diff --git a/airootfs/etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux-cachyos.preset b/airootfs/etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux-cachyos.preset
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index 0000000..bbd5f1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/airootfs/etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux-cachyos.preset
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# mkinitcpio preset file for the 'linux-cachyos' package on archiso
+# (the kernel the boot entries load). Not owned by any package: mkinitcpio's
+# install hook only generates a preset when none exists, so this one wins and
+# the image gets the archiso initramfs alone - no unused fallback image.
+
+PRESETS=('archiso')
+
+ALL_kver='/boot/vmlinuz-linux-cachyos'
+archiso_config='/etc/mkinitcpio.conf.d/archiso.conf'
+
+archiso_image="/boot/initramfs-linux-cachyos.img"
diff --git a/airootfs/etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset b/airootfs/etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset
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--- a/airootfs/etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset
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@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# mkinitcpio preset file for the 'linux' package on archiso
-
-PRESETS=('archiso')
-
-ALL_kver='/boot/vmlinuz-linux'
-archiso_config='/etc/mkinitcpio.conf.d/archiso.conf'
-
-archiso_image="/boot/initramfs-linux.img"