[SOLVED] showing just a blinking cursor after a new install

Greasily3062 · 2022-12-13 08:25:36

I followed the instruction in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZYuzjH-ZIA
up until the reboot but it gives me just a blinking cursor.

I also noticed that when I checked my bios setup, there are multiple OS UEFI like Manjaro, endeavouros, grub-uefi. this should be removed when I reinstall the OS right? this might be my problem.

i already try finding a solution in the internet but I fail. please help.

Last edited by Greasily3062 (2022-12-14 05:09:00)

headkase · 2022-12-13 08:35:39

See: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide

You're in an unsupported installation state. Only the official guide or the official installer get support. The reason is that third-party videos go out of date fast and are often just plain wrong about what they're saying. Unofficial installation instructions usually just waste everyone's time because of the given reasons.

Last edited by headkase (2022-12-13 08:36:27)

d.ALT · 2022-12-13 08:36:02

Greasily3062 wrote:

I also noticed that when I checked my bios setup, there are multiple OS UEFI

So... Is your PC a UEFI machine or BIOS machine?

Greasily3062 wrote:

I followed the instruction in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZYuzjH-ZIA

None of the guides outside the WIKI are supported / updated!

<<just a blinking cursor>> could be a lot of things... Post here output of

# journalctl -b -r --no-pager

Greasily3062 · 2022-12-13 12:28:38

headkase wrote:

See: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide
You're in an unsupported installation state. Only the official guide or the official installer get support. The reason is that third-party videos go out of date fast and are often just plain wrong about what they're saying. Unofficial installation instructions usually just waste everyone's time because of the given reasons.

thank you for telling this. I'll try to follow the official guide if I still can't fix this.

Greasily3062 · 2022-12-13 12:35:40

d.ALT wrote:

Greasily3062 wrote:
I also noticed that when I checked my bios setup, there are multiple OS UEFI
So... Is your PC a UEFI machine or BIOS machine?
Greasily3062 wrote:
I followed the instruction in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZYuzjH-ZIA
None of the guides outside the WIKI are supported / updated!

<<just a blinking cursor>> could be a lot of things... Post here output of
# journalctl -b -r --no-pager

I'm not sure if this is UEFI or BIOS. I tried to find in the settings where I can find an option to change it but I can't find one. My bet is this is UEFI because BIOS machines are old right?

I tried to run

# journalctl -b -r --no-pager

but it says

No journal files were found.
-- No Entries --

is this should be type outside arch-chroot?

Greasily3062 · 2022-12-13 13:21:36

I have a feeling that I should use the

 fdisk /dev/sda

and set a GPT.

I used the

cfdisk /dev/sda

and it doesn't have that option.

will try again to reinstall after I have internet credit. I don't know. I'm kinda desperate here to fix this.

headkase · 2022-12-13 15:34:22

Greasily3062 wrote:

I have a feeling that I should use the
 fdisk /dev/sda 
and set a GPT.
I used the
cfdisk /dev/sda 
and it doesn't have that option.
will try again to reinstall after I have internet credit. I don't know. I'm kinda desperate here to fix this.

You're welcome for the previous post. I think you need to use cgdisk for GPT partitions. It's been a while since I last installed but that should help.

cfr · 2022-12-13 16:53:58

headkase wrote:

You're welcome for the previous post. I think you need to use cgdisk for GPT partitions. It's been a while since I last installed but that should help.

I tend to use gdisk, but fdisk should be fine these days.

Greasily3062 · 2022-12-14 02:44:25

I tried to follow the official installation guide. but still can't load it on my pc.
maybe i'm having a problem installing the bootloader. here's what I've done.

# pacman -S grub efibootmgr dosfstools os-prober mtools
# grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --bootloader-id=GRUB --efi-directory=/boot --recheck --removable 
# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

cfr · 2022-12-14 04:21:13

Greasily3062 wrote:

I tried to follow the official installation guide. but still can't load it on my pc.

Tried in what sense? Did you follow it or did you get stuck? If you got stuck, where?

Greasily3062 wrote:

# pacman -S grub efibootmgr dosfstools os-prober mtools
# grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --bootloader-id=GRUB --efi-directory=/boot --recheck --removable 
# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Where are you doing this? In or out of the chroot? Why are you using --removable?

lsblk -f
efibootmgr

Greasily3062 · 2022-12-14 05:07:39

Solved!

My problem is the partitioning of file system.
I thought I setup the EFI filesystem correctly but I didn't. so I go back read again (and again) the official Installation guide: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Instal … le_layouts
whenever everyone finish partitioning, please use the command:

 fdisk -l /dev/sda

and compare it to the suggested layout.
the /dev/sda1 should be indicated 'EFI filesystem'
I overlooked mine and its in 'Linux filesystem'

Thank you for everyone who reply to this thread.

headkase · 2022-12-14 17:32:23

Greasily3062 wrote:

Solved!
My problem is the partitioning of file system.
I thought I setup the EFI filesystem correctly but I didn't. so I go back read again (and again) the official Installation guide: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Instal … le_layouts
whenever everyone finish partitioning, please use the command:
 fdisk -l /dev/sda 
and compare it to the suggested layout.
the /dev/sda1 should be indicated 'EFI filesystem'
I overlooked mine and its in 'Linux filesystem'
Thank you for everyone who reply to this thread.

Right on, you're welcome again for what I said. The installation guide can be daunting, and hard to get right sometimes. Mainly because it gives you lots of options, and you have to figure out which options you need at each step. And if you're unfamiliar with the guide that's the daunting part. But, persevere, and you will make it through it. I'm over a year on this install and I remember I missed parts when I did the install and had to go back to them. And I'm experienced! The installer is easier, but I've never use that one - basically because I'm already half-familiar with the guide and the installer wasn't a mature thing last time I installed.

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