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MAYBL8

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Registered: 2022-01-14

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[SOLVED] error: symbol grub_is_shim_lock_enabled

I am getting the above error.

This solution did not work for me.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=286980

Applying it I get this error:

[demo@archlinux ~]$ sudo mount /dev/sda2 /boot
[sudo] password for demo:
[demo@archlinux ~]$ lsblk
NAME         MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
sda            8:0    1  58.6G  0 disk
|-sda1         8:1    1    10M  0 part
|-sda2         8:2    1   500M  0 part /boot
`-sda3         8:3    1  58.1G  0 part
nvme0n1      259:0    0 931.5G  0 disk
|-nvme0n1p1  259:1    0   529M  0 part
|-nvme0n1p2  259:2    0   499M  0 part /boot/efi
|-nvme0n1p3  259:3    0    16M  0 part
|-nvme0n1p4  259:4    0 267.9G  0 part
|-nvme0n1p5  259:5    0   1.1G  0 part
|-nvme0n1p6  259:6    0   961M  0 part
|-nvme0n1p7  259:7    0     3M  0 part
|-nvme0n1p8  259:8    0   325G  0 part
|-nvme0n1p9  259:9    0  64.6G  0 part /
|-nvme0n1p10 259:10   0     2G  0 part
|-nvme0n1p11 259:11   0   163G  0 part
|-nvme0n1p12 259:12   0    90G  0 part
`-nvme0n1p13 259:13   0    16G  0 part
[demo@archlinux ~]$ grub-install --target=x86_64-efi  --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=GRUB
Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
grub-install: warning: disk does not exist, so falling back to partition device /dev/sda2.
grub-install: warning: disk does not exist, so falling back to partition device /dev/sda2.
grub-install: warning: disk does not exist, so falling back to partition device /dev/sda2.
grub-install: error: disk `hostdisk//dev/sda2' not found.

Last edited by MAYBL8 (2025-01-28 14:24:43)

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: [SOLVED] error: symbol grub_is_shim_lock_enabled

If /boot is your ESP, what is /boot/efi?

MAYBL8

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Registered: 2022-01-14

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Re: [SOLVED] error: symbol grub_is_shim_lock_enabled

If /boot is your ESP, what is /boot/efi?

My ESP is /boot/efi
That is why I didn't understand how those instructions were supposed to work.

How can I fix this error?

The error is from trying to boot from a bootable USB install of Arch.

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 12,457

Re: [SOLVED] error: symbol grub_is_shim_lock_enabled

read the instructions on the grub wiki page again. The command you gave for the ESP is wrong.

MAYBL8

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Registered: 2022-01-14

Posts: 308

Re: [SOLVED] error: symbol grub_is_shim_lock_enabled

Either you guys are not understanding my issue or I don't understand what I need to do.
I am going to mark this solved and just remake the bootable USB.
That seems like the easier solution.
Thanks for trying to help.