Installer doesn't install MBR+GRUB, no startable system

There is nothing in the new logs that adds more info, than we already had.
Maybe EnOS (installer) devs look into the installer for something.

The advice on fixing the EnOS installation remains the same as previously posted, and which you didn’t try applying any of them.

Practically, adding a UEFI entry with efibootmgr, or re-installing grub from chroot.

hey petsam, don’t worry I will try to apply your helping advice! So, if you don’t read the next days from me it’s just because I’m struggling with it :wink:

But my first idea was: let’s see what any other of the distros that can be installed report to us. With the thought behind, it could be worth to watch the results and see what enOS is doing differently. Then perhaps - as all is open source, right - the way of action in this specific matter of other distros could be made use of in enOS installer. As an approach to improve enOS. But if this is wrong, nevermind.

So, I will now install enOS again and apply your hints. Will report back soon…

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hey petsam,

I guess I need a little help…

regarding your hint

You may need to install a UEFI entry, with efibootmgr .
Have a look at Archwiki , about creating a UEFI entry manually, and/or GRUB .

I tried with efibootmgr after booting the USB stick with the enOS live system in that netbook (and after having installed enOS again…) and reading the respective part in Archwiki.

the first try ended in a boot entry in the UEFI like this, which doesn’t help as it seems to point to the USB stick… see foto

next, I tried to indicate to the installed systems file system - mounted to the live system - but that also gave no success (see second foto) and did not create a boot entry

sorry for bothering again

hey all,

I am writing these lines from a smoothly new installed MX Linux on this netbook. I regret to say, wished it had ended differently.

After my last post I continued with my tries to get endeavourOS to start and run on the netbook. Many steps with full of discovery and learning. But after:

  • discover the ways of chroot - here an arch-chroot -
  • again execute efibootmgr with no helpful result, no boot possible
  • try to install grub
  • discover that are no grub commands on that installed enOS available
  • try to install grub package on that installed, chrooted enOS
  • end up with no way to make use of internet connection in that installed, chrooted enOS (use of resolv.conf failed)

so I decided for a different approach, installing a smoothly booting small MX Linux on that netbook, meaning reserving only a small partition,
installing enOS in another, big partition next to MX Linux,
included enOS into the grub created and used by MX Linux which worked at once,
but whatever variant I tried, every enOS boot attempt ended in kernel panic
(end kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs in unknown block)
or black screen and hang up.
So I finally deleted the enOS partition and use the netbook completely for MX Linux.

I will wait for better days with maybe further enOS versions which may include such netbooks.

But anyway: I will happily continue with endeavorOS on my fine ThinPad! :slightly_smiling_face:

I’m OK if we close this thread.

SURPRISE!

well, this end left me somehow unsatisfied…

so, as a final test and because I really wanted to know, I installed a bare Arch Linux on that ASUS netbook. With GRUB as bootloader. All steps worked fine.

And: voilá, Arch Linux is working fine with Grub bootloader!! :grinning:

So, my conclusion is: the above problem causing this thread must be someting in EndeavourOS installer!

My five cents, should be meaningful for the installer developers to look into it…

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Seemingly so, indeed.

You could try to go from here and convert that arch installation to EnOS via the guide on how to convert Manjaro to EnOS - Should be reasonably straight forward since you can leave out many of the steps to replace all the Manjaro stuff

Or the other way around. Adding EnOS repos and installing their helper software packages. Might be much easier.

Hm. Don’t know how to do this. Is there a How-To or guideline available??

I am thinking about staying with Arch Linux, adding display manager and Cinnamon…

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If yer not particularly keen on an EnOS system, I think Arch does it sooo well! :wink: