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Skyflier

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Registered: 2014-04-02

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[SOLVED] Gummiboot won't find /vmlinuz-linux

Hi guys.
This is my first post here. For the first time a adventured myself on installing Arch Linux on real hardware after months trying and testing in VirtualBox.

Now after installing the base system I cannot boot into Arch. Here's what we have:

- Laptop with UEFI (Arch installed in UEFI mode as well);
- Windows 8.1 already installed (and want to keep it in dual boot);
- Gummiboot installed and configured.

The Gummiboot menu shows up but when I select "Arch Linux" it doesn't boot telling me it cannot find "\vmlinuz-linux".
I configured the entry for the Arch system using the Beginners' Guide wiki and directed the path to /vmlinuz-vmlinux as instructed, maybe that's not the patch or I am doing something wrong.

Here's the partition table of the disk:
GPT
sda1 - Windows reserved (NTFS)
sda2 - EFI (VFAT)
sda3 - Windows reserved
sda4 - Windows 8.1 (NTFS)
sda5 - Arch Linux root (ext4) /mnt
sda6 - Arch Linux home (ext4) /mnt/home
sda7 - Linux Swap (swap)

Last edited by Skyflier (2014-04-02 18:29:29)

Mr.Elendig

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Re: [SOLVED] Gummiboot won't find /vmlinuz-linux

mount the $esp to /boot then reinstall the kernel

Last edited by Mr.Elendig (2014-04-02 16:53:50)

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Skyflier

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Re: [SOLVED] Gummiboot won't find /vmlinuz-linux

That fixed it. Many thanks!

nikosgr33k

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Re: [SOLVED] Gummiboot won't find /vmlinuz-linux

i have the exact same problem after hours and hours of trying to install gummiboot and i finally did now its says to em also it cannot find vmlinuz

what exactly do i need to do?

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Re: [SOLVED] Gummiboot won't find /vmlinuz-linux

@nikosgr33k --- please don't crosspost (original query: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=186119 )

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colinkeenan

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Re: [SOLVED] Gummiboot won't find /vmlinuz-linux

mount the $esp to /boot then reinstall the kernel

I think an example will help somebody: if root is /dev/sda2 and the efi partition is /dev/sda1, boot the arch iso then:

mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
genfstab -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
arch-chroot /mnt
pacman -S linux

The genfstab will add an entry for /dev/sda1, but it will probably duplicate /dev/sda2. So edit /mnt/etc/fstab and remove duplicate lines.

Last edited by colinkeenan (2015-09-15 01:04:09)

fukawi2

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Re: [SOLVED] Gummiboot won't find /vmlinuz-linux

Please leave the dead to rest in peace; a lot has changed since April 2014.

Closing.

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