No bootable OS found, HP Spectre 14t-ea000

smileBrandon · 2024-03-09 05:36:52

I did a fresh install and formatted my drive to be completely empty with no Windows install.

I made 3 partitions:
/dev/nvme0n1p1 as EFI File System 1 GB
/dev/nvme0n1p2 as Linux(xroot86_64) 600GB
/dev/nvme0n1p3 as linux swap

I did mount /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt
mount --mkdir /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot
swapon /dev/nvme0n1p3

I generated an fstab file and then arch-chroot /mnt
For bootloader, I chose grub and did grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/mnt/boot/efi --bootloader-id=GRUB --removable
and then grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
And I have tried it without removable.

efibootmgr -v shows 0000 grub, 0001 windows boot manager, 0002 rEFIND Boot Manager (i tried this after messing with grub and still didnt work), 0004 USB Drive UEFI, with boot order being 0000,0004,0001,0002
There's no customized boot path option in settings.

Last edited by smileBrandon (2024-03-09 06:10:50)

Scimmia · 2024-03-09 10:51:50

That efi-directory is wrong once you're inside the chroot at /mnt. Even outside the chroot that wouldn't be right, as you're pointing at a dir inside the filesystem instead of the mount point.

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smileBrandon · 2024-03-09 13:57:44

I've also done /boot/efi without /mnt and still had the same issue.

Fuxino · 2024-03-09 14:02:08

Your EFI partition is mounted at /boot, not /boot/efi

kermit63 · 2024-03-09 14:03:49

/mnt/boot becomes /boot when arch-chrooted into your install. Your grub-install command should specify efi-directory=/boot.

oops. I didn't see Fuxino's comment before pressing submit.

Last edited by kermit63 (2024-03-09 14:05:24)

smileBrandon · 2024-03-09 19:54:17

Alright, I did another installation just to make sure everything was set right, not installing refind this time, and doing the grub install as grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=GRUB and the same issue persists.

AaAaAAaaAAaARCH · 2024-03-09 20:05:58

If you install GRUB and reboot (not power cycle) does it work then?

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smileBrandon · 2024-03-09 20:12:37

I did the grub-install with --removable and I am still getting "No bootable device found" and when I select "Boot from EFI File" under Boot Options (F9) it says "No Valid File System Available."

AaAaAAaaAAaARCH · 2024-03-09 20:16:43

Are there old EFI files from previous attempts you have not deleted?

What is the efi file named, maybe omit bootloader-id when using removable? "grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --removable"

Also show us the fstab so we can be sure it was generated from the right path

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smileBrandon · 2024-03-09 20:40:10

Do I have to write the output by hand or is there a way to copy the output to the USB?

I've formatted the entire drive each install, so there shouldn't be any EFI files.

And no bootloader id didn't resolve the issue either.

Last edited by smileBrandon (2024-03-09 20:51:02)

smileBrandon · 2024-03-09 20:50:28

# /dev/nvme0n1p1
UUID=6140-C852               /boot            vfat                          rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepade=437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro     0 2

# /dev/nvme0n1p2
UUID = 7bd5d89f-ab86-4305-8412-981d0d34be4e            /                            ext4                      rw,relatime         0 1

# /dev/nvme0n1p3
UUID=c4de447c-dd06-4178-97ac-38ccaf5af63f         none                   swap                       defaults            0 0

AaAaAAaaAAaARCH · 2024-03-09 21:17:55

1. check using "fdisk -l" that your EFI partition actually has an EFI Type and not "Microsoft basic data"
2. check bios settings, make sure that booting from EFI harddrives is enabled.

There is no need to re-install the os every time. Just do the following;
mount /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt
mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot
arch-chroot /mnt
rm -rf /boot/EFI
grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --removable
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
exit
reboot (dont power cycle)

Last edited by AaAaAAaaAAaARCH (2024-03-09 21:18:34)

smileBrandon · 2024-03-09 21:35:06

My EFI Partition has a disklabel type of dos and disk identifier is 0x00000000, and there is no such option as you listed in #2. It just gives me my UEFI Boot Order with USB Flash Drive, OS Boot Manager, USB CD/ROM and that's it.

AaAaAAaaAAaARCH · 2024-03-09 21:49:12

"fdisk -l" should say something like

Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 1.82 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors
Disk model: ########
Units: sectors of 1 * #### = ### bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): ###
I/O size (minimum/optimal): ###
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: ####

Device              Start        End    Sectors  Size Type
/dev/nvme0n1p1       2048    1050623    1048576  512M EFI System
/dev/nvme0n1p2    1050624 3370760191 3369709568  1.6T Linux filesystem

Follow formatting instructions on.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/EFI_system_partition

IF you are using DOS, which is not recommended, then it might be called something other than EFI (like EF)

Last edited by AaAaAAaaAAaARCH (2024-03-09 21:52:25)

smileBrandon · 2024-03-09 22:00:12

DISK /dev/nvme0n1: 953.87 GiB, 1024209543168, 250051158 sectors
Disk model: WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-1T00-1006
Units: sectors of 1 * 4096 = 4096 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Diskidentifier: 90619E96-FA2F-4AA2-8E5C-86A63D143F28

Device                Start             End       Sectors     Size      Type
/dev/nvme0n1p1          256          262399        262144       1G      EFI System
/dev/nvme0n1p2  262400      118227199   117964800               450G     Linux root (x86-64)
/dev/nvme0n1p3 118227200 122421503      4194304                 16G      Linux Swap

Last edited by smileBrandon (2024-03-09 22:01:38)

smileBrandon · 2024-03-10 03:12:28

I took pictures of my fdisk -l /etc/fstab efibootmgr -v and lsblk -f:
https://postimg.cc/gallery/srYypHy

AaAaAAaaAAaARCH · 2024-03-10 04:34:38

Did you verify your boot mode? https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide
cat /sys/firmware/efi/fw_platform_size

if you have done everything correctly and its still not working, you could try to partition similarly to your usb drive (DOS and 16 or 32 FAT)

smileBrandon · 2024-03-10 05:19:03

So I had given up and tried to do an EndeavourOS install and that didn't work, then tried Windows only for me to not find my hard drive. So I did F2 for System Diagnostics and "No Hard Drive Detected" so I've gotta get that figured out.

smileBrandon · 2024-03-10 06:02:14

Yeah, hard drive died and it must've been when I updated my BIOS. Having to buy a new one.

smileBrandon · 2024-03-11 18:36:00

The optimal logical sector size was what caused my nvme to be unrecognizable so no matter what I did with the install, it was never going to work. I got a new hard drive and the same thing happened and so I reset it back to default (512) and it recognized my new hard drive, so I'm going to disassemble my laptop again and see if it fixes the old nvme.

Yep: changing the size to 4096 (best) was what caused my nvme to not be recognized so I am going to try to reinstall.

Last edited by smileBrandon (2024-03-11 19:00:15)

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