 ) date: 06/14/2018 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 36.3 Wh condition: 39.5/93.2 Wh (42%) volts: 12.9/11.1 
  model: SANYO 42T4799 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Charging 
CPU:
  Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-2760QM bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Sandy Bridge family: 6 model-id: 2A (42) stepping: 7 microcode: 2F 
  L2 cache: 6144 KiB 
  flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 38277 
  Speed: 797 MHz min/max: 800/3500 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 797 2: 797 
  3: 797 4: 799 5: 797 6: 798 7: 797 8: 799 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Vulnerable 
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion 
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
  Type: spec_store_bypass 
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, 
  IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds status: Not affected 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics 
  vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0126 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
  resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 3000 (SNB GT2) 
  v: 3.3 Mesa 20.2.6 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio 
  vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad T520 driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
  bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:1c20 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-65-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad T520 
  driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: 4080 bus ID: 00:19.0 chip ID: 8086:1502 
  IF: enp0s25 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel 
  port: efa0 bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 8086:4238 
  IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 167.68 GiB used: 10.15 GiB (6.1%) 
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Intel model: SSDSC2BF180A4L size: 167.68 GiB 
  block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  serial: <filter> rev: LSTi scheme: MBR 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw size: 38.56 GiB size: 37.70 GiB (97.78%) 
  used: 10.15 GiB (26.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2529 
Info:
  Processes: 246 Uptime: N/A Memory: 11.59 GiB used: 712.9 MiB (6.0%) 
  Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash 
  v: 5.0.17 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.38
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First check for BIOS updates
Second check sha1/256 sum from ISO you download.

Use nonfree driver and try never ISO

[210119/](https://builds.garudalinux.org/iso/garuda/dr460nized/210119/) 19-Jan-2021 10:47 - 
[210125/](https://builds.garudalinux.org/iso/garuda/dr460nized/210125/) 25-Jan-2021 21:15 - 
[210127/](https://builds.garudalinux.org/iso/garuda/dr460nized/210127/) 27-Jan-2021 19:52 - 
[210129/](https://builds.garudalinux.org/iso/garuda/dr460nized/210129/) 29-Jan-2021 18:43
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  • Downloaded ISO (Checksum OK):
https://builds.garudalinux.org/iso/garuda/dr460nized/210129
  • Image USB via dd
  • Bootloader looks different and now works
  • Perform install

Success!!!

Thank you for assistance!

Regards

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