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melkir

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Registered: 2014-10-21

Posts: 28

[SOLVED]Chromebook dualboot Arch

Hi,
I'm trying to install Arch on my chromebook and keep ChromeOS as a dualboot.
So i'm following the wiki https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ch … _Chrome_OS

So after booting the installation media:
Run the command fdisk -l to list drives and partitions. Find the internal drive and note the name of the partition matching the size you specified in the ChrUbuntu script. // DONE
Use mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdxY (where xY is drive letter and partition number, eg. /dev/sda7) This will create the filesystem for arch. // DONE
Following the instructions for installing GRUB on GPT, use gdisk to create a 1007kb partition and set the type to EF02.

My new partition for Arch is /dev/sda7, which partition do I choose for GPT /dev/sda or /dev/sda7 ?

Install boot files
There are 4 ways to install GRUB boot files in BIOS booting:
Install to disk (recommended)
Install to external USB stick (for recovery)
Install to partition or partitionless disk (not recommended)
Generate core.img alone (safest method, but requires another BIOS bootloader like Syslinux to be installed to chainload /boot/grub/i386-pc/core.img)

Which method is recommended in my case ? Install to disk or generate core.img ?
I have following this guide http://www.themukt.com/2014/06/07/arch- … utorial/2/ but do I need to do an cgdisk /dev/sda and create the BIOS Boot Partition, ChromeOS will still ok ?

I'm a bit confused, do I need to create the Bios boot partition before following this guide https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/beginners'_guide ?

EDIT : So I have creathe bios boot partition before and then install grub on /sda, It's works !

Last edited by melkir (2014-10-25 00:00:03)

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