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#1 2013-12-31 19:41:04
- aquabow
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Installing in VMWare: GRUB Error "You Need to Load the Kernel First"
Decided to try Arch Linux in VMWare Player, in hopes that I'd maybe be able to install it on a PC one day--Ubuntu's getting a bit annoying.
Note that I'm not exactly new to Linux, but I am new to installing an OS without a GUI to hold my hand through it, so troubleshooting here is a bit scary.
Worked through the "Beginners Installation Guide" found here: http://news.softpedia.com/news/A-Beginn … 2365.shtml
Got all the way to the end with no trouble, until I tried to reboot into Arch and GRUB started throwing this error:
Booting a command list
error: no such device: ad4103fa-d940-47ca-8506-301d8071d467.
Loading Linux core repo kernel ...
error: no such partition.
Loading initial ramdisk ...
error: you need to load the kernel first.For reference: I have three partitions set up, as recommended:
2Gb linux-swap on /dev/sda1
4Gb / on /dev/sda2
4Gb /home on /dev/sda3
Can post contents of GRUB configuration files or command outputs as needed, but I'm not sure what exactly I'm looking for here.
Thanks in advance!
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#2 2013-12-31 20:04:50
- Scimmia
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Re: Installing in VMWare: GRUB Error "You Need to Load the Kernel First"
You have it looking for a specific UUID, but GRUB is telling you that that UUID doesn't exist. Use blkid to get the correct UUID and put it in the GRUB config files.
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#3 2013-12-31 20:17:53
- aquabow
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Re: Installing in VMWare: GRUB Error "You Need to Load the Kernel First"
All right I'll try that, thanks much!
Do you know which specific files I ought to be putting it into?
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#4 2013-12-31 20:18:51
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Re: Installing in VMWare: GRUB Error "You Need to Load the Kernel First"
Not off the top of my head, I don't use GRUB.
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#5 2014-01-01 00:51:17
- Jellicent
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Re: Installing in VMWare: GRUB Error "You Need to Load the Kernel First"
All right I'll try that, thanks much!
Do you know which specific files I ought to be putting it into?
Have a look at the config file that GRUB generated. It says where it got the info from. It will tell you which files to look at.
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#6 2014-01-01 06:34:32
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Re: Installing in VMWare: GRUB Error "You Need to Load the Kernel First"
I had the same problem when installing:
run:
ls -n /dev/disk/by-uuid
Note down the UUID for the Root partition
open up /boot/grub/grub.cfg in nano using sudo
change all UUID entries under the arch entry to match what you wrote down, then save, exit and reboot
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#7 2014-01-01 13:22:13
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Re: Installing in VMWare: GRUB Error "You Need to Load the Kernel First"
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