Can't install Arch [2]

cactwsgreen · 2020-01-25 03:17:09

Problem: Arch Linux doesn't show up as an option at the grub menu.

I'm trying to install Arch alongside windows but I simply can't.

It doesn't give me any error messages during the installation. I also did some extra steps that weren't in this guide but were in the official installation guide.

jasonwryan · 2020-01-25 03:21:04

You were told in your other thread that third party guides are unsupported. And the reason they aren't is because, again as was pointed out in your other thread, they are either wrong, or out-of-date, or as in this case, both.

If you want help here, follow the Installation Guide on the wiki. And read the Code of Conduct while you are at it and don't crosspost again: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … ss-posting

cactwsgreen · 2020-01-25 03:36:34

jasonwryan wrote:

If you want help here, follow the Installation Guide on the wiki.

Yeah, I tried following the official guide and it ended up in that "minimal bash-like line editing" thing.

jasonwryan · 2020-01-25 04:28:33

cactwsgreen wrote:

jasonwryan wrote:
If you want help here, follow the Installation Guide on the wiki.
Yeah, I tried following the official guide and it ended up in that "minimal bash-like line editing" thing.

That's called booting into Arch Linux.

MightyWatcher · 2020-01-25 04:56:09

Boot back into the Live CD/USB. Mount your file systems again making sure you mount them in the right order/place, and arch-chroot into your arch installation. Carefully read the official instructions for installing grub and use those commands to reinstall grub. Since you are mounting your ESP on /boot, you would run:

grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=GRUB

Head_on_a_Stick · 2020-01-25 12:18:22

Because one thread is never enough, eh? I feel a grrr coming on...

cactwsgreen wrote:

I tried following the official guide and it ended up in that "minimal bash-like line editing" thing.

If you can see a "grub>" prompt then that indicates GRUB can find it's modules (and hence the partition containing /boot) but not grub.cfg, which is a regression from your other thread in which grub.cfg was found but without an Arch entry (probably because of a missing kernel).

See also https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gr … scue_shell and https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/how-to-fi … -in-linux/

@MightyWatcher, the OP already has a GRUB prompt so running the grub-install command again probably won't help.

WorMzy · 2020-01-25 13:24:36

Please don't crosspost, don't use unsupported guides to install Arch, and pick topic titles that actually describe your issues (apparently you have installed Arch, you just can't boot it).

I'll close your other thread since you seem to have abandoned it in favour of this one.

headkase · 2020-01-25 14:39:40

cactwsgreen wrote:

jasonwryan wrote:
If you want help here, follow the Installation Guide on the wiki.
Yeah, I tried following the official guide and it ended up in that "minimal bash-like line editing" thing.

An installed Arch system makes no choices for you. When you complete the base installation you have a working command prompt. That's it. YOU choose where to go from there. If you want a GUI install one, you make the choice.

At the end of the installation guide there is a post-installation section. Follow that for customizing your particular wants and needs from the base install.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2020-01-26 15:39:04

headkase wrote:

When you complete the base installation you have a working command prompt.

The OP doesn't have a working command prompt, they seem to be describing a GRUB prompt.

headkase · 2020-01-27 02:06:37

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

headkase wrote:
When you complete the base installation you have a working command prompt.
The OP doesn't have a working command prompt, they seem to be describing a GRUB prompt.

That's a valid point, assuming the guide was followed correctly at the end you have a working command prompt.

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Can't install Arch [2]

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Re: Can't install Arch [2]

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