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I ran into a bunch of problems while installling ArchLinux. I made this post, initially seeking answers, but since I already managed to install ArchLinux, I thought I'd convert this into a troubleshooting post, so if anyone runs into the same thing
Problem 1
My first hurdle was installing GRUB2. I was already pretty set on using GRUB2, rather than GRUB, but I couldn't install it. The wiki instructs users to update their packages with
pacman -SyyOne of the things this does is update pacman. It also uncomments CheckSpace in /etc/pacman.conf, which mistakenly thinks you're out of disk space when modifying your install via chroot.
The Fix is to just comment it in again, which I learned thanks to Allan.
Problem 2
After installing and configuring GRUB2, I hit another roadblock: ArchLinux wouldn't boot. Whenever I booted up, the kernel would complain, saying that it didn't recognize my root directory. I made this post looking for an answer to this problem. Fixes I came across suggested I forgot to include usb in my list of mkinitcpio hooks, but I was always sure it was included. The fix required me to chroot my installation and fix a bunch of packages, particularly mkinitcpio and udev. I didn't think this fix applied at first, because it was a bit dated, and it supposedly showed up when you updated your Linux kernel. I forgot I had updated my packages, which could've included my kernel, while I was fixing up GRUB2. After following the steps, I was done, all thanks to pineapple-biku.
Problem 3
My last problem I ran into was easy to find a fix to. While performing the fix to Problem 2, I wasn't able to run
pacman -SyuIt just kept failing, with the message,
/etc/mtab exists in filesystemThe fix was much easier to find, but was still a lifesaver. Thanks to jasonwryan and tokoro (he made life easier for me by posting it in his reply hehe).
I'm not really sure if this is the appropriate place for this post, but hopefully it's useful to someone.
Last edited by capidepadua (2012-03-23 07:41:50)
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