Re: Grub and nvme disk issue

[Andrei Borzenkov]

On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 2:28 PM, Benoit <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Grub :)
>
> I use Grub for almost 10 years and I am in a situation where I am unable to
> make it work on my brand new laptop :(
> The laptop has a nvme disk and I read it could be the issue...
> Grub version is : grub 1:2.02.beta3-1
> OS: Parabola (Arch Linux based)
>
> I am doing :
> nano /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
> MODULES="nvme"
>
> HOOKS="base udev autodetect modconf block keymap keyboard encrypt
> filesystems fsck"
>
> /etc/default/grub
> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="cryptdevice=/dev/nvme0n1p2:nvme0n1p2_decrypted"
> GRUB_ENABLE_CRYPTODISK=y
>
> mkdir /boot/grub
> grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
> grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi
> --bootloader-id=Parabola --recheck /dev/nvme0n1p1
> mkinitcpio -p linux-libre
>
> (I am trying to use Grub with a full encryption disk, but I am almost sure
> it is not the issue as doing exactly the same on another computer is working
> perfectly...)
>
> When I restart the computer after the Grub installation I can see the new
> entries in the UEFI list in my BIOS

And these entries are ... ?

> but it makes a black screen and
> immediately jumping into another entries which is a system recovery type of
> thing...
>

Where your /boot/grub is located? Is it on NVMe device?

Show output of "efibootmgr -v" and tell which entry corresponds to
your grub installation.

> Any idea what would be wrong ? I know systemd-boot is working and I have
> been able to see the list but I would like to stay with Grub as I like it
> and particularly the fact I can use a full encrypted disk with /boot
> included...
>
> Many thanks
>
> Belette
>
>
>
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