[SOLVED]New install of Mag10 Beta1 leaves Grub in rescue mod

[banjo]

I just installed Mageia 10 beta1, and when I reboot the computer it leaves Grub in rescue mode. Here is the error.

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error: ../../grub-core/kern/d1.c:456:symbol `grub_cli_set_auth_needed' not found.
Entering rescue mode...
grub rescue>


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I installed this on a computer that was running Mageia9. During the installation I told it to use the existing partitions. I mostly accepted the defaults during the installation. It connected with my WiFi successfully and did the updates.

I am over my head with how to deal with grub rescue mode.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
Banjo
(_)=='=~

[benmc]

Hi Banjo,

Install ISO was "Mageia-10-beta1......" ? please fill the blank.
Install media was: USB, Optical, ISO-on-partition?
If a CI install, which DE(s)?

did you note any install errors, especially during the grub installation part?

A quick "google" suggests that resetting the grub boot delay to greater than 7 sec may be a fix (!)
so can you do a dirty re-install ( i.e. custom disk partitioning, do not format the partition(s) ) and at the configuration window, change the grub settings.

[doktor5000]

Some basic information on that box might be helpful.
Is this legacy BIOS or UEFI boot? What type of disks/controller do you have Mageia and/or grub on?

In rescue mode you can use basic grub commands to see what disks grub sees, and also if it can see the files. You could even manually boot your install that way if you're interested.
See e.g. https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/bl ... 2-on-linux

For some background what the error message means and what probably caused it check https://forums.opensuse.org/t/grub-is-c ... /185887/12

[banjo]

Sorry about the lack of details.

I installed from the Plasma Live iso, Mageia-10-beta1-Live-Plasma-x86_64.iso. The live iso booted just fine.

I did not see any indications of failures during the installation.

The grub time delay was left at the default 10 seconds. The only change I made to grub was to set it to use text output instead of graphical.

Here is the output of an old inxi from when it was running Mageia 9

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System:
  Host: linux6core Kernel: 6.6.74-desktop-1.mga9 arch: x86_64 bits: 64
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.10 Distro: Mageia 9
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI (MS-7C79)
    v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1.C0
    date: 06/10/2022
CPU:
  Info: 6-core 11th Gen Intel Core i5-11400 [MT MCP] speed (MHz): avg: 800
    min/max: 800/4400
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel RocketLake-S GT1 [UHD Graphics 730] driver: i915 v: kernel
  Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting,v4l dri: iris gpu: i915 resolution: 1: 1920x1080~60Hz
    2: 1920x1080~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.2.8 renderer: Mesa Intel
    Graphics (RKL GT1)
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE driver: r8169
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 954.81 GiB used: 60.7 GiB (6.4%)
Info:
  Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.18 GiB used: 2.25 GiB (7.2%)
  Processes: 322 Uptime: 1m Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.36


Thanks for the links. I will go study the commands and see if I can trouble shoot the problem some more.

[doktor5000]

The live iso booted just fine.

Well the live iso does not care about your installed bootloader at all

[banjo]

I totally agree. But it does demonstrate that the hardware is working and able to run Mag10.

I booted into grub rescue and tried some of the suggested commands.

Mag10Beta1GrubError-2.jpg (1.12 MiB) Viewed 839 times

(hd1) is another disk in the system that just has data on it. I don't know what (hd2) is. The thumb drive is not attached to the system.

After entering the command

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ls (hd0, gpt2)/


the system hung up and stopped responding to the keyboard. No output was created. That makes continuing to trouble shoot more difficult.

I also tried ls (hd0,gpt2), ls (hd1,gpt1) ls (hd0,gpt1) and all of them hang up.

Is there any value in booting the live Mag10 and looking at it from there?

[Germ]

I would suggest boot with the classical ISO and choose Rescue, then reinstall grub.

[banjo]

I have not tried that before. I will download the ISO and give that a go.
Thanks

[banjo]

Update:
I booted the live ISO again and looked around. I mounted /dev/sda2 which should be the boot drive and it looked normal as far as I can tell. /boot/grub2 is there. There is a grub.cfg file. So the disk is there and working. Doesn't mean that what is on it is correct, but there is stuff on it.

I looked at /etc/issue on the hard drive /dev/sda2 and it indicated that it has Mageia 10 on it.

I shut it down and booted from the Classic ISO and went into rescue mode. I opted to re-install the boot loader, which it indicated it had done.

Upon rebooting the computer, grub went into rescue mode again.

Not sure what to do next.

I might try re-installing the beta and decline the updates to see if an update is causing a problem.

Maybe I should try installing from the classic ISO to see if that works better.

[benmc]

can you just re-install, but not apply the updates at the completion?

there is likely a new kernel since the release, and grub would have been updated.
so, try a basic install and see if that is any different.

[banjo]

I re-installed the Live ISO, skipping the media setup and updates.

The result was the same. Grub boots into rescue mode.

The only thing that I have done different from my normal installation process is telling it to use the old partitions. Is it possible that something has been left in there that is not compatible with Mag10? Does the installer completely reformat the / partition? I am telling it not to reformat /home. What does it do to the EFI partition?

I could try installing with the Classic ISO to see if that works better. Or I can try telling it to use the whole disk, re-partition, re-format everything.

Ideas?

Banjo

[doktor5000]

Might help fi you would add the output of

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lsblk -f

and maybe attach the output of https://github.com/arvidjaar/bootinfoscript

[banjo]

The computer will not run at all. Grub is in rescue mode. I can boot the live ISO and see what I can find on the boot disk. I will look into it.

[banjo]

I booted the live ISO and mounted the boot disk on /home/live/mag10BootDisk to look at the disk for any obvious problems.

Here is the output from lsblk -f

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[root@localhost live]# lsblk -f
NAME   FSTYPE   FSVER            LABEL                           UUID                                 FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
loop0  squashfs 4.0                                                                                         0   100% /run/mgalive/ovlsize
sda                                                                                                                 
├─sda1 vfat     FAT32                                            35C9-FF0B                                           
├─sda2 ext4     1.0                                              0b01fd78-a18c-4f3a-9414-aece4180ebc4               
├─sda3 swap     1                                                218fef6e-2e07-4279-a876-fa5accb2d1f3               
└─sda4 ext4     1.0                                              098d5e53-f57b-4910-a47f-601cc10fab6b               
sdb                                                                                                                 
└─sdb1 ntfs                      scandisk                        7D89E8E25FC96A00                                   
sdc    iso9660  Joliet Extension Mageia-10-b1-Live-Plasma-x86_64 2026-03-07-13-16-46-00                             
├─sdc1 iso9660  Joliet Extension Mageia-10-b1-Live-Plasma-x86_64 2026-03-07-13-16-46-00                             
└─sdc2 vfat     FAT12            MGAISO-ESP                      32AA-BAC9                                           
sr0                                                                                                                 


sdb is a data disk that I have in the system.

I don't know how to get access to bootinfoscript on that non-functional system.

The file /etc/issue on the boot disk contains the following.

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[root@localhost mag10BootDisk]# pwd
/home/live/mag10BootDisk
[root@localhost mag10BootDisk]# cat etc/issue
Mageia release 10 (Cauldron) for x86_64
Kernel 6.18.16-desktop-1.mga10 on a 12-processor x86_64 / \l
[root@localhost mag10BootDisk]#


Here is grub.cfg

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#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub2-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
set pager=1

if [ -f ${config_directory}/grubenv ]; then
  load_env -f ${config_directory}/grubenv
elif [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
  load_env
fi
if [ "${next_entry}" ] ; then
   set default="${next_entry}"
   set next_entry=
   save_env next_entry
   set boot_once=true
else
   set default="${saved_entry}"
fi

if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
  menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
  menuentry_id_option=""
fi

export menuentry_id_option

if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
  set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
  save_env saved_entry
  set prev_saved_entry=
  save_env prev_saved_entry
  set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
  if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
    saved_entry="${chosen}"
    save_env saved_entry
  fi
}

function load_video {
  if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
    insmod all_video
  else
    insmod efi_gop
    insmod efi_uga
    insmod ieee1275_fb
    insmod vbe
    insmod vga
    insmod video_bochs
    insmod video_cirrus
  fi
}

if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
   font=unicode
else
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,gpt2'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2  0b01fd78-a18c-4f3a-9414-aece4180ebc4
else
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0b01fd78-a18c-4f3a-9414-aece4180ebc4
fi
    font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2"
fi

if loadfont $font ; then
  set gfxmode=1024x768x32
  load_video
  insmod gfxterm
  set locale_dir=$prefix/locale
  set lang=en_US
  insmod gettext
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
  set timeout_style=menu
  set timeout=10
# Fallback normal timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is
# unavailable.
else
  set timeout=10
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/01_users ###
if [ -f ${prefix}/user.cfg ]; then
  source ${prefix}/user.cfg
  if [ -n "${GRUB2_PASSWORD}" ]; then
    set superusers="root"
    export superusers
    password_pbkdf2 root ${GRUB2_PASSWORD}
  fi
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/01_users ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/08_fallback_counting ###
insmod increment
# Check if boot_counter exists and boot_success=0 to activate this behaviour.
if [ -n "${boot_counter}" -a "${boot_success}" = "0" ]; then
  # if countdown has ended, choose to boot rollback deployment,
  # i.e. default=1 on OSTree-based systems.
  if  [ "${boot_counter}" = "0" -o "${boot_counter}" = "-1" ]; then
    set default=1
    set boot_counter=-1
  # otherwise decrement boot_counter
  else
    decrement boot_counter
  fi
  save_env boot_counter
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/08_fallback_counting ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Mageia' --class mageia --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os --unrestricted $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-0b01fd78-a18c-4f3a-9414-aece4180ebc4' {
   savedefault
   load_video
   set gfxpayload=auto
   insmod gzio
   insmod part_gpt
   insmod ext2
   set root='hd0,gpt2'
   if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
     search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2  0b01fd78-a18c-4f3a-9414-aece4180ebc4
   else
     search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0b01fd78-a18c-4f3a-9414-aece4180ebc4
   fi
   echo   'Loading Linux 6.18.16-desktop-1.mga10 ...'
   linux   /boot/vmlinuz-6.18.16-desktop-1.mga10 root=UUID=0b01fd78-a18c-4f3a-9414-aece4180ebc4 ro   splash quiet noiswmd resume=UUID=218fef6e-2e07-4279-a876-fa5accb2d1f3 audit=0 vga=788
   echo   'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
   initrd   /boot/initrd-6.18.16-desktop-1.mga10.img
}
submenu 'Advanced options for Mageia' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-0b01fd78-a18c-4f3a-9414-aece4180ebc4' {
   menuentry 'Mageia (6.18.16-desktop-1.mga10) 10' --class mageia --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os --unrestricted $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-6.18.16-desktop-1.mga10-advanced-0b01fd78-a18c-4f3a-9414-aece4180ebc4' {
   savedefault
      load_video
      set gfxpayload=auto
      insmod gzio
      insmod part_gpt
      insmod ext2
      set root='hd0,gpt2'
      if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
        search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2  0b01fd78-a18c-4f3a-9414-aece4180ebc4
      else
        search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0b01fd78-a18c-4f3a-9414-aece4180ebc4
      fi
      echo   'Loading Linux 6.18.16-desktop-1.mga10 ...'
      linux   /boot/vmlinuz-6.18.16-desktop-1.mga10 root=UUID=0b01fd78-a18c-4f3a-9414-aece4180ebc4 ro   splash quiet noiswmd resume=UUID=218fef6e-2e07-4279-a876-fa5accb2d1f3 audit=0 vga=788
      echo   'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
      initrd   /boot/initrd-6.18.16-desktop-1.mga10.img
   }
   menuentry 'Mageia (6.18.16-desktop-1.mga10) 10 (recovery mode)' --class mageia --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os --unrestricted $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-6.18.16-desktop-1.mga10-recovery-0b01fd78-a18c-4f3a-9414-aece4180ebc4' {
      load_video
      set gfxpayload=auto
      insmod gzio
      insmod part_gpt
      insmod ext2
      set root='hd0,gpt2'
      if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
        search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2  0b01fd78-a18c-4f3a-9414-aece4180ebc4
      else
        search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0b01fd78-a18c-4f3a-9414-aece4180ebc4
      fi
      echo   'Loading Linux 6.18.16-desktop-1.mga10 ...'
      linux   /boot/vmlinuz-6.18.16-desktop-1.mga10 root=UUID=0b01fd78-a18c-4f3a-9414-aece4180ebc4 ro failsafe
      echo   'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
      initrd   /boot/initrd-6.18.16-desktop-1.mga10.img
   }
}

### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_reset_boot_success ###
# Hiding the menu is ok if last boot was ok or if this is a first boot attempt to boot the entry
if [ "${boot_success}" = "1" -o "${boot_indeterminate}" = "1" ]; then
  set menu_hide_ok=1
else
  set menu_hide_ok=0
fi
# Reset boot_indeterminate after a successful boot
if [ "${boot_success}" = "1" ] ; then
  set boot_indeterminate=0
# Avoid boot_indeterminate causing the menu to be hidden more than once
elif [ "${boot_indeterminate}" = "1" ]; then
  set boot_indeterminate=2
fi
# Reset boot_success for current boot
set boot_success=0
save_env boot_success boot_indeterminate
### END /etc/grub.d/10_reset_boot_success ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/12_menu_auto_hide ###
if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
  if [ "${menu_show_once}" ]; then
    unset menu_show_once
    save_env menu_show_once
    set timeout_style=menu
    set timeout=60
  elif [ "${menu_auto_hide}" -a "${menu_hide_ok}" = "1" ]; then
    set orig_timeout_style=${timeout_style}
    set orig_timeout=${timeout}
    if [ "${fastboot}" = "1" ]; then
      # timeout_style=menu + timeout=0 avoids the countdown code keypress check
      set timeout_style=menu
      set timeout=0
    else
      set timeout_style=hidden
      set timeout=1
    fi
  fi
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/12_menu_auto_hide ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/14_menu_show_once ###
if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ]; then
  if [ "${menu_show_once_timeout}" ]; then
    set timeout_style=menu
    set timeout="${menu_show_once_timeout}"
    unset menu_show_once_timeout
    save_env menu_show_once_timeout
  fi
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/14_menu_show_once ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_ppc_terminfo ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_ppc_terminfo ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/25_bli ###
if [ "$grub_platform" = "efi" ]; then
        if [ ! insmod bli ]; then
                echo "bli module not available"
        fi
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/25_bli ###

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

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###
if [ "$grub_platform" = "efi" ]; then
   if [ fwsetup --is-supported ]; then
      menuentry 'UEFI Firmware Settings' $menuentry_id_option 'uefi-firmware' {
         fwsetup
      }
   fi
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/35_fwupd ###
### END /etc/grub.d/35_fwupd ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f  ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
  source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f  $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
  source $prefix/custom.cfg
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###



Here is the tree of the boot directory

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[root@localhost mag10BootDisk]# tree boot
boot
├── config-6.18.16-desktop-1.mga10
├── dracut
├── efi -> EFI
├── EFI
├── grub2
│   ├── custom.cfg
│   ├── fonts
│   │   └── unicode.pf2
│   ├── grub.cfg
│   ├── grub.cfg.old
│   ├── grubenv
│   ├── grubenv.old
│   ├── install.sh
│   ├── locale
│   │   ├── af.mo
│   │   ├── ast.mo
│   │   ├── bg.mo
│   │   ├── br.mo
│   │   ├── ca.mo
│   │   ├── cs.mo
│   │   ├── cy.mo
│   │   ├── da.mo
│   │   ├── de_CH.mo
│   │   ├── de@hebrew.mo
│   │   ├── de.mo
│   │   ├── el.mo
│   │   ├── en@arabic.mo
│   │   ├── en@cyrillic.mo
│   │   ├── en@greek.mo
│   │   ├── en@hebrew.mo
│   │   ├── en@piglatin.mo
│   │   ├── en@quot.mo
│   │   ├── eo.mo
│   │   ├── es.mo
│   │   ├── et.mo
│   │   ├── eu.mo
│   │   ├── fi.mo
│   │   ├── fr.mo
│   │   ├── gl.mo
│   │   ├── he.mo
│   │   ├── hi.mo
│   │   ├── hr.mo
│   │   ├── hu.mo
│   │   ├── id.mo
│   │   ├── it.mo
│   │   ├── ja.mo
│   │   ├── ka.mo
│   │   ├── ko.mo
│   │   ├── lg.mo
│   │   ├── lt.mo
│   │   ├── nb.mo
│   │   ├── nl.mo
│   │   ├── pa.mo
│   │   ├── pl.mo
│   │   ├── pt_BR.mo
│   │   ├── pt.mo
│   │   ├── ro.mo
│   │   ├── ru.mo
│   │   ├── sl.mo
│   │   ├── sq.mo
│   │   ├── sr.mo
│   │   ├── sv.mo
│   │   ├── tr.mo
│   │   ├── uk.mo
│   │   ├── vi.mo
│   │   ├── zh_CN.mo
│   │   └── zh_TW.mo
│   ├── themes
│   └── x86_64-efi
│       ├── acpi.mod
│       ├── adler32.mod
│       ├── affs.mod
│       ├── afs.mod
│       ├── afsplitter.mod
│       ├── ahci.mod
│       ├── all_video.mod
│       ├── aout.mod
│       ├── appendedsig.mod
│       ├── appended_signature_test.mod
│       ├── appleldr.mod
│       ├── archelp.mod
│       ├── asn1.mod
│       ├── ata.mod
│       ├── at_keyboard.mod
│       ├── backtrace.mod
│       ├── bfs.mod
│       ├── bitmap.mod
│       ├── bitmap_scale.mod
│       ├── bli.mod
│       ├── blocklist.mod
│       ├── blscfg.mod
│       ├── boot.mod
│       ├── bsd.mod
│       ├── bswap_test.mod
│       ├── btrfs.mod
│       ├── bufio.mod
│       ├── cat.mod
│       ├── cbfs.mod
│       ├── cbls.mod
│       ├── cbmemc.mod
│       ├── cbtable.mod
│       ├── cbtime.mod
│       ├── chain.mod
│       ├── cmdline_cat_test.mod
│       ├── cmp.mod
│       ├── cmp_test.mod
│       ├── command.lst
│       ├── configfile.mod
│       ├── connectefi.mod
│       ├── core.efi
│       ├── cpio_be.mod
│       ├── cpio.mod
│       ├── cpuid.mod
│       ├── crc64.mod
│       ├── cryptodisk.mod
│       ├── crypto.lst
│       ├── crypto.mod
│       ├── cs5536.mod
│       ├── ctz_test.mod
│       ├── datehook.mod
│       ├── date.mod
│       ├── datetime.mod
│       ├── diskfilter.mod
│       ├── disk.mod
│       ├── div.mod
│       ├── div_test.mod
│       ├── dm_nv.mod
│       ├── echo.mod
│       ├── efienv.mod
│       ├── efifwsetup.mod
│       ├── efi_gop.mod
│       ├── efi_netfs.mod
│       ├── efinet.mod
│       ├── efitextmode.mod
│       ├── efi_uga.mod
│       ├── ehci.mod
│       ├── elf.mod
│       ├── eval.mod
│       ├── exfat.mod
│       ├── exfctest.mod
│       ├── ext2.mod
│       ├── extcmd.mod
│       ├── f2fs.mod
│       ├── fat.mod
│       ├── file.mod
│       ├── fixvideo.mod
│       ├── font.mod
│       ├── fshelp.mod
│       ├── fs.lst
│       ├── functional_test.mod
│       ├── gcry_arcfour.mod
│       ├── gcry_blowfish.mod
│       ├── gcry_camellia.mod
│       ├── gcry_cast5.mod
│       ├── gcry_crc.mod
│       ├── gcry_des.mod
│       ├── gcry_dsa.mod
│       ├── gcry_idea.mod
│       ├── gcry_md4.mod
│       ├── gcry_md5.mod
│       ├── gcry_rfc2268.mod
│       ├── gcry_rijndael.mod
│       ├── gcry_rmd160.mod
│       ├── gcry_rsa.mod
│       ├── gcry_seed.mod
│       ├── gcry_serpent.mod
│       ├── gcry_sha1.mod
│       ├── gcry_sha256.mod
│       ├── gcry_sha512.mod
│       ├── gcry_tiger.mod
│       ├── gcry_twofish.mod
│       ├── gcry_whirlpool.mod
│       ├── geli.mod
│       ├── gettext.mod
│       ├── gfxmenu.mod
│       ├── gfxterm_background.mod
│       ├── gfxterm_menu.mod
│       ├── gfxterm.mod
│       ├── gptsync.mod
│       ├── grub.efi
│       ├── gzio.mod
│       ├── halt.mod
│       ├── hashsum.mod
│       ├── hdparm.mod
│       ├── hello.mod
│       ├── help.mod
│       ├── hexdump.mod
│       ├── hfs.mod
│       ├── hfspluscomp.mod
│       ├── hfsplus.mod
│       ├── http.mod
│       ├── increment.mod
│       ├── iorw.mod
│       ├── iso9660.mod
│       ├── jfs.mod
│       ├── jpeg.mod
│       ├── json.mod
│       ├── keylayouts.mod
│       ├── keystatus.mod
│       ├── ldm.mod
│       ├── legacycfg.mod
│       ├── legacy_password_test.mod
│       ├── linux.mod
│       ├── loadbios.mod
│       ├── loadenv.mod
│       ├── loopback.mod
│       ├── lsacpi.mod
│       ├── lsefimmap.mod
│       ├── lsefi.mod
│       ├── lsefisystab.mod
│       ├── lsmmap.mod
│       ├── ls.mod
│       ├── lspci.mod
│       ├── lssal.mod
│       ├── luks2.mod
│       ├── luks.mod
│       ├── lvm.mod
│       ├── lzopio.mod
│       ├── macbless.mod
│       ├── macho.mod
│       ├── mdraid09_be.mod
│       ├── mdraid09.mod
│       ├── mdraid1x.mod
│       ├── memdisk.mod
│       ├── memrw.mod
│       ├── minicmd.mod
│       ├── minix2_be.mod
│       ├── minix2.mod
│       ├── minix3_be.mod
│       ├── minix3.mod
│       ├── minix_be.mod
│       ├── minix.mod
│       ├── mmap.mod
│       ├── moddep.lst
│       ├── modinfo.sh
│       ├── morse.mod
│       ├── mpi.mod
│       ├── msdospart.mod
│       ├── mul_test.mod
│       ├── multiboot2.mod
│       ├── multiboot.mod
│       ├── nativedisk.mod
│       ├── net.mod
│       ├── newc.mod
│       ├── nilfs2.mod
│       ├── normal.mod
│       ├── ntfscomp.mod
│       ├── ntfs.mod
│       ├── odc.mod
│       ├── offsetio.mod
│       ├── ohci.mod
│       ├── part_acorn.mod
│       ├── part_amiga.mod
│       ├── part_apple.mod
│       ├── part_bsd.mod
│       ├── part_dfly.mod
│       ├── part_dvh.mod
│       ├── part_gpt.mod
│       ├── partmap.lst
│       ├── part_msdos.mod
│       ├── part_plan.mod
│       ├── part_sun.mod
│       ├── part_sunpc.mod
│       ├── parttool.lst
│       ├── parttool.mod
│       ├── password.mod
│       ├── password_pbkdf2.mod
│       ├── pata.mod
│       ├── pbkdf2.mod
│       ├── pbkdf2_test.mod
│       ├── pcidump.mod
│       ├── pgp.mod
│       ├── pkcs1_v15.mod
│       ├── plainmount.mod
│       ├── play.mod
│       ├── png.mod
│       ├── priority_queue.mod
│       ├── probe.mod
│       ├── procfs.mod
│       ├── progress.mod
│       ├── raid5rec.mod
│       ├── raid6rec.mod
│       ├── random.mod
│       ├── rdmsr.mod
│       ├── read.mod
│       ├── reboot.mod
│       ├── regexp.mod
│       ├── reiserfs.mod
│       ├── relocator.mod
│       ├── romfs.mod
│       ├── scsi.mod
│       ├── search_fs_file.mod
│       ├── search_fs_uuid.mod
│       ├── search_label.mod
│       ├── search.mod
│       ├── serial.mod
│       ├── setjmp.mod
│       ├── setjmp_test.mod
│       ├── setpci.mod
│       ├── sfs.mod
│       ├── shift_test.mod
│       ├── signature_test.mod
│       ├── sleep.mod
│       ├── sleep_test.mod
│       ├── smbios.mod
│       ├── spkmodem.mod
│       ├── squash4.mod
│       ├── strtoull_test.mod
│       ├── syslinuxcfg.mod
│       ├── tar.mod
│       ├── terminal.lst
│       ├── terminal.mod
│       ├── terminfo.mod
│       ├── test_asn1.mod
│       ├── test_blockarg.mod
│       ├── testload.mod
│       ├── test.mod
│       ├── testspeed.mod
│       ├── tftp.mod
│       ├── tga.mod
│       ├── time.mod
│       ├── tpm.mod
│       ├── trig.mod
│       ├── tr.mod
│       ├── true.mod
│       ├── udf.mod
│       ├── ufs1_be.mod
│       ├── ufs1.mod
│       ├── ufs2.mod
│       ├── uhci.mod
│       ├── usb_keyboard.mod
│       ├── usb.mod
│       ├── usbms.mod
│       ├── usbserial_common.mod
│       ├── usbserial_ftdi.mod
│       ├── usbserial_pl2303.mod
│       ├── usbserial_usbdebug.mod
│       ├── usbtest.mod
│       ├── version.mod
│       ├── video_bochs.mod
│       ├── video_cirrus.mod
│       ├── video_colors.mod
│       ├── video_fb.mod
│       ├── videoinfo.mod
│       ├── video.lst
│       ├── video.mod
│       ├── videotest_checksum.mod
│       ├── videotest.mod
│       ├── wrmsr.mod
│       ├── xfs.mod
│       ├── xnu.mod
│       ├── xnu_uuid.mod
│       ├── xnu_uuid_test.mod
│       ├── xzio.mod
│       ├── zfscrypt.mod
│       ├── zfsinfo.mod
│       ├── zfs.mod
│       └── zstd.mod
├── initrd-6.18.16-desktop-1.mga10.img
├── initrd.img -> initrd-6.18.16-desktop-1.mga10.img
├── symvers-6.18.16-desktop-1.mga10.xz
├── System.map-6.18.16-desktop-1.mga10
├── vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-6.18.16-desktop-1.mga10
└── vmlinuz-6.18.16-desktop-1.mga10

9 directories, 356 files
[root@localhost mag10BootDisk]#



From what little I know about this part of the boot sequence it looks pretty normal to me.

I think that my next test will be to install again from the Classic ISO and see if the same problem persists.

If that doesn't fix the problem, I will probably re-install with a re-partition of the entire disk to see if there is some detritus in the old partitions that is causing the problem.

Stay tuned.

[banjo]

I re-installed Mag10 from the Classic ISO, using the old partitions, and obtained the same result. Grub boots into rescue mode.

I think my next attempt will be to abandon the old partitions and have the installer make new partitions on the disk for a completely clean install.

I will post the results.

[banjo]

I installed Mag10 again from the Live ISO, reformatting the entire disk, and that failed as well. The computer did not see a bootable disk and went directly into the BIOS.

But then, I accidentally found the answer. When installing grub, there is an option in the dialog, "install in /EFI/BOOT (removable device or workaround for some BIOSs)"

OptionToInstallOnEFI-BOOT.png (2.28 MiB) Viewed 444 times

With my motherboard, I have to check that option to get the installation to work. I just took a guess and tried it, and it worked. I had skipped over it because I am not installing on a removable device. I guess my BIOS is one that needs a workaround.

So if you have this motherboard,

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MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI LGA 1200 Intel Z490 SATA 6Gb/s ATX
Intel Motherboard


(no longer available on Newegg) you have to install grub in /EFI/BOOT, whatever that means.

Anyway, I am marking this solved.

Thanks for all the pointers and info. I got a lot of practice installing Mageia over the last few days. It doesn't seem so intimidating anymore.

Banjo
(_)=='=~

[benmc]

good you got it sorted.

I Have 1 laptop that needs this also.

I have stuck a label on the bottom as a reminder. ( As a bonus, I also had to manually enter the Mageia efi path into the UEFI boot manager after the first install to get Mageia to boot! )

[morgano]

Maybe it is frequent enough to be entered into errata?

[doktor5000]

Well we had this in errata, e.g. under https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_9_Err ... ler_images