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bashphoenux

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Registered: 2009-04-14

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Grub/Menu.lst

Hello people ..i am new to arch linux .. with the help of wikiarch .. i installed arch linux and am in the stage of setting up grub .. well in the grub/menu.lst ..i see arch and windows .. but i also have a fedora 10 insalled on my system.. well i want to know if i have to add that in the menu.lst ??? if so pls direct me in the right direction as to how !!!
THank YOU in advance

FrozenFox

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Re: Grub/Menu.lst

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Grub

This didn't help you in the wiki?

Yes, you need to add your fedora entry if you want to boot into it from grub.

Please note that you will need to know the kernel name and image name from your fedora partition and set it correctly in menu.lst, as it's not the same as arch's. You can just mount your fedora root partition (assuming your / and /boot are the same partition in your fedora setup) and look in /boot for that information. You just plug the correct information in to your fedora entry in menu.lst, after following the 'skeleton' in the wiki.

Last edited by FrozenFox (2009-04-14 11:29:07)

wonder

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Re: Grub/Menu.lst

you can specify grub to load menu.lst from fedora with configfile command.
title Fedora
root (hd0,1) #fedora root partition
configfile /boot/grub/menu.st

something like that.

Last edited by wonder (2009-04-14 11:32:40)

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bashphoenux

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Re: Grub/Menu.lst

thanks will try that .. and wat do i login as ????
i am in the login screen

Mr.Elendig

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Re: Grub/Menu.lst

You should read the beginners guide.

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bashphoenux

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Re: Grub/Menu.lst

when ever i  do pacman -S alsa-utils
i get
Rerieving packages from exra....
warning: failed to rerieve some files from extra
error: failed to commit transaction(unexpected error)
Errors occured , no packages upgraded

wat do i do ???

Netsu

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Registered: 2009-04-04

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Re: Grub/Menu.lst

Is your internet connection set up properly? Do you have your mirrorlist configured?
As Elendig said, read the beginners guide.

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bashphoenux

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Re: Grub/Menu.lst

yes the mirrorlist is configured ...
and the above command also came along way the steps to setting archlinux

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Netsu

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Re: Grub/Menu.lst

Nobody will help a person that doesn't bother to use such inventions as grammar or comprehensive reading.

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bashphoenux

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Re: Grub/Menu.lst

i am sorry i didnt get you

wat does the above error exactly mean..???

Last edited by bashphoenux (2009-04-14 15:04:55)

mcmillan

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Re: Grub/Menu.lst

The error means it couldn't find the package. The two most likely explanations are misconfigured repositories, or not having internet working like Netsu said. You haven't said whether or not the network is working. You also might post your pacman.conf file and mirrorlist file so we can know for sure you have those set right.

bashphoenux

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Re: Grub/Menu.lst

#
# /etc/pacman.conf
#
# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives

#
# GENERAL OPTIONS
#
[options]
# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
#RootDir     = /
#DBPath      = /var/lib/pacman/
#CacheDir    = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile     = /var/log/pacman.log
HoldPkg     = pacman glibc
# If upgrades are available for these packages they will be asked for first
SyncFirst   = pacman
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl %u > %o

# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
#IgnorePkg   =
#IgnoreGroup =

#NoUpgrade   =
#NoExtract   =

# Misc options (all disabled by default)
#NoPassiveFtp
#UseSyslog
#ShowSize
#UseDelta
#TotalDownload
#
# REPOSITORIES
#   - can be defined here or included from another file
#   - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
#   - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
#   - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
#     have identical names, regardless of version number
#   - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
#
# Repository entries are of the format:
#       [repo-name]
#       Server = ServerName
#       Include = IncludePath
#
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
# 

# Testing is disabled by default.  To enable, uncomment the following
# two lines.  You can add preferred servers immediately after the header,
# and they will be used before the default mirrors.
#[testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[core]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[extra]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist 

[community]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# An example of a custom package repository.  See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs

yes my network is working as i did a full sysem updgrade using pacman -Syu

Netsu

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Re: Grub/Menu.lst

Maybe the package is corrupted or missing on your preferred mirror? In the etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist try to make the archlinux.org server to be the first on the list, and then try pacman -Sy alsa-utils.

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bashphoenux

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Re: Grub/Menu.lst

thankssssssssss alot netsu ... its working now !! as you said something wrong with the mirrorlist
thanks alot !! :cheers: