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c0dehunter

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[SOLVED] Arch not detected by GRUB

I've carefully read the Beginners'_guide (also GRUB and some other relevant pages) and installed Arch along Windows 8 (BIOS, MBR) as suggested. Arch is installed on /dev/sda3. I've installed os-prober and ran grub-mkconfig. The problem is that only Windows is picked up but not Arch.
I've read several other similar threads here with no success. What is wrong?

Here is a picture of the problem-in-action:

Last edited by c0dehunter (2014-02-27 23:19:10)

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Re: [SOLVED] Arch not detected by GRUB

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c0dehunter

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Re: [SOLVED] Arch not detected by GRUB

The thumbnail has been reduced. Thanks for the warning.

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Re: [SOLVED] Arch not detected by GRUB

What happens if you manually configure it, rather than using os-prober (which seems to be less than reliable)?

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c0dehunter

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Re: [SOLVED] Arch not detected by GRUB

First off, the only thing under /boot is directory grub. I expected vmlinuz and initrd.img to be here (making me think the installation of the system is somehow incomplete)?

I have tested with manual entry in /etc/grub.d/40_custom

menuentry "Arch Linux" {
  set root=(hd0,3)
  linux /vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/sda3 ro
  initrd /initramfs-linux.img
}

and running grub-mkconfig. Grub reports that vmlinuz-linux is missing (as mentioned in the previous line, /boot only has grub). Is it possible that I missed some step (although I sticked to the Beginner's Guide like mad)?

Last edited by c0dehunter (2014-02-27 22:57:35)

2ManyDogs

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Re: [SOLVED] Arch not detected by GRUB

Is your entire Arch system installed on sda3? (Do you have a separate /boot or /home partition?)

(edit) never mind -- I see from your first screenshot that you have only one partition.

Last edited by 2ManyDogs (2014-02-27 22:49:24)

c0dehunter

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Re: [SOLVED] Arch not detected by GRUB

I made a horrible mistake of not installing base package. The tip in Beginner's guide to also install base-devel package made me thinking it already includes the first one. Sorry for wasting your time.

Last edited by c0dehunter (2014-02-28 09:48:01)