Arch Linux

stryder

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Registered: 2009-02-28

Posts: 500

[solved] clone archlinux installation to another computer

Hi guys. I have installed archlinux on one computer and wanted to clone that to another computer. Here's what I did:

Booted up first computer with another system, tar the archlinux partition.

Booted up second computer, untar archlinux tarball to new HD/partition. Edited fstab to reflect new HD/partition. Edited menu.lst of the existing system in my second computer with new entry for archlinux.

Reboot and choose archlinux.

I got dropped into a recovery shell with error "unable to create/detect root device ..." whether I used root=UUID="xxx" or root=LABEL="xxx" or root=/dev/sdb1.

What am I doing wrong?

(I know there are other ways of installing via network but this would be the easiest for me.)

Last edited by stryder (2009-02-28 07:45:13)

ataraxia

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From: Pittsburgh

Registered: 2007-05-06

Posts: 1,553

Re: [solved] clone archlinux installation to another computer

Does it work if you use the "fallback" image? (Change the "initrd" line in menu.lst to use kerbel26-fallback.img) If so, you just need to run "mkinitcpio -p kernel26" once you get it to boot, and then you'll be able to switch it back.

stryder

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Registered: 2009-02-28

Posts: 500

Re: [solved] clone archlinux installation to another computer

Thanks! "fallback" worked, and "mkinitcpio -p kernel26" did the rest. Thanks again. :-)