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Hello,
i'm new user.
i tried to install arch linux on a ssd. completed step-by-step all guide, i reboot the computer and
well, it's not finding me anything.
i've installed grub with no problem. i've run also grub-mkconfig.
partition table seems ok.
I'm NOT using GPT but MBR. before i used GPT but then i thought it was this the problem and so i converted to MBR. nothing has been chanched.
could be a problem of my pc?
it's a bit old laptop (i mean, maybe it's 4/5 years) with SATA 1 connector. the disk is sata 3. i don't think this is the problem, cause i was able to see, to partition and to work on the disk during the installation.
pc is telling me "non system disk or disk error. replace and strike any key when ready"
what could be the problem?
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edit: from the installation cd i'm able to enter in grub and start the kernel.
uhm... am i missing something?
i've done
grub-install /dev/sda
#i've sda1,sda2,sda3
#/ is installed on sda3
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
uhm..
Last edited by darkman (2012-08-06 18:09:24)
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Maybe fstab and/or GRUB aren't properly configured?
If you have a big HDD for storage, chances that Arch will sort the device letters by the disk capacities, and your SSD will be considered as /dev/sdb while GRUB cfg will point to /dev/sda.
Try booting into the Arch installation again, mount the drives, chroot into your system and open /etc/fstab and /boot/grub/grub.cfg with a text editor.
# mount /dev/sdX /mnt
# mount /dev/sdY /mnt/boot (if you have a separate partition for /boot)
# arch-chroot /mnt
# nano /boot/grub/grub.cfg
See if grub.cfg points to the right device and partition number, if it does, i can't help you being a Linux noob myself.
Last edited by EmigratePenguin (2012-08-06 18:30:59)
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ok. solved.
the problem was that no partitions were labelled as "bootable".
so, it was not booting ;-)
solved
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Mark it [solved] then please (edit the title of your first post).
And welcome to Arch.
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