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erno

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Registered: 2009-08-24

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[SOLVED] A fresh install hangs on boot

I just installed arch according to the beginners guide on a separate disk sdb.

It used to have a gpt system on it before.

I did:

# sgdisk --zap-all /dev/sdb

at this point it complained something about GPT and requiring a reboot to refresh the partition tables or something.

then I proceeded to create partitions with fdisk.

All went well and I got the base system installed but on first boot i get this:

http://imgur.com/a/NWziw

I can't figure this out, is it my radeon 270 or did something go wrong while preparing the disk. Any suggestions are helpful.

Last edited by erno (2014-06-10 12:35:20)

surfatwork

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Registered: 2012-01-05

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Re: [SOLVED] A fresh install hangs on boot

What are your partitions?

erno

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Registered: 2009-08-24

Posts: 83

Re: [SOLVED] A fresh install hangs on boot

just /home and /root

jwm-art

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Registered: 2011-02-01

Posts: 87

Re: [SOLVED] A fresh install hangs on boot

.suggestion: rescue disk, ie grml, + parted or gparted. fdisk doesnt like gpt.

Last edited by jwm-art (2014-06-09 10:01:40)

erno

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Registered: 2009-08-24

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Re: [SOLVED] A fresh install hangs on boot

i'm downloading gparted. what will i do with it?

jwm-art

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Registered: 2011-02-01

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Re: [SOLVED] A fresh install hangs on boot

either fix the partitions or wipe the disk and start over.

erno

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Registered: 2009-08-24

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Re: [SOLVED] A fresh install hangs on boot

it has a ms-dos partition table and everything seems to be fine. the home partition had a warning label that suggested to "check" the partition to fill the space, which i did. it didn't help.

if i start over, what should i do to make sure this won't happen again?

jwm-art

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Registered: 2011-02-01

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Re: [SOLVED] A fresh install hangs on boot

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Partitioning

erno

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Registered: 2009-08-24

Posts: 83

Re: [SOLVED] A fresh install hangs on boot

well thanks...