Arch bootloader problem


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ok here it is, though one, hope anyone can solve this.

 

partition layout is as this:



    [antergos@antergos-iso ~]$ sudo blkid
    /dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
    /dev/loop1: UUID="81f6bd70-b372-40eb-8328-fb6f5e38870b" TYPE="ext4"
    /dev/loop2: UUID="81f6bd70-b372-40eb-8328-fb6f5e38870b" TYPE="ext4"
    /dev/sda1: UUID="0c4ab856-f322-47f6-890f-2d8a38933a75" TYPE="ext2" PARTUUID="000950a7-01"
    /dev/sda2: UUID="04283c6e-0b9a-4ebb-9cbe-753e51380301" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="000950a7-02"
    /dev/sda5: UUID="ed542e6d-f359-486f-a343-2983f234687d" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="000950a7-05"
    /dev/sda6: LABEL="antergos" UUID="45024965-8045-47a8-861c-12f68636cd66" TYPE="ext4" PTTYPE="dos" PARTUUID="000950a7-06"
    /dev/sda7: LABEL="antergos_kde" UUID="de455a91-11d3-46e9-b2ee-ad12c01d1b83" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="000950a7-07"
    /dev/sdb1: UUID="2015-06-28-21-06-59-00" LABEL="ANTERGOS" TYPE="iso9660" PTUUID="6bc22913" PTTYPE="dos" PARTUUID="6bc22913-01"
    /dev/sdb2: SEC_TYPE="msdos" LABEL="ARCHISO_EFI" UUID="0B63-F8A4" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="6bc22913-02"
    /dev/mapper/arch_root-image: UUID="81f6bd70-b372-40eb-8328-fb6f5e38870b" TYPE="ext4"


sda6 is an older installation and its all about sda7 which is my testing partition, had kubuntu running there now wanna make it an antergos kde partition,
however the installer quits at the end and claims that it cant write grub2 or something like that.
the installation itself is done.

so i need to fix the bootloader and dont know the commands.

 

i have only one hdd so mbr is on sda.

 

i have tried several suggestions on various websites which offer some grub-restore commands or something like that but no luck.

 

anyone can help me?

 

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Check in the /boot folder or partition for your install and you should see the grub files, there will be a grub.cfg (or something similar) file, all you need to do is move the entries in there that relate to your new install to your drive's grub partition (which I'm guessing is sda1) and append it to the main grub list file, then when you restart you should see the option to boot your new install.

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i did check so many things and it still not working. as kubuntu works when installed on the same partition and grub detects everything i think its something wrong with antergos installer script itself.

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You could try chrooting into your installation from a live cd/usb and doing a grub-install /dev/sda from the chroot.

 

done that. no luck.

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done that. no luck.

What error do you get on boot up? Usually Grub will give you an error code. It's possible the problem is in your grub config rather than the mbr. Perhaps it's worth checking out /etc/default/grub and generating a new one from inside the chroot:

$ sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
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problem has solved itself with the new usb pendrive. :)

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