Simply put, My PC no longer wishes to boot into Manjaro, It happened after I spent some time trying to create a VM to game on, since there are some situations where Linux/Manjaro’s compatibility. options simply don’t work for some very specific things.
I was using SomeOrdinaryGamers How I Built The "Poor-Shamed" Computer... I was going to use Linux Manjaro for general PC use and the VM for Gaming, I got so far as to hijack the primary GPU and decided to stop for the day, wanting to go to bed, but upon waking up and wanting to finish the process, Yeah, my PC simply doesn’t moot into the OS anymore, Any solutions?
I was wandering if it’s possible to roll some of this back or maybe use the Grub screen to fix the problem, as I currently have no PC, Also, swapping the slots the GPU are slotted into would help, all that did is make my Monitor’s unable to get a Signal through either DVI or HDMI. So I’m just completely lost as to what went wrong.
Please don’t use some random youtube video to configure your system. If you have questions, it is better to ask them in this forum. If you get going again, or if you have to start over, take a look at these: https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php/VirtualBox
SOG/SomeOrinaryGamer AKA Mutahar isn’t “Some Random Youtuber,” he is well versed in Arch Linux based Distro’s and went into great detail about how to virtualize windows for gaming, going so far as to explain how to Hypervize and how to Hijack a card while leaving a smaller one to run the actual Linux while the other Emulates Windows.
Even has explanations for Arch GPU pass through as well as Virtio Drivers, even explaining how to enable virtualization through the BIOS like IOMMU and SVM being on, I mean, you can look for yourself and determine if his video is legitimate or a troll trying to brick your system.
It says; “ERROR: Can’t create chroot on non-directory.” So I’m obviously doing something wrong- Understand I am quite new to this and while what I was doing might of led to breaking my installation, I really don’t know exactly how or why. . .
Edit: Upon further inspection, I believe I got to chroot, but from there I’m unsure as to how I should proceed?
[manjaro@manjaro ~]$ sudo manjaro-chroot -a
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sdb1. Check your device.map.
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sdb1. Check your device.map.
==> Mounting (ManjaroLinux) [/dev/sda2]
--> mount: [/mnt]
--> mount: [/mnt/boot/efi]
I would do as you requested, but I think that requires I actually get to Manjaro, which I can’t do, the installation is broken and my PC doesn’t boot into Manjaro, so I can’t do as described.
[manjaro /]# mhwd-kernel --listinstalled
bash: mhwd-kernel: command not found
And just because I can, I tried doing so outside of chroot;
[manjaro@manjaro ~]$ mhwd-kernel --listinstalled
Currently running: 5.13.19-2-MANJARO (linux513)
The following kernels are installed in your system:
warning: database file for 'core' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
warning: database file for 'extra' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
warning: database file for 'community' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
warning: database file for 'multilib' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
* linux513
warning: database file for 'core' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
warning: database file for 'extra' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
warning: database file for 'community' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
warning: database file for 'multilib' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
[manjaro@manjaro ~]$
OK, let’s check if that’s installed, at least. In the chroot environment, run:
pamac checkupdate
But if it wants to install any packages, just leave it be and don’t install anything. It shouldn’t want to. Then let’s check the installation status of mhwd:
Question before we proceed; Really there are just some files I’m trying to preserve, Specifically saves for some Emulators and some personal files that I can’t retrieve if I where to delete them, would it be easier to just preserve those files and reinstall Manjaro? save them to a cloud, or onto a flash drive?
Yeah, how would I? Hehe, when I try to access the Hardrive through the USB, it kind… . Loads for a bit, then closes. Those are some very precious files and I’m willing to do just about anything to preserve them.
Either way, here’s what you asked for;
[manjaro /]# pamac checkupdate
bash: pamac: command not found
[manjaro /]# pamac search mhwd
bash: pamac: command not found
And non chroot version;
[manjaro@manjaro ~]$ pamac search mhwd
mhwd-nvidia-390xx [Installed] 390.144-1
MHWD module-ids for nvidia 390.144
mhwd-nvidia [Installed] 470.63.01-1
MHWD module-ids for nvidia 470.63.01
mhwd-db [Installed] 0.6.5-15
Manjaro Linux Hardware Detection Database
mhwd-ati [Installed] 19.1.0-1
MHWD module-ids for ati 19.1.0
mhwd-amdgpu [Installed] 19.1.0-1
MHWD module-ids for amdgpu
mhwd [Installed] 0.6.5-2
Manjaro Linux Hardware Detection library and application
P.S. Deeply sorry for being a bother, I feel like I must of really messed up if these problems have never been heard of, It’s why I’m wandering if there’s just a way to yoink pertinent files and wipe the slate clean. Cuz in the end, I could of just reformatted my Hardrive and install Manjaro fresh.
Using a live ISO to access the hard drive and dump them wherever.
Something went screwy with your update if even pamac isn’t found. It’ll probably be better to reinstall the system, using the 5.10 or 5.4 kernel ISO preferably, because they’re LTS.
How would I do that specifically? I guess I should mention, I’m still relatively new to the use of Linux, it’s probably why I’m in this position to begin with.