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#1 2018-06-07 01:46:51
- stf92
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Running Arch Live on pendrive erased my /boot/grub/directory.
Hi: I ran the live archlinux-2018.02.01-x86_64.iso image. I had another Linux OS on another partition with its /boot/grub/ directory. When I rebooted the system into the old OS the grub "rescue" prompt appeared. To my surprise, the /boot/grub directory had been erased. Is this normal behavior?
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#2 2018-06-07 01:52:10
- jasonwryan
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Re: Running Arch Live on pendrive erased my /boot/grub/directory.
No, it's a live media; nothing should get written to disk.
Did you chroot at all?
Not an Installation issue, moving to NC...
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#3 2018-06-07 03:10:53
- stf92
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Re: Running Arch Live on pendrive erased my /boot/grub/directory.
Yes I did a 'chroot /mnt' trying to install to disk. But the partition mounted under /mnt was a new one.
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#4 2018-06-07 03:20:20
- jasonwryan
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Re: Running Arch Live on pendrive erased my /boot/grub/directory.
Well, all the evidence points to user error 
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