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guitmz

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Registered: 2012-06-18

Posts: 4

GPT bootloader issue

Hello!

I'm having some trouble to understand that one. Installed Arch, skipped the bootloader because grub legacy doesnt supports GPT and I dont know how to setup syslinux/extinux. Here's the scenario:

500GB HDD GPT partitioned:

1 - EFI partition (Created by OSX Lion installation - Hackintosh)
2 - Lion HFS+ partition
3 - Windows partition (NTFS)
4 - Arch linux (ext4)
5 - 2MB free space (I heard I need one to install grub2)

How can I boot arch linux? I plugged the systemrescuecd live usb, booted into its live mode and performed:

$mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/sda4   (sda4 = the arch partition)
$grub2-install /mnt/sda4

it gave me an error saying that /boot/grub2 wasnt readable at boot and that the install was impossible.

In order to triple boot, I need to install grub (or any bootloader that solves my problem) under the arch partition instead of the MBR so lion bootloader can deal with all the OS'es.

Thanks

guitmz

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Registered: 2012-06-18

Posts: 4

Re: GPT bootloader issue

I'm not a noob or anything.. I just must be missing some detail, cause I never dealt with GPT partitions before and the Mac is a must have for me so I'll stick with GPT. I've heard that Fedora 17 can handle this automatically but I wanted to use arch.. God, i hate to get in trouble by simple stuff haha

DSpider

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From: Romania

Registered: 2009-08-23

Posts: 2,273

Re: GPT bootloader issue

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GPT

Have you seen this?

More precisely, "3. Bootloader Support".

Last edited by DSpider (2012-06-18 19:31:57)

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guitmz

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Registered: 2012-06-18

Posts: 4

Re: GPT bootloader issue

Yeah! I know I have to use Grub2 or syslinux but I'm unable to install grub2 and doesn't really know how to use the syslinux on the partition. Again, I can't install the bootloader to the MBR, must be under the linux OS partition.

Thanks

rutgerr

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From: São Paulo, SP - Brasil

Registered: 2011-06-06

Posts: 72

Re: GPT bootloader issue

I suggest you take a look in: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gr … .img_alone

Last edited by rutgerr (2012-06-18 21:36:02)

cfr

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From: Cymru

Registered: 2011-11-27

Posts: 7,152

Re: GPT bootloader issue

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/UE … ng_on_UEFI

See also pages on GPT and GRUB2, including notes on Macs. No idea if these apply in your case.

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