cheers,
]]>what do you mean "run" lilo. sorry if this is a stupid question
cheers,
whenever you upgrade the kernel, run "lilo" as root, to make sure it picks up kernel changes....
]]>cheers,
]]>Well enough said i am actually posting from my arch box right now! yay!
i still really dont have any idea why i was having so much trouble but i do understand Linux much much better. thanks m8s for taking time to reply.
cheers,
]]>... the kernel line should refer to the root partition using the root=/dev/hda3 format rather than /dev/discs/disc0/part3.
Not so, here's my working kernel line in grub:
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/discs/disc0/part2 ro
If not you can use the livecd to install grub to the MBR of your hard disk, using the standard commands:
root=(hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/hda3 ro
setup (hd0)
Come to think of it, I vaguely remember having similar probs with grub (for other reasons) and it turned out that the kernel line should refer to the root partition using the root=/dev/hda3 format rather than /dev/discs/disc0/part3.
Suggest you try editing your current line on boot up before trying the livecd solution.
]]>I can't say I've ever heard of that one before.
Neither I, actually... :twisted: It is the other way round (LILO over GRUB), I mistyped... See here:
http://www.pclinuxonline.com/pclos/html … ation.html
grub doesn't install to MBR cleanly if LILO has been used before.
I can't say I've ever heard of that one before. I would think if you:
root (hd0,0)
setup (hd0)
the last line will rewrite the MBR on hd0 (hda1). I didn't know that worked any different than 'fdisk /mbr'.
]]>By the way your /boot partition is larger than normal, unless you want to toy with 70 different kernel revisions.
I think the swap is too big as well -- nowadays it's possible to use no swap at all, but I think 200-500MB is a reasonable amount to keep just in case.
A common size for /boot is 32MB -- this is still plenty of room for more kernels than anyone is likely to ever need.
]]>hi m8s!
so i have been trying to install acrch for about 4 days now with no luck. i have made it once into the system after installation only to have it crap out on me. this is because i had a bad stick of ram giving me errors. so now i have it all sorted out and i cannot get it to boot.
i have done both ftp and cd installation without problem. i have done fresh installs and i have also re partitioned set new mount points every time i have tried to reinstall.
my partions are as follows:
/dev/discs/disc0/part1 = /boot 150mb /dev/discs/disc0/part2 = swap 1500mb /dev/discs/disc0/part3 = /root 20000mb /dev/discs/disc1/part1 = /home 30000mb
my menu.lst is:
title Arch Linux [/bootvmlinux26] root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/discs/disc0/part3 ro
the error i was getting at fist was "grub error 15"
after i tried to install lilo over it i started getting "grub" scrolling across my screen in an infinite loop.i think its the MBR. is there a way to flash it or clean it. this really making me frustrated because i want to use arch so bad. if anyone has an ideas fire away because i dont want to go back to gentoo and the LONG complies.
cdk
why root=hd0,0) try without that line in meu.lst.......
or point it ast your root hd0,2...
]]>By the way your /boot partition is larger than normal, unless you want to toy with 70 different kernel revisions.
]]>so i have been trying to install acrch for about 4 days now with no luck. i have made it once into the system after installation only to have it crap out on me. this is because i had a bad stick of ram giving me errors. so now i have it all sorted out and i cannot get it to boot.
i have done both ftp and cd installation without problem. i have done fresh installs and i have also re partitioned set new mount points every time i have tried to reinstall.
my partions are as follows:
/dev/discs/disc0/part1 = /boot 150mb
/dev/discs/disc0/part2 = swap 1500mb
/dev/discs/disc0/part3 = /root 20000mb
/dev/discs/disc1/part1 = /home 30000mb
my menu.lst is:
title Arch Linux [/bootvmlinux26]
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/discs/disc0/part3 ro
the error i was getting at fist was "grub error 15"
after i tried to install lilo over it i started getting "grub" scrolling across my screen in an infinite loop.
i think its the MBR. is there a way to flash it or clean it. this really making me frustrated because i want to use arch so bad. if anyone has an ideas fire away because i dont want to go back to gentoo and the LONG complies.
cdk
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