Arch Linux

Dark_Star

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Registered: 2008-01-25

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Arch Booting Problem..

I installed Arch Linux after I tried to install Grub I got an error that failed installing grub /dev/tty or something like that . That didn't bother me since I have Ubuntu installed and I can use its grub.. I added Arch Linux entry in Ubuntu grub but it didn't boot .. Here is my Arch Linux Entry .. I have installed it in /dev/sda7

# (0) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux
root   (hd0,6)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda7 ro
initrd /boot/kernel26.img

jacko

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Registered: 2007-11-23

Posts: 840

Re: Arch Booting Problem..

post up

fdisk -l

and your whole menu.lst, u will probably get more help. Also, what was the error u got, grub error codes are very specific and it may very well lead someone to give u the right answer.

Dark_Star

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Registered: 2008-01-25

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Re: Arch Booting Problem..

Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0dd6c6bd

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1        3187    25599546    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2            3188        8287    40965750    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda3            8288        9607    10602900   83  Linux
/dev/sda4            9608        9729      979965   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda5            4406        5737    10699290    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6            5738        8287    20482843+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda7            3188        4405     9783522    b  W95 FAT32

Partition table entries are not in disk order

I don't have Windows Installed .. Only *nix setup.. I am new to Arch while am pretty good with Ubuntu

jacko

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Registered: 2007-11-23

Posts: 840

Re: Arch Booting Problem..

Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0dd6c6bd

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1        3187    25599546    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2            3188        8287    40965750    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda3            8288        9607    10602900   83  Linux
/dev/sda4            9608        9729      979965   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda5            4406        5737    10699290    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6            5738        8287    20482843+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda7            3188        4405     9783522    b  W95 FAT32

Partition table entries are not in disk order

I don't have Windows Installed .. Only *nix setup.. I am new to Arch while am pretty good with Ubuntu

/dev/sda7 is a w95 FAT32 file system, I'd say that is why arch won't boot, because u never installed it. U never formatted the partition.

The only linux partitions are sda3 sda4 partitions and I presume they are for ubuntu?

If I was you, with that messed up partitioning scheme, I would look to clean it up and start over.

Last edited by jacko (2008-01-26 16:41:33)