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bembii

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From: Germany

Registered: 2012-05-17

Posts: 2

Dual Boot with dm_Crypt and lvm

Hello,
i try to install Arch on my Notebook in a Dual-Boot-Setup with WIndows7 and an encrypted Partition for Arch.

My Layout looks like this:
  - /dev/sda1: Windows (ntfs)
  - /dev/sda2: /boot (ext2)
  - /dev/sda3: encrypted
     - mapper for root
     - mapper for home

I added "cryptdevice=/dev/sda3:main" to the kernel-Line in menu.lst and then tried to install GRUB to the MBR of sda, but then following output on tty7:

"grub> root (hd0,1)
   Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x6
grub> setup (hd0)

Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition"

Thank you for your Help
bembii

DSpider

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From: Romania

Registered: 2009-08-23

Posts: 2,273

Re: Dual Boot with dm_Crypt and lvm

Partition type 0x6 is a FAT partition. I bet if you run fdisk -l it will show as FAT16.

Run GParted Live or Parted Magic from a LiveCD or USB stick and set up the partitions yourself.

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bembii

Member

From: Germany

Registered: 2012-05-17

Posts: 2

Re: Dual Boot with dm_Crypt and lvm

Thank you for your Answer,
I thought it would be okay to create the Filesystem with cfdisk while doing the Installation (worked for me last Time) and yes you are right fdisk show the Partition as FAT.