arch linux boot errors

sear · 2004-04-24 14:32:36

hi there

i have installed arch and everything went fine.

when i choose arch linux in the grub menu it first loads, gets a first FAIL on "mounting root read-only".

then:

Mounting local Filesystems BUSY
warning: cant open /etc/mtab: No such file or directory
mount: cant find / in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
cant create lock file ....
cant create lock file......

Configuring System Clock BUSY
.....

Removing Leftover Files BUSY
......... read only file system
........

.....

and then if i wait for about 4 minutes a login comes up:

Arch Linux 0.6 (widget) ((none)) (vc/1)

(none) login:

there i cant login as root (login incorrect)

what have i done ?

thanks for help

linfocito · 2004-04-24 15:10:50

May you post your menu.lst file (/boot/grub/menu.lst)?

sear · 2004-04-24 15:27:22

here you are:

# Config file for GRUB - The GNU GRand Unified Bootloader
# /boot/grub/menu.lst
# DEVICE NAME CONVERSIONS
#
# Old /dev DevFS Grub
# -----------------------------------------------
# /dev/fd0 /dev/floppy/0 (fd0)
# /dev/hda /dev/discs/disc0/disc (hd0)
# /dev/hdb2 /dev/discs/disc1/part2 (hd1,1)
# /dev/hda3 /dev/discs/disc0/part3 (hd0,2)
#
# FRAMEBUFFER RESOLUTION SETTINGS
# +----------------------------------------+
# | 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
# ----+-----------------------------------
# 256 | 0x301 0x303 0x305 0x307
# 32K | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x319
# 64K | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x31A
# 16M | 0x312 0x315 0x318 0x31B
# +----------------------------------------+
# general configuration:
timeout 5
default 0
color light-blue/black light-cyan/blue
# boot sections follow
# each is implicitly numbered from 0 in the order of appearance below
#-*
# (0) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux [/boot/vmlinuz26]
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/discs/disc0/part1 ro
# use this if your /boot/vmlinuz26 is on a different partition
#kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/discs/disc0/part3 ro
# (1) Windows
title windows
rootnoverify (hd0,3)
makeactive
chainloader +1

booting the windows partition works

kritoke · 2004-04-24 15:36:53

For my system I had to change the /dev/discs/disc0/partx to /dev/hdax. See if that works for you.

Kritoke

sear · 2004-04-24 20:47:35

nope, that didnt help - the same things happend

can you have a look at my /etc/fstab maybe this is corrupt

# /etc/fstab: static file system information
#
# <file system>        <dir>         <type>    <options>          <dump> <pass>
none                   /proc         proc      defaults            0      0
none                   /dev/pts      devpts    defaults            0      0
none                   /dev/shm      tmpfs     defaults            0      0
tmpfs                  /tmp          tmpfs     defaults            0      0
sysfs                  /sys          sysfs     defaults            0      0
usbdevfs               /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs  defaults            0      0

/dev/cdroms/cdrom0     /mnt/cd   iso9660   ro,user,noauto,unhide   0      0
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0     /mnt/dvd  udf       ro,user,noauto,unhide   0      0
/dev/floppy/0          /mnt/fl   vfat      user,noauto,unhide      0      0

thanks

linfocito · 2004-04-24 21:00:07

try add to your fstab:

/dev/discs/disc0/part1 / $fstype defaults 0 1

where $fstype is your file system type (ext2fs, ext3fs, xfs, reiserfs or jfs).
You sould add your swap partition too.

Arch Linux

#1 2004-04-24 14:32:36

arch linux boot errors

#2 2004-04-24 15:10:50

Re: arch linux boot errors

#3 2004-04-24 15:27:22

Re: arch linux boot errors

#4 2004-04-24 15:36:53

Re: arch linux boot errors

#5 2004-04-24 20:47:35

Re: arch linux boot errors

#6 2004-04-24 21:00:07

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