Re: archinstall mystery

2023-10-06 Thread Doug Newgard
On Thu, 5 Oct 2023 22:58:53 +0200 Markus Schaaf wrote: > Am 04.10.23 um 21:00 schrieb Jude DaShiell: > > I now have a disk with two partitions on it first one being fat32 esp. > > The machine is uefi 64 capable. For that reason I can't figure out how to > > run grub-install on the latest update

Re: archinstall mystery

2023-10-06 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2023-10-05 at 06:39 -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > grub-install cannot find the uefi-directory and whenever a device prefix > is entered grub cannot find the canonical path. Hi, what device prefix do you add to what option? Maybe you use the device path -efi-directory=/dev/foo while

Re: archinstall mystery

2023-10-05 Thread Markus Schaaf
Am 05.10.23 um 18:01 schrieb Jude DaShiell: Mystery solved! grub-install --efi-directory=/boot/grub worked. This worked by pure luck. Next time use just /boot, not /boot/grub Best regards.

Re: archinstall mystery

2023-10-05 Thread Jude DaShiell
that is what was recommended with the latest grub update both to run grub-install and grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg. -- Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Thu, 5 Oct 2023, Markus

Re: archinstall mystery

2023-10-05 Thread Markus Schaaf
Am 04.10.23 um 21:00 schrieb Jude DaShiell: I now have a disk with two partitions on it first one being fat32 esp. The machine is uefi 64 capable. For that reason I can't figure out how to run grub-install on the latest update of grub. Why do you want to run grub-install again? Pacman is able

Re: archinstall mystery

2023-10-05 Thread Jude DaShiell
Mystery solved! grub-install --efi-directory=/boot/grub worked. Working grub is like a lockpicking exercise. Thanks for ideas on this since now I know more about my installation than I knew yesterday. -- Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo.

Re: archinstall mystery

2023-10-05 Thread Jude DaShiell
The only reason I used grub was since you can turn on a sound once grub comes up. I wouldn't have a problem with other boot loaders since I can probably put abeep in /etc/rc.d/rc.local and have it do the same thing for me with the bonus I know alsa is up and working. Grub uses the pc speaker

Re: archinstall mystery

2023-10-05 Thread David Rosenstrauch
On 10/5/23 8:29 AM, pete wrote: For boot for the longest time now i have used syslinux for boot gave up on grub it became stupid Same here. I only use either syslinux or refind. DR

Re: archinstall mystery

2023-10-05 Thread pete
On Wed, 4 Oct 2023 15:00:41 -0400 Jude DaShiell wrote: > I used it earlier since I couldn't make sense of the efi and uefi > encyclopedias in the Installation-guide. > I now have a disk with two partitions on it first one being fat32 esp. > The machine is uefi 64 capable. For that reason I

Re: archinstall mystery

2023-10-05 Thread Martin Rys
What have you tried? You can follow the grub wiki page for instructions. If archinstall created an ESP partition, you likely used UEFI boot mode so it installed as such. Martin On Thu, Oct 5, 2023, 02:58 Jude DaShiell wrote: > I used it earlier since I couldn't make sense of the efi and uefi >