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#1 2008-08-19 05:29:25
- COMMUNISTCHINA
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GRUB problems
So I have been trying the majority of the day to get Arch on my laptop.
I cannot boot into arch without having the install CD in the tray. I have to type root=/dev/sda3 every time with the CD in.
If I do it without the CD, I get a screen that says something like minimal bash editing is something...blahblahblah... press tab to show commands.
All it says after that is
grub >
I installed GRUB to /boot, and I have a /swap, /, and /home partition.
/boot is sda1, ext2
/swap is sda2, Linux swap
/ is sda3, ext3
/home is sda4, ext3
/boot/grub/menu.lst has the following:
title Arch Linux
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinux26 root=/dev/sda3/ ro
initrd /boot/kernel26.img
Maybe it is something wrong with the fstab?
/dev/sda1 /boot ext2 defaults 0 1
/dev/sda2 /swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sda3 / ext defaults 0 1
/dev/sda4 /home ext3 defaults 0 1
is the fstab.
Oh lawd. Please help?
i don't know you that well.
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#2 2008-08-19 06:22:05
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Re: GRUB problems
title Arch Linux
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinux26 root=/dev/sda3/ ro
initrd /boot/kernel26.img
Take these `/boot`s out and give it a go.
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#3 2008-08-19 06:29:04
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Re: GRUB problems
COMMUNISTCHINA wrote:title Arch Linux
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinux26 root=/dev/sda3/ ro
initrd /boot/kernel26.imgTake these `/boot`s out and give it a go.
They are out; I think my problems might be pretty rough...
At the GRUB prompt, I found out to type
root(hd0,0)
setup (hd0)
/boot/grub/stage1 does not exist.
I installed GRUB to /boot. That's where it's supposed to go, right?
i don't know you that well.
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#4 2008-08-19 06:33:32
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Re: GRUB problems
I installed GRUB to /boot. That's where it's supposed to go, right?
In most cases it should be installed to the MBR of the drive as a whole and not to a specific partition (i.e. to /dev/sda not /dev/sda1, etc.).
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#5 2008-08-19 06:34:26
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Re: GRUB problems
COMMUNISTCHINA wrote:I installed GRUB to /boot. That's where it's supposed to go, right?
In most cases it should be installed to the MBR of the drive as a whole and not to a specific partition (i.e. to /dev/sda not /dev/sda1, etc.).
SHAT.
Okay, that should fix my problem.
I will report back in 30...
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#6 2008-08-19 06:47:47
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Re: GRUB problems
OH GAWD.
If I would have only known...
Thank you.
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