Arch Linux

joe8

Member

Registered: 2012-01-10

Posts: 2

Filesystem type unknown

Hello,

yesterday i tried to install Arch Linux on my Lenovo X220 (was using Ubuntu before). I read through the wiki and followed the "Beginner's Guide" - thought I figured everything out,
but after the installation my system won't boot.

The following error appears after i select "Arch Linux" in GRUB:

Booting 'Arch Linux' 

root (hd1,0)
Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x7
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/sdb1 ro

Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition

Press any key to continue...

I'm not to lazy to read thorugh the Wiki for myself, but I just can't figure out what the error message means.

alphaniner

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From: Ancapistan

Registered: 2010-07-12

Posts: 2,810

Re: Filesystem type unknown

Partition type 0x7 is NTFS.  Maybe grub is pointed to the wrong partition.

Last edited by alphaniner (2012-01-10 15:58:57)

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Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

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Re: Filesystem type unknown

I second alphaniner's idea.  As is isn't it suggesting that your boot and root partitions are the same?  Is that the case?

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joe8

Member

Registered: 2012-01-10

Posts: 2

Re: Filesystem type unknown

Strange, because i have just one NTFS partition left (on /dev/sda1), and arch is installed on my ssd on /dev/sdb1
Which should be (hd1,0) - /dev/sda1 should be (hd0,0) according to GRUB

EDIT: My boot and root partitions are the same, actually!

Last edited by joe8 (2012-01-10 16:44:53)

karol

Archivist

Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Filesystem type unknown

Try https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pe … ice_naming as sda and sdb can "trade places" - this is normal.