A strange "GRUB>" prompt at boot

Ewsg · 10 November 2022 20:58

Thanks.

Below is the output:

efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 0002
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 0002,0001,0003,2001,2002,2003
Boot0001* Windows Boot Manager  HD(1,GPT,64f227d2-9231-4119-b685-2f4dbfac4f14,0x800,0x32000)/File(\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi)57494e444f5753000100000088000000780000004200430044004f0042004a004500430054003d007b00390064006500610038003600320063002d0035006300640064002d0034006500370030002d0061006300630031002d006600330032006200330034003400640034003700390035007d00000000000100000010000000040000007fff0400
      dp: 04 01 2a 00 01 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 03 00 00 00 00 00 d2 27 f2 64 31 92 19 41 b6 85 2f 4d bf ac 4f 14 02 02 / 04 04 46 00 5c 00 45 00 46 00 49 00 5c 00 4d 00 69 00 63 00 72 00 6f 00 73 00 6f 00 66 00 74 00 5c 00 42 00 6f 00 6f 00 74 00 5c 00 62 00 6f 00 6f 00 74 00 6d 00 67 00 66 00 77 00 2e 00 65 00 66 00 69 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
    data: 57 49 4e 44 4f 57 53 00 01 00 00 00 88 00 00 00 78 00 00 00 42 00 43 00 44 00 4f 00 42 00 4a 00 45 00 43 00 54 00 3d 00 7b 00 39 00 64 00 65 00 61 00 38 00 36 00 32 00 63 00 2d 00 35 00 63 00 64 00 64 00 2d 00 34 00 65 00 37 00 30 00 2d 00 61 00 63 00 63 00 31 00 2d 00 66 00 33 00 32 00 62 00 33 00 34 00 34 00 64 00 34 00 37 00 39 00 35 00 7d 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 7f ff 04 00
Boot0002* ubuntu        HD(1,GPT,64f227d2-9231-4119-b685-2f4dbfac4f14,0x800,0x32000)/File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi)
      dp: 04 01 2a 00 01 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 03 00 00 00 00 00 d2 27 f2 64 31 92 19 41 b6 85 2f 4d bf ac 4f 14 02 02 / 04 04 34 00 5c 00 45 00 46 00 49 00 5c 00 75 00 62 00 75 00 6e 00 74 00 75 00 5c 00 73 00 68 00 69 00 6d 00 78 00 36 00 34 00 2e 00 65 00 66 00 69 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
Boot0003* Manjaro       HD(1,GPT,64f227d2-9231-4119-b685-2f4dbfac4f14,0x800,0x32000)/File(\EFI\Manjaro\grubx64.efi)
      dp: 04 01 2a 00 01 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 03 00 00 00 00 00 d2 27 f2 64 31 92 19 41 b6 85 2f 4d bf ac 4f 14 02 02 / 04 04 36 00 5c 00 45 00 46 00 49 00 5c 00 4d 00 61 00 6e 00 6a 00 61 00 72 00 6f 00 5c 00 67 00 72 00 75 00 62 00 78 00 36 00 34 00 2e 00 65 00 66 00 69 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
Boot2001* EFI USB Device        RC
      dp: 7f ff 04 00
    data: 52 43
Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM RC
      dp: 7f ff 04 00
    data: 52 43
Boot2003* EFI Network   RC
      dp: 7f ff 04 00
    data: 52 43

brahma · 10 November 2022 21:22

so it wants to boot into ubuntu:

just to be sure, you no longer have ubuntu and windows installed?
so that we can remove the entries

Ewsg · 10 November 2022 22:14

No, just Manjaro on this machine.

brahma · 11 November 2022 08:12

ok so lets delete the windows/ubuntu entries:
sudo efibootmgr -b 0001 -B
sudo efibootmgr -b 0002 -B

reboot and see if it helped
if not post output again from:
efibootmgr -v

Ewsg · 11 November 2022 11:08

Hi @brahma ,

Thank you so much.

Just to confirm, please: doing this will not cause any harm or make the machine unbootable?

And, sorry for this .

brahma · 11 November 2022 14:38

no, i dont see why it should mess things up, it removes the ubuntu and windows, since you dont have them anymore, and you should then be able to boot normally …

Ewsg · 11 November 2022 16:10

Hi @brahma,

So, I did the procedure.

And now the system does not boot anymore.

It falls always in a Windows like Blue screen mentioning restoring.

And at BIOS, on boot priority order, there are now 3 entries:

Windows Boot Manager (ST2000LM007-1R8174)
Windows Boot Manager
Windows Boot Manager

What can I do now, please?

brahma · 11 November 2022 16:18

that should not happened…
are you sure you completely removed windows?
what is this windows partition:?

so do this:

brahma:

i would try reinstalling grub, boot into manjaro live usb, open terminal and chroot with:
manjaro-chroot -a
reinstall it:
grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=manjaro --recheck
update it:
mkinitcpio -P && update-grub
if there are no errors exit chroot:
exit

Ewsg · 11 November 2022 16:21

Well, there’s something strange here.

I was able to start Manjaro, but for that I had to enter my Acer’s boot menu (F12). Here I have 3 options:

Windows Boot Manager
Manjaro
Unknown Device

Choosing Manjaro I can perfectly enter the OS. But, why is happening that?

Below is the output of the efibootmgr -v command:

BootCurrent: 0003
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 0000,0003,0001,2001,2002,2003
Boot0000* Windows Boot Manager  HD(1,GPT,64f227d2-9231-4119-b685-2f4dbfac4f14,0x800,0x32000)/File(\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi)RC
      dp: 04 01 2a 00 01 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 03 00 00 00 00 00 d2 27 f2 64 31 92 19 41 b6 85 2f 4d bf ac 4f 14 02 02 / 04 04 46 00 5c 00 45 00 46 00 49 00 5c 00 4d 00 69 00 63 00 72 00 6f 00 73 00 6f 00 66 00 74 00 5c 00 42 00 6f 00 6f 00 74 00 5c 00 62 00 6f 00 6f 00 74 00 6d 00 67 00 66 00 77 00 2e 00 65 00 66 00 69 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
    data: 52 43
Boot0001* Unknown Device:       HD(1,GPT,64f227d2-9231-4119-b685-2f4dbfac4f14,0x800,0x32000)/File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi) File(.䍒)
      dp: 04 01 2a 00 01 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 03 00 00 00 00 00 d2 27 f2 64 31 92 19 41 b6 85 2f 4d bf ac 4f 14 02 02 / 04 04 34 00 5c 00 45 00 46 00 49 00 5c 00 75 00 62 00 75 00 6e 00 74 00 75 00 5c 00 73 00 68 00 69 00 6d 00 78 00 36 00 34 00 2e 00 65 00 66 00 69 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
    data: 52 43
Boot0003* Manjaro       HD(1,GPT,64f227d2-9231-4119-b685-2f4dbfac4f14,0x800,0x32000)/File(\EFI\Manjaro\grubx64.efi)
      dp: 04 01 2a 00 01 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 03 00 00 00 00 00 d2 27 f2 64 31 92 19 41 b6 85 2f 4d bf ac 4f 14 02 02 / 04 04 36 00 5c 00 45 00 46 00 49 00 5c 00 4d 00 61 00 6e 00 6a 00 61 00 72 00 6f 00 5c 00 67 00 72 00 75 00 62 00 78 00 36 00 34 00 2e 00 65 00 66 00 69 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
Boot2001* EFI USB Device        RC
      dp: 7f ff 04 00
    data: 52 43
Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM RC
      dp: 7f ff 04 00
    data: 52 43
Boot2003* EFI Network   RC
      dp: 7f ff 04 00
    data: 52 43

Regarding that partition you mentioned, at GParted I can see it is ntfs, and as label it has only Basi.

Do you think I can run the last procedures you suggested?

brahma · 11 November 2022 16:25

this is what i meant with boot options:

the windows is still not deleted… whats the size of the windows partition? are there any files on it?

Ewsg · 11 November 2022 16:34

Ah, ok.

So, that ntfs partition (/dev/sda5) has 1 GB. No files on that, and I don´t use Windows for more than 6 months. In fact, I have uninstalled Windows and also deleted its partition.

I also noticed here a fat32 partition (/dev/sda1) which mount point is /boot/efi .

brahma · 11 November 2022 16:40

have no idea what that partition is…
ok, so now change the bootorder, so that manjaro is first:

sudo efibootmgr -o 0003,0000,0001,2001,2002,2003

reboot and see if it boots directly into manjaro

Ewsg · 11 November 2022 16:53

Thanks for your help and kindness.

So, I ran the command and also a efibootmgr -v, which output is correct.

But rebooted and now again the output is as below:

efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 0003
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 0000,0003,0001,2001,2002,2003
Boot0000* Windows Boot Manager  HD(1,GPT,64f227d2-9231-4119-b685-2f4dbfac4f14,0x800,0x32000)/File(\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi)RC
      dp: 04 01 2a 00 01 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 03 00 00 00 00 00 d2 27 f2 64 31 92 19 41 b6 85 2f 4d bf ac 4f 14 02 02 / 04 04 46 00 5c 00 45 00 46 00 49 00 5c 00 4d 00 69 00 63 00 72 00 6f 00 73 00 6f 00 66 00 74 00 5c 00 42 00 6f 00 6f 00 74 00 5c 00 62 00 6f 00 6f 00 74 00 6d 00 67 00 66 00 77 00 2e 00 65 00 66 00 69 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
    data: 52 43
Boot0001* Unknown Device:       HD(1,GPT,64f227d2-9231-4119-b685-2f4dbfac4f14,0x800,0x32000)/File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi) File(.䍒)
      dp: 04 01 2a 00 01 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 03 00 00 00 00 00 d2 27 f2 64 31 92 19 41 b6 85 2f 4d bf ac 4f 14 02 02 / 04 04 34 00 5c 00 45 00 46 00 49 00 5c 00 75 00 62 00 75 00 6e 00 74 00 75 00 5c 00 73 00 68 00 69 00 6d 00 78 00 36 00 34 00 2e 00 65 00 66 00 69 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
    data: 52 43
Boot0003* Manjaro       HD(1,GPT,64f227d2-9231-4119-b685-2f4dbfac4f14,0x800,0x32000)/File(\EFI\Manjaro\grubx64.efi)
      dp: 04 01 2a 00 01 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 03 00 00 00 00 00 d2 27 f2 64 31 92 19 41 b6 85 2f 4d bf ac 4f 14 02 02 / 04 04 36 00 5c 00 45 00 46 00 49 00 5c 00 4d 00 61 00 6e 00 6a 00 61 00 72 00 6f 00 5c 00 67 00 72 00 75 00 62 00 78 00 36 00 34 00 2e 00 65 00 66 00 69 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
Boot2001* EFI USB Device        RC
      dp: 7f ff 04 00
    data: 52 43
Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM RC
      dp: 7f ff 04 00
    data: 52 43
Boot2003* EFI Network   RC
      dp: 7f ff 04 00
    data: 52 43

I really don’t understand what is happening here.

brahma · 11 November 2022 16:59

so make the windows inactive:

sudo efibootmgr -b 0000 -A

reboot and see if you can boot normally into manjaro

Ewsg · 11 November 2022 17:04

Just tried this, but the command returns an error:

sudo efibootmgr -b 0000 -A
efibootmgr: Boot entry 0 not found
Could not set active state for Boot0000: No such file or directory

brahma · 11 November 2022 17:11

running this gives you the same error:

sudo efibootmgr -b 0 -A

Ewsg · 11 November 2022 17:12

Yes, the same.

brahma · 11 November 2022 17:13

very strange…
post output from:
inxi -M

Ewsg · 11 November 2022 17:14

Sure:

inxi -M
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Predator G3-572 v: V1.22
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: KBL model: Sienta_KLS v: V1.22 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: Insyde v: 1.22 date: 03/15/2019

brahma · 11 November 2022 17:20

wanted to check if its something specific to your pc model, but didnt found anything…
post output from:
ls /boot/efi