Can't seem to get arch installed :( [solved]

ncage · 2014-10-19 04:24:42

I'm trying to install on a vm. I'm on my 3rd time trying and i getting the same problem. After i install i see the following 4 times
"Grub Loading"

and then the VM shuts down.

I'm using the following guide: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_guide

I'm using a BIOS system and not UEFI

I single drive that i partition into 3 (GPT):
/dev/sda1 500MB /boot (ef02) (formatted with ext4)
/dev/sda2 30GB / (8300) (formatted with ext4)
/dev/sda3 1GB swap (8200)

I mount all partitions
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt

one thing i noticed weird is that when i generate /mnt/etc/fstab that the boot partition was never included so the last time i installed i tried to add it manually but that didn't fix anything.

When i install grub everything works fine with no errors:
grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck /dev/sda
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Please take it easy on me because i'm newbie @ this stuff . If you need any more info from me don't hesitate to ask but at this time i have no idea what to try. Any help would be appreciated...

Edit:

Another wierd thing is i boot the iso disk again and try to mount /dev/sda1 i get the following error:
[ 290.536694] EXT4-fs (sda1): extr-check descriptors: Block bitmap for group 0 not in group block (3946840320)!
[ 290.526758] EXST4-fs (sda1): group descriptors corrupted!
mount: wrong fs type, bad options, bad superblock on /dev/sda1,
missing codepage or helper program or other error

i've had this happen twice

Last edited by ncage (2014-10-19 07:01:43)

daspicer · 2014-10-19 05:09:37

I just successfully installed on 2 machines, one Xfce and the other Gnome. I used these to install:

System Installation
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19Ru … lIsck/edit

Post-install to Xorg
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CmL … cbG_k/edit

jackpot · 2014-10-19 05:30:54

You must leave 2 MB partition for boot as the first partition. VM needs this BIOS partition otherwise Grub2 installation will always fail. So redo installation with 2mb spared on top as first partition or install 'syslinux' instead of grub2 in current state which should work.

EDIT:
...An external link removed by author...

Last edited by jackpot (2014-10-19 05:42:03)

jasonwryan · 2014-10-19 05:40:36

Posting links to random youtube videos and Google docs isn't exactly helping. Use the Arch documentation.

jackpot · 2014-10-19 05:44:54

@Jason, sorry removed link. It was unnecessary anyway as I wrote earlier.

OP: Please detail of solution I wrote above are here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GR … structions

ncage · 2014-10-19 06:26:50

Thanks everyone for the replies. I ended up figured it out myself. I didn't 100% understand:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GR … structions

I thought i had to create my /boot partition as ef02 and and then i formatted it with ext4 and its exactly why it was corrupted. I needed to create the ef02 partition "without" a file system. Didn't quite understand that at first but hopefully its smooth sailing from here. Thanks all....

jasonwryan · 2014-10-19 07:00:04

Please remember to mark your thread as [Solved] by editing your first post and prepending it to the title.

ncage · 2014-10-19 07:01:55

jasonwryan wrote:

Please remember to mark your thread as [Solved] by editing your first post and prepending it to the title.

Done...

jackpot · 2014-10-19 10:35:28

ncage wrote:

Thanks everyone for the replies. I ended up figured it out myself. I didn't 100% understand:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GR … structions
I thought i had to create my /boot partition as ef02 and and then i formatted it with ext4 and its exactly why it was corrupted. I needed to create the ef02 partition "without" a file system. Didn't quite understand that at first but hopefully its smooth sailing from here. Thanks all....

Good you solved, /boot partiton is different than 2 MB for bios boot needed for core by Grub. /boot needs a file system which is not needed for bois boot.

Arch Linux

#1 2014-10-19 04:24:42

Can't seem to get arch installed :( [solved]

#2 2014-10-19 05:09:37

Re: Can't seem to get arch installed :( [solved]

#3 2014-10-19 05:30:54

Re: Can't seem to get arch installed :( [solved]

#4 2014-10-19 05:40:36

Re: Can't seem to get arch installed :( [solved]

#5 2014-10-19 05:44:54

Re: Can't seem to get arch installed :( [solved]

#6 2014-10-19 06:26:50

Re: Can't seem to get arch installed :( [solved]

#7 2014-10-19 07:00:04

Re: Can't seem to get arch installed :( [solved]

#8 2014-10-19 07:01:55

Re: Can't seem to get arch installed :( [solved]

#9 2014-10-19 10:35:28

Re: Can't seem to get arch installed :( [solved]

Board footer