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Brandon Z

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Registered: 2011-08-16

Posts: 8

GRUB Fails

Hey there,
I recently installed Arch Linux, it was running smooth for about 2 days. Then today when I restarted my computer. I went through Windows Boot manager and selected the Option I created for Arch using "EasyBCD" It then booted /dev/sda5 the partition I installed Arch on, but I also installed GRUB on this partition as-well. But here is the problem. Grub won't start, it gives me this black screen that says "GRUB _" with a blinking underscore. I have tried reinstalling Arch, yet it did the same thing, I even formatted the partition using windows and I still got it. Even where there was no OS on it. It still gave me that screen. Any ideas on how to fix this? I miss my Arch install. I hate having to use Winblows

testdude281

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From: Vizag, India

Registered: 2011-03-04

Posts: 75

Re: GRUB Fails

please post your menu.lst file and the output of fdisk -l

roygbiv

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Registered: 2011-05-18

Posts: 204

Re: GRUB Fails

Please read this announcement first:  http://www.archlinux.org/news/changes-t … filenames/. If this is the problem , you need to change your GRUB menu.lst file accordingly. To get access to it, boot into a livecd and mount your /boot location, edit the file and reboot.

zebulon

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Registered: 2008-10-20

Posts: 358

Re: GRUB Fails

roygbiv is right, the current iso images use the kernel26 nomenclature, you need to adjust your menu.lst accordingly. You can edit the lines during the boot menu sequence (press "e" to edit a menu entry). As far as I know, new install images are being generated.

Brandon Z

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Registered: 2011-08-16

Posts: 8

Re: GRUB Fails

How would I edit my menu.lst? My computer Freezes when GRUB boots.

roygbiv

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Registered: 2011-05-18

Posts: 204

Re: GRUB Fails

I mean, I just explained that.

Last edited by roygbiv (2011-08-19 15:30:40)

Brandon Z

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Registered: 2011-08-16

Posts: 8

Re: GRUB Fails

I mean, I just explained that.

What do you mean by "mount" my boot location?

roygbiv

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Registered: 2011-05-18

Posts: 204

Re: GRUB Fails

I mean, I just explained that.

What do you mean by "mount" my boot location?

Once you have booted into a livecd you can perform all the stuff needed. If you have a separate /boot partition for your arch install, you can mount the filesystem on it in order to get access to the files there. To find the right location for the boot partition (i.e. "/dev/sda3") , you can run the command fdisk -l or cfdisk (more friendly perhaps). Then you can mount it (here assuming it's /dev/sda3) :

# mkdir /mnt/boot
# mount -t auto /dev/sda3 /mnt/boot

Then you can cd into /mnt/boot/grub and edit menu.lst and reboot.

Last edited by roygbiv (2011-08-19 15:42:19)

Brandon Z

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Registered: 2011-08-16

Posts: 8

Re: GRUB Fails

I mean, I just explained that.

What do you mean by "mount" my boot location?

Once you have booted into a livecd you can perform all the stuff needed. If you have a separate /boot partition for your arch install, you can mount the filesystem on it in order to get access to the files there. To find the right location for the boot partition (i.e. "/dev/sda3") , you can run the command fdisk -l or cfdisk (more friendly perhaps). Then you can mount it (here assuming it's /dev/sda3) :

# mkdir /mnt/boot
# mount -t auto /dev/sda3 /mnt/boot

Then you can cd into /mnt/boot/grub and edit menu.lst and reboot.

Thank you so much! I really, really appreciate all of you're help.