Grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sda1

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I have been having sudden issues with launching Manjaro. When launching, it gets stuck at the Dell logo. I have tried to use update-grub but it results in the following message:

Generating grub configuration file …
Found theme: /boot/grub/themes/blur-grub2-hd/theme.txt
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.4-x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/intel-ucode.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.4-x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/intel-ucode.img
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sda1. Check your device.map.
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sda1. Check your device.map.
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sda1. Check your device.map.
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sda1. Check your device.map.
Adding boot menu entry for UEFI Firmware Settings …
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+/memtest.bin
/usr/bin/grub-probe: warning: unknown device type nvme0n1.
done

To be clear, I am booting from a usb stick and using chroot. I have dual-booted with Windows 10, and so I believe it is likely that a Windows update is what broke Manjaro.

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Hi!
Try to reinstall grub using live and chroot

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If you mean using grub-install I have already tried that and it did not help

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Hi!
How did you reinstall the grub?

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From my live usb I used manjaro-chroot and followed these instructions from a previous thread:

sudo pacman -Sy msdos os-prober
sudo manjaro-chroot -a ( type 1 if only one line appears )
grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=manjaro --recheck --verbose
update-grub
efibootmgr -v
exit ( end chroot )

grub-install gives no errors, but update-grub then prints the previously mentioned errors.

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After booting the live ISO please post the output of following commands to be enteerd in a terminal:

sudo parted -l
lsblk -f
blkid
sudo efibootmgr -v
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1st command:
Model: SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 30.8GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
2 2773MB 2777MB 4194kB primary esp

Model: PM981 NVMe Samsung 512GB (nvme)
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 512GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:

Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 683MB 682MB fat32 EFI system partition boot, esp
2 683MB 817MB 134MB Microsoft reserved partition msftres
3 817MB 164GB 163GB ntfs Basic data partition msftdata
8 272GB 492GB 220GB ext4
9 492GB 496GB 4295MB linux-swap(v1) swap
4 496GB 497GB 1038MB ntfs hidden, diag
5 497GB 511GB 13.9GB ntfs hidden, diag
6 511GB 512GB 1226MB ntfs hidden, diag

2nd:
NAME FSTYPE FSVER LABEL UUID FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINT
loop0
squash 4.0 0 100% /run/miso/
loop1
squash 4.0 0 100% /run/miso/
loop2
squash 4.0 0 100% /run/miso/
loop3
squash 4.0 0 100% /run/miso/
sda iso966 Jolie MANJARO_GNOME_2003
│ 2020-06-06-09-50-25-00
├─sda1
│ iso966 Jolie MANJARO_GNOME_2003
│ 2020-06-06-09-50-25-00 0 100% /run/miso/
└─sda2
vfat FAT12 MISO_EFI
57E8-A8ED
nvme0n1
│
├─nvme0n1p1
│ vfat FAT32 ESP DCC6-EFDD
├─nvme0n1p2
│
├─nvme0n1p3
│ ntfs OS F48226FB8226C1CA
├─nvme0n1p4
│ ntfs WINRETOOLS
│ 7AB21F1DB21EDD87
├─nvme0n1p5
│ ntfs Image 24C81F50C81F201A
├─nvme0n1p6
│ ntfs DELLSUPPORT
│ F8DAD97ADAD9361A
├─nvme0n1p8
│ ext4 1.0 7d28cade-4cca-468b-b448-aaa7d255735c
└─nvme0n1p9
swap 1 41be8627-b6e4-41f3-a695-3fb079d78cbd

3rd command gives no output.

4th:
BootCurrent: 0005
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 0002,0004,0000,0005
Boot0000* Windows Boot Manager HD(1,GPT,96895829-1f74-4347-9097-f7677c699407,0x800,0x145000)/File(\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi)WINDOWS…x…B.C.D.O.B.J.E.C.T.=.{.9.d.e.a.8.6.2.c.-.5.c.d.d.-.4.e.7.0.-.a.c.c.1.-.f.3.2.b.3.4.4.d.4.7.9.5.}…
Boot0001* Linux Firmware Updater HD(7,GPT,5d5038b5-1237-4d08-bdb2-1b5490358eaf,0x2d3d6800,0xfa000)/File(\EFI\ubuntu\fwupdx64.efi)
Boot0002* manjaro HD(1,GPT,96895829-1f74-4347-9097-f7677c699407,0x800,0x145000)/File(\EFI\manjaro\grubx64.efi)
Boot0004* deepin HD(1,GPT,96895829-1f74-4347-9097-f7677c699407,0x800,0x145000)/File(\EFI\deepin\shimx64.efi)
Boot0005* UEFI: SanDisk, Partition 1 PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x0)/USB(12,0)/HD(1,MBR,0x0,0x52a0a0,0x2000)…BO

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This can be ignored as it’s linked to the USB stick. So, everything looks OK.

Next time, boot into firmware and select the Manjaro entry to boot from it, permanently.

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But I’m still not able to launch manjaro? It gets stuck at the Dell logo

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If it’s still not working check if Secure boot is enabled in firmware (disable it) or if Fastboot has been enabled in Windoze which could leave the disk in a hibernating state hindering you to use it properly for other OS. This needs to be switched-off from within Windoze.

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secure boot is already disabled. I can’t see the Fastboot option in Windows, and using powercfg /hibernate on (to turn on the fastboot option) results in the following:

Unable to perform operation. An unexpected error (0x65b) has occurred: Function failed during execution.

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Maybe my post was unclear but Fastboot must be switched off.

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I understand, but the option to disable it is simply not there

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If you disable hibernation, then you disable fast boot (fast boot is a hibernation mode). Probably you already have hibernation disabled, but just in case: powercfg /h off in administrator mode

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In grub menu, edit the Manjaro entry and remove the quiet word from linux line. And boot it with F10. Maybe that will give more information

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I did this, but it had no effect on the problem.

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How do I edit the grub menu? Seeing as I am unable to use my OS

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chroot into your system again and edit the file /etc/default/grub.

Afterwards (still in chroot) enter

update-grub
exit
exit

and try to reboot.

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When in grub’s menu, select with the cursor keys the entry you want to edit and press ‘e’ (https://pasteboard.co/JnGEtUL.png)

PS: I can’t embed images

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I have now tried this, but it seems to have no effect what so ever.