Problem installing bootloader in GPT disks

eric17 · 2012-05-29 14:19:26

during installation, i installed arch first and then fedora second....but arch was unable to install bootloader either on MBR(sda) or on seperate /boot(sda1)!!

so i didn't installed bootloader of arch, instead installed fedora's botloader on MBR(sda) during fedora's installation......i hope these two cases doesn't cause any trouble in future:
1) Not having seperate /boot, either for arch or fedora................or should i keep one for fedora?
2) Not installing bootloader for arch, as from its fedora's GRUB take cares to boot arch too

thnx in advnc

DSpider · 2012-05-29 15:05:24

First of all, l33t speak isn't going to get you very far.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … ow_to_Post

A sincere effort to use modest and proper language and grammar is a sign of respect toward the community that will certainly be appreciated and is quite likely to elicit positive responses.

Second, if you're talking about GRUB Legacy (0.97), it doesn't support GPT: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB

Note: The grub package does not support GPT disks, BTRFS filesystem and UEFI firmwares.

Looks like Fedora uses GRUB 2 by default (I spotted "grub2-mkconfig" here) but refers to it as "GRUB". So I understand how that can be a little confusing. But yeah, sure. You can have just one bootloader for both distributions. And it doesn't really matter that much which distribution manages it. A second entry for Arch with "initramfs-linux-fallback.img" is also recommended, even thought I don't think I've ever used it... In case shit ever hits the fan I know how to edit the entry right from the menu ("e" key for GRUB/GRUB 2 and Tab for Syslinux) and just rename it with "-fallback.img" myself.

eric17 · 2012-05-29 15:52:05

knowing about GRUB 0.97 solved the problem, thnx spiderman

amm, and one more thing.....suppose i have single swap and i have encrypted it with fedora, then how am i going to use same swap in arch
for that, somewhere they say to take help with cryptsetup in arch.......how to do that?

Last edited by eric17 (2012-05-29 15:52:20)

DSpider · 2012-05-29 16:25:32

No problem. Don't forget to mark it as solved.

And about the swap thing, that sounds like a completely different issue from a bootloader problem. You should check out how Fedora handles swap and try to apply it to Arch. Probably from /etc/fstab. Or, you know, visit the Fedora support forum and/or documentation.

Cheers.

Arch Linux

#1 2012-05-29 14:19:26

Problem installing bootloader in GPT disks

#2 2012-05-29 15:05:24

Re: Problem installing bootloader in GPT disks

#3 2012-05-29 15:52:05

Re: Problem installing bootloader in GPT disks

#4 2012-05-29 16:25:32

Re: Problem installing bootloader in GPT disks

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