Running ONLY Legacy Bios Boot, MBR HDD , win7

[Stephane]

so you format in GPT
only create a boot-bios partition *** not formated ***
8Mo with flag

How to create Bios boot partition-Bios_grub flag. Disk partition.

then you create theses partitions

• /
• /swap
• /home

[andrew_ysk]

@Stephane

inxi -Fza

I have boot the laptop that intend to install endea o along side with existing win7 using boot usb.
But you know boot usb does not have inxi package by default.
I tried to install inxi package from there… but it denied me to install.
any idea how to go round to get the hardware info that needed ?

[andrew_ysk]

My hdd is MBR. and my laptop only have Legacy bios, no efi feature. Hence no /boot/efi is required.

[BONK]

@andrew_ysk

I tried to install inxi package from there… but it denied me to install.

Why? Please don’t tell me after all this time and over 100 help requests in less days then visiting the forum and 12 self solutions (being the only solutions as you don’t provide anything back to the forum) you still don’t know the username and password for the live usb is liveuser liveuser.

[andrew_ysk]

[Leon]

@andrew_ysk

My hdd is MBR. and my laptop only have Legacy bios, no efi feature. Hence no /boot/efi is required.

Why not simply install EndeavourOS in BIOS/legacy mode on your msdos parted disk with MBR? This will end up in a perfectly clean and simple installation and it will be easy to maintain it as you don’t have to hassle with the ESP. Only limitation: Max. 4 primary partitions (but you could make one to an extended partition which could carry many logical partitions inside) and your boot disk is limited to 2 TiB. Not a big deal I would say. When EndeavourOS is installed make sure os-prober is installed and run

sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

to add the Windoze entry to your grub boot menu, then reboot.

[pebcak]

6 days ago…

Running ONLY Legacy Bios Boot, MBR HDD , win7

From your live usb, post the output of the: sudo parted -l It looks like you are doing an UEFI installation on a disk that has already a Legacy/MBR installation on it. You could boot up your live usb in Legacy mode and when installing choose the disk /dev/sda and not a partition (like you have done, /dev/sda1) for the installation of the bootloader.

[andrew_ysk]

@Leon

Why not simply install EndeavourOS in BIOS/legacy mode on your msdos parted disk with MBR? This will end up in a perfectly clean and simple installation and it will be easy to maintain it as you don’t have to hassle with the ESP. Only limitation: Max. 4 primary partitions (but you could make one to an extended partition which could carry many logical partitions inside) and your boot disk is limited to 2 TiB. Not a big deal I would say. When EndeavourOS is installed make sure os-prober is installed and run

sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

to add the Windoze entry to your grub boot menu, then reboot.

Greeting Leon,
This is the windows os generated boot menu that i get from computer start up.
*win7 ultimate will boots into existing windows just fine.
*Endeavouros linux will go to grub> (pls refer to the lower photo)

I have entered your grub-mkconfig command, it can’t find the command.

Please forget about the past partition screenshots. let me show the newer actual partition photo… (i have reinstalled so many time with different settings… hence what you saw above could be a mix of different trial), this is the actual.
This is taken from windows disk management:

I boot up with endea liveusb , this is the grub menu.

I just exploring the grub menu to “efi shell” (no idea what it is, if you care, please share your knowledge with me. TQ).

Exit this thing by reboot again using the same live usb, and select Endea OS UEFI (USB) which is the ONLY option i can choose to boot into live usb and install on hdd.
After booted up in liveusb, this is the Gparted

So, Now i will install Endea linux into laptop.

Note: Left top indicates EFI (i think it means it is current booted up in EFI mode. it is nothing i can click or change)
Note: right top indicate MBR (which means my selected hdd is in MBR partition scheme, which is from win7, nothing i can change)
Let me also click on bottom left “show debug information” all screenshot has got “EFI” mentioned only

1. under “GlobalStorage”: pls be noted at “efiSystemPartition /boot/efi”
   
   
2. Under Modules > bootloader@bootloader:
   
   
   
   2.1 under modules > fstab@fstab
   
   
   
   2.2 under modules > mount@mount
   
   
   
   2.3 under modules > partition@partition
   
   
   
   Now exit “show debug information” to start “manual partitioning”… this is the only option i can take (to not ruin win7 installation)
   I have all the partitions for linux premade previously:
   Now i need set mountpoint to “/” and to flag the /dev/sda3 as “boot” i think this is not needed, because it should boot sda1 - windows boot loader, anyway, just trying I have no idea what it will do when flagged as “boot”
   
   
   
   Now set mount point of sda6 as “/home”
   
   
   
   This is the final overview before i press “next”
   
   
   
   Here it prompts me “the consequence of No /boot/efi”
   I want it to install in Legacy… so i disregarded the prompt
   
   
   
   So, overview
   
   
   
   It is installing… (i have done this for 8 times on this laptop, tried all that is remotely possible that i know of). waiting for installation…
   Installation finished… and rebooted:
   
   
   
   So, now it i boot it up with “boot repair iso” to fix the MBR
   the boot repair iso grub menu:
   
   
   
   Here i have to choose “Restore MBR”
   
   
   
   In side MBR options:
   Partition booted by MBR: Sda2 (win7)
   
   
   
   It has done restoring MBR, reboot it now.
   In the mean time i just post the log generated by “boot repair iso”

Boot-info.txt

boot-repair-4ppa125 [20201230_1047]

============================= Boot Repair Summary ==============================

Default settings: ______________________________________________________________

The default repair of the Boot-Repair utility would purge (in order to fix packages) and reinstall the grub2 of
sda3 into the MBR of sda.
Additional repair would be performed: unhide-bootmenu-10s

Confirmation request before suggested repair: __________________________________

Warning: continuing without internet would leave your system unbootable. Please connect internet.
WindowsEFI detected. You may want to retry after activating the [Separate /boot/efi partition:] option.
Are you sure you want to continue anyway?

Final advice in case of suggested repair: ______________________________________

The boot of your PC is in UEFI mode. You may want to retry after changing it to BIOS-compatibility/CSM/Legacy mode.

User settings: _________________________________________________________________

grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sdb4. Check your device.map.
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sdb4. Check your device.map.
/usr/share/boot-sav/bs-cmd_terminal.sh: line 177: warning: command substitution: ignored null byte in input
ping: google.com: Temporary failure in name resolution
ping: google.com: Temporary failure in name resolution
The settings chosen by the user will restore the [(generic mbr)] MBR in sda, and make it boot on sda2.
Additional repair will be performed: unhide-bootmenu-10s

Unhide GRUB boot menu in sda3/etc/default/grub

============================== Restore MBR of sda ==============================

dd if=/usr/lib/syslinux/mbr/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda
parted /dev/sda set 2 boot on
Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.

SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
parted /dev/sda set 3 boot off
Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.

SET@_label0.set_text(‘’‘Unhide boot menu. This may require several minutes…’‘’)

Unhide GRUB boot menu in sda3/boot/grub/grub.cfg

Boot successfully repaired.

You can now reboot your computer.

============================ Boot Info After Repair ============================

=> Syslinux MBR (5.00 and higher) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda.
=> WEE is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb.

sda1: __________________________________________________________________________

File system:       ntfs
Boot sector type:  Windows 8/2012: NTFS
Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:  
Boot files:        /bootmgr /Boot/BCD

sda2: __________________________________________________________________________

File system:       ntfs
Boot sector type:  Windows 7/2008: NTFS
Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:  Windows 7
Boot files:        /bootmgr /Boot/BCD /Windows/System32/winload.exe

sda3: __________________________________________________________________________

File system:       ext4
Boot sector type:  -
Boot sector info: 
Operating System:  EndeavourOS
Boot files:        /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /etc/default/grub 
                   /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg

sda4: __________________________________________________________________________

File system:       Extended Partition
Boot sector type:  Unknown
Boot sector info: 

sda5: __________________________________________________________________________

File system:       swap
Boot sector type:  -
Boot sector info: 

sda6: __________________________________________________________________________

File system:       ext4
Boot sector type:  -
Boot sector info: 
Operating System:  
Boot files:        /boot/grub/i386-pc/core.img

sdb1: __________________________________________________________________________

File system:       vfat
Boot sector type:  SYSLINUX 6.04 6.04-pre2-11-gbf6db5b4*..........................................G....2....0..........
Boot sector info:  Syslinux looks at sector 2699456 of /dev/sdb1 for its 
                   second stage. SYSLINUX is installed in the  directory. 
                   No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:  
Boot files:        /menu.lst /boot/grub/grub.cfg /syslinux.cfg /grldr 
                   /efi/BOOT/grubx64.efi /grldr /ldlinux.sys

sdb4: __________________________________________________________________________

File system:       iso9660
Boot sector type:  Grub2 (v1.99-2.00)
Boot sector info:  Grub2 (v1.99-2.00) is installed in the boot sector of 
                   sdb4 and looks at sector 0 of the same hard drive for 
                   core.img, but core.img can not be found at this 
                   location.
Operating System:  
Boot files:        /boot/grub/grub.cfg /boot/grub/i386-pc/core.img

================================ 2 OS detected =================================

OS#1: EndeavourOS Linux (rolling) on sda3
OS#2: Windows 7 on sda2

============================ Architecture/Host Info ============================

CPU architecture: 64-bit
Live-session OS is Ubuntu 64-bit (Boot-Repair-Disk 64bit 20200604, bionic, x86_64)

===================================== UEFI =====================================

BIOS is EFI-compatible, and is setup in EFI-mode for this live-session.
SecureBoot disabled.

efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 000A
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 000A,0007,0008,000B,0009,0006
Boot0000 BIOS Setup FvFile(721c8b66-426c-4e86-8e99-3457c46ab0b9)
Boot0001 Boot Menu FvFile(86488440-41bb-42c7-93ac-450fbf7766bf)
Boot0002 Diagnostic Screen FvFile(a7d8d9a6-6ab0-4aeb-ad9d-163e59a7a380)
Boot0003 Recovery and Utility FvFile(0b150fda-3bdd-4406-9859-448177476993)
Boot0004 Diagnostic Program FvFile(29f85733-2b1a-4821-8f61-2614778c0c73)
Boot0005 Diagnostic Progrogram ROM VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,c0f527e7c05f4d498df59dc81ac2cfdd00)
Boot0006 Floppy Disk Drive: VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,6ff015a28830b543a8b8641009461e49)
Boot0007* Drive0 HDD: VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,91af625956449f41a7b91f4f892ab0f600)
Boot0008* CD/DVD Drive: VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,23e6a6e08bae6940adb9a7b5c5f00628)
Boot0009 NETWORK: VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,78a84aaf2b2afc4ea79cf5cc8f3d3803)
Boot000A* USB HDD: VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,33e821aaaf33bc4789bd419f88c50803)
Boot000B* USB CD/DVD: VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,d630a9056829ce41861e8c380ff2225a)
Boot000C* Erase Disk FvFile(43f9b080-c902-4737-b306-487050f7caa5)

d6c2e79aa2ba2a2e8e6445e9a6d493c0 sda1/Boot/bootx64.efi
d6c2e79aa2ba2a2e8e6445e9a6d493c0 sda1/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
14ad048614c1dd440626b01300674116 sda1/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgr.efi

============================= Drive/Partition Info =============================

Disks info: ____________________________________________________________________

sda : notGPT, no-BIOSboot, has-noESP, not-usb, not-mmc, has-os, 2048 sectors * 512 bytes

Partitions info (1/3): _________________________________________________________

sda1 : no-os, 32, nopakmgr, no-docgrub, nogrub, nogrubinstall, no-grubenv, noupdategrub, not-far
sda2 : is-os, 32, nopakmgr, no-docgrub, nogrub, nogrubinstall, no-grubenv, noupdategrub, farbios
sda3 : is-os, 64, pacman, no-docgrub, grub2, grub-install, no-grubenv, grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub, farbios
sda6 : no-os, 32, nopakmgr, no-docgrub, nogrub, nogrubinstall, no-grubenv, noupdategrub, farbios

Partitions info (2/3): _________________________________________________________

sda1 : isnotESP, part-has-no-fstab, no-nt, no-winload, no-recov-nor-hid, bootmgr, is-winboot
sda2 : isnotESP, part-has-no-fstab, no-nt, haswinload, no-recov-nor-hid, bootmgr, is-winboot
sda3 : isnotESP, fstab-without-efi, no-nt, no-winload, no-recov-nor-hid, no-bmgr, notwinboot
sda6 : isnotESP, part-has-no-fstab, no-nt, no-winload, no-recov-nor-hid, no-bmgr, notwinboot

Partitions info (3/3): _________________________________________________________

sda1 : not-sepboot, no-boot, part-has-no-fstab, not-sep-usr, no—usr, part-has-no-fstab, std-grub.d, sda
sda2 : not-sepboot, no-boot, part-has-no-fstab, not-sep-usr, no—usr, part-has-no-fstab, std-grub.d, sda
sda3 : not-sepboot, with-boot, fstab-without-boot, not-sep-usr, with–usr, fstab-without-usr, customized, sda
sda6 : maybesepboot, no-kernel, part-has-no-fstab, not-sep-usr, no—usr, part-has-no-fstab, std-grub.d, sda

fdisk -l (filtered): ___________________________________________________________

Disk sda: 465.8 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
Disk identifier: 0x8eb65c05
Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
sda1 2048 206847 204800 100M 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
sda2 * 206848 488488960 488282113 232.9G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
sda3 488491008 570411007 81920000 39.1G 83 Linux
sda4 570411008 976773119 406362112 193.8G 5 Extended
sda5 927621120 976773119 49152000 23.4G 82 Linux swap / Solaris
sda6 570413056 927621119 357208064 170.3G 83 Linux
Partition table entries are not in disk order.
Disk sdb: 14.6 GiB, 15669919744 bytes, 30605312 sectors
Disk identifier: 0x79970c7b
Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
sdb1 * 16128 30605311 30589184 14.6G c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
sdb4 9483216 15436727 5953512 2.9G 0 Empty
Disk zram0: 1.4 GiB, 1529651200 bytes, 373450 sectors
Disk zram1: 1.4 GiB, 1529651200 bytes, 373450 sectors

parted -lm (filtered): _________________________________________________________

sda:500GB:scsi:512:4096:msdos:ATA TOSHIBA MQ01ABF0:;
1:1049kB:106MB:105MB:ntfs::;
2:106MB:250GB:250GB:ntfs::;
3:250GB:292GB:41.9GB:ext4::boot;
4:292GB:500GB:208GB:::;
6:292GB:475GB:183GB:ext4::;
5:475GB:500GB:25.2GB:linux-swap(v1)::;
sdb:15.7GB:scsi:512:512SanDisk Cruzer Blade:;
1:0.00B:15.7GB:15.7GB:fat32::;
zram1:1530MB:unknown:4096:4096Unknown:;
1:0.00B:1530MB:1530MB:linux-swap(v1)::;
zram0:1530MB:unknown:4096:4096Unknown:;
1:0.00B:1530MB:1530MB:linux-swap(v1)::;

blkid (filtered): ______________________________________________________________

NAME FSTYPE UUID PARTUUID LABEL PARTLABEL
sda
├─sda1 ntfs 442C45772C456550 8eb65c05-01 System Reserved
├─sda2 ntfs 303847DD3847A0A8 8eb65c05-02
├─sda3 ext4 5c487842-7591-49e3-8d50-77304544091e 8eb65c05-03
├─sda5 swap cace8ba5-48dd-427f-bd26-635b0f82f6ae 8eb65c05-05
└─sda6 ext4 ad4b0102-0def-4218-89ad-b29d29646d99 8eb65c05-06
sdb
├─sdb1 vfat 79970c7b-01 WINSETUP
└─sdb4 iso9660 2020-03-11-13-57-55-00 79970c7b-04 MANJARO_KDE_1902
zram0
zram1

df (filtered): _________________________________________________________________

   Avail Use% Mounted on

sda1 53.5M 46% /mnt/boot-sav/sda1
sda2 16.7G 93% /mnt/boot-sav/sda2
sda3 29G 19% /mnt/boot-sav/sda3
sda6 158.1G 0% /mnt/boot-sav/sda6
sdb1 8.9G 39% /cdrom

Mount options: __________________________________________________________________

sda1 rw,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096
sda2 rw,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096
sda3 rw,relatime
sda6 rw,relatime
sdb1 ro,noatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro

====================== sda3/boot/grub/grub.cfg (filtered) ======================

EndeavourOS, on linux 5c487842-7591-49e3-8d50-77304544091e
EndeavourOS, on linux (fallback initramfs) gnulinux-linux-fallback-5c487842-7591-49e3-8d50-77304544091e

END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober

========================== sda3/etc/fstab (filtered) ===========================

UUID=5c487842-7591-49e3-8d50-77304544091e / ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1
UUID=ad4b0102-0def-4218-89ad-b29d29646d99 /home ext4 defaults,noatime 0 2

======================= sda3/etc/default/grub (filtered) =======================

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=“EndeavourOS”
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=“loglevel=3 quiet nowatchdog”
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=“”
GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES=“part_gpt part_msdos”
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=menu
GRUB_TERMINAL_INPUT=console
GRUB_GFXMODE=auto
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep
GRUB_THEME=/boot/grub/themes/EndeavourOS/theme.txt
GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=y

================== sda3/boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg (filtered) ==================

Config file for Syslinux -

/boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg

Comboot modules:

* menu.c32 - provides a text menu

* vesamenu.c32 - provides a graphical menu

* chain.c32 - chainload MBRs, partition boot sectors, Windows bootloaders

* hdt.c32 - hardware detection tool

* reboot.c32 - reboots the system

To Use: Copy the respective files from /usr/lib/syslinux to /boot/syslinux.

If /usr and /boot are on the same file system, symlink the files instead

of copying them.

If you do not use a menu, a ‘boot:’ prompt will be shown and the system

will boot automatically after 5 seconds.

Please review the wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Syslinux

The wiki provides further configuration examples

DEFAULT arch
PROMPT 0 # Set to 1 if you always want to display the boot: prompt
TIMEOUT 50

You can create syslinux keymaps with the keytab-lilo tool

#KBDMAP de.ktl

Menu Configuration

Either menu.c32 or vesamenu32.c32 must be copied to /boot/syslinux

UI menu.c32
#UI vesamenu.c32

Refer to http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/Doc/menu

MENU TITLE Arch Linux
#MENU BACKGROUND splash.png
MENU COLOR border 30;44 #40ffffff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR title 1;36;44 #9033ccff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR sel 7;37;40 #e0ffffff #20ffffff all
MENU COLOR unsel 37;44 #50ffffff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR help 37;40 #c0ffffff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR timeout_msg 37;40 #80ffffff #00000000 std
MENU COLOR timeout 1;37;40 #c0ffffff #00000000 std
MENU COLOR msg07 37;40 #90ffffff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR tabmsg 31;40 #30ffffff #00000000 std

boot sections follow

TIP: If you want a 1024x768 framebuffer, add “vga=773” to your kernel line.

#-*
LABEL arch
MENU LABEL Arch Linux
LINUX …/vmlinuz-linux
APPEND root=/dev/sda3 rw
INITRD …/initramfs-linux.img
LABEL archfallback
MENU LABEL Arch Linux Fallback
LINUX …/vmlinuz-linux
APPEND root=/dev/sda3 rw
INITRD …/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
#LABEL windows

MENU LABEL Windows

COM32 chain.c32

APPEND hd0 1

LABEL hdt
MENU LABEL HDT (Hardware Detection Tool)
COM32 hdt.c32
LABEL reboot
MENU LABEL Reboot
COM32 reboot.c32
LABEL poweroff
MENU LABEL Poweroff
COM32 poweroff.c32

==================== sda3: Location of files loaded by Grub ====================

       GiB - GB             File                                 Fragment(s)

232.930667877 = 250.107400192 boot/grub/grub.cfg 1
236.720272064 = 254.176456704 boot/vmlinuz-linux 1
237.278186798 = 254.775513088 boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img 3
236.901363373 = 254.370902016 boot/initramfs-linux.img 2

================== sda3: Location of files loaded by Syslinux ==================

       GiB - GB             File                                 Fragment(s)

247.085262299 = 265.305780224 boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg 1

===================== sda3: ls -l /etc/grub.d/ (filtered) ======================

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 270 Dec 29 00:46 06_grub-customizer_menu_color_helper
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11040 Dec 30 10:38 10_linux
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 11069 Jul 29 20:51 10_linux.bak
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12051 Jul 29 20:51 20_linux_xen
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11304 Dec 30 10:38 30_os-prober
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 11291 Jul 29 20:51 30_os-prober.bak
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 214 Jul 29 20:51 40_custom
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 216 Jul 29 20:51 41_custom
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1219 May 16 2020 60_memtest86+
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Dec 29 00:46 backup
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 29 00:46 proxifiedScripts

============= sda3/etc/grub.d/06_grub-customizer_menu_color_helper =============

#!/bin/sh

if [ "x${GRUB_BACKGROUND}" != "x" ] ; then
	if [ "x${GRUB_COLOR_NORMAL}" != "x" ] ; then
	echo "set color_normal=${GRUB_COLOR_NORMAL}"
	fi

	if [ "x${GRUB_COLOR_HIGHLIGHT}" != "x" ] ; then
	echo "set color_highlight=${GRUB_COLOR_HIGHLIGHT}"
	fi
fi

==================== sda6: Location of files loaded by Grub ====================

       GiB - GB             File                                 Fragment(s)

376.120780945 = 403.856613376 boot/grub/i386-pc/core.img 1

=========================== sdb1/menu.lst (filtered) ===========================

color black/cyan yellow/cyan
timeout 10

#graphicsmode 0x6A
graphicsmode -1 640 480:800 24:32 || graphicsmode -1

Menu AutoNumber

write 0x8274 0x2001

#graphicsmode -1 800:640 -1 24:32 || graphicsmode -1
#font /unifont.hex.gz

#clear mappings and set root in case we return from bootmgr
map --unmap=0:0xff
map --unhook
map --rehook
ls /usbdrive.tag > nul || find --set-root --devices=hf /usbdrive.tag > nul
ls /default > nul && default /default

title linuxmint-19.2-mate-64bit from partition 0
map --unmap=0:0xff
map --unhook && map --rehook
cat --hex --locate=PoLPu@ (md)0x3D0+0x130 > nul && echo Cannot continue if PLoP is active, please start this entry without loading PLoP first && echo && pause Press any key to return to the main menu && configfile /menu.lst
set /a dev=*0x8280&0xff
root (%dev%,0)
set ISO=/ISO/linuxmint-19_2-mate-64bit.iso
ls %ISO% > nul || find --set-root --devices=hf /usbdrive.tag|| echo Error! Could not find usbdrive.tag && echo && pause Press any key to return to the main menu && configfile /menu.lst
ls %ISO% > nul || find --set-root --devices=hf %ISO% || echo Error! Could not find %ISO% && echo && pause Press any key to return to the main menu && configfile /menu.lst
map %ISO% (0xff) || map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 %ISO% (0xff) || echo FATAL ERROR mapping %ISO%, please check if file is present and defragmented && pause Press any key to return to main menu && configfile /menu.lst
#http://reboot.pro/topic/9916-grub4dos-isohybrided/page-2#entry88531
#http://www.rmprepusb.com/tutorials/tails
set /a dev=*0x82a0&0xff
debug 1
parttype (%dev%,3) | set check=
debug off
set check=%check:~-5,4%
if “%check%”==“0x00” partnew (%dev%,3) 0 0 0 && partnew (%dev%,3) 0x00 %ISO%
if not “%check%”==“0x00” echo WARNING: PARTITION TABLE 4 IN BIOS DEVICE %dev% IS ALREADY IN USE! && echo && echo To prevent possible data loss will not continue further && pause && configfile /menu.lst
map --rehook
root (0xff)
chainloader (0xff)

title manjaro-kde-19.0.2-200311-linux54 from partition 0
map --unmap=0:0xff
map --unhook && map --rehook
cat --hex --locate=PoLPu@ (md)0x3D0+0x130 > nul && echo Cannot continue if PLoP is active, please start this entry without loading PLoP first && echo && pause Press any key to return to the main menu && configfile /menu.lst
set /a dev=*0x8280&0xff
root (%dev%,0)
set ISO=/ISO/manjaro-kde-19_0_2-200311-linux54.iso
ls %ISO% > nul || find --set-root --devices=hf /usbdrive.tag|| echo Error! Could not find usbdrive.tag && echo && pause Press any key to return to the main menu && configfile /menu.lst
ls %ISO% > nul || find --set-root --devices=hf %ISO% || echo Error! Could not find %ISO% && echo && pause Press any key to return to the main menu && configfile /menu.lst
map %ISO% (0xff) || map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 %ISO% (0xff) || echo FATAL ERROR mapping %ISO%, please check if file is present and defragmented && pause Press any key to return to main menu && configfile /menu.lst
#http://reboot.pro/topic/9916-grub4dos-isohybrided/page-2#entry88531
#http://www.rmprepusb.com/tutorials/tails
set /a dev=*0x82a0&0xff
debug 1
parttype (%dev%,3) | set check=
debug off
set check=%check:~-5,4%
if “%check%”==“0x00” partnew (%dev%,3) 0 0 0 && partnew (%dev%,3) 0x00 %ISO%
if not “%check%”==“0x00” echo WARNING: PARTITION TABLE 4 IN BIOS DEVICE %dev% IS ALREADY IN USE! && echo && echo To prevent possible data loss will not continue further && pause && configfile /menu.lst
map --rehook
root (0xff)
chainloader (0xff)

====================== sdb1/boot/grub/grub.cfg (filtered) ======================

Boot-Repair-Disk session
Boot-Repair-Disk session (failsafe)

========================= sdb1/syslinux.cfg (filtered) =========================

default menu.c32
prompt 0
menu title UNetbootin
timeout 100
label unetbootindefault
menu label Default
kernel /ubnkern
append initrd=/ubninit file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash —
label ubnentry0
menu label ^Help
kernel /ubnkern
append initrd=/ubninit
label ubnentry1
menu label ^64bit session
kernel /casper/vmlinuz
append initrd=/casper/initrd file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash —
label ubnentry2
menu label ^64bit session (failsafe)
kernel /casper/vmlinuz
append initrd=/casper/initrd file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper noapic noapm nodma nomce nolapic nomodeset nosmp vga=normal —
label ubnentry3
menu label Boot-Repair-Disk session
kernel /casper/vmlinuz
append initrd=/casper/initrd file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash –
label ubnentry4
menu label Boot-Repair-Disk session (failsafe)
kernel /casper/vmlinuz
append initrd=/casper/initrd file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper noapic noapm nodma nomce nolapic nomodeset nosmp vga=normal –

=========================== sdb1/grldr embedded menu ===========================

pxe detect
configfile
default 0
timeout 1

title find /menu.lst, /boot/grub/menu.lst, /grub/menu.lst
errorcheck off
configfile /boot/grub/menu.lst
configfile /grub/menu.lst
if “%@root%”==“(ud)” && calc *0x82A0=*0x82b9&0xff
if “%@root:~1,1%”==“f” && find --set-root --devices=f /menu.lst && configfile /menu.lst
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /menu.lst && configfile /menu.lst
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /boot/grub/menu.lst && configfile /boot/grub/menu.lst
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /grub/menu.lst && configfile /grub/menu.lst
errorcheck on
commandline

title commandline
commandline

title reboot
reboot

title halt
halt

==================== sdb1: Location of files loaded by Grub ====================

       GiB - GB             File                                 Fragment(s)
        ?? = ??             menu.lst                                       1
        ?? = ??             boot/grub/grub.cfg                             1

================== sdb1: Location of files loaded by Syslinux ==================

       GiB - GB             File                                 Fragment(s)
        ?? = ??             syslinux.cfg                                   1
        ?? = ??             ldlinux.sys                                    1
        ?? = ??             ldlinux.c32                                    1

=============== sdb1: Version of COM32(R) files used by Syslinux ===============

ldlinux.c32 : not a COM32/COM32R module

====================== sdb4/boot/grub/grub.cfg (filtered) ======================

menuentry --class=efi "${efi} ${efi}
menuentry --hotkey=q --class=find.none "No EFI files detected. No EFI files detected.
menuentry --hotkey=q --class=cancel "Cancel Cancel
menuentry --class=lang.${ll} "lang=${ll} lang=${ll}
menuentry --class=cancel --hotkey=q "Cancel (${def_timezone}) Cancel (${def_timezone})
menuentry --class=cancel --hotkey=q "Cancel (${def_timezone}) Cancel (${def_timezone})
menuentry --class=cancel --hotkey=q "Cancel (${def_keyboard}) Cancel (${def_keyboard})
menuentry --class=cancel --hotkey=q "Cancel (${def_drv}) Cancel (${def_drv})
menuentry --class=lang.${def_bootlang} "lang=${def_bootlang} lang=${def_bootlang}
menuentry --class=lang.cs "Čeština Čeština
menuentry --class=lang.da "Dansk Dansk
menuentry --class=lang.he "עִבְרִית עִבְרִית
menuentry --class=lang.ja "日本語 日本語
menuentry --class=lang.pl "Polski Polski
menuentry --class=lang.ro "Română Română
menuentry --class=tz.$class --hotkey=u "$hour2d:$min2d $title $hour2d:$min2d $title
{true}
menuentry --class=reboot "Reboot! Reboot!

menuentry --class=manjaro "Installed BIOS-System on $installed Installed BIOS-System on $installed
menuentry --class=edit "$clinput $clinput
menuentry --class=type --hotkey=tab "
menuentry --hotkey=h --class=help "help help

==================== sdb4: Location of files loaded by Grub ====================

       GiB - GB             File                                 Fragment(s)
        ?? = ??             boot/grub/grub.cfg                             1
        ?? = ??             boot/grub/i386-pc/core.img                     1
        ?? = ??             boot/vmlinuz-x86_64                            1
        ?? = ??             boot/initramfs-x86_64.img                      1

======================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =========================

Unknown BootLoader on sda4

========= Devices which don’t seem to have a corresponding hard drive ==========

sdc

=============================== StdErr Messages ================================

hexdump: /dev/sda4: No such device or address
hexdump: /dev/sda4: No such device or address
File descriptor 63 (pipe:[42385]) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 1781: /bin/bash

boot-repairing.log

SET@_label0.set_text('''Scanning systems. This may require several minutes...''')
SET@_label0.set_text('''Scanning systems (os-prober). This may require several minutes...''')
SET@_label0.set_text('''Scanning systems (EFI-session). This may require several minutes...''')
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sdb4.  Check your device.map.
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sdb4.  Check your device.map.
SET@_label0.set_text('''Scanning systems (EFI-session). This may require several minutes...''')
/usr/share/boot-sav/bs-cmd_terminal.sh: line 177: warning: command substitution: ignored null byte in input
SET@_label0.set_text('''Scanning systems (SecureBoot disabled). Please wait few seconds...''')
SET@_vbox_bootrepairmenu.show()
SET@_label_bootrepairsubtitle.set_markup('''<b>Repair the boot of the computer</b>''')
SET@_label_recommendedrepair.set_text('''Recommended repair\n(repairs most frequent problems)''')
SET@_label_justbootinfo.set_text('''Create a BootInfo summary\n(to get help by email or forum)''')
SET@_label_pastebin.set_text('''Create a BootInfo summary (to get help by email or forum)''')
SET@_vbox_pastebin.show()
SET@_label_appname.set_markup('''<b><big>Boot-Repair</big></b>''')
SET@_label_appdescription.set_text('''Repair the boot of the computer''')
SET@_logobr.show()
SET@_logo_brmenu.show()
SET@_linkbutton_websitebr.show()
SET@_label_repairfilesystems.set_text('''Repair file systems''')
SET@_checkbutton_repairfilesystems.show()
SET@_label_wubi.set_text('''Repair Wubi filesystems''')
SET@_checkbutton_wubi.show()
SET@_mainwindow.set_title('''Boot Repair''')
SET@_mainwindow.set_icon_from_file('''x-boot-repair.png''')
SET@_label_advanced_options.set_text('''Advanced options''')
SET@_tab_main_options.set_text('''Main options''')
SET@_tab_grub_location.set_text('''GRUB location''')
SET@_tab_grub_options.set_text('''GRUB options''')
SET@_tab_mbr_options.set_text('''MBR options''')
SET@_tab_other_options.set_text('''Other options''')
SET@_label_unhide_boot_menu.set_text('''Unhide boot menu :''')
SET@_label_seconds.set_text('''seconds''')
SET@_label_reinstall_grub.set_text('''Reinstall GRUB''')
SET@_label_restore_mbr.set_text('''Restore MBR''')
SET@_label_restore_bkp.set_text('''Restore EFI backups''')
SET@_label_create_bkp.set_text('''Use the standard EFI file''')
SET@_label_winefi_bkp.set_text('''Backup and rename Windows EFI files (solves the [hard-coded-EFI] error)''')
SET@_label_bootflag.set_text('''Place the boot flag on:''')
SET@_label_ostoboot_bydefault.set_text('''OS to boot by default:''')
SET@_label_signed.set_text('''SecureBoot''')
SET@_label_purge_grub.set_text('''Purge GRUB before reinstalling it''')
SET@_label_separateboot.set_text('''Separate /boot partition:''')
SET@_label_efi.set_text('''Separate /boot/efi partition:''')
SET@_label_sepusr.set_text('''Separate /usr partition:''')
SET@_label_place_alldisks.set_text('''Place GRUB in all disks (except USB disks without OS)''')
SET@_label_place_grub.set_text('''Place GRUB into:''')
SET@_label_lastgrub.set_text('''Upgrade GRUB to its most recent version''')
SET@_label_legacy.set_text('''GRUB Legacy''')
SET@_label_blankextraspace.set_text('''Reset extra space after MBR (solves the [FlexNet] error)''')
SET@_label_uncomment_gfxmode.set_text('''Uncomment GRUB_GFXMODE (solves the [no-signal / out-of-range] error)''')
SET@_label_ata.set_text('''ATA disk support (solves the [out-of-disk] error)''')
SET@_label_add_kernel_option.set_text('''Add a kernel option:''')
COMBO@@END@@_combobox_add_kernel_option@@nomodeset
COMBO@@END@@_combobox_add_kernel_option@@acpi=off
COMBO@@END@@_combobox_add_kernel_option@@acpi_osi=
COMBO@@END@@_combobox_add_kernel_option@@edd=on
COMBO@@END@@_combobox_add_kernel_option@@i815modeset=1
COMBO@@END@@_combobox_add_kernel_option@@i915modeset=0
COMBO@@END@@_combobox_add_kernel_option@@i915.modeset=0 xforcevesa
COMBO@@END@@_combobox_add_kernel_option@@noapic
COMBO@@END@@_combobox_add_kernel_option@@nodmraid
COMBO@@END@@_combobox_add_kernel_option@@nolapic
COMBO@@END@@_combobox_add_kernel_option@@nomodeset radeon mode=0
COMBO@@END@@_combobox_add_kernel_option@@nomodeset radeon mode=1
COMBO@@END@@_combobox_add_kernel_option@@rootdelay=90
COMBO@@END@@_combobox_add_kernel_option@@vga=771
COMBO@@END@@_combobox_add_kernel_option@@xforcevesa
SET@_combobox_add_kernel_option.set_active(0)
SET@_combobox_add_kernel_option.set_sensitive(True)
SET@_label_kernelpurge.set_text('''Purge kernels then reinstall last kernel''')
SET@_label_open_etc_default_grub.set_text('''Edit GRUB configuration file''')
SET@_label_partition_booted_bymbr.set_text('''Partition booted by the MBR:''')
SET@_about.set_title('''About''')
SET@_about.set_icon_from_file('''x-boot-repair.png''')
SET@_label_translate.set_text('''Translate''')
SET@_label_thanks.set_text('''Credits''')
SET@_label_gpl.set_markup('''<small>GNU-GPL v3</small>''')
SET@_label_copyright.set_markup('''<small>(C) 2010-2020 Yann MRN</small>''')
SET@_backupwindow.set_title('''Boot Repair''')
SET@_label_pleasechoosebackuprep.set_text('''Please choose a folder to put the backup into.\nIt is recommended to choose a USB disk.''')
SET@_label_backup_table.set_text('''Backup partition tables, bootsectors and logs''')
SET@_label_winboot.set_text('''Repair Windows boot files''')
SET@_label_upload.set_text('''Upload the report to a pastebin''')
SET@_label_upload1.set_text('''Upload the report to a pastebin''')
SET@_label_stats.set_text('''Participate to statistics of use''')
SET@_label_internet.set_text('''Check internet connection''')
SET@_label_internet1.set_text('''Check internet connection''')
COMBO@@CLEAR@@_combobox_bootflag
SET@_label_restore_mbrof.set_text('''Restore the MBR of:''')
COMBO@@END@@_combobox_restore_mbrof@@sda (generic mbr)
COMBO@@END@@_combobox_restore_mbrof@@sda (generic altmbr)
COMBO@@END@@_combobox_restore_mbrof@@sda (generic gptmbr)
COMBO@@END@@_combobox_ostoboot_bydefault@@sda3 (EndeavourOS Linux (rolling))
COMBO@@END@@_combobox_ostoboot_bydefault@@Windows (via sda3 menu)
SET@_combobox_ostoboot_bydefault.set_sensitive(True)
SET@_button_recommendedrepair.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_checkbutton_repairfilesystems.set_active(False)
SET@_checkbutton_wubi.set_active(False)
SET@_checkbutton_wubi.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_checkbutton_pastebin.set_active(True)
SET@_checkbutton_upload.set_active(True)
SET@_checkbutton_unhide_boot_menu.set_active(True)
SET@_tab_grub_location.set_sensitive(True)
SET@_vbox_grub_location.show()
SET@_tab_grub_options.set_sensitive(True)
SET@_vbox_grub_options.show()
SET@_tab_mbr_options.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_vbox_mbr_options.hide()
SET@_checkbutton_restore_mbr.set_active(False)
SET@_checkbutton_restore_bkp.hide()
SET@_checkbutton_create_bkp.hide()
SET@_checkbutton_winefi_bkp.hide()
SET@_button_mainapply.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_vbox_sepusr.hide()
SET@_combobox_sepusr.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_label_sepusr.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_checkbutton_sepusr.set_active(False)
COMBO@@CLEAR@@_combobox_separateboot
COMBO@@END@@_combobox_separateboot@@sda6
SET@_combobox_separateboot.set_active(0)
SET@_combobox_separateboot.set_sensitive(True)
SET@_combobox_separateboot.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_vbox_separateboot.show()
SET@_checkbutton_separateboot.set_active(False)
SET@_combobox_separateboot.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_checkbutton_kernelpurge.set_active(False)
SET@_checkbutton_kernelpurge.set_sensitive(True)
SET@_button_open_etc_default_grub.hide()
SET@_checkbutton_purge_grub.set_active(True)
COMBO@@CLEAR@@_combobox_efi
SET@_combobox_efi.set_active(0)
SET@_combobox_efi.set_sensitive(True)
SET@_checkbutton_signed.hide()
SET@_combobox_efi.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_vbox_place_or_force.show()
SET@_checkbutton_legacy.show()
SET@_checkbutton_legacy.set_sensitive(True)
SET@_checkbutton_purge_grub.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_button_open_etc_default_grub.hide()
SET@_checkbutton_purge_grub.set_active(True)
SET@_checkbutton_lastgrub.hide()
SET@_checkbutton_restore_bkp.hide()
SET@_checkbutton_create_bkp.hide()
SET@_checkbutton_winefi_bkp.hide()
SET@_checkbutton_efi.set_active(False)
SET@_vbox_efi.hide()
SET@_checkbutton_purge_grub.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_button_open_etc_default_grub.hide()
SET@_checkbutton_purge_grub.set_active(True)
COMBO@@CLEAR@@_combobox_place_grub
COMBO@@END@@_combobox_place_grub@@sda
SET@_combobox_place_grub.set_active(0)
SET@_radiobutton_place_grub.set_active(True)
SET@_combobox_place_grub.set_sensitive(True)
SET@_label_force_grub.set_text('''Force GRUB into: sda3 (for chainloader)''')
SET@_checkbutton_purge_grub.show()
SET@_checkbutton_legacy.set_sensitive(True)
SET@_checkbutton_purge_grub.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_button_open_etc_default_grub.hide()
SET@_checkbutton_purge_grub.set_active(True)
SET@_checkbutton_lastgrub.hide()
SET@_combobox_add_kernel_option.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_checkbutton_blankextraspace.set_sensitive(True)
SET@_checkbutton_blankextraspace.set_active(False)
SET@_checkbutton_uncomment_gfxmode.set_active(False)
SET@_checkbutton_ata.set_active(False)
SET@_checkbutton_add_kernel_option.set_active(False)
SET@_button_mainapply.set_sensitive(True)
SET@_combobox_ostoboot_bydefault.set_active(0)
SET@_checkbutton_reinstall_grub.set_active(True)
SET@_hbox_bootflag.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_combobox_bootflag.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_checkbutton_bootflag.set_active(False)
SET@_vbox_winboot.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_button_recommendedrepair.set_sensitive(True)
SET@pulsatewindow.hide()
SET@_mainwindow.show()
/usr/share/boot-sav/gui-tab-other.sh: line 90:  3612 Terminated              while true; do
    echo 'SET@_progressbar1.pulse()'; sleep 0.2;
done
DEBUG=> in bash NOT GET _combobox_add_kernel_option nomodeset
DEBUG=> in bash NOT GET _checkbutton_unhide_boot_menu True
SET@_spinbutton_unhide_boot_menu.set_sensitive(True)
DEBUG=> in bash NOT GET _combobox_separateboot sda6
DEBUG=> in bash NOT GET _checkbutton_purge_grub True
SET@_button_open_etc_default_grub.hide()
DEBUG=> in bash NOT GET _combobox_place_grub sda
DEBUG=> in bash NOT GET _combobox_ostoboot_bydefault sda3 (EndeavourOS Linux (rolling))
DEBUG=> in bash NOT GET _checkbutton_reinstall_grub True
SET@_tab_grub_location.set_sensitive(True)
SET@_vbox_grub_location.show()
SET@_tab_grub_options.set_sensitive(True)
SET@_vbox_grub_options.show()
SET@_tab_mbr_options.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_vbox_mbr_options.hide()
SET@_checkbutton_restore_mbr.set_active(False)
SET@_checkbutton_restore_bkp.hide()
SET@_checkbutton_create_bkp.hide()
SET@_checkbutton_winefi_bkp.hide()
SET@_button_mainapply.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_vbox_sepusr.hide()
SET@_combobox_sepusr.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_label_sepusr.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_checkbutton_sepusr.set_active(False)
COMBO@@CLEAR@@_combobox_separateboot
COMBO@@END@@_combobox_separateboot@@sda6
SET@_combobox_separateboot.set_active(0)
SET@_combobox_separateboot.set_sensitive(True)
SET@_combobox_separateboot.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_vbox_separateboot.show()
SET@_checkbutton_separateboot.set_active(False)
SET@_combobox_separateboot.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_checkbutton_kernelpurge.set_active(False)
SET@_checkbutton_kernelpurge.set_sensitive(True)
SET@_checkbutton_purge_grub.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_button_open_etc_default_grub.hide()
SET@_checkbutton_purge_grub.set_active(True)
COMBO@@CLEAR@@_combobox_efi
SET@_combobox_efi.set_active(0)
SET@_combobox_efi.set_sensitive(True)
SET@_checkbutton_signed.hide()
SET@_combobox_efi.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_vbox_place_or_force.show()
SET@_checkbutton_legacy.show()
SET@_checkbutton_legacy.set_sensitive(True)
SET@_checkbutton_purge_grub.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_button_open_etc_default_grub.hide()
SET@_checkbutton_purge_grub.set_active(True)
SET@_checkbutton_lastgrub.hide()
SET@_checkbutton_restore_bkp.hide()
SET@_checkbutton_create_bkp.hide()
SET@_checkbutton_winefi_bkp.hide()
SET@_checkbutton_efi.set_active(False)
SET@_vbox_efi.hide()
SET@_checkbutton_purge_grub.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_button_open_etc_default_grub.hide()
SET@_checkbutton_purge_grub.set_active(True)
COMBO@@CLEAR@@_combobox_place_grub
COMBO@@END@@_combobox_place_grub@@sda
SET@_combobox_place_grub.set_active(0)
SET@_radiobutton_place_grub.set_active(True)
SET@_combobox_place_grub.set_sensitive(True)
SET@_label_force_grub.set_text('''Force GRUB into: sda3 (for chainloader)''')
SET@_checkbutton_purge_grub.show()
SET@_checkbutton_legacy.set_sensitive(True)
SET@_checkbutton_purge_grub.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_button_open_etc_default_grub.hide()
SET@_checkbutton_purge_grub.set_active(True)
SET@_checkbutton_lastgrub.hide()
SET@_combobox_add_kernel_option.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_checkbutton_blankextraspace.set_sensitive(True)
SET@_checkbutton_blankextraspace.set_active(False)
SET@_checkbutton_uncomment_gfxmode.set_active(False)
SET@_checkbutton_ata.set_active(False)
SET@_checkbutton_add_kernel_option.set_active(False)
SET@_button_mainapply.set_sensitive(True)
SET@_combobox_ostoboot_bydefault.set_active(0)
DEBUG=> in bash NOT GET _combobox_separateboot sda6
DEBUG=> in bash NOT GET _combobox_place_grub sda
DEBUG=> in bash NOT GET _expander1 False
ping: google.com: Temporary failure in name resolution
SET@_hbox_bootrepairmenu.hide()
SET@_button_mainapply.show()
SET@_mainwindow.resize(10,10)
DEBUG=> in bash NOT GET _checkbutton_restore_mbr True
SET@_checkbutton_reinstall_grub.set_active(False)
SET@_tab_grub_location.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_vbox_grub_location.hide()
SET@_tab_grub_options.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_vbox_grub_options.hide()
SET@_checkbutton_restore_bkp.hide()
SET@_checkbutton_create_bkp.hide()
SET@_checkbutton_winefi_bkp.hide()
SET@_tab_mbr_options.set_sensitive(True)
SET@_vbox_mbr_options.show()
SET@_checkbutton_restore_bkp.hide()
SET@_checkbutton_create_bkp.hide()
SET@_checkbutton_winefi_bkp.hide()
SET@_combobox_restore_mbrof.set_active(0)
SET@_button_mainapply.set_sensitive(False)
COMBO@@CLEAR@@_combobox_partition_booted_bymbr
COMBO@@END@@_combobox_partition_booted_bymbr@@sda2 (Windows 7)
COMBO@@END@@_combobox_partition_booted_bymbr@@sda1
COMBO@@END@@_combobox_partition_booted_bymbr@@sda3 (EndeavourOS Linux (rolling))
COMBO@@END@@_combobox_partition_booted_bymbr@@sda6
SET@_combobox_partition_booted_bymbr.set_active(0)
SET@_vbox_partition_booted_bymbr.show()
SET@_button_mainapply.set_sensitive(True)
SET@_hbox_bootflag.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_combobox_bootflag.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_checkbutton_bootflag.set_active(False)
DEBUG=> in bash NOT GET _checkbutton_reinstall_grub False
SET@_tab_grub_location.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_vbox_grub_location.hide()
SET@_tab_grub_options.set_sensitive(False)
SET@_vbox_grub_options.hide()
SET@_checkbutton_restore_bkp.hide()
SET@_checkbutton_create_bkp.hide()
SET@_checkbutton_winefi_bkp.hide()
DEBUG=> in bash NOT GET
DEBUG=> in bash NOT GET _combobox_restore_mbrof sda (generic mbr)
DEBUG=> in bash NOT GET
DEBUG=> in bash NOT GET _combobox_partition_booted_bymbr sda2 (Windows 7)
DEBUG=> in bash NOT GET _button_mainapply clicked
SET@_mainwindow.hide()
SET@pulsatewindow.show()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_label0.set_text('''Applying changes. This may require several minutes...''')
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SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
The settings chosen by the user will restore the [(generic mbr)] MBR in sda, and make it boot on sda2.
Additional repair will be performed: unhide-bootmenu-10s      


SET@_label0.set_text('''Checking full partitions. This may require several minutes...''')
SET@_label0.set_text('''Unhide boot menu. This may require several minutes...''')

Unhide GRUB boot menu in sda3/etc/default/grub
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()

============================== Restore MBR of sda ==============================

SET@_label0.set_text('''Restore MBR. Please wait few seconds...''')
dd if=/usr/lib/syslinux/mbr/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda
parted /dev/sda set 2 boot on
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.


                                                                          
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
parted /dev/sda set 3 boot off
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.


                                                                          
SET@_label0.set_text('''Unhide boot menu. This may require several minutes...''')

Unhide GRUB boot menu in sda3/boot/grub/grub.cfg
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()

Boot successfully repaired.

You can now reboot your computer.

SET@_label0.set_text('''Create a BootInfo summary. This may require several minutes...''')
SET@_label0.set_text('''Create a BootInfo summary (bis). This may require several minutes...''')
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_label0.set_text('''Create a BootInfo summary (bs-check). This may require several minutes...''')
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_label0.set_text('''Create a BootInfo summary (ter). This may require several minutes...''')
SET@pulsatewindow.hide()
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SET@pulsatewindow.show()
SET@_progressbar1.pulse()
SET@_label0.set_text('''Create a BootInfo summary (qua). This may require several minutes...''')
SET@_label0.set_text('''Create a BootInfo summary (net-check). This may require several minutes...''')
SET@_label0.set_text('''Create a BootInfo summary. Please wait few seconds...''')
SET@pulsatewindow.hide()

Now that all logs being posted, i will restart the computer. and it shows this:

*when choose Endeavouros linux: it will goes to "grub> " again as shown in the beggining of the post.
*when choose Windows 7 ult… it will boot back to win7 just fine.
Back to square 1.

Now back to Bios setting:
bios info:

bios system:

bios advance:

bios security:

Bios secure boot configuration:

Bios boot:

So, is there any bios setting that can be change so that i offer Legacy bios boot mode ? i cant find any that is related… apart from CSM… which is turned on already.

[Leon]

What about the system already on /dev/sda6? You have no free space as far as I can see for a new install. I’m wondering why you are not able to boot the stick in BIOS mode, not sure you can install EndeavourOS if you boot the live ISO in UEFI mode. Usually, you should check your BIOS settings to make sure a BIOS boot is possible, could involve something live CSM etc. Check your BIOS manual for details. I personally would prepare the partitions upfront in GParted before starting the Calamares installer and THEN use manual partitioning inside.

[andrew_ysk]

@Leon

ondering why you are not able to boot the stick in BIOS mode, not sure you can install EndeavourOS if you boot the live ISO in UEFI mode. Usually, you should check your BIOS settings to make sure a BIOS boot is possible, could involve something live CSM etc. Check your BIOS manual for details. I personally would prepare the partitions upfront in GParted before starting the Calamares installer and THEN use manual partitioning inside.

I did partitioned in before installation … i did… sda3 for /, sda6 for /home, sda5 for swap…
As for bios setting… i will do a photo to show it all once and for all… after the installtion completed. I started to wonder if endea liveusb is only capable of EFI… no more bios boot legacy mode

[Leon]

Don’t forget: grub boot loader location should be MBR!

[andrew_ysk]

You mean grub boot loader location… which should be sda3 in my case , because that’s where root is “/” … i should flag it … mbr ?

[Leon]

If you want a BIOS install on a msdos parted disk the grub bootloader needs to be placed in the MBR.

Reference:

GNU GRUB

[andrew_ysk]

I know legacy have to be in MBR… my hdd partition scheme is MBR… because it is preinstalled win7 which uses MBR. I have already stated in the first statement of that long list. you missed it

[Leon]

No, I did not miss that. It’s not flagging. Calamares offeers you different boot loader locations, one is MBR of the disk you are placing your / partition. If that was not offered you have either overlooked it or it’s due to the booting live ISO into UEFI mode.

[ringo]

how did you create your uSB. which burner?

also some bios setting can cause loa into efi systemd-boot. so its black and white, it would be hard to install in mbr.

thinks like legacy or CSM must be on , not efi in bios. but also how did you burned the usb.

[andrew_ysk]

rufus… latest… i chose MBR in the setting. i mentioned this above.

[andrew_ysk]

@Leon

Calamares offeers you different boot loader locations, one is MBR of the disk you are placing your / partition. If that was not offered you have either overlooked it or it’s due to the booting live ISO into UEFI mode.

I don’t see the offer from calamares to choose a different boot loader location… I have “create a new partition table” option, which i dare not try.
and of couse i can flag my /sda3 as “legacy boot”… (if not remember wrongly).

[andrew_ysk]

@ringo

fi in bios. but also how did you burned the usb.

Yes, i have burned in latest rufus using lastest Endea iso from github (tried the iso fr endea website also).
I have set Rufus to MBR when burning (apart from that, there is not other optionn i can set on rufus)

[ringo]

just , as long you get the black and white screen of your boot…it only get nasty. if you got to gparted., or someting that looks like it and make a screenshot of that info of usb, disk information mayby it helpt to see. how it is burned.