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Hi!
This is my first attempt on arch and all goes well until i reach the bootloader step. I can't seem to install either grub or lilo. In grub I get
Error 17 : Cannot mount selected partition
while in lilo I get
Fatal open: /boot/initrd26.img: No such file or directory.
I'm trying to dual boot windows and arch(windows 98 being already installed on a separate partition). As far as I know, everything in the configs are right.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
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The correct entry for Lilo is ....kernel26.img... not initrd26.img...
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Ah, I replaced all instances of initrd26.img with kernel26.img and lilo managed to install successfully. Thx.
I wonder why the default given does not correspond to the actual image...
However, doing the same thing to grub config still gives the same error. Any ideas?
My grub config;
title Arch
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/hda2 ro vga=791
initrd /initrd26.img
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In the grub config, you still have initrd26.img.
And the change occurred because of the upgrade from mkinitrd to mkinitcpio. The installer was released before the change happened, and thus this happens quite a lot.
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It's actually a feature of the installer designed to scare off the less experienced Linux user to make sure Arch is only used by the creme de la creme of l33tz0rs.
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It's actually a feature of the installer designed to scare off the less experienced Linux user to make sure Arch is only used by the creme de la creme of l33tz0rs.
Reminds me of the "rrdtool" man page...
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title Arch
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/hda2 ro vga=791
initrd /kernel26.img
that still gives the exact same error.. lilo's fine though
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shouldn't it be ..
/boot/vmlinuz*
/boot/kernel26*
?
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That's the default which doesn't work so I copied from one of the guides here.
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That's the default which doesn't work so I copied from one of the guides here.
The defaults assume you have a separate /boot partition (and thus you use /kernel26.img and /vmlinuz26). However, going by how lilo was set up further up the thread, you don't have a separate /boot partition, and thus would need the full /boot/kernel26.img and /boot/vmlinuz27. I think..
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Hmm.. thx for all your input. For some reason, trying the updated isos fixed the weird grub error 17 problem.
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Hi, i install 0.8 voodoo and i have this problem too. my menu.lst in grub is good:
title jerry
root (hd0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 i8042.panicblink=0 root=/dev/hda1 ro
initrd /boot/kernel26.img
normal fstab:
/dev/hda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults 0 1
AND when i boot from grub console all is OK!
(is there error with atkbd.c, but i8042.panicblink=0 parametr solved this [ http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?p=216112#216112 ])
i wrote to console exactly this:
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 i8042.panicblink=0 root=/dev/hda1 ro
initrd /boot/kernel26.img
boot
pls help
(and sorry for my english)
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