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Error installing grub bootloader
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2025-12-1
The installation log
[2025-12-07 19:08:27] - INFO - Setting up swap on zram
[2025-12-07 19:08:27] - INFO - Installing packages: ['zram-generator']
[2025-12-07 19:08:30] - INFO - Enabling service [email protected]
[2025-12-07 19:08:30] - INFO - Installing packages: ['grub']
[2025-12-07 19:08:32] - INFO - Adding bootloader Grub to /dev/nvme0n1p1
[2025-12-07 19:08:32] - DEBUG - Installing grub bootloader
[2025-12-07 19:08:32] - INFO - Installing packages: ['grub']
[2025-12-07 19:08:33] - DEBUG - kernel parameters: zswap.enabled=0 rootfstype=btrfs
[2025-12-07 19:08:33] - INFO - GRUB boot partition: /dev/nvme0n1p1
[2025-12-07 19:08:33] - INFO - GRUB EFI partition: /dev/nvme0n1p1
[2025-12-07 19:08:33] - INFO - Installing packages: ['efibootmgr']
[2025-12-07 19:08:35] - ERROR - Could not install GRUB to /mnt/boot: ['/usr/bin/arch-chroot', '-S', '/mnt', 'grub-install', '--debug', '--target=x86_64-efi', '--efi-directory=/boot', '--bootloader-id=GRUB'] exited with abnormal exit code [1]: gistering with EFI: distributor = `GRUB', path = `\EFI\GRUB\grubx64.efi', ESP at hostdisk//dev/nvme0n1,gpt1.
grub-install: info: executing efibootmgr --version </dev/null >/dev/null.
grub-install: info: executing modprobe -q efivars.
grub-install: info: executing efibootmgr -c -d /dev/nvme0n1 -p 1 -w -L GRUB -l \EFI\GRUB\grubx64.efi.
Could not prepare Boot variable: No space left on device
grub-install: error: efibootmgr failed to register the boot entry: Input/output error.
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[2025-12-07 19:08:36] - ERROR - Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/installer.py", line 1322, in _add_grub_bootloader
SysCommand(command, peek_output=True)
~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/general.py", line 326, in __init__
self.create_session()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/general.py", line 366, in create_session
with SysCommandWorker(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
self.cmd,
^^^^^^^^^
...<3 lines>...
working_directory=self.working_directory,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
) as session:
^
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/general.py", line 194, in __exit__
raise SysCallError(
...<3 lines>...
)
archinstall.lib.exceptions.SysCallError: ['/usr/bin/arch-chroot', '-S', '/mnt', 'grub-install', '--debug', '--target=x86_64-efi', '--efi-directory=/boot', '--bootloader-id=GRUB'] exited with abnormal exit code [1]: gistering with EFI: distributor = `GRUB', path = `\EFI\GRUB\grubx64.efi', ESP at hostdisk//dev/nvme0n1,gpt1.
grub-install: info: executing efibootmgr --version </dev/null >/dev/null.
grub-install: info: executing modprobe -q efivars.
grub-install: info: executing efibootmgr -c -d /dev/nvme0n1 -p 1 -w -L GRUB -l \EFI\GRUB\grubx64.efi.
Could not prepare Boot variable: No space left on device
grub-install: error: efibootmgr failed to register the boot entry: Input/output error.
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The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/__init__.py", line 127, in run_as_a_module
rc = main()
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/__init__.py", line 117, in main
importlib.import_module(mod_name)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/importlib/__init__.py", line 88, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 935, in _load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 1026, in exec_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/scripts/guided.py", line 213, in <module>
guided()
~~~~~~^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/scripts/guided.py", line 210, in guided
perform_installation(arch_config_handler.args.mountpoint)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/scripts/guided.py", line 106, in perform_installation
installation.add_bootloader(config.bootloader_config.bootloader, config.bootloader_config.uki, config.bootloader_config.removable)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/installer.py", line 1674, in add_bootloader
self._add_grub_bootloader(boot_partition, root, efi_partition, bootloader_removable)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/installer.py", line 1331, in _add_grub_bootloader
raise DiskError(f'Could not install GRUB to {self.target}{efi_partition.mountpoint}: {err}') from err
archinstall.lib.exceptions.DiskError: Could not install GRUB to /mnt/boot: ['/usr/bin/arch-chroot', '-S', '/mnt', 'grub-install', '--debug', '--target=x86_64-efi', '--efi-directory=/boot', '--bootloader-id=GRUB'] exited with abnormal exit code [1]: gistering with EFI: distributor = `GRUB', path = `\EFI\GRUB\grubx64.efi', ESP at hostdisk//dev/nvme0n1,gpt1.
grub-install: info: executing efibootmgr --version </dev/null >/dev/null.
grub-install: info: executing modprobe -q efivars.
grub-install: info: executing efibootmgr -c -d /dev/nvme0n1 -p 1 -w -L GRUB -l \EFI\GRUB\grubx64.efi.
Could not prepare Boot variable: No space left on device
grub-install: error: efibootmgr failed to register the boot entry: Input/output error.
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[2025-12-07 19:08:36] - WARNING - Archinstall experienced the above error. If you think this is a bug, please report it to
https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall and include the log file "/var/log/archinstall/install.log".
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Description of the issue
I was installing minimal arch on intel i9-13th annd nvidia 4070
I have tried installing with systembootd and it worked but installing the grub bootloader is not working and i m getting this error
