Can I reinstall Endeavour without losing my software?

General system EndeavourOS installation
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[root@archiso /]# sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found theme: /boot/grub/themes/EndeavourOS/theme.txt
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux
Found initrd image: /boot/intel-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux.img
Found fallback initrd image(s) in /boot: initramfs-linux-fallback.img
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sdb1.  Check your device.map.
done
[root@archiso /]# grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sda3
Installing for i386-pc platform.
grub-install: warning: File system `ext2' doesn't support embedding.
grub-install: warning: Embedding is not possible.  GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists.  However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged..
grub-install: error: will not proceed with blocklists.
[root@archiso /]#
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Try this instead from the chroot:

grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sda

Then run grub-mkconfig after that.

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And we have lift off! Thank you very much!

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