[SOLVED]I still get failed to load ldlinux.c32 after removing Syslinux

Primoz · 2018-01-31 10:52:56

I'm not sure if this falls under this subforum, but I don't know where to post it...

Long story short I though that the reason I couldn't get Syslinux to work on my computer was because I was trying to force AMDGPU, without any proper settings of it.
So I've installed Syslinux, and got the failed to load ldlinux.c32 again, realising that I was right in my first assesment, that it doesn't work because I guess my ext4 disk is formated with 64bit feature.
Then I decied to just revert back to GRUB2 again. I uninstalled Syslinux, and configured GRUB, but nothing, I still got the failed to load ldlinux.c32.
So I went decided to try and get Syslinux working, and in act of desperation did this command:

extlinux --install /boot/syslinux/

Yet even with this, I still got the same error. So I removed Syslinux again, and found the part on how to remove ldlinux.sys from /boot, yet even now, with my /boot completely without any trace of Syslinux, I still get the same error.

I don't even know how's that possible.

But I fear that I actually f-ed it up during installation, because if I search for MBR with

cat mbr.bin > sda

and

cat mbr.bin > sda1

I get the same result, that there's no such file. So yeah, I have no idea if I need to completely reinstall Arch on my disk, or I just have to create an mbr "partition" or should it work without it? I think it did before.

Last edited by Primoz (2018-01-31 11:42:35)

Slithery · 2018-01-31 11:02:54

Primoz wrote:

Then I decied to just revert back to GRUB2 again. I uninstalled Syslinux, and configured GRUB, but nothing, I still got the failed to load ldlinux.c32.

You say you configured grub, but did you actually install it to the MBR of your drive?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB#Installation

But I fear that I actually f-ed it up during installation, because if I search for MBR with
cat mbr.bin > sda
and
cat mbr.bin > sda1
I get the same result, that there's no such file.

Those commands don't do what you think, they just copy the contents of the file called mbr.bin in your current directory to a file called sda(1). If there isn't a file called mbr.bin in your current directory (and there''s no reason why there should be) then of course you'll get a 'no such file' error.

Primoz · 2018-01-31 11:31:04

Well if I do that I get this error:

grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sda
Installing for i386-pc platform.
grub-install: warning: Attempting to install GRUB to a disk with multiple partition labels.  This is not supported yet..
grub-install: warning: Embedding is not possible.  GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists.  However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged..
grub-install: error: will not proceed with blocklists.

EDIT: After reading grub-install manual, I've decided to do:

grub-install --recheck --force /dev/sda

Hopefully foring an install did the trick.

Last edited by Primoz (2018-01-31 11:35:19)

Primoz · 2018-01-31 11:42:50

Yup forcing it fixed everything!

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#1 2018-01-31 10:52:56

[SOLVED]I still get failed to load ldlinux.c32 after removing Syslinux

#2 2018-01-31 11:02:54

Re: [SOLVED]I still get failed to load ldlinux.c32 after removing Syslinux

#3 2018-01-31 11:31:04

Re: [SOLVED]I still get failed to load ldlinux.c32 after removing Syslinux

#4 2018-01-31 11:42:50

Re: [SOLVED]I still get failed to load ldlinux.c32 after removing Syslinux

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