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#1 2019-10-31 01:50:08

atomikegg
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Bootloader Problems on Windows VMWare

New pure arch install on VMWare, on Windows 10.

I used these steps:
https://chaseafterstart.github.io

on first reboot, getting "Kernel panic - not syncing VFS. Unable to mount root fs on unknown block (0,0)"

On booting back into arch installer iso and arch-chrooting into the new install, I noticed that /boot/refind_linux.conf is now empty. The config i had put there according to the above steps seems erased.

i checked several maybe-related threads here, but unsure if any of those fixes are correct for my scenario.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=204775
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=232150
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=151766
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=234950

i noticed the arch wiki mentions keys. Do i need to configure keys? I don't have any boot passwords enabled on my hardware.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/RE … stallation

Let me know any details you need.

thx

Last edited by atomikegg (2019-10-31 23:12:33)

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#2 2019-10-31 02:40:06

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Re: Bootloader Problems on Windows VMWare

atomikegg wrote:

Follow the official install guide; there should be nothing special required to install on VMware: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide

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#3 2019-10-31 14:17:00

atomikegg
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Re: Bootloader Problems on Windows VMWare

The official install guide you linked doesn't explain how to configure vmware. But doesn't vmware have to be configured correctly for arch to work?

Here's an official arch wiki article explaining how to install arch on vmware. It covers vmware-specific topics like vmware tools. So, i should ignore and disregard that article?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VM … as_a_guest

thx

Last edited by atomikegg (2019-10-31 14:17:45)

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#4 2019-10-31 15:08:41

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Re: Bootloader Problems on Windows VMWare

fukawi2 wrote:
atomikegg wrote:

Follow the official install guide; there should be nothing special required to install on VMware: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide

Indeed. Since the new base package was introduced that guide is now out of date and won't produce a correctly installed system.

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#5 2019-10-31 21:43:19

atomikegg
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Re: Bootloader Problems on Windows VMWare

i went thru the official install steps
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide

but first i did have to follow the official vmware doc just to get vmware set up. Was i wrong to do that?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VMware

After install, grub isn't loading as expected-- i'm getting the grub shell. not getting any errors on boot, just grub shell.

Arch grub doc states:

If GRUB loads but drops into the rescue shell with no errors, it can be due to one of these two reasons:
- It may be because of a missing or misplaced grub.cfg. This will happen if GRUB UEFI was installed with --boot-directory and grub.cfg is missing,
- It also happens if the boot partition, which is hardcoded into the grubx64.efi file, has changed.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GR … scue_shell

Does this info help?

- as described in the official install doc, i have two partitions:
    - /dev/sda1 EFI boot, 260M, FAT32
    - /dev/sda2 Linux Root, 3.8G, ext4

i installed grub with the following. Got no errors:

grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=GRUB
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Is this the problem? This returns nothing: 

find -iname grubx64.efi

here's the contents of my /boot/grub/grub.cfg

#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
insmod part_gpt
insmod part_msdos
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
  load_env
fi
if [ "${next_entry}" ] ; then
   set default="${next_entry}"
   set next_entry=
   save_env next_entry
   set boot_once=true
else
   set default="0"
fi

if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
  menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
  menuentry_id_option=""
fi

export menuentry_id_option

if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
  set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
  save_env saved_entry
  set prev_saved_entry=
  save_env prev_saved_entry
  set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
  if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
    saved_entry="${chosen}"
    save_env saved_entry
  fi
}

function load_video {
  if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
    insmod all_video
  else
    insmod efi_gop
    insmod efi_uga
    insmod ieee1275_fb
    insmod vbe
    insmod vga
    insmod video_bochs
    insmod video_cirrus
  fi
}

if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
   font=unicode
else
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,gpt2'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-ieee1275='ieee1275//sas/disk@0,gpt2' --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2  9d767162-6566-41b2-9e5d-b50a180533e7
else
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 9d767162-6566-41b2-9e5d-b50a180533e7
fi
    font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2"
fi

if loadfont $font ; then
  set gfxmode=auto
  load_video
  insmod gfxterm
  set locale_dir=$prefix/locale
  set lang=en_US
  insmod gettext
fi
terminal_input console
terminal_output gfxterm
if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
  set timeout_style=menu
  set timeout=5
# Fallback normal timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is
# unavailable.
else
  set timeout=5
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Arch Linux' --class arch --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-9d767162-6566-41b2-9e5d-b50a180533e7' {
	load_video
	set gfxpayload=keep
	insmod gzio
	insmod part_gpt
	insmod ext2
	set root='hd0,gpt2'
	if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-ieee1275='ieee1275//sas/disk@0,gpt2' --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2  9d767162-6566-41b2-9e5d-b50a180533e7
	else
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 9d767162-6566-41b2-9e5d-b50a180533e7
	fi
	echo	'Loading Linux linux ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=9d767162-6566-41b2-9e5d-b50a180533e7 rw  loglevel=3 quiet
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initramfs-linux.img
}
submenu 'Advanced options for Arch Linux' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-9d767162-6566-41b2-9e5d-b50a180533e7' {
	menuentry 'Arch Linux, with Linux linux' --class arch --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-linux-advanced-9d767162-6566-41b2-9e5d-b50a180533e7' {
		load_video
		set gfxpayload=keep
		insmod gzio
		insmod part_gpt
		insmod ext2
		set root='hd0,gpt2'
		if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-ieee1275='ieee1275//sas/disk@0,gpt2' --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2  9d767162-6566-41b2-9e5d-b50a180533e7
		else
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 9d767162-6566-41b2-9e5d-b50a180533e7
		fi
		echo	'Loading Linux linux ...'
		linux	/boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=9d767162-6566-41b2-9e5d-b50a180533e7 rw  loglevel=3 quiet
		echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
		initrd	/boot/initramfs-linux.img
	}
	menuentry 'Arch Linux, with Linux linux (fallback initramfs)' --class arch --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-linux-fallback-9d767162-6566-41b2-9e5d-b50a180533e7' {
		load_video
		set gfxpayload=keep
		insmod gzio
		insmod part_gpt
		insmod ext2
		set root='hd0,gpt2'
		if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-ieee1275='ieee1275//sas/disk@0,gpt2' --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2  9d767162-6566-41b2-9e5d-b50a180533e7
		else
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 9d767162-6566-41b2-9e5d-b50a180533e7
		fi
		echo	'Loading Linux linux ...'
		linux	/boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=9d767162-6566-41b2-9e5d-b50a180533e7 rw  loglevel=3 quiet
		echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
		initrd	/boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
	}
}

### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f  ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
  source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f  $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
  source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###

Last edited by atomikegg (2019-10-31 21:55:48)

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