GRUB-mkconfig fail solved

[borje2]

Please help

cannot config grub

fstab:

/dev/sda1 /boot/efi
/dev/sda2 /boot
/dev/sda3 swap
/dev/sda4 /

grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=gentoo works

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

please HELP

[pietinger]

borje2,

Welcome to Gentoo Forums !

You are using an old partition layout (this was used for a system using MBR). Today we have for an UEFI system only:

/dev/sda1 /efi
/dev/sda2 swap
/dev/sda3 /

Of course your layout can still be used. Please give us the output of "blkid", "lsblk", "fdisk -l", "mount" and - most important - the complete output after "grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg".

Maybe we need additionally a "ls -lR /boot" (we do not need the modules from grub and can therefore shorten the output) and the output of "efibootmgr" (if you dont have it install it with "emerge efibootmgr").
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[sabayonino]

I think /boot is not mounted and grub-mkconfig doesn't find /boot/grub directory... but some error message(s) is needed.
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LRS i586 on G.Drive
LRS x86-64 EFI on MEGA

[pietinger]

PO has contacted me via PM and want start with a new partition layout.
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[borje2]

KiB Mem: 8066816 total, 7536788 free
KiB Swap 0 total, 0 free

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[borje2]

I finally get grub to load
after new gentoo installation

Regards Borje

[pietinger]

borje2,

I am happy to hear that.

If a user has solved a problem, it is always very welcome that we get the solution, because this could also help other users.

Your last information was:

[borje2]

I make 3 patitions
/dev/sda1 1g /boot vfat I make dir efi in boot
/dev/sda2 swap
/dev/sd3 / ext4

after grub installed

I type grub-install --target=x86-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=gentoo

worked fine

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

worked fine

Startup after that!