[arch-general] problems on installing grub on a new system

David Runge dave at sleepmap.de
Sun Apr 2 13:20:09 UTC 2017


Hey Steve,

On 2017-04-02 13:06:19 (+0000), Patrick Eigensatz via arch-general wrote:
> Can you point out how you configured your system? (How many disks, how they
> are partitioned)
> 
> Do you install grub on an UEFI system? What was the grub-install command
> you used?
Yes, please, all of that.

> Steve Downes <steve at kingswayelec.co.uk> schrieb am So., 2. Apr. 2017, 14:55:
> > Failed to get canonical path of `airootfs'
I get the feeling you might have been installing to your installation
media, if it was a usb stick.

Make sure you're installing to the correct device, by having a look at:

`ls -lah /dev/disk/by-id`

Best,
David

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