System update of 5-14-2025 had a problem, I made it worse

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Good Afternoon. A very long time lurker, first time poster; and not really technically capable; please be patient.

What I did: updated my system using the stable update of 5-14-2025; resulting in Grub (I do have a legacy Bios, not UEFI) losing the Windows 7 boot options. My mucking around got the Win7 options back in Grub, but lost the Manjaro entries.

What I did to try to fix it:

Read through the update announcements and links to the Grub changes and the post by @vilmil of a similar problem with Windows 8. I am not as technically capable as @vilmil so…

I Tried to use the fallback entries (i have both 5.10 and 5.15 loaded) in Grub to roll back the changes; but in loading the fallback version and rebooting, the Windows 7 option is still missing. Perhaps i am misunderstanding how the fallback options work.

I attempted to use Timeshift to restore the system from before the update. I have diligently used Timeshift to create restore points, but have never actually restored one. Time shift reported success and I rebooted. Now Grub has the Windows 7 boot options, but no Manjaro entries.

I cannot boot to Manjaro anymore. I can get a (GRUB>) prompt at boot; but I don’t know enough to know what to do at that prompt.

Then I updated my Bootable Manjaro USB to research this challenge and spent the last weeks researching tutorials in Grub, Bios, Chroot, how recover from updates and how to post and updates in particular.

I can boot with the USB and SEE the other devices in Nemo. I can see the Grub config file on the hard drive installed version. It appears I need to update that Grub (Grub-update?)file, but an update started this journey.

How do I get from USB booted version of Manjaro to the one I can see in Nemo and repair the Grub? Can this be done from the Grub prompt (Grub>)during boot and I’m overcomplicating things? Did I cause this by not checking the initrmsf <sp?> box in Timeshift when i did the restore?

Thank you, for reading anyway.

In the interest of NOT making things worse

Mod edit:- General tidy of post. Borked template removed.

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No.

It looks a bit like it. :slightly_smiling_face:

First, provide the output of:
inxi -zv8

and also:
lsblk -f

while booted from your USB device - no chroot yet.

3 
h: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
    clocksource: hpet avail: acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64
    lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC misobasedir=manjaro
    misolabel=MANJARO_CINNAMON_2500 quiet systemd.show_status=1 apparmor=1
    security=apparmor driver=free nouveau.modeset=1 i915.modeset=1
    radeon.modeset=1
  Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.4.9 tk: GTK v: 3.24.49 wm: Muffin v: 6.4.1 tools:
    avail: cinnamon-screensaver vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: Manjaro
    base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Sony product: VGN-FW290E v: R5598776
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Sony model: VAIO serial: <superuser required>
    uuid: <superuser required> BIOS: American Megatrends v: R1090Y0
    date: 07/25/2008
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 40.6 Wh (100.0%) condition: 40.6/50.6 Wh (80.2%)
    power: 20.5 W volts: N/A min: 122.0 model: Sony Corp. type: Li-ion
    serial: N/A status: full
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 8 GiB available: 7.72 GiB used: 2.33 GiB (30.1%)
  Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
  Array-1: capacity: N/A slots: 2 modules: 2 EC: None max-module-size: N/A
  Device-1: SODIMM1 type: DDR2 detail: N/A size: 4 GiB speed: N/A volts: N/A
    width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: N/A part-no: N/A serial: N/A
  Device-2: SODIMM2 type: DDR2 detail: N/A size: 4 GiB speed: N/A volts: N/A
    width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: N/A part-no: N/A serial: N/A
PCI Slots:
  Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core2 Duo P8600 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Penryn level: v1
    built: 2008 process: Intel 45nm family: 6 model-id: 0x17 (23) stepping: 6
    microcode: 0x60F
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 2 smt: <unsupported> cache:
    L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 798 min/max: 800/2401 scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq
    governor: schedutil cores: 1: 798 2: 798 bogomips: 9573
  Flags: acpi aperfmperf apic arch_perfmon bts clflush cmov constant_tsc
    cpuid cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts est fpu fxsr ht lahf_lm lm mca
    mce mmx monitor msr mtrr nopl nx pae pat pbe pdcm pebs pge pni pse pse36
    pti rep_good sep smx sse sse2 sse4_1 ssse3 syscall tm tm2 tsc vme xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
  Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode;
    SMT disabled
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; STIBP: disabled; RSB filling;
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RV635/M86 [Mobility Radeon HD
    3650] vendor: Sony driver: radeon v: kernel alternate: amdgpu
    arch: TeraScale code: R6xx/RV6xx/RV7xx process: TSMC 55-65nm
    built: 2005-13 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
    active: LVDS-1 empty: HDMI-A-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:9591
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Ricoh Sony Vaio Integrated Webcam driver: uvcvideo type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 5-2:2 chip-ID: 05ca:183d
    class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6 driver:
    X: loaded: radeon unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: r600
    gpu: radeon display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1600x900 s-size: <missing: xdpyinfo>
  Monitor-1: LVDS-1 mapped: LVDS res: mode: 1600x900 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1)
    size: N/A modes: 1600x900, 1440x900, 1280x854, 1280x800, 1280x720,
    1152x768, 1024x768, 800x600, 848x480, 720x480, 640x480
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd r600 platforms: device: 0 drv: r600 device: 1
    drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: r600 x11: drv: r600
    inactive: wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 compat-v: 3.3 vendor: mesa v: 25.0.3-arch1.1 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: AMD RV635 (DRM 2.50.0 / 6.14.0-1-MANJARO LLVM
    19.1.7) device-ID: 1002:9591 memory: 500 MiB unified: no
  Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo x11: xprop,xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 82801I HD Audio vendor: Sony driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:293e class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RV635 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD
    3650/3730/3750] vendor: Sony driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aa20
    class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.14.0-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.1 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel WiFi Link 5100 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:4232 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp6s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Device-2: Marvell 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Sony driver: sky2
    v: 1.30 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 9000 bus-ID: 08:00.0
    chip-ID: 11ab:4363 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp8s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Alps BCM2046 Bluetooth Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 7-1:2 chip-ID: 044e:3017
    class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.85 TiB used: 218.12 GiB (11.5%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT2000MX500SSD1
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 023 scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: SanDisk model: Ultra size: 29.82 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 2.0 spd: 480 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2.01 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
  Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: Optiarc model: BD ROM BC-5500S rev: 1.75
    dev-links: cdrom
  Features: speed: 24 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
    rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
  ID-1: /run/media/manjaro/Data raw-size: 1.59 TiB size: 1.59 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 218.12 GiB (13.4%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 label: Data
    uuid: 01D632E4262BB820
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 10.26 GiB fs: ntfs label: Recovery
    uuid: 690F9B4675E6EC04
  ID-2: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 110.28 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: 1536CE6FF8ED3239
  ID-3: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 size: 117.35 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
    uuid: 26434c7d-91b8-4931-9227-b838534edea2
  ID-4: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 3.81 GiB fs: iso9660
  ID-5: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 size: 4 MiB fs: vfat label: MISO_EFI
    uuid: 5008-78A4
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 5-2:2 info: Ricoh Sony Vaio Integrated Webcam type: video
    driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA chip-ID: 05ca:183d class-ID: 0e02
  Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-7: 7-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 7-1:2 info: Alps BCM2046 Bluetooth Device type: bluetooth
    driver: btusb interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1
    mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 044e:3017 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Hub-8: 8-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 8-2:2 info: SanDisk Ultra type: mass storage driver: usb-storage
    interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
    power: 200mA chip-ID: 0781:556c class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 58.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1139 libs: 305 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: http://mirror.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    2: https://manjaro.mirror.liquidtelecom.com/stable/$repo/$arch
    3: https://edgeuno-bog2.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    4: https://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    5: https://mirrors2.manjaro.org/stable/$repo/$arch
    6: http://ftp.dei.uc.pt/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    7: https://ipng.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    8: https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    9: https://mirror.23m.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    10: https://linorg.usp.br/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    11: https://codingflyboy.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    12: http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    13: https://ridgewireless.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    14: https://mirrors.ft.uam.es/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    15: https://quantum-mirror.hu/mirrors/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    16: https://coresite.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    17: https://mirror.vinehost.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    18: https://mirror.freedif.org/Manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    19: https://ct.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    20: http://mirror.datacenter.by/pub/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    21: https://mirrors.sjtug.sjtu.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    22: https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    23: https://gsl-syd.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    24: https://mirrors.atlas.net.co/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    25: https://ftp.caliu.cat/pub/distribucions/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    26: https://mirror.leitecastro.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    27: http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    28: https://mirror.init7.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    29: https://mirrors.jlu.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    30: http://ossmirror.mycloud.services/os/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    31: https://mirror.phoepsilonix.love/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    32: http://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    33: https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    34: https://cofractal-ewr.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    35: https://manjaro.kurdy.org/stable/$repo/$arch
    36: https://ziply.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    37: https://ftpmirror1.infania.net/mirror/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    38: https://manjaro.ipacct.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    39: https://fastmirror.pp.ua/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    40: http://mirror.is.co.za/mirrors/manjaro.org/stable/$repo/$arch
    41: http://manjaro.mirror.ac.za/stable/$repo/$arch
    42: https://bd.mirror.vanehost.com/Manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    43: http://ftp.belnet.be/mirrors/manjaro/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
    44: https://mirror.bouwhuis.network/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    45: https://forksystems.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    46: https://mirrors.up.pt/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    47: http://manjaro.grena.ge/stable/$repo/$arch
    48: https://mirror.ibakerserver.pt/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    49: https://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    50: http://ftp.tsukuba.wide.ad.jp/Linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    51: https://repo.iut.ac.ir/repo/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    52: https://mirror.hostiko.network/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    53: https://mirror.xenyth.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    54: https://irltoolkit.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    55: https://opencolo.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    56: http://mirror.terrahost.no/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    57: https://mirror.ufam.edu.br/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    58: https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/repo.manjaro.org/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
    59: https://ftp.psnc.pl/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    60: https://mirrors.piconets.webwerks.in/manjaro-mirror/stable/$repo/$arch
    61: https://manjaro.repo.cure.edu.uy/stable/$repo/$arch
    62: https://mirror.easyname.at/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    63: http://mirror.xeonbd.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    64: https://mirror.2degrees.nz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    65: https://mirror.seahost.de/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    66: https://mirror.kku.ac.th/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    67: https://volico.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    68: https://mirror.nju.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    69: http://free.nchc.org.tw/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    70: https://mirror.dc.uz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    71: https://ask4.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    72: https://mirrors.manjaro.org/repo/stable/$repo/$arch
    73: https://mirror.zetup.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    74: https://mirror.archlinux.tw/Manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    75: https://mirror.netcologne.de/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    76: https://mirrors.xtom.jp/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    77: https://mirror.bardia.tech/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    78: https://mirrors.xtom.de/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    79: https://mirrors.xtom.ee/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    80: https://mirror.funami.tech/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    81: https://mirror.koddos.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    82: https://uvermont.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    83: https://mirror.dkm.cz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    84: https://ohioix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    85: https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    86: https://mirrors.pku.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    87: http://ftp.free.org/mirrors/repo.manjaro.org/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
    88: https://mirror.nyist.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    89: https://mirror.futureweb.be/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    90: https://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    91: https://manjarolinux-mirror.cloud.mu/stable/$repo/$arch
    92: https://ba.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    93: https://mirror.truenetwork.ru/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    94: https://mirror.ufro.cl/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    95: https://repos.silknet.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    96: https://nnenix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    97: https://mirror.raiolanetworks.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    98: https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    99: https://ftp.linux.org.tr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    100: https://manjaro.ynh.ovh/stable/$repo/$arch
    101: https://mnvoip.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    102: https://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    103: https://mirror.alpix.eu/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    104: http://manjaro.mirrors.uk2.net/stable/$repo/$arch
    105: https://mirror.kamtv.ru/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    106: https://mirror.it4i.cz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    107: https://mirror.alwyzon.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    108: https://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    109: https://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    110: https://southfront.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    111: https://repo.ialab.dsu.edu/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    112: https://mirror.telepoint.bg/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    113: https://manjaro.mirror.garr.it/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    114: http://kartolo.sby.datautama.net.id/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    115: https://mirrors.aliyun.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    116: https://manjaro.mirror.wearetriple.com/stable/$repo/$arch
    117: https://mirrors.sonic.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    118: https://mirrors.netix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    119: https://mirrors.cicku.me/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    120: http://ftp.rz.tu-bs.de/pub/mirror/manjaro.org/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
    121: https://mirrors.nic.cz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    122: https://muug.ca/mirror/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    123: https://mirror1.sox.rs/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    124: https://mirror.yandex.ru/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    125: https://mirrors.ucr.ac.cr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    126: https://fosszone.csd.auth.gr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    127: https://manjaro.mirrors.lavatech.top/stable/$repo/$arch
    128: https://manjaro.c3sl.ufpr.br/stable/$repo/$arch
    129: http://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    130: https://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    131: https://mirror.albony.xyz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    132: https://nocix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    133: https://mirrors.gigenet.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 202
  1: cpu: 100% command: ps pid: 8344 mem: 3.69 MiB (0.0%)
  2: cpu: 8.8% command: vivaldi-bin pid: 4163 mem: 423.2 MiB (5.3%)
  3: cpu: 4.3% command: vivaldi-bin pid: 2908 mem: 232.6 MiB (2.9%)
  4: cpu: 2.9% command: cinnamon pid: 1541 mem: 175.7 MiB (2.2%)
  5: cpu: 2.3% command: vivaldi-bin pid: 2846 mem: 296.0 MiB (3.7%)
  Memory top: 5 of 202
  1: mem: 423.2 MiB (5.3%) command: vivaldi-bin pid: 4163 cpu: 8.8%
  2: mem: 296.0 MiB (3.7%) command: vivaldi-bin pid: 2846 cpu: 2.3%
  3: mem: 251.8 MiB (3.1%) command: vivaldi-bin pid: 2942 cpu: 1.4%
  4: mem: 232.6 MiB (2.9%) command: vivaldi-bin pid: 2908 cpu: 4.3%
  5: mem: 192.3 MiB (2.4%) command: vivaldi-bin pid: 8243 cpu: 1.1%
Info:
  Processes: 202 Power: uptime: 3h 16m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 3.04 GiB services: csd-power,upowerd
    Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Compilers: N/A Shell: Bash v: 5.2.37 running-in: gnome-terminal

Mod edit:- The inxi output is incomplete. Consider re-pasting.

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NAME FSTYPE FSVER LABEL                 UUID                                 FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
loop0
     squash 4.0                                                                    0   100% /run/miso/sfs/livefs
loop1
     squash 4.0                                                                    0   100% /run/miso/sfs/mhwdfs
loop2
     squash 4.0                                                                    0   100% /run/miso/sfs/desktopfs
loop3
     squash 4.0                                                                    0   100% /run/miso/sfs/rootfs
sda                                                                                         
├─sda1
│    ntfs         Recovery              690F9B4675E6EC04                                    
├─sda2
│    ntfs                               1536CE6FF8ED3239                                    
├─sda3
│    ext4   1.0                         26434c7d-91b8-4931-9227-b838534edea2                
└─sda4
     ntfs         Data                  01D632E4262BB820                        1.4T    13% /run/media/manjaro/Data
sdb  iso966 Jolie MANJARO_CINNAMON_2500 2025-04-17-17-22-51-00                     0   100% /run/miso/bootmnt
├─sdb1
│    iso966 Jolie MANJARO_CINNAMON_2500 2025-04-17-17-22-51-00                              
└─sdb2
     vfat   FAT12 MISO_EFI              5008-78A4 ```
5

The following article might be useful, in that it explains how to enter a chroot environment from the booted Manjaro Installer, to enable you to perform many repair and other operations.

I’m sure someone will help when they are able.

Regards.

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6

You should first try to chroot using the automatic method:
manjaro-chroot -a

Show us what you see - the whole command and the result until you get to a promt again.

@Teo
he can’t boot the system - he is on a live system at the moment

7

Looks to me you just have to enable os prober. Can you check the /etc/default/grub? The osprober line schould be uncommented. Then update grub (from chroot from usb)
P.s. well at least that was the case before you started restoring, i.e. deleting stuff

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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/sda3]
 --> mount: [/mnt]
9

That was not everything - the prompt is missing

It should be a (possibly red) #

Is it?

11 
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/sda3]
 --> mount: [/mnt]
[manjaro-cinnamon /]#
12

you are in chroot now - in your defunct system.
Have you been at this stage before or is this the first time going to chroot?

first do:
pacman-mirrors -f

then
what does:

pacman -Syu

return?

There has probably been another update after the one you did - this command does initiate that.

If that’s the case - don’t try to post the whole output - just do the update and let it finish.

13

The prompt IS red.
[manjaro-cinnamon /]#
I’m not sure why that won’t copy.

14

Please, try to focus, and use the commands @Nachlese has given. Report back the results.

15

The prompt being a # mark is good enough to show that you are in chroot.

Now on to the two commands given above … :wink:

16

This is the first time I have been to this point.

[manjaro-cinnamon /]# pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed to synchronize all databases (unable to lock database)
[manjaro-cinnamon /]# ```

Which is a universe away from my comfort zone
...
17

Welcome to the forum! :vulcan_salute:

First of all, are you absolutely certain that your machine actually still has a legacy BIOS firmware and not a UEFI?

Sometimes people — even vendors — refer to the UEFI as “the BIOS”, and just about all UEFI implementations for the x86-64 architecture have a legacy BIOS compatibility support module (called CSM in the firmware settings).

If CSM is enabled, then the UEFI will commonly attempt to boot in legacy BIOS emulation mode. And then when it does that, it cannot detect any native UEFI-booting systems anymore.

The problem you are describing — either your machine boots into Windows 7 and does not allow booting into Manjaro, or your machine boots into Manjaro and does not allow you to boot into Windows 7 — strongly suggests that you do indeed have a UEFI, and that upon your attempts to fix the booting problem on your computer, one system ended up booting in native UEFI mode while the other one ended up booting in legacy BIOS emulation mode.

Yes, I’m afraid you do misunderstand. :wink:

The so-called fallback entries are initramfs images which include all of the possible drivers, whereas the normal initramfs only includes what is (believed to be) needed for those kernels.

So it’s a matter of driver modules, and it has nothing to do with recognizing other operating system installations on the same machine. :wink:

Can you tell us what is in the /boot directory of the installed system? You don’t need to chroot for that. Just an… :point_down:

ls -l /mnt/boot

… will do, provided that /mnt is where your system disk is mounted.

That means you are working as the root user. That’s good. The root user is the system administrator account. That’s what you need for repairing your system.

The colors are not copied over when you copy and paste the text. Only the characters. If any color appears in something you pasted here, then it’s because Discourse (the forum engine) colorizes it, based upon a database with syntax highlighting rules for various languages and scripts.

I’m afraid that contrary to what all of the PR around Manjaro claims, Manjaro is a very technical distribution, and it does also require periodic hands-on maintenance — as an Arch derivative, there’s no way around that.

The bonus however is that you get to understand your system a lot better, and learn a lot from it. :wink:

19

Thank you. There is a script<?> that was in one of the threads i read to determine what the Bios was:legacy or EUfi, I ran the script and it returned “BIOS”. and this is a 20 year old Sony Vaio laptop.

the ls command returned this:

ls: cannot access '/mnt/boot': No such file or directory
[manjaro-cinnamon /]#

Mod edit:- Corrected borked preformatted text box.

20

This one?

#!/usr/bin/bash
[ -d /sys/firmware/efi ] && echo UEFI || echo BIOS
22

Your system is BIOS - and your Vajo is even older than mine.

I’m not sure where the automatic chroot command mounts the system.
To find out:

lsblk -f
once again

23

Yes, that is the one.