[SOLVED] how do I reinstall the grub bootloader? | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

soft vessel Apr 17, 2023, 4:57 AM

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I've booted into the arch install environment using a live USB and mounted my partitions, but the grub-install command keeps giving me errors.

I've attached a picture of what I have so far

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Oh, I tried making a directory inside /boot and it said "No space left on device"

soft vessel Apr 17, 2023, 5:31 AM

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Do yall have any advice on what I should do?

solar pendant Apr 17, 2023, 5:37 AM

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.aw grub

median turtleBOT Apr 17, 2023, 5:37 AM

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Arch Wiki: Grub

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

soft vessel Apr 17, 2023, 5:43 AM

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I

soft vessel Apr 17, 2023, 5:44 AM

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solar pendant .aw grub

I tried out this command instead

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And now I think it should be right command

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However, I run into the same size problem about there not being enough space

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I was wondering what I could do to increase the space on the /boot partition

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Would Gparted be the way to go?

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Is there stuff I could delete in /boot that might help

steady sapphire Apr 17, 2023, 5:46 AM

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grub-install /boot/

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wait no
grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=esp --bootloader-id=GRUB

soft vessel Apr 17, 2023, 5:47 AM

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Yes that's similar to what I have

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But my efi-directory is /boot

steady sapphire Apr 17, 2023, 5:48 AM

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soft vessel But my efi-directory is /boot

no it's not
you got to make a efi directory
mkdir /boot/efi

soft vessel Apr 17, 2023, 5:49 AM

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Wait, I was supposed to mount my efi partition at /boot, correct?

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And then am I supposed to make /boot/efi?

steady sapphire Apr 17, 2023, 5:50 AM

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soft vessel Wait, I was supposed to mount my efi partition at /boot, correct?

you're suppose to mount fats32 to /boot
and make efi

solar pendant Apr 17, 2023, 5:51 AM

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Can we have a peek at what prompts when typing lsblk

soft vessel Apr 17, 2023, 5:51 AM

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lsblk

steady sapphire Apr 17, 2023, 5:52 AM

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soft vessel lsblk

you don't need 7 partitions

soft vessel Apr 17, 2023, 5:53 AM

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Some of them are for windows

solar pendant Apr 17, 2023, 5:53 AM

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soft vessel lsblk

I'm out

soft vessel Apr 17, 2023, 5:53 AM

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Wdym? Is there something wrong here?

solar pendant Apr 17, 2023, 5:55 AM

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Not really (?)

soft vessel Apr 17, 2023, 5:55 AM

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Ah, okay

steady sapphire Apr 17, 2023, 5:55 AM

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soft vessel lsblk

make a efi directory

soft vessel Apr 17, 2023, 5:55 AM

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Alright

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Wait so, I have a EFI directory

steady sapphire Apr 17, 2023, 5:57 AM

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soft vessel Wait so, I have a EFI directory

put in ls /boot

soft vessel Apr 17, 2023, 5:57 AM

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steady sapphire Apr 17, 2023, 5:57 AM

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and send a image

steady sapphire Apr 17, 2023, 5:57 AM

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soft vessel

you make the efi in the boot folder

soft vessel Apr 17, 2023, 5:58 AM

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Okay

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Then what?

steady sapphire Apr 17, 2023, 5:58 AM

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soft vessel Okay

put in ls /grub

soft vessel Apr 17, 2023, 5:59 AM

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While inside EFI?

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I don't have a grub folder in /boot

steady sapphire Apr 17, 2023, 5:59 AM

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soft vessel While inside EFI?

yes you don't have to cd to something to ls it

soft vessel Apr 17, 2023, 6:00 AM

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I'm assuming you meant /GRUB

steady sapphire Apr 17, 2023, 6:01 AM

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soft vessel I'm assuming you meant /GRUB

can you type in cd

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and then type back in
grub-install /boot

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also you don't have to capitalize the efi folder

soft vessel Apr 17, 2023, 6:02 AM

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cd takes you to /root, but you meant /, right?

steady sapphire Apr 17, 2023, 6:03 AM

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soft vessel cd takes you to /root, but you meant /, right?

/ is /root silly

solar pendant Apr 17, 2023, 6:03 AM

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cd by itself

soft vessel Apr 17, 2023, 6:04 AM

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This tangential to the point but that isn't the case for me:

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cd by itself takes me to ~, which is /root which isn't /

steady sapphire Apr 17, 2023, 6:06 AM

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soft vessel This tangential to the point but that isn't the case for me:

hm weird

soft vessel Apr 17, 2023, 6:06 AM

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solar pendant Apr 17, 2023, 6:07 AM

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Wouldn't it be easier to just start over

soft vessel Apr 17, 2023, 6:07 AM

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soft vessel However, I run into the same size problem about there not being enough space

I really do think this might be the problem ^

soft vessel Apr 17, 2023, 6:07 AM

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solar pendant Wouldn't it be easier to just start over

Start what over?

solar pendant Apr 17, 2023, 6:07 AM

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From partitioning onwards

steady sapphire Apr 17, 2023, 6:07 AM

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wait you can install other boot loaders

soft vessel Apr 17, 2023, 6:07 AM

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Oh see I'm not trying to install arch

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I already have arch dual booted with windows

steady sapphire Apr 17, 2023, 6:08 AM

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.aw systemd-boot

median turtleBOT Apr 17, 2023, 6:08 AM

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Arch Wiki: Systemd-boot

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd-boot

steady sapphire Apr 17, 2023, 6:08 AM

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.aw refined

median turtleBOT Apr 17, 2023, 6:08 AM

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steady sapphire .aw refined

No results found

soft vessel Apr 17, 2023, 6:08 AM

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But for some reason my bootloader just died

steady sapphire Apr 17, 2023, 6:08 AM

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what

soft vessel Apr 17, 2023, 6:08 AM

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And so I'm trying to reinstall grub

steady sapphire Apr 17, 2023, 6:09 AM

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.aw rEFIned

median turtleBOT Apr 17, 2023, 6:09 AM

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steady sapphire .aw rEFIned

No results found

steady sapphire Apr 17, 2023, 6:09 AM

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damn

solar pendant Apr 17, 2023, 6:09 AM

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Idk try wiping the efi folder and then install whatever bootloader

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You don't have to mantain systemd-boot as much

soft vessel Apr 17, 2023, 6:10 AM

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Like deleting GRUB in /boot/EFI

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Or just all of /boot/EFI

steady sapphire Apr 17, 2023, 6:10 AM

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.aw rEFInd

median turtleBOT Apr 17, 2023, 6:10 AM

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Arch Wiki: REFInd

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

steady sapphire Apr 17, 2023, 6:10 AM

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you can install other ones

soft vessel Apr 17, 2023, 6:10 AM

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See but I'm pretty sure I'll run into the same problem: I just don't have enough space in my partition I believe

steady sapphire Apr 17, 2023, 6:11 AM

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soft vessel See but I'm pretty sure I'll run into the same problem: I just don't have enough...

refind is easy

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try that

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pacman -S refind

soft vessel Apr 17, 2023, 6:11 AM

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Okay

steady sapphire Apr 17, 2023, 6:11 AM

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refind-install --nodrivers

solar pendant Apr 17, 2023, 8:22 AM

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Damn

steady sapphire Apr 17, 2023, 1:50 PM

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solar pendant Damn

true

steady sapphire Apr 17, 2023, 6:17 PM

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@soft vessel did it work?

soft vessel Apr 17, 2023, 8:08 PM

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yo, okay so i got everything working again

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I am able to boot into arch now

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I didnt try installing refind

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My hunch that my boot partition just wasn't big enough was right

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once I made it bigger with gparted, I was able to reinstall grub from the arch install env and it was smooth sailing

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@solar pendant @steady sapphire thank you both for all your help

stoic elkBOT Apr 17, 2023, 8:09 PM

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.nv, and #1 sun microsystems/bspwm fan received a thank you cookie!

steady sapphire Apr 17, 2023, 8:10 PM

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soft vessel <@714990620065923083> <@748429391310356550> thank you both for all your help

np

soft vessel Apr 17, 2023, 8:10 PM

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do I have to close this thread or anything?

steady sapphire Apr 17, 2023, 8:11 PM

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soft vessel do I have to close this thread or anything?

type in ... solved

soft vessel Apr 17, 2023, 8:11 PM

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solved

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oh in the title lmao?

steady sapphire Apr 17, 2023, 8:11 PM

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soft vessel solved

add in the periods

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... solved

median turtleBOT Apr 17, 2023, 8:11 PM

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#[SOLVED] how do I reinstall the grub bootloader?