installation and boot rescue

Jacek Poplawski · 2006-01-10 20:02:42

Just installed arch linux 0.7.1
Everything is smoooooth, I was able to play video, music, connect with ADSL modem and now Iam in FireFox, there are two problems however:
- I needed to install base packages only, then add everything manually, because when I select all packages - there were conflicts or errors, and each time I need to select packages from start (installed don't remember anything!)
- rescue doesn't work, even if I pass root=/dev/hda1 option it still run installation process, there is no /dev/hda1 mounted as /

Kern · 2006-01-10 21:03:10

I needed to install base packages only, then add everything manually

thats whats advised. contentious issue regarding updates, releases etc.

starting with a thin base, then doing a full update is best way i hear.
then start adding bits.
sounds like u did well enough anyways.

Welcome to Arch

Jacek Poplawski · 2006-01-10 21:39:09

But not-working rescue is a big problem, I have SUSE 10.0 with grub, in arch I installed LILO, I wanted to add SUSE to LILO and I fskced initrd option - result? Couldn't boot ARCH, couldn't boot SUSE.
Is there any way to boot ARCH 0.7.1 in rescue mode?

rayjgu3 · 2006-01-10 23:18:59

at 1st prompt

vmlinuz  root=/dev/see/example/displayed

is arch on /dev/hda1 ? or is suse or win
if unsure grab damn small linux or puppy linux both are bout 50mb
or grab knoppix 750 mb roughly
id say use archie but its kinda still in development it could work to fix your problem but so can arch install cd if you know your way round cli
from 0.7.1 cd you could chroot your wat into arch maybe even suse id guess
the possibilties are endless maybe you havent learned what you need to do to fix this but if you want to you will

Jacek Poplawski · 2006-01-10 23:29:00

I tried "arch root=", not "vmlinuz root=", is there a difference?
I was able to fix lilo from installer, what I mean is not sad state of my hard disk, but buggy rescue in arch

ozar · 2006-01-10 23:34:32

Hope this helps... I got it right out of the Arch Installation Guide:

 How do I reconfigure LILO from the rescue system?

As a first step you simply boot from the Arch Install CD or disks. If your partitions are intact and don't need checking, you should supply the root= kernel boot parameter as the instructions tell you. That will boot directly into your system, and you can skip all but the last step of actually reconfiguring and running lilo.

If you cannot boot your old root directly, boot the CD as if you were going to start an installation. Once you're in a shell, you mount the root partition of your harddisk into the /mnt directory, for example like this:

# mount /dev/hda3 /mnt

Then you mount any other partitions to their respective mount points within that root of yours, for example a /boot partition:

# mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/boot

Now you need to mount a /dev tree in the /mnt area, where lilo will be able to find it:

# /mnt/bin/mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev

Once everything is mounted, make this /mnt directory your new root with the chroot /mnt command. This will start a new shell and drop you into the /mnt directory, which will be considered your / from then on.

Now you can edit /etc/lilo.conf to your liking and run lilo to fix anything that needs fixing. Simply type exit when you want to break out of this root again, back into the original file tree. You can now reboot and test your changes.

rayjgu3 · 2006-01-11 01:07:50

you want vmlinuz root=/dev/XXXX

not
arch root=

vmlinuz is the kernel your booting

lilsirecho · 2006-01-11 02:53:13

Ozar;

Kudos to you for displaying the rescue system for all to see on the forum.

It has'nt been well covered in the past due to the voluminous data one has to wade thru to get at the answers.

It would be well to keep it near the top of the heap especially when new changes appear in the system. A heading of ARCH RESCUE SYSTEM would be great!

Well covered, Ozar and thanks

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