How to solve the problem with installing GRUB in Arch?

arch-linux grub vmware

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To insatll grub on a GUID Partition Table with bios mode you need to create a bios_boot partition.

GUID Partition Table (GPT) specific instructions

On a BIOS/GPT configuration, a BIOS boot partition is required. GRUB embeds its core.img into this partition.

The BIOS boot partition is only needed by GRUB on a BIOS/GPT setup

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kshnkvn

Updated on September 18, 2022

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kshnkvn almost 2 years
I am trying to install Arch Linux in VMware and I have problems with GRUB:

in:
```
grub-install /dev/sda --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot
```
out:
```
Installing for x86_64-efi platform
EFI variables are not supported on this system.
EFI variables are not supported on this system.
grub-install: error: efibootmgr failed to register the boot entry: No such file or directory.
```
in:
```
grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sda
```
out:
```
Installing for i386-pc platform
grub-install: warning: this GPT partition label contains no BIOS Boot Partitionl; embedding won't be possible.
grub-install: warning: Embedding os not possible. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and theur use is discouraged..
grub-install: error: will not proceed with blocklists.
```
Are there any other ways to install GRUB? Or am I doing something wrong?
- kshnkvn almost 5 years
  
  @terdon i also tried install bios-version grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sda or is it not?
- terdon almost 5 years
  
  Oh, sorry, you're quite right. I missed the second part. But why i386? Surely you have a 64bit system. What happens if you just run grub-install /dev/sda? I haven't used grub in years, but I have never needed this --target option.
- kshnkvn almost 5 years
  
  @terdon same error
- kshnkvn almost 5 years
  
  @GAD3R exactly partition? I can not install it in a folder, or something else?
- kshnkvn almost 5 years
  
  @GAD3R I tried to do as it is written in the answer and when i used the command modprobe efivars i got en error ``` modprobe FATAL: Module efivars not found in directory /lib/modules/5.2.11-arch1-1-ARCH ```
- kshnkvn almost 5 years
  
  @GAD3R ty write an answer and I will mark it solved