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zesssez

Member

Registered: 2009-09-28

Posts: 4

[SOLVED] Problem booting Arch NOT FROM MBR

Hi to all,

i´m new Arch user, i made a  netinstall on a laptop, it´s new and comes with Vista. I don´t want to overwrite the ntloader so i install GRub on the Arch partition. i show you mY partition scheme:

sda
(unallocated 1M)
sda1 (PQSERVICE 8Gb) Primary
sda2 (ACER Syste Partition 140Gb) Primary
sda3 (Data partition 100Gb) Primary
sda4 (Extended Partition)
  sda5 (/ for Arch) ext4
  sda6 (swap for Arch)

I have a Grub installed on a pendrive working to boot with my other linux Ubuntu) installation, on a desktop.
So i add the line for Arch to my menu.lst on the pendrive usb. like that

tittle Arch
root (hd1,4)
kernel /boot......by-uuid....
initrd /boot/kernel26.img

Well, Grub appears, then go to partition (hd1,4), recognize the partition like a linux 83, and stops. I think is not loading the kernel, i don´t know why.

do i have to put something on the Pendrive menu.lst (like chainloader or something like that)?, to say pendrive Grub to load the Arch Grub.

thanks

Last edited by zesssez (2009-10-08 21:28:17)

scio

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From: Buffalo, NY

Registered: 2008-08-05

Posts: 366

Re: [SOLVED] Problem booting Arch NOT FROM MBR

If you want to boot from /dev/sda, isn't that (hd0,n)?

zesssez

Member

Registered: 2009-09-28

Posts: 4

Re: [SOLVED] Problem booting Arch NOT FROM MBR

solved copying vmlinuz26 and kernel26.img from boot folder of arch partition to boot folder of pendrive.

delete root (hd1,4) line from grub on pendrive

Anyway, now it's working, i don' t know why not works before.

I forgot to explain, arch installation in only on 2 partitions 1 /, and ther for swap. The / partition is on ext4, perhaps that' s the problem.

thanks

Last edited by zesssez (2009-10-08 21:28:40)