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xtr4pr00t

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Registered: 2023-03-30

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minimal bash like grub when booting after installation

hi. i install arch linux and every time i catch minimal bash like grub when i boot up.
i have a uefi system and i partition the disk as follows:
/dev/sda1 - efi partition - 512mb
/dev/sda2 - root partition - about 500gb
Then I format and mount the partitions according to the installation guide:

#mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sda1

#mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2

#mount --mkdir /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot/efi

#mount /dev/sda2 /mnt

Then I install the base system:

#pacstrap -K /mnt base linux linux-firmware

#genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

chroot to /mnt:

#arch-chroot /mnt

And set up the system according to the guide. At the end of it I will install grub:

#pacman -S grub efibootmgr

#grub-install --target=x86-64-efi --bootloader-id=Arch --efi-directory=/boot/efi

The output says no errors reported.

#reboot

I get a minimal bash-like grub after rebooting. can you tell me what i am doing wrong?

Last edited by xtr4pr00t (2023-03-30 13:21:39)

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: minimal bash like grub when booting after installation

You missed configuring grub.

xtr4pr00t

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Registered: 2023-03-30

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Re: minimal bash like grub when booting after installation

You missed configuring grub.

i forgot to add:
i do

grub-mkconfig

or is this command alone not enough?

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: minimal bash like grub when booting after installation

Is that what the wiki says to do?

xtr4pr00t

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Registered: 2023-03-30

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Re: minimal bash like grub when booting after installation

Is that what the wiki says to do?

I realized my mistake, thank you. I reread the grub article on wiki and realized that I had entered

grub-mkconfig

before, but this command just outputs the generated config to the terminal, but does not write the output to /boot/grub/grub.cfg, so I could not boot into the system. thank you so much again!