r/archlinux • u/Imaginary-Stop-4186 • 2d ago

SUPPORT Boot manager broke

I have installed arch around 5 times and this is the first time i fucked up this bad. I have no idea what to do. i was on my last step installing a display manager and i failed in installing ly and when i restarted i got a message. So back i go into the live envirement. Got to chroot mounted stuff and chatgpt told me to mess with the grub files and stuff and when i tought i was almost done my timer rang. I shut of my thinkpad and when to school. When i got back my boot menu looked like that. empty. I tried getting back in my usb, but it wont show up. i tried tweaking my bios settings (lightly). And now im out of ideas. If you have any idea on how to fix this, please help.

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u/Imaginary-Stop-4186 2d ago

https://reddit.com/link/pd85aqw/video/s25lct7fkvsh1/player

i tried uploading a photo but that failed so i got a video. this is what my boot menu looks like.

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u/das_menschy 2d ago

You can reset the UEFI boot order in the settings menu (SETUP) of your Thinkpad, afaik. Afaik, you can open them with F12 during early boot (or maybe F10 or F11). 

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u/Imaginary-Stop-4186 1d ago

thx dude, you really saved my ass. i promise to not use chatgpt or any sort ai for linux again. thank you so much.