Unfortunately I am at work and don’t have access to system specs - but I wanted to get the ball rolling on this to see if there were any updated recommendations on fixing this issue. I did some searching and found a variety of fixes, with contradictory information based on age of post. I was hoping to find the current recommended solution for Sep 2022.
This morning when I went to use my computer I had an error on one of my monitors that recommended that I install a proper boot device and restart the computer. Never a good sign!
This computer is currently set up to dual boot between Win11 and Manjaro Cinnamon. I admin that I haven’t actually logged into Windows in about 6 months, and didn’t plan on doing so until next year’s tax season. Anyway, when I ctrl-alt-del the system immediately booted into windows. The boot loader is gone.
So, I powered it off and turned it back on to check to see if the boot loader would be displayed and no luck.
I loaded up a Manjaro USB and confirmed that I still could see the Manjaro installation, but I need to restore the boot loader.
I am guessing one of the recent package updates that I installed caused this issue since I haven’t actually used Windows in months.
As per one of the articles I found it recommended I use the following command in terminal:
manjaro-chroot -a
but that command didn’t work - it waited for more input from me.
I do know the location of the install so I assume I could try:
sudo grub-install /dev/location
but wanted to confirm that is the recommended way to fix the issue.
I don’t know if it is relevant, but my location isn’t a sda/b/c/etc but more like nvme0m1 which is kind of weird.
I will probably end up installing Manjaro to a separate HD, but first I want to get access so I can more easily move some app settings over.