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pengiunbob23

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Registered: 2007-07-13

Posts: 2

Installing Arch: Grub install failure with LUKS

Hello,
Hopefully I am posting this in the right place.

I have the latest ISO (5/2007) and I am trying to get a system up and running with LUKS.
I have followed the guide in the arch wiki[1] exactly to the letter multiple times now and I still can not complete my installation.

My problem is that after setting everything else up, Grub keeps failing on every install attempt with the following messages:

grub> root (hd0,2)
 Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x83
grub> setup (hd0)
 
Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition

Is there something I am overlooking or is the wiki missing a step some where?
Thank you for your assistance!

[1] http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LUKS_Encrypted_Root

pengiunbob23

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Registered: 2007-07-13

Posts: 2

Re: Installing Arch: Grub install failure with LUKS

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brain0

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From: Aachen - Germany

Registered: 2005-01-03

Posts: 1,382

Re: Installing Arch: Grub install failure with LUKS

Following the HOWTO word by word is a bad idea, because last time I checked it sucked. You should rather understand what needs to be done, and then do it.

About your problem: The "root" keyword in grub points to your boot partition (the partition which contains your kernel), which obviously mustn't be encrypted.