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fringe wolf Jul 1, 2023, 10:38 PM

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create a 500MB FAT32 partition

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and mount it to /mnt/boot/efi

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https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/EFI_system_partition

EFI system partition

north dagger Jul 1, 2023, 10:39 PM

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make it 512

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bcoz 512 is a nice number

fringe wolf Jul 1, 2023, 10:40 PM

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ok so sda1 is your efi partition, not your system partition ._.

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soo

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remove /mnt/boot

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no

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unmount /dev/sda3

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so you are sure sda1 is mounted to /mnt?

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then rm /mnt/boot

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and just use /mnt as the grub command partition

fringe wolf Jul 1, 2023, 10:42 PM

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north dagger make it 512

499

north dagger Jul 1, 2023, 10:42 PM

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ew

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outta here

fringe wolf Jul 1, 2023, 10:42 PM

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498 haha

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yuck that's even worse

north dagger Jul 1, 2023, 10:42 PM

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blocked.

fringe wolf Jul 1, 2023, 10:42 PM

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haha

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bro that gif is weird

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how long does it take for one cycle damn

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so is it working?
I'm tired af

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then just get this over with

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rv

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bruh ok wtdf

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nothing is correct

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run lsblk

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weird ass

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sda1 is not mounted bruh

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sda3 is mounted

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the hell are you talking about

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fine leave it

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mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot/efi

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ok

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run teh grub command

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but with /mnt/EFI

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right

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scuffed setup

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ok let's try something else

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mount /dev/sda3 /mnt

manic cliff Jul 1, 2023, 10:50 PM

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Ok buddy I know the problem

fringe wolf Jul 1, 2023, 10:50 PM

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weird partition layout I'd say

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I'd say move the contents /dev/sda1 to /dev/sda3/boot and mount /dev/sda1 to /dev/sda3/boot/EFI

manic cliff Jul 1, 2023, 10:51 PM

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Mount the boot partition to /dev/boot/efi

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Instead of just efi

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Also just /boot works iirc

fringe wolf Jul 1, 2023, 10:51 PM

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agh it's all fucked up

fringe wolf Jul 1, 2023, 10:51 PM

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manic cliff Also just /boot works iirc

it does not

manic cliff Jul 1, 2023, 10:51 PM

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It works on my system

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And that's what it says in the wiki

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(/dev/boot)

fringe wolf Jul 1, 2023, 10:52 PM

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/boot as the efi partition??

manic cliff Jul 1, 2023, 10:52 PM

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/dev/boot

fringe wolf Jul 1, 2023, 10:52 PM

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what is /dev/boot

manic cliff Jul 1, 2023, 10:52 PM

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Oh sorry I meant /mnt/boot

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Smh

fringe wolf Jul 1, 2023, 10:52 PM

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grub clearly complains

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because that's what it is rn

manic cliff Jul 1, 2023, 10:52 PM

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I usually do either /mnt/boot but if it doesn't work I do /mnt/boot/efi

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Does he have a directory for /mnt/boot/efi? He probably needs to make one

fringe wolf Jul 1, 2023, 10:53 PM

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I mean I guess @manic cliff try the grub command but just with /mnt as installation directory

fringe wolf Jul 1, 2023, 10:53 PM

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manic cliff Does he have a directory for /mnt/boot/efi? He probably needs to make one

he does

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scroll up

manic cliff Jul 1, 2023, 10:53 PM

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He's installing grub to /mnt/efi

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Not /mnt/boot

fringe wolf Jul 1, 2023, 10:54 PM

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/mnt is /dev/sda1 = /boot

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run lsblk

manic cliff Jul 1, 2023, 10:54 PM

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Yea

fringe wolf Jul 1, 2023, 10:54 PM

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the fuck is going on

manic cliff Jul 1, 2023, 10:55 PM

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We are talking about different mnt points

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Run lsblk

fringe wolf Jul 1, 2023, 10:55 PM

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why the hell

manic cliff Jul 1, 2023, 10:55 PM

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What the fuck 😅

fringe wolf Jul 1, 2023, 10:56 PM

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umount /dev/sda1

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oh no wait

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/dev/sda3 is scuffed

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mnt but also root

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what the fuck

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also why do I suspect that /dev/sdb is your archinstall installation?

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I don't think you can

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you just fucked up a lot

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just gave me a heart attack

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"oops failed, formatted the drive"

fringe wolf Jul 1, 2023, 10:58 PM

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fringe wolf `umount /dev/sda1`

have you ran this?

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lsblk

manic cliff Jul 1, 2023, 10:59 PM

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...

hidden stumpBOT Jul 1, 2023, 10:59 PM

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Too few arguments for command note!
Usage: .note <name>

fringe wolf Jul 1, 2023, 10:59 PM

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fuck why did it not do that

manic cliff Jul 1, 2023, 10:59 PM

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umount -R instead?

fringe wolf Jul 1, 2023, 10:59 PM

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umount /mnt -R

manic cliff Jul 1, 2023, 10:59 PM

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Probably?

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umount -R /mnt

fringe wolf Jul 1, 2023, 11:00 PM

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umount -A /dev/sda1

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that should work

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lsblk?

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yes!

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actually

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whate exactly are you trying to do here?

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installing the bootloader for /dev/sdb?

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which drive

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is root

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then run your grub command, but set the efi mount to /mnt and add /dev/sdb3 at the end

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so it actually installs for /dev/sdb3 and not /dev/sda3

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no

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grub-install --efi-directory=/mnt/ /dev/sda3

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should work

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try mount

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what does it output?

manic cliff Jul 1, 2023, 11:07 PM

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/mnt/boot mannn

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I'm telling you

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/mnt is his root partition

fringe wolf Jul 1, 2023, 11:08 PM

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manic cliff /mnt/boot mannn

no it's not

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/mnt is his boot partition

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sda3 is root

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sda1 is boot

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sda1 is 500 megs man

manic cliff Jul 1, 2023, 11:09 PM

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So if he mounted boot to /mnt
Where is his root partition?

fringe wolf Jul 1, 2023, 11:09 PM

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/dev/sda3

manic cliff Jul 1, 2023, 11:09 PM

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No, like where is it mounted

fringe wolf Jul 1, 2023, 11:09 PM

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I don't think it's needed for teh installation

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it only wants a device

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not a mount point

manic cliff Jul 1, 2023, 11:10 PM

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Smh there is no reason to mount boot at /mnt

fringe wolf Jul 1, 2023, 11:10 PM

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tehre is no reason to mount the root partition for nothing

manic cliff Jul 1, 2023, 11:10 PM

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He should have mounted root partition so the other files, such as /dev could appear

fringe wolf Jul 1, 2023, 11:10 PM

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ugh

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/dev is generated at runtime, no?

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well that didn't help

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ls /mnt

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yeah I know

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fucking hell what is going on

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lsblk

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mount /dev/sda1 /mnt

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ls /mnt

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WHY IS IT UNMOUNTD NOW

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fucking dickhead os

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nothing makes sense

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FINALLY

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run grub-install again

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try /mnt and /mnt/EFI just in case

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try both

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in case it matters

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oh!

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then nvm for EFI

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pacman -S efibootmgr

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good sign

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last step

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to set your mobo tzo boot it

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also take a picture of the full command

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grub-install I mean

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add /dev/sdb3 or whatever at the end, as to point it to your correct root partition

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currently it will try to boot your iso

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oyu need to set it to boot your actual root partition

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did you add /dev/sb3 at the end?

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or whatever your actual root drive is?

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no

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what is the device you want to boot? lsblk

solar spear Jul 1, 2023, 11:19 PM

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You don't need to do that for UEFI

fringe wolf Jul 1, 2023, 11:19 PM

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you don't?

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I have no idea, so you tell me

solar spear Jul 1, 2023, 11:19 PM

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And it's the device name on BIOS anyway

fringe wolf Jul 1, 2023, 11:19 PM

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I'm just going off past experiences and grub command syntax

solar spear Jul 1, 2023, 11:19 PM

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This seems to have worked fine

fringe wolf Jul 1, 2023, 11:20 PM

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well then go reboot I guess

solar spear Jul 1, 2023, 11:20 PM

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Have you generated the GRUB config?

fringe wolf Jul 1, 2023, 11:20 PM

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grub-isntall should do that, shoulnd't it?

solar spear Jul 1, 2023, 11:20 PM

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No

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You need to run grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg before rebooting

fringe wolf Jul 1, 2023, 11:21 PM

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not /etc/default/grub?

solar spear Jul 1, 2023, 11:23 PM

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Oops I meant .cfg, not .cff

fringe wolf Jul 1, 2023, 11:24 PM

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yes

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I'd say

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worst case would be to boot back into the iso and fix something

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if that isn't the grub fuckup

solar spear Jul 1, 2023, 11:27 PM

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Do you see anything related to GRUB or Arch in your boot entries?

fringe wolf Jul 1, 2023, 11:27 PM

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^

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ok I need to go. good luck I'm almost falling off my chair

tight peak Jul 1, 2023, 11:32 PM

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@manic cliff I feel bad for you having to deal with grub and then having to use Discord on phone and making photos

solar spear Jul 1, 2023, 11:36 PM

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You can chroot in from Mint by the way, just install the arch-install-scripts package

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But chroot in, mount all your partitions, and show me the contents of /boot

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