Can't boot last two releases of Arch Linux ISO

Maurizio Ferreira · 2023-09-11 14:22:57

Yes, grub-cpu is 'i386'
So what can I do ?
Just wait for a new relese ?

nl6720 · 2023-09-11 14:25:31

It's unlikely that waiting will solve it.
Report a bug against the grub package detailing that the i386-efi target doesn't boot Arch's kernels.

Maurizio Ferreira · 2023-09-11 14:44:26

Thanks, I see that the bug has already been reported and assigned to a developer. So I can just wait...

nl6720 · 2023-09-11 14:47:53

Oh, I missed that there's one already. FS#79098, for reference.

For now, those with IA32 UEFI can vote on the issue.

Maurizio Ferreira · 2023-09-11 14:59:08

I don't understand how I can vote...

Maurizio Ferreira · 2023-09-11 15:09:35

Ok, found (I had to login) and voted.

ImmortAlex · 2023-09-11 17:35:17

My grub_cpu is x86_64, so it's something other.

ImmortAlex · 2023-09-11 17:38:28

seth wrote:

Before you're somehow kicked back to grub, maybe after a second or so.
But w/ rootwait, you'd ideally not be returned to grub at all, but the kernel waits forever for the root device to appear.

With or without rootwait, I got the same errors when unplug the usb stick. Errors about broken sectors, "unable to load" and so on.

seth · 2023-09-11 18:53:52

Please don't paraphrase, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855
But "broken sectors" very much sounds like actual IO errors and either the usb key is physically damaged or loosely seated or something like that.

Svenstaro · 2023-10-02 00:38:43

I had the same issue. It started working when I disabled Secure Boot in the bios.

ImmortAlex · 2023-10-02 05:58:41

Svenstaro wrote:

I had the same issue. It started working when I disabled Secure Boot in the bios.

Let me embrace you!
I thought SecureBoot was turned off on my PC, but it was not. And since I never used it anyway, I turned it off and immediately checked ArchISO 2023.09.01. And it boots!

nl6720 · 2023-10-02 10:15:44

If Secure Boot was enabled how did you even see that error from GRUB? The act of launching unsigned GRUB is an security violation.

ImmortAlex · 2023-10-02 10:58:23

nl6720 wrote:

If Secure Boot was enabled how did you even see that error from GRUB? The act of launching unsigned GRUB is an security violation.

I have almost zero knowledge about Secure Boot, but versions prior to 2023.06.01 are loaded with absolutely the same PC configurations. Don't know how an why.

Maurizio Ferreira · 2023-10-02 16:02:17

Searching on the web I've found the following module:

https://github.com/jfwells/linux-asus-t … otia32.efi

In effect using such module the boot starts, but it stops after a while with the following error :

...
running hook [archiso_pxe_http]
running hook [archiso_pxe_nfs]
mounting 'UUID=' to '/run/archiso/bootmnt'
blkid -t needs NAME=value pair
Try 'Blkid --help' for more information
Waiting 30 seconds for device /dev/disk/by-uuid/ ...
Error 'UUID=' device did not show up after 30 seconds...
Falling back to interactive prompt

This is what I did:
Used wipefs -a of a pendrive.
Created on it a dos partition table and a primary partition of type 0c (windows fat32 lba).
Formatted the partition as fat32.
Set the partition label with:
fatlabel /dev/sdc1 ARCH_202309.
Mounted the pen drive on /mnt.
Mounted the Arch iso on a loop device.
Copied all the contents of the device on the pen,
Copied the mentioned module on /mnt/EFI/boot, replacing the preexistent module, then sync.
Unmounted the pen.
Transferred it to the device and booted.

Any suggestion ?

Maurizio Ferreira · 2023-10-02 18:34:06

Found ! I detected the UUID of the pendrive (ls /dev/disk/by-uuid)
and then I inserted it in the install script, just before the linux command:
set ARCHISO_UUID=XXXX-XXXX
linux ...
Now I'm installing ...

nl6720 · 2023-10-05 05:53:10

You could use the BOOTIA32.EFI binary from the 2023.06.01 iso.

Maurizio Ferreira · 2023-10-05 07:07:18

Thanks, given that the last Grub distribuition has problems,
I have downloaded and compiled Grub myself (it's not difficult)
and i've added some comments about the process on the bug tracking site.

nl6720 · 2023-10-05 07:09:22

Someone really should bisect the issue and report it upstream. IA32 UEFI can be tested in a VM, so it's not that hard.

babaliaris · 2023-10-18 10:02:22

By the way, I had the same problem today 18 October 2023 and I just had to disable Windows secure boot from my bios settings.

nl6720 · 2023-10-18 11:29:17

The ISO does not support Secure Boot. This is documented in https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Instal … nvironment and https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Unifie … ion_medium. Nothing regarding this has changed in years.

Last edited by nl6720 (2023-10-18 11:30:42)

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