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#1 2014-09-13 19:21:42

V1ncam
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Registered: 2014-09-13
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[SOLVED] Fail to boot after installation could not find vmlinuz-linux

Hello,

I just finished installing arch for the first time without any troubles. But just now I rebooted and got this error: "loading ../vmlinuz-linux.. failed: no such file or directory".

Syslinux starts and gives me this error with the 'arch linux' and 'arch linux fallback' option.

Did I do something wrong?

Last edited by V1ncam (2014-09-14 10:59:46)

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#2 2014-09-13 19:35:10

2ManyDogs
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Re: [SOLVED] Fail to boot after installation could not find vmlinuz-linux

Welcome to Arch.

ArchWiki wrote:

After installing Syslinux, configure syslinux.cfg to point to the right root partition. This step is vital. If it points to the wrong partition, Arch Linux will not boot. Change /dev/sda3 to reflect your root partition (if you partitioned your drive as in the example, your root partition is /dev/sda1).

Did you do this? What partitions did you mount as root and boot when you installed?


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#3 2014-09-14 08:32:27

V1ncam
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Re: [SOLVED] Fail to boot after installation could not find vmlinuz-linux

Hi, sorry for the delayed reaction, there was something wrong with the internet in my neighborhood last night.

2ManyDogs wrote:

Welcome to Arch.

Thanks! smile

2ManyDogs wrote:

Did you do this?

Yes, I changed them to /dev/sda1

2ManyDogs wrote:

What partitions did you mount as root and boot when you installed?

I mounted '/dev/sda1' as root ('/mnt') and non as boot because:

ArchWiki wrote:

If you have a BIOS motherboard (or plan on booting in BIOS compatibility mode) and you want to setup GRUB on a GPT-partitioned drive, you will need to create an extra BIOS Boot Partition of size 1 or 2 MiB and EF02 type code. Syslinux does not need one.

I thought it wasn't needed.

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#4 2014-09-14 09:41:02

bstaletic
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Re: [SOLVED] Fail to boot after installation could not find vmlinuz-linux

In one of earlier threads I read a post saying that having big separate boot partition, or just not having one may cause bootloader* problems.

Just make a small boot partition and try it that way.

*I can't remember which was the particular bootloader they have talked about in the thread.

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#5 2014-09-14 10:59:07

V1ncam
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Re: [SOLVED] Fail to boot after installation could not find vmlinuz-linux

Hi,

I decided to just start over. It works now!

I did two things different:

  • Created a small boot partition with typ ef02

  • Used GRUB instead of syslinux

I do not know which one fixed my issue. But it is solved.

Thanks.

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