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davidcarvalho

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Registered: 2010-04-20

Posts: 21

arch install is not detected

hey arch,
I have seen a couple of similar issues over the forum but not exactly the same.
so this is what i did:
used gparted and configures my hard drive as follows:

sda1--> windows -->boot
sda2--> extended
     sda5--> boot
     sda6--> root
     sda7--> swap
     sda8-->home

then installed xp on sda1 hd(0,0)
it worked fine.
then installed arch with boot at sda5.
but the grub does not load at start up.
i have configured everything as the wiki.
just to check i even made sda5 as boot but then system does not detect a boot partition. what did i do wrong?
this is my windows entry---

# (1) Windows
title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
#makeactive
chainloader +1

arch i have configured to boot at hd(0,4) as sda5 is /boot
does /boot have to be a primary partition? because as you see from above it is not..

Ber

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2006-07-05

Posts: 80

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Re: arch install is not detected

Did you install grub on the MBR?  Do you have another disk?

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davidcarvalho

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Registered: 2010-04-20

Posts: 21

Re: arch install is not detected

hey ber,
thanks for the reply. no i did not. can you direct me to the instructions please?
thanks for the help

evot

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From: Finland

Registered: 2010-02-26

Posts: 96

Re: arch install is not detected

You can try to find solution from grup wiki page.
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Grub

Or you can just install it again with reformatting those partitions you created for linux.

I never have had same kind of problem myself so i can't give any direct instructions.

davidcarvalho

Member

Registered: 2010-04-20

Posts: 21

Re: arch install is not detected

thank you evot.
i have alread got an answer from Demian. I will try it out when i get back from work and then post link and SOLVED

davidcarvalho

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Registered: 2010-04-20

Posts: 21

Re: arch install is not detected

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 07#p759507

Above is my solution to the problem. It does not solve it completely but it is a solution.
Thank you everyone for the help