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Artix Linux => Installation / Migration / Configuration => Topic started by: camosoul on 16 January 2021, 22:21:36

Title: grub won't install - install artix-base-openrc on kvm
Post by: camosoul on 16 January 2021, 22:21:36
not my first arch/artix install... Just don't know how to bootloader in a kvm guest I guess...

https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Main/Installation

neither of the grub-install commands documented in the above link are functional

not sure what to do
Title: Re: grub won't install - install artix-base-openrc on kvm
Post by: alium on 31 January 2021, 06:59:33
I think nobody understand your problem because you gave us no relevant infos. Put here complete output from terminal when you want install grub, that we can view your problem. Thanks....

See https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,1923.0.html too
Title: Re: grub won't install - install artix-base-openrc on kvm
Post by: AnasR7 on 04 March 2021, 12:59:15
I have same issues with artix-openrc install in virt-manager, when i just grub-install in /boot/efi

I have error efibootmgr.

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grub-install: error: efibootmgr failed to register the boot entry: No such file or directory
Title: Re: grub won't install - install artix-base-openrc on kvm
Post by: alium on 04 March 2021, 17:18:42
i guess, your missing /boot/efi partition (I'm just guessing, because you didn't bother to supply relevant information) :(
 boot partition and efi partition are two different things. Read the wiki and try again. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB#UEFI_systems

https://archived.forum.manjaro.org/t/grub-install-error-efibootmgr-failed-to-register-the-boot-entry-no-such-file-or-directory/142979/5
Title: Re: grub won't install - install artix-base-openrc on kvm
Post by: camosoul on 05 March 2021, 22:50:29
If additional information is needed, I'd be glad to provide it.

Tell me what you want to know.

The relevant info is that Artix cannot be installed on KVM because grub fails by all methods documented.


I have no idea if EFI is required, because I have no idea if KVM is emulating EFI or not. I attempted to install grub by legacy and EFI methods, both fail.

There is no explanation in the KVM documentation, the Arch/Artix documentation, or the grub documentation.

SUGGESTION: For all of the varied installation media available, why not distribute a base-KVM container/image, too?

NOTE: Booting the QEMU/KVM from the base install .iso file works, but is amazingly slow... VirtualBox is lightning fast. Soemthing is clearly wrong.