Issue with boot order after switching to systemd-boot

General system
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From the # prompt, try running bootctl install again. Then run bootctl status

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For the record, what that means is that /dev/disk/by-partuuid/5556cfb4-b620-6a48-84af-d99551c45101 is a link to /dev/nvme0n1p1. /dev/nvme0n1p1 is your EFI partition. Since your EFI entries point to 5556cfb4-b620-6a48-84af-d99551c45101 which is your EFI partition, that means that part is correct.

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I hope I did this right:

System:
Firmware: UEFI 2.70 (American Megatrends 5.17)
Secure Boot: disabled
Setup Mode: user
TPM2 Support: yes
Boot into FW: supported

Current Boot Loader:
Product: systemd-boot 249.3-1-arch
Features: ✓ Boot counting
✓ Menu timeout control
✓ One-shot menu timeout control
✓ Default entry control
✓ One-shot entry control
✓ Support for XBOOTLDR partition
✓ Support for passing random seed to OS
✓ Boot loader sets ESP information
WARNING: The boot loader reports a different ESP UUID than detected!
ESP: /dev/disk/by-partuuid/31323032-3830-4632-b232-303331313431
File: └─/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI

Random Seed:
Passed to OS: no
System Token: set
Exists: yes

Available Boot Loaders on ESP:
ESP: /efi (/dev/disk/by-partuuid/5556cfb4-b620-6a48-84af-d99551c45101)
File: └─/EFI/systemd/systemd-bootx64.efi (systemd-boot 249.4-1-arch)
File: └─/EFI/BOOT/bootx64.efi (systemd-boot 249.4-1-arch)

Boot Loaders Listed in EFI Variables:
Title: Linux Boot Manager
ID: 0x0001
Status: active, boot-order
Partition: /dev/disk/by-partuuid/5556cfb4-b620-6a48-84af-d99551c45101
File: └─/EFI/systemd/systemd-bootx64.efi

    Title: EndeavourOS
       ID: 0x0000
   Status: active, boot-order
Partition: /dev/disk/by-partuuid/5556cfb4-b620-6a48-84af-d99551c45101
     File: └─/EFI/EndeavourOS/grubx64.efi

Boot Loader Entries:
$BOOT: /efi (/dev/disk/by-partuuid/5556cfb4-b620-6a48-84af-d99551c45101)

Default Boot Loader Entry:
title: EndeavourOS (5.14.5-arch1-1)
id: 85a1bc4e11ee4141a99892145aa64a1c-5.14.5-arch1-1.conf
source: /efi/loader/entries/85a1bc4e11ee4141a99892145aa64a1c-5.14.5-arch1-1.conf
version: 5.14.5-arch1-1
machine-id: 85a1bc4e11ee4141a99892145aa64a1c
linux: /85a1bc4e11ee4141a99892145aa64a1c/5.14.5-arch1-1/linux
initrd: /85a1bc4e11ee4141a99892145aa64a1c/5.14.5-arch1-1/intel-ucode.img
/85a1bc4e11ee4141a99892145aa64a1c/5.14.5-arch1-1/initrd
options: root=UUID=05d0b3ad-6cb8-4897-96cf-5138d83a87c3 rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet resume=UUID=3d878d1e-73ca-4e63-8c16-d187f291cb5d loglevel=3 nowatchdog

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What does ls -l /dev/disk/by-partuuid/31323032-3830-4632-b232-303331313431 show?

Also, what does efibootmgr -v show now?

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lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 18 19:15 /dev/disk/by-partuuid/31323032-3830-4632-b232-303331313431 → …/…/sda2

and

BootCurrent: 0002
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 0001,0002,0000
Boot0000* EndeavourOS HD(1,GPT,5556cfb4-b620-6a48-84af-d99551c45101,0x1000,0x100000)/File(\EFI\EndeavourOS\grubx64.efi)
Boot0001* Linux Boot Manager HD(1,GPT,5556cfb4-b620-6a48-84af-d99551c45101,0x1000,0x100000)/File(\EFI\systemd\systemd-bootx64.efi)
Boot0002* UEFI: USB, Partition 2 PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x0)/USB(19,0)/HD(2,GPT,31323032-3830-4632-b232-303331313431,0x3a80bc,0x31000)…BO

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OK, so the warning you are getting in bootctl is caused by the fact that you are booted off the ISO so that is fine.

That all looks fine.

Try rebooting.

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GRUB rescue again. This is getting really confusing…

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Can you share a picture of your BIOS boot order screen?

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20210918_201451

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Go down to UEFI Hard Disk Drive BBS Priorities, go into that sub menu, and select Linux Boot Manager.

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You’ve got to be kidding me. That was all I had to do??! I can’t… Thank you so much. So, will this method work if I were to reinstall EOS?

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For the record, this:
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Means you are explicitly booting grub.

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Yes.

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Alright, I am going to do a fresh reinstall to remove any problems I had left behind by doing this, as I have done something in gparted.

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You shouldn’t need to do that

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Well, I am on a fresh install anyway, so why not?

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Using reinstall as a catch all for issues is a bad habit vs learning to fix them

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As a side note, I have no idea why your bios/firmware is ignoring the boot order set by efibootmgr

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Manufacturers like to do weird things in bios lol

My gigabyte board does some real wonky things at times so I avoid touching the bios

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By the way, thanks for all the help. Who knew changing a bootloader was so far, but so close all along?

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