Arch Linux

mizipzor

Member

Registered: 2008-09-28

Posts: 11

Booting from iso image copied to harddrive

I downloaded the iso image found here.

According to the fast guide Im following, I created a archcd partition and copied everything from the cd there. I then edited grubs menu.lst.

Problems started after reboot, grub gave me "file not found". Rebooting back into my existing install, remounting the archcd partition, I see that there is no "isolinux" folder on that partition. Is the guide outdated? This was what I added to menu.lst:

title archcd
kernel (hd1,5)/isolinux/vmlinuz root=/dev/sdb6 BOOTMEDIA=cd
initrd (hd1,5)/isolinux/initrd.img

The partition I created to hold the copied contents of the cd is /dev/sdb6.

Heres whats on the fakecd partition:

$ cd /media/archcd && ls -R
.:
boot  boot.catalog  isomounts  overlay.sqfs  root-image.sqfs

./boot:
archiso_ide.img    isolinux                     releasenotes.txt
archiso_pata.img   memdisk.bin                  splash.xpm.gz
diag2.img          memdisk.bin.COPYING          System.map26
diag2.img.COPYING  memtest                      vmlinuz26
grub               memtest86+                   x86test_zImage.bin
help               memtest86+-1.70.bin          x86test_zImage.bin.COPYING
invaders.img       memtest86+-1.70.bin.COPYING

./boot/grub:
arch.xpm.gz    iso9660_stage1_5  reiserfs_stage1_5  tools.lst
colors.lst     jfs_stage1_5      settings.lst       tryboot.lst
e2fs_stage1_5  keyboards.lst     splash.xpm.gz      ufs2_stage1_5
fat_stage1_5   menu.lst          stage1             vstafs_stage1_5
ffs_stage1_5   minix_stage1_5    stage2             xfs_stage1_5
help.lst       more.lst          stage2_eltorito

./boot/help:
bootexisting.txt  contrib.txt  legacyide.txt  usb.txt

./boot/isolinux:
boot.msg  help.msg  isolinux.cfg  options.msg  splash.rle  splashsmall.rle

./boot/memtest86+:
memtest.bin

Searching around the forums, I found this thread. He is using something different:

# (0) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux
root   (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/... ro rootdelay=8
initrd /boot/kernel26.img

Those files I have! So I updated the files/folders to point to those instead. But no avail, grub still gives the same error.
Whats my next step?

darthaxul

Member

Registered: 2008-09-24

Posts: 156

Re: Booting from iso image copied to harddrive

I had a similar problem except I got past the boot menu and arch started loading but never found the partition, something like a kernel panic or something rather.
I think it has something to do with an improperly or bad kernel configuration.