ermo
dear ermo,
thanks for your help, i read from this that Solus is using GRUB2 bootoader.
my thought now: which version of Grub is it exactly?
maybe the Solus installer denied to install the Solus-Grub on my MBR/EFI master boot record, because my Manjaro had the uttermost latest version Grub 2.12 and the installer denied to overwrite this newest version?
from the Manjaro update-announcements:
With GRUB 2.12 out it is recommended to also install grub to your master boot record or EFI partition. On Manjaro grub gets only installed when you install it to your harddrive the first time. Only advanced users also keep their MBR/EFI in-sync as every package update of grub doesn’t update the installation on your MBR/EFI.
Depending on your system hardware and setup this may could cause an unbootable system on rare cases due to incompatibilities between the installed bootloader and configurations. After a grub package update it is advised to run both, installation and regeneration of configuration.
now, after failing to install Solus and re-installing Manjaro without updating, i assume to be on Grub Version 2.11 if the Manjaro installer overwrote the previous info on the master boot record (but i dont know how i can check this).
so maybe now with Grub 2.11 there might be a chance of installing Solus successful ?
i also had asked in the Manjaro-Forum yesterday and answer number 8 explicitly pointed out to:
- use GParted (where i did not see any option to "Save the newly created partition table" explicitly. i assumed that was done automatically)
- shutdown
- boot with Solus installer
https://forum.manjaro.org/t/how-can-i-install-budgie-solus-and-create-new-mbr/155371/8
i can only keep on trying later today.
if all fails again, another re-install of Manjaro...