Grub Updated Seamlessly

General system Newbie
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The message should say:

:: To use the new features provided in this GRUB update, it is recommended
   to install it to the MBR or UEFI. Due to potential configuration
   incompatibilities, it is advised to run both, installation and generation
   of configuration:
     # grub-install ...
     # grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
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62

Thatā€™s what i thought but i wasnā€™t sure if you guyā€™s were just joking with the. :man_facepalming:

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63

I wasnā€™t joking.

I would never. :frog:

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@Kresimir

Where did this grub-install come from any way? Itā€™s only after this grub fiasco Iā€™ve seen it.

65

i would bet some users will reach the write cycles on nvram with arch and this grub thingy :upside_down_face: :exploding_head: :eight_pointed_black_star:

66

Iā€™m sure too. nvram doesnā€™t hold that much on some hardware as Iā€™ve seen before.

67

Itā€™s a confusing name for a command, because the word ā€œinstallā€ means different thing than what it normally means.

When we say ā€œinstallā€ we mean ā€œinstall a packageā€. But grub-install does something different, itā€¦ well, installs the bootloader (the version of the currently installed package) on a device (like the MBR or UEFI).

68

Maybe it should be initiate-grub :laughing:

69

Personally, Iā€™d call it deploy-grub or, better, grub-deployā€¦

70

Thatā€™s better! :wink:

71

I would go with grub-put-in-efi-and-nvram-or-deploy-to-mbr-depending

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72

Do you think thatā€™s a realistic possibility? How often does GRUB update, anyway? I canā€™t imagine itā€™s that often.

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73

I guess what i was asking was, is grub-update an actual pacman command?

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There is no reason to keep deploying it to nvram in the first place. That is why I keep recommending --no-nvram

75

grub-update is a debian command which runs grub-mkconfig

76

yes butā€¦ imagine a user following 1023 tutorials and videos how to solve the grub issue.-. and running grub-install in 10203 ways first thing is nvram will be full

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77

I think thatā€™s update-grub :rofl:

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78

Sorry i meant grub-install. :astonished:

Edit: Yes Iā€™m familiar with update-grub.

79

No, it has nothing to do with pacman. It doesnā€™t install the package grub. It copies files to the EFI partition and updates nvram on a UEFI system.

80

So itā€™s just a bash shell command?

Edit: I guess this is where the confusion comes in. Because thinking itā€™s reinstalling grub?