Can't boot after update initramfs image missing

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First of all I’m not very prolific with linux and english so sorry if I name things wrong.

Yesterday I updated from Fedora 42 to Fedora 43 and then into Fedora 44 using the Discover App. Today I updated all packages with pending updates using the Discover App just like I always did. System reboots like always but this time I can’t boot and I get the following error.

error init
error init1920×1080 67.5 KB

Pressing any key prints de same message and sends me back to the grub menu

grub menu
grub menu1920×1080 155 KB

Luckily I still have the fedora 42 entry so I can still log into the computer with that option (the rescue one was useless since I have no idea how to use it properly)

Upon getting back with the f42 entry I do some troubleshooting online and I see other users with similar problems but I can’t find anything that works for me which is why I make this post.

robaq2@fedora:~$ fastfetch
             .',;::::;,'.                 robaq2@fedora
         .';:cccccccccccc:;,.             -------------
      .;cccccccccccccccccccccc;.          OS: Fedora Linux 44 (KDE Plasma Desktop Edition) x86_64
    .:cccccccccccccccccccccccccc:.        Host: Z390 D
  .;ccccccccccccc;.:dddl:.;ccccccc;.      Kernel: Linux 6.19.14-104.fc42.x86_64
 .:ccccccccccccc;OWMKOOXMWd;ccccccc:.     Uptime: 38 seconds
.:ccccccccccccc;KMMc;cc;xMMc;ccccccc:.    Packages: 6307 (rpm), 33 (flatpak)
,cccccccccccccc;MMM.;cc;;WW:;cccccccc,    Shell: bash 5.3.9
:cccccccccccccc;MMM.;cccccccccccccccc:    Display (VG249QM1A): 1920x1080 in 24", 144 Hz [External] *
:ccccccc;oxOOOo;MMM000k.;cccccccccccc:    Display (2381): 1920x1080 in 23", 60 Hz [External]
cccccc;0MMKxdd:;MMMkddc.;cccccccccccc;    DE: KDE Plasma 6.6.5
ccccc;XMO';cccc;MMM.;cccccccccccccccc'    WM: KWin (Wayland)
ccccc;MMo;ccccc;MMW.;ccccccccccccccc;     WM Theme: plastik
ccccc;0MNc.ccc.xMMd;ccccccccccccccc;      Theme: Breeze (Dark) [Qt], Breeze [GTK3]
cccccc;dNMWXXXWM0:;cccccccccccccc:,       Icons: breeze-dark [Qt], breeze-dark [GTK3/4]
cccccccc;.:odl:.;cccccccccccccc:,.        Font: Noto Sans (10pt) [Qt], Noto Sans (10pt) [GTK3/4]
ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc:'.          Cursor: Breeze_Light (24px)
:ccccccccccccccccccccccc:;,..             Terminal: konsole 26.4.1
 ':cccccccccccccccc::;,.                  CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700K (8) @ 4.90 GHz
                                          GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Rev. A [Discrete]
                                          Memory: 4.01 GiB / 62.72 GiB (6%)
                                          Swap: 0 B / 8.00 GiB (0%)
                                          Disk (/): 397.14 GiB / 1.82 TiB (21%) - btrfs
                                          Disk (/mnt/datos): 268.78 GiB / 931.50 GiB (29%) - fuseblk
                                          Local IP (enp5s0): 192.168.0.107/24
                                          Locale: es_ES.UTF-8

                                                                  
                                                                  
robaq2@fedora:~$ ls /boot
config-6.19.14-104.fc42.x86_64                           symvers-6.19.14-104.fc42.x86_64.xz
config-7.0.9-202.fc44.x86_64                             symvers-7.0.9-202.fc44.x86_64.xz
efi                                                      System.map-6.19.14-104.fc42.x86_64
grub2                                                    System.map-7.0.9-202.fc44.x86_64
initramfs-0-rescue-7305f5eb177d45d69ebfa09fef73f806.img  vmlinuz-0-rescue-7305f5eb177d45d69ebfa09fef73f806
initramfs-6.19.14-104.fc42.x86_64.img                    vmlinuz-6.19.14-104.fc42.x86_64
loader                                                   vmlinuz-7.0.9-202.fc44.x86_64
lost+found
robaq2@fedora:~$

Upon checking on the console it seems the initramfs image is indeed missing in the boot folder (I have no idea what this means)

I did some research and seems like I can regenerate it using the command ‘sudo dracut --kver 7.0.9-202.fc44.x86_64’

But this one also fails with the following error

robaq2@fedora:~$ sudo dracut --kver 7.0.9-202.fc44.x86_64
[sudo] contraseña para robaq2: 
dracut-install: ERROR: could not locate dependency libsystemd-shared-257.13-1.fc42.so requested by '/var/tmp/dracut.d7tkoc4/initramfs/usr/lib64/systemd/libsystemd-core-257.13-1.fc42.so'
dracut-install: ERROR: could not locate dependency libsystemd-shared-258.7-1.fc43.so requested by '/var/tmp/dracut.d7tkoc4/initramfs/usr/lib64/systemd/libsystemd-core-258.7-1.fc43.so'
dracut[F]: Resolving executable dependencies failed
robaq2@fedora:~$

I try to locate them manually …

robaq2@fedora:/usr/lib64/systemd$ ls
libsystemd-core-257.13-1.fc42.so  libsystemd-core-259.5-1.fc44.so     libsystemd-shared-258.7-1.fc43.so
libsystemd-core-258.7-1.fc43.so   libsystemd-shared-257.13-1.fc42.so  libsystemd-shared-259.5-1.fc44.so
robaq2@fedora:/usr/lib64/systemd$ ls | grep 'libsystemd-core-257.13-1.fc42.so'
libsystemd-core-257.13-1.fc42.so
robaq2@fedora:/usr/lib64/systemd$ ls | grep 'libsystemd-core-258.7-1.fc43.so'
libsystemd-core-258.7-1.fc43.so
robaq2@fedora:/usr/lib64/systemd$

And both seem to exist in a simular route to the one output by dracut.

Disk space also seems fine…

robaq2@fedora:/usr/lib64/systemd$ df -h /boot
S.ficheros     Tamaño Usados  Disp Uso% Montado en
/dev/nvme0n1p2   974M   396M  511M  44% /boot

What should I try next?
Should I just keep using f42 entry until a new update prompts?
Any way to fix the f44 entry?

Some additiona info:

robaq2@fedora:/usr/lib64/systemd$ ls -l /lib/modules/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 366 may 11 15:54 6.19.10-100.fc42.x86_64
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 366 may 18 20:07 6.19.12-100.fc42.x86_64
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 366 may 18 20:55 6.19.14-100.fc42.x86_64
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 366 may 18 20:55 6.19.14-101.fc42.x86_64
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 790 may 18 20:52 6.19.14-104.fc42.x86_64
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 772 may 18 20:45 7.0.8-200.fc44.x86_64
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 772 may 20 14:41 7.0.9-202.fc44.x86_64
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Start with this:
Failed partial upgrade from 43 to 44 leaves system confused - #2 by vgaetera

Then reinstall the kernel:

sudo dnf reinstall kernel\* --skip-unavailable
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Looks like you have the same issue as this user:

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I firstly tried

sudo dnf distro-sync \
    --refresh \
    --releasever=44 \
    --allowerasing \
    --skip-broken \
    --setopt=protected_packages=

It got some confusing messages not sure it worked BUT

sudo dnf reinstall kernel\* --skip-unavailable

Fixed it. Before rebooting I checked /boot and ‘initramfs-7.0.9-202.fc44.x86_64.img’ was now there.

When I turned off the pc it got stuck in a black screen with a blinking cursor but after waiting too much and forcing it shut the F44 entry now works first try.

Many Thanks!