Stuck at 'Loading initial ramdisk' while booting

[Sumukha]

I just updated the system with 'sudo pacman -Syu' and restarted the machine and fell in to above problem.
I am new to Garuda and please help me with the solution.

[RohitSingh]

Restore the snapshot and don't update until devs fix the issue. You can also update without sddm.

[raymond]

..... Same problem with me.. Try re install now because i dont have any timeshift.. If you have timeshift you can rollback..

[Sumukha]

So the solution is not to update right?

[jonathon]

See also:

Computer doesn’t boot, boots to a black screen, or stops at a message

While there are many potential reasons why your installation doesn’t boot to a desktop, the primary reason is that the graphics drivers haven’t loaded correctly so your login/display manager (DM) doesn’t start. This is why you get a “black screen” or stuck at an [ OK ] Started some service message. The normal reason for this is that you have the incorrect driver version for the kernel. This can happens when the mirror you are updating from is not fully synchronised, or times out, and so y…

[filo]

You can update, in this way:

pacman -Syu --ignore sddm

or (preferred imo):

pacman -Sy sddm-git && pacman -Syu

But it is not said that all the problems in the world are linked to that problem there.
I think you should also read well, if the above doesn’t work, the post linked by Jonathon.

[Sumukha]

The mirror for India is not working. what should I do?
can I select any other country mirrors or is there any other solution?

[jonathon]

@Sumukha

can I select any other country mirror

Yes.

Mirror list refreshing error (SOLVED)

Try other countries perhaps your mirrors are down in India.

Extremely Slow Mirrors

Hi, I live in India and I found out that the mirrors are extremely slow. I get around 100 to 200 kbps and it takes forever to update. Does anyone know any countries with the fastest mirrors?

[sunda]

Although Germany is a developing country in terms of internet connectivity, the servers are often quite strong. Try them out.

[Takeshi]

I have the same problem that I stuck at "Loading initial ramdisk ..." I just installed Garuda Linux a few days ago, so I have no hesitation to re-install the system. But I wanna know if the cause of this trouble is sddm or not. And also, the proper way to get through this issue is to stop updating with "pacman -Syu" and wait for the dev's reaction against this?

[Sumukha]

yes , updating the linux will endup in the above error.
I think we should wait for the dev's response.

[Takeshi]

hmm... ok. I can see some threads discussing the same problem. I'll wait and see how it goes.

Ah, wait. How should I know when and how the problem is fixed?