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soumyaxyz

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Registered: 2013-03-18

Posts: 3

Cant boot after installing

I installed Arch in my laptop from usb following the beginners guide

Used GPT partitioning and my current disk structure is :
           1007K  free space
sda1    100M  Win
sda2    54G  Win   ( windows 7 )
sda3    3G  swap
sda4    16.3G  arch  ( /mnt)
sda5    38.4G  home (/mnt/home)

on running
# grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck /dev/sda

i get the output :
/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup:  warning : this GPT partition label contains no  BIOS boot Partition; embedding wont be possible
/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup:  warning : Embedding id not possible. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged..
/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup:  error : will not proceed with blocklists
     
so i ran
# grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck --force /dev/sda

i got the same warning but no error

finally
# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

i got the output :

Found Linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs--linux.img
   Warning: Failed to connect to lvmetad: No such file or directory. Falling back to internal scanning.
   No volume groups found
Found Windows 7 (loader) on /dev/sda1
done

exited the chroot, unmounted the disks and rebooted

on reboot i get
GRUB <blinking cursor>

what should i do now??

Last edited by soumyaxyz (2013-03-18 19:03:47)

s1ln7m4s7r

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Registered: 2013-02-22

Posts: 262

Re: Cant boot after installing

i get the output :
/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup:  warning : this GPT partition label contains no  BIOS boot Partition; embedding wont be possible
/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup:  warning : Embedding id not possible. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged..
/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup:  error : will not proceed with blocklists

Your setup doesn't respect the preliminary requirements for GRUB2 on GPT (lack of bios boot partition)

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gr … structions

Warning: Failed to connect to lvmetad: No such file or directory. Falling back to internal scanning.
No volume groups found

Are you using any lvm volumes?

Last edited by s1ln7m4s7r (2013-03-18 18:34:42)

soumyaxyz

Member

Registered: 2013-03-18

Posts: 3

Re: Cant boot after installing

i get the output :
/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup:  warning : this GPT partition label contains no  BIOS boot Partition; embedding wont be possible
/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup:  warning : Embedding id not possible. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged..
/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup:  error : will not proceed with blocklists

Your setup doesn't respect the preliminary requirements for GRUB2 on GPT (lack of bios boot partition)

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gr … structions

I tried syslinux earlier but then i got just a blinking cursor after rebooting
so is there any way for me to salvage the installations ?
[edit] I forgot to mention the 1007k free space at the start ( i have edited the original post)

Warning: Failed to connect to lvmetad: No such file or directory. Falling back to internal scanning.
No volume groups found

Are you using any lvm volumes?

No I did not set up any logical volume

Last edited by soumyaxyz (2013-03-18 19:05:30)

soumyaxyz

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Registered: 2013-03-18

Posts: 3

Re: Cant boot after installing

Problem Solved i had to set the 1007k freespace as boot type [ef02]
@ s1ln7m4s7r  thanks a lot for that link