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GRUB won't boot after first boot #4097

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Which ISO version are you using?

2026.01.01

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Laptop : TOSHIBA Satellite C50-A570 
12GB DDR2 RAM
256GB SATA SSD
Intel Core i5 4200M

describe the problem

I was installing Arch Linux on my laptop using archinstal. It went smoothly, i set the partitions, added multilib and selected GRUB as my bootloader.
I booted into my newly installed distro, installing some essentials and using configuring it, and a problem occurred when I rebooted.

It couldn't boot into Arch using GRUB. In older versions of Archinstall, It used to boot after waiting on a BIOS error that says

>> Checking Media presence
>> No Media Present.

And would boot into grub after 15 seconds. I used to fix it by making the GRUB entry resemble Windows Boot manager. Well in this version of archinstall "latest", it just keeps deleting the GRUB boot entry every time i make it.

Yeah sure, it may be janky hardware but this issue doesn't happen when i use an older version of archinstall. I gave up on this method since it gave me permanent connectivity issues.

Any clue? feel free to ask for info.

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