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R4bByT47

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[SOLVED] UEFI? And mounting problem

Hello. So as allways nothing ever goes well for me.

I want to install archlinux but right at start I encountered at problem. I am using Installation guide from ArchLinux wiki. The problem is at verifying the boot mode. The system was booted in BIOS.

I tried to change it to UEFI in boot setup but I couldnt find such option. I tried looking in the forum and using google but I didnt figure it out.

PC - Sony Vaio VPCYB2M1E
The disk is completely wiped so theres nothing.

Thanks for help.

Last edited by R4bByT47 (2016-09-01 16:32:49)

unable757

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Re: [SOLVED] UEFI? And mounting problem

Make sure you have UEFI and are not booting through legacy mode or bios mode?

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Re: [SOLVED] UEFI? And mounting problem

Why do you want to change the mode to UEFI? Does your laptop even support UEFI?

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R4bByT47

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Re: [SOLVED] UEFI? And mounting problem

Well, Iam booting in bios mode. Thats the problem. I cannot find a way to boot in UEFI.

R4bByT47

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Re: [SOLVED] UEFI? And mounting problem

I was told to install archlinux in UEFI. I tried ignoring that and when I tried mounting the partition drives it doesnt work. When I want to mount "mount /dev/sda1 /mnt " the output is "mount: wrong fs type, bad option,bad superblock on /dev/sda1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error        In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg I tail or so.

unable757

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Re: [SOLVED] UEFI? And mounting problem

http://www.sony.co.uk/support/en/product/VPCYB2M1E

Your model comes with win 7 32 bit which doesn't support UEFI

In the instruction manual, there are references to BIOS
So it is possible that your laptop doesn't support UEFI at all.

R4bByT47

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Re: [SOLVED] UEFI? And mounting problem

Ok. I thought the problem was with UEFI. If it doesnt matter then there is the problem with mounting the disks.
Also, the procesor should be 64bit.

Last edited by R4bByT47 (2016-09-01 13:05:10)

unable757

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Re: [SOLVED] UEFI? And mounting problem

Right, if you don't have UEFI ignore it.

Use fdisk. Create the parition.
Mark the boot flag on the linux partition.
Format it using mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1 or whatever your root is.
Now mount

Last edited by unable757 (2016-09-01 13:11:47)

R4bByT47

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Re: [SOLVED] UEFI? And mounting problem

This time everything went well till "pacstrap -i /mnt base base-devel". The output is "error : failed  retrieving file * from * could not resolve host.

Edit - Fixed

Last edited by R4bByT47 (2016-09-01 13:40:43)

R4bByT47

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Re: [SOLVED] UEFI? And mounting problem

So I guess I was just stupid again. I used different guide and everything worked well. Thanks for help

Last edited by R4bByT47 (2016-09-01 16:32:34)