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waldauf

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Registered: 2012-07-15

Posts: 133

[SOLVED] How to run grub-install after BIOS upgrade

Hello,

I ran fwupdmgr update command and after BIOS re-installation I wasn't possible to boot into Arch. I needed to put Arch Live USB, mount system, chroot and manually run grub-install. Is there some way how to do it automatically? Because I can imagine situation where I'll not have Arch Live USB in my pocket.

Last edited by waldauf (2019-05-16 14:06:36)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: [SOLVED] How to run grub-install after BIOS upgrade

If you are in a situation where you do not have an Arch Live USB in your pocket, you probably  shouldn't be running BIOS/UEFI upgrades either.

FWIW what you can do is read the green tip box so that GRUB gets installed into the fallback path that will be used if no other EFI is available in the NVRAM

Last edited by V1del (2019-05-16 13:56:58)

waldauf

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Registered: 2012-07-15

Posts: 133

Re: [SOLVED] How to run grub-install after BIOS upgrade

@V1del: Great, many thx for your FWIW. That's new for me. And yes, you're right - don't do BIOS update without Arch Live USB. But you know - sometimes you cannot choose the right situation because the left situation has already chosen you. :]