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awayand

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Registered: 2009-09-25

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[SOLVED] dualbooting into arch after a year

I am trying to boot into my arch installation after more than a year dualbooting into windows 7.

I lost my bootloader and never bothered restoring it. Now I am trying to simply boot into my existing install without reinstalling the OS nor touching the Windows bootloader.

I am able to boot from a USB stick, and using grub, I can boot with the following commands:

  root(1,0)
  kernel /vmlinuz-3.16.2
  initrd /initrd-3.16.2
  boot

Unfortunately I am dropping into an (initramfs) prompt, but the resolution of my screen is way too small to see what the error message is. Anyone got any ideas on how to troubleshoot, or should I just reinstall?

Thanks!

Last edited by awayand (2017-08-05 13:15:29)

WorMzy

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Re: [SOLVED] dualbooting into arch after a year

Is this a custom kernel you're booting? And you're using grub legacy?

If you want to fix and upgrade, you may have some luck using an Arch live CD (preferably the latest) and (depending on the date of your last system upgrade, and paying attention to any news/deadlines that followed that date) the Arch Linux Archive.

Mod note: Not an installation issue, moving to NC.

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awayand

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Registered: 2009-09-25

Posts: 398

Re: [SOLVED] dualbooting into arch after a year

Thanks