Hi Steve I'm not a grub expert, but I think the wiki [1] tells me you don't call grub-install on a partition (sda1) but on a device (sda). The grub-install command that should work would therefore be: grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sda1 [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB - Patrick Steve Downes <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb am So., 2. Apr. 2017, 21:10: I don't know what happened to my previous reply, I never got a copy (It was witten on my tablet because I was working in the house). Here is an approx copy. It is not a new laptop, it isn't UEFI.I installed by using a USB installation key & following the Arch instructions through which seemed OK until I reached install grup install. I thought all was well. The 1 hard disk was formatted as follows:- /dev/sda split into:- /dev/sda1 ext4 30gig to hold whole OS /dev/swap /dev/sda3 ext4 Approx 100G /homegrub Install command was grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sda1 I think that covers it. Many thanks Steve On Sun, Apr 02, 2017 at 01:06:19PM +0000, Patrick Eigensatz via arch-general wrote: > Hello Steve > > Can you point out how you configured your system? (How many disks, how they > are partitioned) > > Do you install grub on an UEFI system? What was the grub-install command > you used? > > > - Patrick > > > > > Steve Downes <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb am So., 2. Apr. 2017, 14:55: > > > > Can someone point me at what I've missed please:- > > > > I'm doing a new installation of archlinux & got as far as installing > > grub apparently without problem. Installing grub gives:- > > > > Failed to get canonical path of `airootfs' > > > > This means nothing to me & I can't find anything. Could use some > > guidance before I start again, or even better instead of starting > > again. > > > > Steve > > > >
