So I made sure to follow this part precisely but I am now getting exactly that error when trying to boot. Any advice for fixing this?
I tried reinstalling GRUB as per the wiki instructions (GRUB/Restore the GRUB Bootloader - Manjaro) but no change in behaviour. Any ideas?
This was one solution from testing:
Open your own support thread if nothing helped what was mentioned here.
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If for some reason the automated script doesn’t work, you can copy the file manually as in the above quoted topic. That is pretty much it.
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@koeshi you may want to go to your UEFI boot menu of your BIOS firmware and select Manjaro as boot entry. When booted delete the bootx64 compatible file or copy the functional over. install-grub tries to do that for you automatically.
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So based on your response I had a look and I am able to boot Manjaro from my BIOS boot menu, but it is not available to be set as the default in the BIOS. The disk that it is installed (and has always been my default) on is just marked as UEFI OS and boots to GRUB Rescue, but in the boot menu there is a separate entry for manjaro which does boot successfully, yet isn’t listed as an option when selecting boot priority. (Probably not related, but it seems my default session has now changed to Wayland despite installing the plasma-x11-session.)
Are you referring to efi/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI? /boot/efi is empty on my system. Do you still think that this is something I should do?
If install-grub tries to auto create the EFI boot settings, what would that do to a system that was installed using MBR? Can’t remember for certain but I suspect that may be how I originally installed this.
I have included below the output of as many things as I can think will help.
inxi -zv8:
System:
Kernel: 6.16.8-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.16-x86_64
root=UUID=83dc43f0-e499-4b4a-a65e-096cc9b32546 rw
resume=UUID=fdb598ca-d297-473f-9786-2ad91cb6568b
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.5.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.20.0
wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B85)
v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required>
Firmware: UEFI vendor: American Megatrends v: 1.00 date: 07/03/2018
Battery:
Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
System RAM: total: 16 GiB available: 15.56 GiB used: 2.93 GiB (18.8%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 256 GiB note: check slots: 4 modules: 2 EC: None
max-module-size: 64 GiB note: est.
Device-1: Channel-A DIMM 0 type: no module installed
Device-2: Channel-A DIMM 1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
(unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: spec: 3000 MT/s actual: 1500 MT/s volts:
note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
manufacturer: Corsair part-no: CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 serial: N/A
Device-3: Channel-B DIMM 0 type: no module installed
Device-4: Channel-B DIMM 1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
(unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: spec: 3000 MT/s actual: 1500 MT/s volts:
note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
manufacturer: Corsair part-no: CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 serial: N/A
PCI Slots:
Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen+ gen: 1+
level: v3 note: check built: 2018-21 process: GF 12nm family: 0x17 (23)
model-id: 8 stepping: 2 microcode: 0x800820D
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 576 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x64 KiB L2: 3 MiB
desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 2x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1550 min/max: 1550/3400 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1550 2: 1550 3: 1550
4: 1550 5: 1550 6: 1550 7: 1550 8: 1550 9: 1550 10: 1550 11: 1550 12: 1550
bogomips: 81588
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
bmi2 bpext clflush clflushopt clzero cmov cmp_legacy constant_tsc cpb
cpuid cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid f16c
flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb lahf_lm lbrv
lm mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx
nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter
pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni
popcnt pse pse36 rapl rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sep sev sev_es sha_ni
skinit smap smca smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 succor svm
svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale v_vmsave_vmload vgif
vmcb_clean vme vmmcall wdt xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: old_microcode status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT vulnerable
Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; STIBP:
disabled; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsa status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Type: vmscape mitigation: IBPB before exit to userspace
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 10 [Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600
XT / 5700/5700 XT] vendor: Tul / PowerColor AXRX driver: amdgpu v: kernel
arch: RDNA-1 code: Navi-1x process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2019-20 pcie:
gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-3,HDMI-A-1
empty: DP-1,DP-2 bus-ID: 1e:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:731f class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.21 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting,radeon
alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3460x1600 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 915x423mm (36.02x16.65")
s-diag: 1008mm (39.69")
Monitor-1: DP-3 mapped: DisplayPort-2 pos: primary,right
model: AOC AG271QG4 serial: <filter> built: 2018 res: N/A dpi: 109
gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.651 y: 0.337 green: x: 0.314 y: 0.627 blue:
x: 0.149 y: 0.051 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329 size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23")
diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes: 2560x1440, 1920x1200, 1920x1080,
1600x1200, 1280x1440, 1680x1050, 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1280x800, 1280x720,
1024x768, 832x624, 800x600, 720x576, 720x480, 640x480, 720x400
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-A-0 pos: left model: HP E202
serial: <filter> built: 2017 res: mode: 1600x900 hz: 60 scale: 177% (0.5625)
to: 900x1600 dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.647 y: 0.333 green:
x: 0.318 y: 0.620 blue: x: 0.153 y: 0.059 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
size: 443x249mm (17.44x9.8") diag: 508mm (20") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1600x900,
1920x1080, 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1280x800, 1280x720, 1024x768, 800x600,
720x480, 640x480, 720x400
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi x11:
drv: radeonsi inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.3.1-arch1.2
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (radeonsi
navi10 LLVM 21.1.6 DRM 3.64 6.16.8-1-MANJARO) device-ID: 1002:731f
memory: 7.81 GiB unified: no
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.328 layers: 6 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: AMD
Radeon RX 5700 XT (RADV NAVI10) driver: mesa radv v: 25.3.1-arch1.2
device-ID: 1002:731f surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: lact wl: wayland-info
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 10 HDMI Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 1e:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab38 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h HD Audio
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 20:00.3 chip-ID: 1022:1457 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.16.8-1-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: 1.4.9 status: off with: pipewire-media-session
status: active tools: pw-cli
Server-3: PulseAudio v: 17.0-93-gbe2efb status: active with:
1: pulseaudio-alsa type: plugin 2: pulseaudio-jack type: module
tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 5 Wireless-AC 9x6x [Thunder Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 17:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:2526 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: igb
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 18:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp24s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-4:4
chip-ID: 8087:0025 class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 5 TiB used: 2.22 TiB (44.3%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 2TB
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 3B6Q scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000MX500SSD1
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 032 scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Crucial model: CT500MX500SSD4
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 022 scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD20EZRX-00D8PB0 size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 3.0 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1
tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1065 scheme: MBR
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 914.22 GiB size: 898.8 GiB (98.31%)
used: 716.44 GiB (79.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 label: N/A
uuid: 83dc43f0-e499-4b4a-a65e-096cc9b32546
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 336 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 label: N/A
uuid: C658-DEE2
ID-3: /run/media/koeshi/My Book raw-size: 1.82 TiB
size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%) used: 863.06 GiB (46.3%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sdd1
maj-min: 8:49 label: My Book uuid: F474B7AA74B76DCC
ID-4: /run/media/koeshi/d40bbf0f-64f8-43a1-aeed-a5c72d84604d
raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (98.37%) used: 689.82 GiB (37.6%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
uuid: d40bbf0f-64f8-43a1-aeed-a5c72d84604d
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 17 GiB used: 35.6 MiB (0.2%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/sdb3 maj-min: 8:19 label: N/A
uuid: a9747cfc-c4a0-45df-9bd1-caa58a881171
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 size: 529 MiB fs: ntfs label: Recovery
uuid: 0A245E6F245E5E2F
ID-2: /dev/sdc2 maj-min: 8:34 size: 100 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
uuid: 6661-F681
ID-3: /dev/sdc3 maj-min: 8:35 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-4: /dev/sdc4 maj-min: 8:36 size: 465.13 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: D410730E1072F6B8
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 10 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 1-2:2 info: VIA Labs Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 2109:2811
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-8:3 info: 8BitDo Pro 3 Receiver type: HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 484mA chip-ID: 2dc8:3109 class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
Device-2: 1-9:4 info: Logitech G502 SE HERO Gaming Mouse type: mouse,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 300mA chip-ID: 046d:c08b class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 2-2:2 info: VIA Labs Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0
speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 2109:8110
class-ID: 0900
Hub-5: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 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: 3-1:2 info: Holtek USB-HID Keyboard type: keyboard,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 04d9:0171 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: 3-3:3 info: Micro Star PRO CARBON 12 type: HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 1462:7b85 class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
Device-3: 3-4:4 info: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter
type: bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 8087:0025 class-ID: e001
Hub-6: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0
speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 4-2:2 info: Western Digital My Book (WDBFJK) type: mass storage
driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 power: 8mA chip-ID: 1058:1230 class-ID: 0806
serial: <filter>
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 26.8 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 31.0 C
mem: 32.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 0
Repos:
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1697 libs: 486 tools: yay
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.conf
1: https://liquorix.net/archlinux/$repo/$arch
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
1: https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/repo.manjaro.org/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
2: http://manjaro.mirrors.uk2.net/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
CPU top: 5 of 360
1: cpu: 100% command: ps pid: 3783 mem: 3.90 MiB (0.0%)
2: cpu: 5.3% command: plasma-systemmonitor pid: 2020 mem: 250.3 MiB (1.5%)
3: cpu: 4.8% command: vivaldi-bin pid: 2562 mem: 249.0 MiB (1.5%)
4: cpu: 4.5% command: vivaldi-bin pid: 2561 mem: 258.8 MiB (1.6%)
5: cpu: 3.7% command: vivaldi-bin pid: 2473 mem: 309.8 MiB (1.9%)
Memory top: 5 of 360
1: mem: 425.7 MiB (2.6%) command: plasmashell pid: 1616 cpu: 1.4%
2: mem: 424.5 MiB (2.6%) command: vivaldi-bin pid: 2416 cpu: 3.5%
3: mem: 309.8 MiB (1.9%) command: vivaldi-bin pid: 2473 cpu: 3.7%
4: mem: 258.8 MiB (1.6%) command: vivaldi-bin pid: 2561 cpu: 4.5%
5: mem: 250.3 MiB (1.5%) command: plasma-systemmonitor pid: 2020 cpu: 5.3%
Info:
Processes: 360 Power: uptime: 7m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 6.21 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,upowerd
Init: systemd v: 258 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.8 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.40
df -h:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
dev 7.8G 8.0K 7.8G 1% /dev
run 7.8G 1.9M 7.8G 1% /run
efivarfs 128K 32K 92K 26% /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
/dev/sdb2 899G 717G 142G 84% /
tmpfs 7.8G 69M 7.8G 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs 1.0M 0 1.0M 0% /run/credentials/systemd-journald.service
tmpfs 7.8G 3.2M 7.8G 1% /tmp
/dev/sdb1 300M 336K 300M 1% /boot/efi
tmpfs 1.6G 92K 1.6G 1% /run/user/1000
/dev/sdd1 1.9T 864G 1000G 47% /run/media/koeshi/My Book
/dev/sda1 1.8T 690G 1.1T 40% /run/media/koeshi/d40bbf0f-64f8-43a1-aeed-a5c72d84604d
ls -alF /sys/firmware/efi:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 0 Dec 16 21:47 ./
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 0 Dec 16 21:36 ../
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 16 21:47 config_table
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Dec 16 21:36 efivars/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Dec 16 21:47 esrt/
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 16 21:47 fw_platform_size
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 16 21:47 fw_vendor
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 16 21:47 runtime
drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 0 Dec 16 21:47 runtime-map/
-r-------- 1 root root 4096 Dec 16 21:38 systab
ls -alF /boot:
total 331872
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Dec 15 21:58 ./
drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 Dec 15 21:55 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 307200 Dec 5 22:48 amd-ucode.img
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jan 1 1970 efi/
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Dec 15 23:18 grub/
-rw------- 1 root root 36594151 Dec 15 21:57 initramfs-6.12-x86_64.img
-rw------- 1 root root 189967101 Dec 15 21:58 initramfs-6.16-x86_64-fallback.img
-rw------- 1 root root 39041132 Dec 15 21:58 initramfs-6.16-x86_64.img
-rw------- 1 root root 30888285 Dec 15 21:58 initramfs-6.6-x86_64.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Dec 12 19:42 linux612-x86_64.kver
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21 Sep 19 17:09 linux616-x86_64.kver
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Dec 7 07:12 linux66-x86_64.kver
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 7 2025 memtest86+/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13914624 Dec 15 21:57 vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15921664 Oct 9 22:18 vmlinuz-6.16-x86_64
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13128192 Dec 15 21:57 vmlinuz-6.6-x86_64
dmidecode -t 0:
# dmidecode 3.6
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 2.8 present.
Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 26 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
Version: 1.00
Release Date: 07/03/2018
Address: 0xF0000
Runtime Size: 64 kB
ROM Size: 16 MB
Characteristics:
PCI is supported
BIOS is upgradeable
BIOS shadowing is allowed
Boot from CD is supported
Selectable boot is supported
BIOS ROM is socketed
EDD is supported
5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
Serial services are supported (int 14h)
Printer services are supported (int 17h)
ACPI is supported
USB legacy is supported
BIOS boot specification is supported
Targeted content distribution is supported
UEFI is supported
BIOS Revision: 5.13
If there is any other information that would help, please let me know.
Well its an 8 year old firmware, so i guess that explains why it is a bit crippled by modern standarts. It shoud have allowed you to set the manjaro entry.
Otherwise, you can trick it by copyng the file (which is what the automatic script tries to do but failed fo some reason).
Take /efi/manjaro/grubx64.efi and copy it over to /efi/boot/bootx64.efi and that will make you default entry boot again. Be prepared to do this on major grub updates, like once every year or two.
Hi, thanks for getting back to me on that, I’ll give it a try this evening. Just in case it matters, it has occurred to me to add that I did not have install-grub already installed on my system and had to install it. Does this indicate that I have an MBR install and will need to follow different steps to resolve this?
You have uefi system. Although the tool works for both.
So…go to chroot (or normal boot from the booting entry), install and run update-grub. If it doesn’t error out that should fix the other entry (it tries to detect common scenarios and copies the file automatically). If it errors - manual copyng.
No, it does not. install-grub may noy be installed to the system by default, so it must be installed.
Here is the full command to copy the efi file suggested by @Teo – this can be run from a TTY or from within a chroot environment:
sudo cp /boot/efi/EFI/manjaro/grubx64.efi /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/bootx64.efi
sudois not required inchrootas you are already the Super User (root)
Regards.
The script was added to the default installation (i think it was) and iso less then a year ago to tackle exactly this problem. On older installs one has to add update-grub himself. Just like the pacnew checker.
I had to install it manually (reinstalled system, about one month ago).
Maybe it was on the ISO, but I didn’t use it.
Yes, I recall.
Thus the reason for install-grub && update-grub being generally suggested, because one never knows how old a users installation might be, or rather, how old the install-grub script might be, so it’s better to err on the side of caution.
install-grub was first released December 2023: Install-grub: a new way to keep your EFI/MBR in-sync with grub package
and was first included in Manjaro 24.0.5 ISOs released 2024-07-30
Thank you everyone who chimed in, re-running install-grub and update-grub after getting into it appears to have resolved the issue. One last thing, any ideas why this happened? I made sure to follow the instructions in the update post and ran the commands initially as well, is there something to look out for that can prevent this happening again in the future?
The grub bootloader is a multistage program. At install time stage one and two are the same version. With time (like once every 1-2 years, there can come some update of the second stage on the root partition that is incompatible with the first stage.
It is kinda bad design of grub. Distributions like ubuntu never update (ok, like every 10 years or so) the second stage and voila, problem solved (this is bad of course, because that way one never receives security patches). But arch and derivatives like manjaro are frequently updated.
Practically that means that there has to be this reinstallation of the updated first stage every now and then. Earlier it was a warning in the announcement but since about a year and a half there is install-grub script which solves it automatically via a pacman hook at the end of a major update so it is not written anymore.
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