Leap 15.1 does not boot; Upgrade/reinstall problems

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Hello folks,

my LEAP 15.1 installation suddenly could not boot any more an a Lenovo Thinkpad T460s; it kept hanging at

loading initial ramdisk

.

I then tried the following steps:

(1) I downloaded a NET install file on a usb drive and tried to update to Leap 15.2, which failed because the wireless data rate was almost zero and errors popped up constantly.

(2) Then I downloaded a full install file to a usb drive and tried to update to Leap 15.2, which failed due to a read error.

(3) I then supposed a usb stick failure and downloaded it to another usb drive. The update to Leap 15.2 failed with the following error:

Caller: /mounts/mp_0001/usr/share/YaST2/lib/yast2/fs_snapshot.rb:337 in 'create'
Filesystem snapshot could not be created.

(4) I downloaded the Rescue Live CD to usb stick, resulting in the following error:

Kernel: overlayfs: failed to resolve /run/overlay/overlayfs/rs: -2
sysroot.mount: Mount process exited

(5) I downloaded the KDE live CD to a stick. It did not boot:

Error communicating to TPM chip

I then activated TPM in the BIOS and now end up with

localhost dracut-initqueue[565]: Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts
localhost dracut-initqueue[565]: Warning: Could not boot.

Do you have any suggestions how to regain a working system (and if possible keep /home alive…)
Thank you very much!

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I replied to the wrong,but related, thread:

https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/549781-To-Upgrade-to-15-2-or-wait-for-15-3?p=3001403#post3001403

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Thanks, I now managed to do a clean install of Leap 15.2 and keep the home directory. I could then boot once, perform updates - and now I end up with the same problem (hangs at loading initial ramdisk).

More concrete:
kernel-default-5.3.18-lp152.19.2.x86_64 - boots
kernel-default-5.3.18-lp152.60.1.x86_64 - hangs at loading initial ramdisk

Any ideas?

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Please, as this is not now anymore a 15.1 problem and as 15.1 is now out of support, start a new thread with a 15.2 prefix and a fresh description. Better chance to draw attention of fresh helpers. :wink: