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[Solved] Base install doesn't boot

I have been enjoying Artix for quite some time and decided is was time to try a base install. I followed the wiki. When I boot from the new install, I see "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in Selected Boot device and press a key."

I know there are a ton of possible variables, but I did create an efi partition (550 Mb, fdisk type 1). And I did format  like:
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mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/sda1

I reinstalled using the cinnamon installer to make sure the SSD was okay. That booted fine. I also used UEFI mode there.

Then I wipefs'd the drive and installed from base again. Still same problem. Now if I boot from the cinnamon stick and click Detect EFI bootloaders, then click (hd1,gpt1)/efi/grub/grubx64.efi I get the expected grub menu and the artix base install boots just fine.

If I grep gpt /boot/grub/grub.cfg I see a lot of hd0,gpt2. Since the detection of EFI bootloaders said hd1,gpt1, I though that might be the issue. I changed all of those but still get the message in paragraph 1. Then I looked at a grub.cfg on a working Artix install from the plasma installer. It had hd0,gpt1. Tried that, too, but again got same message. I have having a hard time giving up!

I was wondering if any of this sounds familiar and someone might be able to give me a clue to what I did wrong? Thanks!

Re: Base install doesn't boot

Reply #1 –
Well I said I followed the wiki, but I noticed that I used /boot/efi instead of simply /boot

Tried again using the exact partitioning scheme in the wiki, and this time using the artix-base-openrc-20201102-x86_64.iso (I noticed the 20201109 one was declared stable too late).

Granted, I changed two variables but I have spent so many hours on this i just wanted to succeed.

The result this morning is the same: Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key

The only drive connected in the case is the Boot device. I checked in the bios and it is listed as the Boot device. Also, if I press F11 for boot menu after pressing the start button, and select that drive, the same thing happens.

And if I boot from the 20201102 stick and click Detect EFI bootloaders, the new setup boot perfectly. Isn't that any kind of clue?

I backed up /boot/grub/grub.cfg and ran

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grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

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diff grub.cfg grub.cfg-original
78,80d77
<  set locale_dir=$prefix/locale
<  set lang=en_US
<  insmod gettext

That made no difference.

Looking forward to any advice. Thanks!