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So I got this weird bug – I updated my Pop_OS install and now Linux doesn't boot anymore. I should probably boot from USB and fix this. I could figure it out on my own, but maybe it will be good knowledge for people searching on engines so any advice is welcome. Windows still boots properly. Let's give people some alternatives to reddit :)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 22 hours ago

I'm not as familiar with Pop OS but it uses systemd boot as bootloader which is pretty simple. As the above commenter mentioned can you give a screenshot of any errors or where the boot hangs? Or if there's just a black screen let us know. If it's an early boot issue may need to just boot to live USB media and check the bootloader files and reinstall packages if any files are missing. People more familiar with systemd-boot and Pop OS may have better info.