Can`t boot, grub error after upgrade

General system EndeavourOS installation
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Hey.

After upgrading system was booting direct into setup.

I did everything written here and still can`t boot.

Now it reaches the grub_rescue with grub.debug.malloc not found error.

The output of `fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 111.8 GiB, 120040980480 bytes, 2344550111 sectors
Disk model: Samsung XXX
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 0CXA5XA7-F9X6-43FF-89F5-99CCXXXXXXXX

Device         Start       End   Sectors   Size Type
/dev/sda1       2048 227110911 227108864 108.3G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda2  227110912 228159487   1048576   512M EFI System
/dev/sda5  228159488 234452991   6293504     3G Linux swap


Disk /dev/sdb: 223.57 GiB, 240057409536 bytes, 468862128 sectors
Disk model: KINGSTON XXX
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 87FB4X96-91XX-4AAF-9D48-6A87XXXXXXXX

Device         Start       End   Sectors  Size Type
/dev/sdb1       2048 251660287 251658240  120G Linux filesystem
/dev/sdb2  251660288 252743679   1083392  529M Windows recovery environment
/dev/sdb3  252743680 252948479    204800  100M EFI System
/dev/sdb4  252948480 252981247     32768   16M Microsoft reserved
/dev/sdb5  252981248 405303062 152321815 72.6G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sdb6  405303296 406579199   1275904  623M Windows recovery environment

Disk /dev/loop0: 1.61 GiB, 1724010496 bytes, 3367208 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Output of efibootmgr

BootCurrent: 0015
Timeout: 2 seconds
BootOrder: 0001,0002,0003,0004,0019,0012,0000,0015,0011,000F,0010,0013,0014,0016,0017,0018,0008,0009
Boot0000* Windows Boot Manager	HD(3,GPT,6bd6dc10-a5ef-4f11-8a4c-ff510b2ecee3,0xf109000,0x32000)/File(\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi)57494e444f5753000100000088000000780000004200430044004f0042004a004500430054003d007b00390064006500610038003600320063002d0035006300640064002d0034006500370030002d0061006300630031002d006600330032006200330034003400640034003700390035007d00000074000100000010000000040000007fff0400
Boot0001  Setup	FvFile(721c8b66-426c-4e86-8e99-3457c46ab0b9)
Boot0002  Boot Menu	FvFile(126a762d-5758-4fca-8531-201a7f57f850)
Boot0003  Diagnostic Splash Screen	FvFile(a7d8d9a6-6ab0-4aeb-ad9d-163e59a7a380)
Boot0004  Lenovo Diagnostics	FvFile(c9d55cc3-751f-456e-a627-aa2a456655af)
Boot0005* Manjaro	HD(2,GPT,9b7fe402-3970-48bb-9a08-bea18f64abad,0xd897000,0x100000)/File(\EFI\Manjaro\grubx64.efi)
Boot0006* EndeavourOS	HD(2,GPT,9b7fe402-3970-48bb-9a08-bea18f64abad,0xd897000,0x100000)/File(\EFI\EndeavourOS\grubx64.efi)
Boot0008  Other CD	VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,aea2090adfde214e8b3a5e471856a35406)
Boot0009  Other HDD	VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,91af625956449f41a7b91f4f892ab0f606)
Boot000E* PCI LAN	VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,78a84aaf2b2afc4ea79cf5cc8f3d3803)
Boot000F* USB CD	VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,86701296aa5a7848b66cd49dd3ba6a55)
Boot0010* USB FDD	VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,6ff015a28830b543a8b8641009461e49)
Boot0011* ATAPI CD0	VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,aea2090adfde214e8b3a5e471856a35401)
Boot0012* ATA HDD0	VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,91af625956449f41a7b91f4f892ab0f600)
Boot0013* ATA HDD1	VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,91af625956449f41a7b91f4f892ab0f601)
Boot0014* ATA HDD2	VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,91af625956449f41a7b91f4f892ab0f602)
Boot0015* USB HDD	VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,33e821aaaf33bc4789bd419f88c50803)
Boot0016* PCI LAN	VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,78a84aaf2b2afc4ea79cf5cc8f3d3803)
Boot0017* ATAPI CD1	VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,aea2090adfde214e8b3a5e471856a35404)
Boot0018* ATA HDD3	VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,91af625956449f41a7b91f4f892ab0f604)
Boot0019* manjaro	HD(2,GPT,9b7fe402-3970-48bb-9a08-bea18f64abad,0xd897000,0x100000)/File(\EFI\manjaro\grubx64.efi)
Boot001A  Startup Interrupt Menu	FvFile(f46ee6f4-4785-43a3-923d-7f786c3c8479)
Boot001B  ME Configuration Menu	FvFile(82988420-7467-4490-9059-feb448dd1963)
Boot001C  Rescue and Recovery	FvFile(665d3f60-ad3e-4cad-8e26-db46eee9f1b5)
Boot001D* IDER BOOT CDROM	PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x16,0x2)/Ata(0,1,0)
Boot001E* IDER BOOT Floppy	PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x16,0x2)/Ata(0,0,0)
Boot001F* ATA HDD	VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,91af625956449f41a7b91f4f892ab0f6)
Boot0020* ATAPI CD:	VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,aea2090adfde214e8b3a5e471856a354)
Boot0021* PCI LAN	VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,78a84aaf2b2afc4ea79cf5cc8f3d3803)

Tried to disable os-prober, same issue. Setup in both mode, uefi first. AHCI mode.

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If you followed everyting as advised on this forum, you should look into your bios-setup and re-arrange the boot sequence list in there, and delete unwanted entries, as not all UEFI bioses listen to what efibootmgr tells them.

Sometimes, a bios-update played-in from the hw-manufacturer helps making things a bit easier.

Welcome to EnOS forum! :enos:

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what do you mean with this exactly?

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UEFI/Legacy Boot option is Both
UEFI/Legacy Boot Priority is UEFI first

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if OS is installed in legacy mode it will only boot in legacy mode if installed in UEFI mode it will only boot in UEFI mode…

I mean do you try to fix by using grub install methods for legacy Bios also ?
this could cause issues…
As it will write into MBR of the disk and EUEFI is using a partition instead of that… but writing MBR can cause inconsistency on the partitions…

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Complexity isn’t your friend!

:clown_face:

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Thanks. First entry is the correct one tho.

Just checked and bios is upgraded. Maybe something messed in the EFI boot file, grub regenerates the entries right?

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It’s installed in UEFI mode, I did not changed any bios config and it started failing to boot after upgrade.

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BootOrder: 0001,0002,0003,0004,0019,0012,0000,0015,0011,000F,0010,0013,0014,0016,0017,0018,0008,0009

Boot0006* EndeavourOS	HD(2,GPT,9b7fe402-3970-48bb-9a08-bea18f64abad,0xd897000,0x100000)/File(\EFI\EndeavourOS\grubx64.efi)

So comparing the efibootmgr entries and bootorder showing that it doe snot include EndeavourOS within the number 0006

So how you do try booting it at all?

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Did you do the advised grub-instal ... after the upgrade?

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Yes, mounted system and efi partitions, chrooted into it and ran the commands. Output is ok but the malloc errors persists.

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Then it must be bios-related, me thinks, unless you mounted the wrong partitions… as Joe hinted at.

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if the installed EndeavourOS is on /dev/sda using ext4 filesystem or xfs (not BTRFS) and /dev/sda1 is the RFS with /dev/sda2 as ESP you would have needed to do the following from arch-chroot:

sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
sudo mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/boot/efi
sudo arch-chroot /mnt
grub-install
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

This would create a new efi boot entry called endeavouros (lower case)

I see that your ESP is second partition usually its the first. only to mention…

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edit:
thanks @Stephane to hint on missing grub-mkconfig command :wink:

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