#Grub has ended itself (again)

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north path
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So basically I'm running an arch install, and I tried to configure grub and fucked it up. Everything else besides grub is fine I believe, and I do have an arch Linux live USB on hand. I'm wondering how to fix this issue I've dug myself into

void ruin
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I think chrooting into your install and installing grub will fix your issue

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As long as it's just grub that's nuked

north path
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I've tried that to no success

void ruin
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What commands did you run?

north path
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So I mounted the NVMe directories with
mount /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt
mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot

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arch-chroot /mnt

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Then I tried to install grub but failed miserably

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The issue is that I'm not too sure what I'm doing with the grub-install command

void ruin
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You run grub-install...
and then grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

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In the install command you need to plug the arguements you used when you were installing

north path
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Cannot find efi directory

void ruin
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Okay if you run grep grub /root/.bash_history what is the output?

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Hopefully we can find there the arguments you used the first time you were installing

north path
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Oh yeah I was using
grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=grub

void ruin
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Have you tried running that?

north path
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Ye

void ruin
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Was there an error?

north path
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I'll try again ig because sometimes I have a curse where it doesn't work until I get help then it magically works

void ruin
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Let me know how that goes

north path
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Installation finished no error reported

void ruin
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That looks hopeful

north path
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But the other issue is that it doesn't show the kernels in grub when it actually does install correctly

void ruin
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Does the install show up?

north path
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?

void ruin
north path
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Let's see

void ruin
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That's weird

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It should detect other kernels automatically

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Also check this page as well

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I run only rolling so I can't really help you there, sorry

north path
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I've noticed the /etc/default/grub file is missing

void ruin
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Maybe try grabbing it from the iso

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Or reinstalling the grub package

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You're chrooted right?

north path
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Reinstalling grub fails lol

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Yeah I am

void ruin
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What's the error?

north path
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Wait wtf

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It kicked me out of the chroot?

void ruin
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Yeah that's what I was gonna say

north path
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Wait no wtf

void ruin
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Wait no

north path
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No it's still there lol

void ruin
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Its not red you're chrooted

north path
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Yeah that's good then

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I wonder wtf is going on with this

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I wanted a custom kernel and I've done it multiple times before when I was on EndeavourOS and once on mint

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But of course the time I go full arch it decides 'nah'

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Which is annoying because the tkg kernel is literally working on my laptop downstairs on EndeavourOS rn

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But I can't play games at a full 1080p60 unlike my desktop pc

void ruin
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Idk never tried it

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That's as far as I can help, sorry

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Is grub at least still installed?

north path
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Yeah it is

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Just very inconvenient

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I might just backup my files and give it another go

void ruin
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And is the file still missing?

north path
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Yeah sadly

void ruin
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Eh if you nuke try grabbing the file from the iso

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As a last resort

north path
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Meh I've got a hard drive I can backup a few things to and reinstall

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It's only like 3 days of install

void ruin
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Well at least it's not 3+ months of tinkering

vast ridge
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what file is missing?

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if it's related to the kernel just reinstall the kernel, and then redo mkconfig

ashen summit
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If you find yourself done with GRUB may I suggest using rEFInd instead