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#1 2008-12-16 14:45:17
- ammon
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Arch Linux & SATA disk
How to make Arch run on sata disk? When i switch disk mode from IDE to AHCI (serial) mode it cant find root partition. I know i have to change/add something here:
UUID=1e9d1765-da26-4f25-981e-abc0d93b3fba swap swap defaults 0 0
UUID=ea5b59c2-8fd4-4a39-b20e-aaf8075dc9d4 / jfs defaults,noatime 0 1
But what? Can someone help me?
P.S.
I use 2.6.27-ARCH kernel and Toshiba SATA disk, on asus laptop
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#2 2008-12-16 15:12:00
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Re: Arch Linux & SATA disk
Try booting with kerne26-fallback.img. If it works, rebuild the kernel26.img using mkinitcpio.
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#3 2008-12-16 18:31:52
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Re: Arch Linux & SATA disk
This one baffles me : Installation on SATA is transparent - when you follow the manual,there is not the slightest problem!
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#4 2008-12-16 18:56:25
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Re: Arch Linux & SATA disk
With ^^. You should have set up the system with AHCI from the start 
. It might be your initcpio does not have the necessary modules to boot off an AHCI-enabled HD, but I'm not too sure about that. Do you get dropped to a prompt when the boot process stalls?
If you don't get a prompt, you can always boot the install CD & chroot into the installation, adjusting your bootloader's config.
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#5 2008-12-16 22:27:42
- ammon
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Re: Arch Linux & SATA disk
@mianka
I did not install on SATA, that is the problem. That is why now it is not configured.
@B
I get droped to promt, yes. And it asks me to set root delay, to give devices time to settle. Cuz it cant find disk.
I'll try to make new mbr with install CD, thanks for idea.
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#6 2008-12-16 23:56:21
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Re: Arch Linux & SATA disk
Tried that fallback image?
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#7 2008-12-17 02:03:12
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Re: Arch Linux & SATA disk
Is your SATA drive AHCI enabled? Not all SATA drives are. If it isn't AHCI enabled, you will have to get into BIOS and set your SATA Mode to "SATA-IDE" I think it is for most BIOS.
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