edit /etc/mkinitcpio.conf setting of ram-disk for kernel #!!! list of modules if they aren't auto-detected MODULES="" run $ mkinitcpio -p linux $ grub-install /dev/sda installs to MBR, not to partition $ grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg sammple output: Generating grub.cfg ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img No volume groups found ... done 2021 TechHut - How to Switch Arch Linux Kernels - LTS, Zen, Hardened https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbcUmAlQCHs https://techhut.tv/how-to-switch-arch-linux-kernels-lts-zen-hardened/ ! sudo packman -S linux-zen