Hi,
My problem: The title says it all, grub does not show Manjaro, it only propose to boot to Windows.
My situation: I did a fresh install of Windows (first) and Manjaro on my SSD (not nvme). Manjaro installation got stuck at 95%, I had to shut down my computer to end the process.
After a restart I had the option to boot to Manjaro in the Windows boot menu which lead to grub Manjaro with the possibility to boot into Manjaro or Windows. It had booted into Manjaro properly but after a restart Manjaro was not shown in the grub anymore.
I tried several solutions to repair grub but none of them worked. When I type update-grub in chroot (on a live usb media) it only show Windows.
Note1: I have a BIOS pc not UEFI
can you boot in USB iso manjaro
inxi -Fza
sudo parted -l
sudo efibootmgr -v
test -d /sys/firmware/efi && echo efi || echo bios
Aragorn
September 6, 2020, 2:50pm
3
Welcome to the forum!
annuler4:
My situation: I did a fresh install of Windows (first) and Manjaro on my SSD (not nvme). Manjaro installation got stuck at 95%, I had to shut down my computer to end the process.
After a restart I had the option to boot to Manjaro in the Windows boot menu which lead to grub Manjaro with the possibility to boot into Manjaro or Windows. It had booted into Manjaro properly but after a restart Manjaro was not shown in the grub anymore.
I tried several solutions to repair grub but none of them worked. When I type update-grub in chroot (on a live usb media) it only show Windows.
Note1: I have a BIOS pc not UEFI
What type of partition tables do you use?
fdisk -l
Thank you for your answer
[manjaro@manjaro ~]$ inxi -Fza
System:
Host: manjaro Kernel: 5.6.15-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=be
tz=Europe/Brussels driver=free nouveau.modeset=1 i915.modeset=1
radeon.modeset=1 misobasedir=manjaro misolabel=MANJARO_KDE_2003 quiet
systemd.show_status=1 apparmor=1 security=apparmor
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.18.5 Distro: Manjaro Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Sony product: VGN-AW21M_H v: C6016CHH
serial: <filter>
Mobo: Sony model: VAIO serial: <filter> BIOS: American Megatrends
v: R1054Y2 date: 09/23/2009
CPU:
Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core2 Duo P8600 bits: 64 type: MCP
family: 6 model-id: 17 (23) stepping: A (10) microcode: A0B
L2 cache: 3072 KiB
Speed: 1596 MHz min/max: 1600/2401 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1596
2: 1596
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: EPT disabled
Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no
microcode; SMT disabled
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2
mitigation: Full generic retpoline, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA G98M [GeForce 9300M GS] driver: nouveau v: kernel
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.8 driver: nouveau unloaded: modesetting
resolution: 1680x945~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: NV98 v: 3.3 Mesa 20.0.7
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 82801I HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.6.15-1-MANJARO
Network:
Device-1: Marvell 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet driver: sky2
IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel WiFi Link 5100 driver: iwlwifi
IF: wlp5s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 879.27 GiB used: 142.8 MiB (0.0%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: MK4058GSX size: 372.61 GiB
block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Intenso model: SSD size: 447.13 GiB block size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
ID-3: /dev/sdc type: USB model: USB DISK 2.0 size: 59.53 GiB
block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
Partition:
ID-1: / raw size: N/A size: 2.86 GiB used: 142.8 MiB (4.9%) fs: overlay
source: ERR-102
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 55.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 54 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 183 Uptime: 3m Memory: 3.81 GiB used: 1024.0 MiB (26.2%)
Shell: bash inxi: 3.0.37
[manjaro@manjaro ~]$
[manjaro@manjaro ~]$ sudo parted -l
Model: ATA TOSHIBA MK4058GS (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 400GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 53.5MB 52.4MB primary ntfs boot
Model: ATA Intenso SSD (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 480GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 157GB 157GB primary ntfs boot
2 157GB 158GB 544MB primary ntfs msftres
3 158GB 164GB 6442MB primary linux-swap(v1)
4 164GB 325GB 161GB primary ext4
Model: USB DISK 2.0 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 63.9GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 63.9GB 63.9GB primary ntfs boot
[manjaro@manjaro ~]$
[manjaro@manjaro ~]$ sudo efibootmgr -v
EFI variables are not supported on this system.
[manjaro@manjaro ~]$
[manjaro@manjaro ~]$ test -d /sys/firmware/efi && echo efi || echo bios
bios
HDD1 (sda) should be empty
[manjaro manjaro]# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 372.63 GiB, 400088457216 bytes, 781422768 sectors
Disk model: TOSHIBA MK4058GS
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x2a1baac6
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 * 2048 104447 102400 50M 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
Disk /dev/sdb: 447.13 GiB, 480103981056 bytes, 937703088 sectors
Disk model: Intenso SSD
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x3969f152
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1 * 2048 307426781 307424734 146.6G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sdb2 307427328 308490239 1062912 519M 27 Hidden NTFS WinRE
/dev/sdb3 308490240 321073151 12582912 6G 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb4 321073152 635645951 314572800 150G 83 Linux
Disk /dev/loop0: 20.86 MiB, 21852160 bytes, 42680 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop1: 565.6 MiB, 593055744 bytes, 1158312 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop2: 1.71 GiB, 1813102592 bytes, 3541216 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop3: 596.6 MiB, 625012736 bytes, 1220728 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/sdc: 59.54 GiB, 63921192960 bytes, 124846080 sectors
Disk model: USB DISK 2.0
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xfe820999
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdc1 * 2048 124846079 124844032 59.5G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sdc4 40049776 46151007 6101232 2.9G 0 Empty
Aragorn
September 6, 2020, 3:07pm
6
Try this…
su -
Type the root password.
manjaro-chroot -a
Select your Manjaro root partition.
pacman-mirrors -f 5 && pacman -Syyu
grub-install --recheck --modules="part_msdos" /dev/sda
update-grub
sync && exit
I have done this several times (by the way I think I messed up with Windows because it is very slow after all the repair I tried).
After the install, this is what I get from the update
[manjaro /]# update-grub
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found theme: /usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/theme.txt
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sdc4. Check your device.map.
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sdc4. Check your device.map.
Found Windows 10 on /dev/sda1
Found Windows Recovery Environment on /dev/sdc1
done
(sdc is the usb stick don’t bother)
then shutdown
Aragorn
September 6, 2020, 3:18pm
9
What about…
grub-install --recheck --modules="part_msdos" /dev/sdb
update-grub
?
I will reboot a little later in order to try your suggestions in the live media first (it takes a little bit of time to restart)
What about…
grub-install --recheck --modules="part_msdos" /dev/sdb
update-grub
?
I see your interrogation, why it doesn’t found anything on sdb, and I don’t know
[manjaro /]# grub-install --recheck --modules="part_msdos" /dev/sdb
Installing for i386-pc platform.
Installation finished. No error reported.
[manjaro /]# update-grub
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found theme: /usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/theme.txt
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sdc4. Check your device.map.
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sdc4. Check your device.map.
Found Windows 10 on /dev/sda1
Found Windows Recovery Environment on /dev/sdc1
done
Aragorn
September 6, 2020, 3:26pm
11
When you’re in the live media and chroot'ed into your Manjaro, can you also give the output of…
ls -l /boot
… please? It might be that you do not have a kernel installed (anymore).
[manjaro /]# ls -l /boot
total 3096
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Sep 6 17:17 grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3161088 Jun 16 19:50 intel-ucode.img
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 6 10:03 memtest86+
Do I need to mount into my Manjaro partition or chroot is enough ?manjaro-chroot -a automount the linux system detected
Aragorn
September 6, 2020, 3:33pm
13
Just as I thought ─ you don’t have a kernel installed. Okay, now issue the following command if you haven’t already…
pacman-mirrors -f 5 && pacman -Syyu
… and then these two…
mhwd-kernel -i linux54
update-grub
This will pull in the 5.4 LTS kernel, which is probably the best choice for your hardware.
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It is in process, seems to be long. How could I be without a kernel installed ? And what does it produce (to not have one) ?
Aragorn
September 6, 2020, 3:54pm
15
Yes, it can take some time to update your system.
Um, I’m not sure what you mean by that.
You must have had a kernel installed, but by updating the system and interrupting the update process before it was finished, you were left without a kernel. The update process first removes the existing kernel images and only installs the updated kernels last.
You can no longer boot. The kernel is the heart of the operating system, the part that directly accesses your hardware, manages processes, manages the memory, manages security, I/O, filesystems, and so on.
The kernel is a computer program at the core of a computer's operating system with complete control over everything in the system. It is an integral part of any operating system. It is the "portion of the operating system code that is always resident in memory". It facilitates interactions between hardware and software components. On most systems, it is one of the first programs loaded on startup (after the bootloader). It handles the rest of startup as well as input/output requests from so The c...
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As I said on my original message, Manjaro’s installation got stuck at 95% (I tried 3 times, and every time I had the same problem). Could it be the problem ?
Speaking of interrupted installation, my live media got stuck during the upgrading …
Aragorn
September 6, 2020, 4:08pm
17
Apart from waiting, no. You do have a machine that’s quite limited in RAM. It may take longer because there isn’t enough memory to buffer the data, and when running from the live medium, you don’t have any swap.
Just be patient and let it finish.
By getting stuck I mean it is completely frozen
Aragorn
September 6, 2020, 4:13pm
19
Sometimes, things may appear that way, but that doesn’t mean that they are.
I will wait 15 minutes (till 30, I am not really patient). Even if I am really suspicious, nothing respond, not even the mouse
