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So
my friend tried to install Arch after I recommended it to him (I assumed
he knew what he was doing) but the installation was all messed up. I
told him to give me his computer and see what I could do.
First, when I ran fdisk the following message popped:
WARNING: fdisk GPT support is currently new, and therefore in an
experimental phase. Use at your own discretion.
I didn't pay attention to it since I assumed that was just in case I
wanted to make a GPT partition.
I went through the installation normally until I installed Grub. When I
did the install script:
grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck /dev/sda
I got this output:
/usr/bin/grub-bios-setup: warning: this GPT partition label contains no
BIOS boot partition; embedding won't be possible.
/usr/bin/grub-bios-setup: warning: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can
only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. Ho
wever, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged..
/usr/bin/grub-bios-setup: error: will not proceed with blocklists.
[EDIT] I have all partitions mounted and everyone of them was made in
fdisk using the 'n' option (create new partition) and not the 'g' option
(create empty GPT partition table).
Last edited by Kolt Penny (2013-10-22 05:05:57)
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Sounds like the disk is already setup for GPT. If you want to switch back to MBR, you'll probably just want to start over.
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Sounds
like the disk is already setup for GPT. If you want to switch back to
MBR, you'll probably just want to start over.
I deleted all the partitions before writing them, in fact, I did everything as if I started a fresh install. Also whenever I try to boot it just shows "GRUB _" and nothing else.
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but the partition table was already set for GPT, so that's what fdisk used. I'm not sure how to totally rewrite it.
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I also think that's the problem, because it's hard to install GRUB or even Syslinux like this.
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gdisk is typically able to convert from gpt to msdos partitioning.
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gdisk is typically able to convert from gpt to msdos partitioning.
So a dos partition is a MBR partition?
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WonderWoofy wrote:gdisk is typically able to convert from gpt to msdos partitioning.
So a dos partition is a MBR partition?
No. But the partitioning scheme used by msdos fs has an MBR. An MBR is not a partition.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record
Last edited by ewaller (2013-10-22 04:25:23)
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So, I did as it was pointed to me by WonderWoofy (coolest dog btw) and reformated the entire disk to MBR. Now it's solved. Thank you all for your time.
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