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#1 2010-03-24 15:01:06

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[SOLVED] Where can I find GRUB 2 (v1.98) already compiled ?

I found this thread and someone mentioned at the bottom:


menuentry "Arch" {
loopback loop /iso/archlinux-2009.08-netinstall-x86_64.iso
set root=loop
linux /boot/vmlinuz26 lang=en locale=en_US.UTF-8 archisolabel=ARCHISO_OHD8FOH5 ramdisk_size=75%
initrd /boot/archiso_pata.img
}

I would like to try it in order to properly boot Arch from a USB stick (formatted as FAT) because it keeps complaining that the "boot device" didn't show up after 30 seconds. Thank you.

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#2 2010-03-24 15:40:17

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Re: [SOLVED] Where can I find GRUB 2 (v1.98) already compiled ?

Um, pacman -S grub2?

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#3 2010-03-24 19:52:02

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Re: [SOLVED] Where can I find GRUB 2 (v1.98) already compiled ?

Won't that install it to the HDD MBR ? How can I use pacman if I don't have Arch installed yet ?


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#4 2010-03-24 22:39:29

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Re: [SOLVED] Where can I find GRUB 2 (v1.98) already compiled ?

Pacman itself won't install grub2 to your MBR.  You install it with "grub-install /dev/<device node>".  As far as not having arch installed goes, you can do this from a livecd, but that kind of defeats the purpose of getting the USB stick working.

Is there any reason you have to have the drive formatted as FAT?  Why not dd the USB image (the .img installers) onto the USB drive?

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#5 2010-03-25 09:56:18

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Re: [SOLVED] Where can I find GRUB 2 (v1.98) already compiled ?

FAT because the USB stick will be used for installing Arch, WinXP and running Parted Magic and a few other utilities. I would change it to ext2 but GRUB 0.4.5a doesn't want to boot it properly. Also, FAT for cross compatibility. I would like to use it as a storage device for my Windows setup too not just Linux.

Damn this stupid bug. Can you please do a pacman -S grub2 and upload it somewhere ? Like www.imagehost.org for instance.

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#6 2010-03-25 10:35:35

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Re: [SOLVED] Where can I find GRUB 2 (v1.98) already compiled ?

Upload the package somewhere? No need - it's already on every Arch mirror.

Just get it from the one nearest to you.

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#7 2010-03-25 11:21:02

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Re: [SOLVED] Where can I find GRUB 2 (v1.98) already compiled ?

ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/extra/os/i686/

There's just grub2-1.98-4-i686.pkg.tar.xz. Isn't this the official mirror ? Seems this package wasn't updated... And it's not in the AUR repositories either: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?O … _Search=Go


To open .xz archives I need the latest version 7-Zip (9.12 beta).


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#8 2010-03-25 11:34:39

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Re: [SOLVED] Where can I find GRUB 2 (v1.98) already compiled ?

huh? You asked for grub 1.98, and you found it. yikes

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#9 2010-03-25 12:04:33

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Re: [SOLVED] Where can I find GRUB 2 (v1.98) already compiled ?

I'm not sure the "-4" is the final version. I think it's Beta4. Correct me if I'm wrong.


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#10 2010-03-25 14:39:39

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Re: [SOLVED] Where can I find GRUB 2 (v1.98) already compiled ?

The "-4" means its the fourth revision of the package.

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#11 2010-03-25 16:51:52

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Re: [SOLVED] Where can I find GRUB 2 (v1.98) already compiled ?

There was never any "Beta4" for grub2. O.o


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#12 2010-03-25 17:29:07

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Re: [SOLVED] Where can I find GRUB 2 (v1.98) already compiled ?

DSpider wrote:

I'm not sure the "-4" is the final version. I think it's Beta4. Correct me if I'm wrong.

You can see the various GRUB2 releases here:

ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/grub/

They are up to 1.98 now and it doesn't mention anything about beta for that release.


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#13 2010-03-25 18:52:14

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Re: [SOLVED] Where can I find GRUB 2 (v1.98) already compiled ?

So it's revision you say... What, it didn't compile well the first time ? Hmmm...


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#14 2010-03-25 18:59:09

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Re: [SOLVED] Where can I find GRUB 2 (v1.98) already compiled ?

Sometimes the maintainer makes a change to the package and reuploads it.

So the first package would have been grub2 1.98-1, then grub2 1.98-2, etc.

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#15 2010-03-25 19:42:30

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Re: [SOLVED] Where can I find GRUB 2 (v1.98) already compiled ?

Dspider - you're not familiar with Arch packaging procedures, so please just trust us. smile

You asked for grub 1.98 already compiled - that package provides it. The -4 is an internal Arch requirement which has nothing to do with the upstream 1.98 release.

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#16 2010-03-25 20:51:53

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Re: [SOLVED] Where can I find GRUB 2 (v1.98) already compiled ?

Thank you for clarifying it. I thought maybe the maintainer got it wrong and uploaded 1.97 Beta 4 (hence the confusion).

Topic marked as [SOLVED]. Thanks again.


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#17 2010-03-26 02:02:52

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