i need help to switch from grub to systemd-boot and im mbr legacy

[signal osprey]

i need help to switch from grub to systemd-boot and im mbr legacy

[errant dew]

systemd-boot doesn't support legacy

[signal osprey]

it does

[signal osprey]

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/systemd-boot#Installing_after_booting_in_BIOS_mode

[versed crow]

you still need a working EFI somewhoere

[elfin kettle]

it doesn't though

that link is steps on how to install for efi

[signal osprey]

Well I'm trying to reinstall now with Uefi and I get this error

When I choose drive(s)

[elfin kettle]

hey what screenshot tool/editor is that

[versed crow]

Flameshot

[elfin kettle]

it is expecting a value

[signal osprey]

Its not even letting me choose my disk

[versed crow]

I've seen this before

[signal osprey]

Once I choose drive(s) I get this instantly

[versed crow]

you might have a corrupt iso

[signal osprey]

No its newly downloaded iso

Just downloaded it now

[versed crow]

did you properly unmount it before unplugging the USB

[signal osprey]

Yea

[versed crow]

did you run a checksum on it

[signal osprey]

Yup

[versed crow]

hmm

[signal osprey]

It was the same

[elfin kettle]

hm one sec

pacman -Sy archinstall

[versed crow]

shot in the dark, but maybe try pacman -Sy && pacman -Su archinstall

[elfin kettle]

that might fix it

[versed crow]

Jinx lol

[signal osprey]

Already did that

[elfin kettle]

wont work

[elfin kettle]

that method uses 2 commands for no reason and updates the entire system, which is prolly not possible

[elfin kettle]

the first or second?

[signal osprey]

First 1

[elfin kettle]

hmm

in that case idk

wait whats output of pacman -Q linux

[versed crow]

it should only update the archinstall and required packages

[vernal spear]

how old is your archiso?

[versed crow]

he said he just downloaded it

[signal osprey]

.

[vernal spear]

hm

[elfin kettle]

oh

[atomic sorrel]

this tells how to install systemd-boot for uefi

while still booted with legacy

[elfin kettle]

yea

[atomic sorrel]

nvm latex already said it

[elfin kettle]

well fuck

now everyone calls me latex

[atomic sorrel]

i forgor your name

[signal osprey]

I've already switched to uefi in bios

[atomic sorrel]

[elfin kettle]

then just say bored, everyone calls me bored

[signal osprey]

But I get the error still

[elfin kettle]

literally anything other than the name of a language works

[atomic sorrel]

videos

[elfin kettle]

skule

[atomic sorrel]

why does sticker not send with messages
fuck

[elfin kettle]

skill ish

[signal osprey]

Guys ??

[atomic sorrel]

what error?

too lazy to backread

[elfin kettle]

prolly this

he can't select drives apparently

[signal osprey]

even tho after switching to uefi i cant see systemd-boot

[atomic sorrel]

eh
i cant help with archinstall
too lazy to read its long ass errors

[elfin kettle]

same

[errant dew]

does the archinstall error still happen after rebooting?

[signal osprey]

no when i type archinstall it works fine...only getting error when selecting the drive

[errant dew]

if you run fdisk -l can you see the drive?

[signal osprey]

there is no way to just use systemd-boot at all ? on legacy mbr

[signal osprey]

yea

[atomic sorrel]

there isnt

[errant dew]

it's only for UEFI

Does this error only happen when you're booted in UEFI mode?

[signal osprey]

someone told me i can with this but idk how actully

[signal osprey]

ig so

[atomic sorrel]

you cant

that's just installing systemd-boot for uefi while booted in legacy

[atomic sorrel]

you could just install manually instead of using archinstall
if it continues to break

[signal osprey]

can u send me commands to type to install it manually then ? cause ive never tried to install it manually myself and it seem to be hard for me

[atomic sorrel]

yeah sure

do you know how to use fdisk or cfdisk?
or any tui partitioning tool?

[signal osprey]

not really tbh

[atomic sorrel]

anyways
show me lsblk

[signal osprey]

btw last time i tried to install arch myself manually i got this error...just letting u know

[errant dew]

.aw installation guide

[glacial moth]

Arch Wiki: Installation guide

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide

[errant dew]

that will help

[atomic sorrel]

and
fdisk -l

[errant dew]

that partition scheme could be used

[atomic sorrel]

yeah
just checking if sda1 has uefi type

and theyre using gpt cus mbr crinj

[signal osprey]

export boot=/dev/sda1
export root=/dev/sda2
?

[atomic sorrel]

no

[atomic sorrel]

.

[atomic sorrel]

ok so it's mbr
let's change it to gpt
exit out of cfdisk

cfdisk -z /dev/sda
choose gpt
create a 256MiB partition
and use the rest for your root

selete the 256MiB partition and change its type to EFI system partition

write and quit

ping me when youre done
and tell me which filesystem you'd like for root

[signal osprey]

well can u type all the commands for me and ill install it using ur commands but tommorrow cause its late for me

[signal osprey]

ext4

and i have intel igpu

and wanna install xfce4

or should i install WM ?

btw i dont want home partition and i dont want root password

[errant dew]

i dont want root password
why? it's better for maintenance if you have one

[signal osprey]

i dont actully use it so its useless for me

my timezone is africa/cairo

what u typing all that time ? lol

[atomic sorrel]

aight

choose gpt

create a 256MiB partition

and use the rest for your root

#optional, create another parition for  swap if you want

change the 256MiB one to Efi system partition

mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sda1
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2
mkswap /dev/sda3

swapon /dev/sda3
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot --mkdir

#this one is optional but it's here just in case youll encounter bad keys
pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring

pacstrap /mnt linux linux-headers base xfce4 pipewire pipewire-pulse pipewire-alsa pipewire-jack wireplumber systemd-boot efibootmgr nano networkmanager lightdm

#change nano to whatever terminal editor you use

arch-chroot /mnt
EDITOR=nano visudo
#uncomment the line with wheel and without NOPASSWD then save and exist
ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Imtoolazytoopenmypctogrtyourregionsoyoudoityourself /etc/localtime

nano /etc/locale.gen
#uncomment en_US.UTF-8 and other locales you want to add

echo "en_US.UTF-8" >/etc/locale.conf
echo "coolsystemname" > /etc/hostname
locale-gen

useradd -mG wheel myname 
passwd myname
#now enter your user's password
systemctl enable NetworkManager lightdm

bootctl install --esp-path=/boot
# then continue with https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/systemd-boot#Adding_loaders

#after booting into the system
#connect to the internet again with ↓
nmtui
#after that youre finished networkmanager will remember the connection```

i forgot
connect to the internet b4 this with iwctl
unless you have ethernet

in which case you can also ignore the last part

[signal osprey]

actully i wanna use pulseaudio cause mic doesnt work with pipewire

[atomic sorrel]

pipewire has its pulse implementaion which is pipewire-pulse

but aight
just remove the pipewire stuff and add pulseaudio

[signal osprey]

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/systemd-boot#Adding_loaders can u type the commands i want from here cause i feel like im lost in that arch wiki

btw thanks for helping me ❤️

[atomic sorrel]

cant
cus that part specific to your conditions

like setting the root for the kernel params

youll have to get the uuid of your own root and type it to the config

[signal osprey]

why u didint include my intel igpu and intel-ucode ? @atomic sorrel

[atomic sorrel]

the module for intel igpu is already in the kernel
which is the i915 module
yu dont need to install anything for it unlike nvidia

as for the ucode
u didnt tell me you wanted it