Arch Linux

GreenLED

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Registered: 2009-10-04

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Hmm, Something I'm Doing Wrong?

I'm a bit confused on the Arch installation. I've done linux installations before, but this one has me stumped. Here's the situation in review.

1. I had Windows Server 2003 installed.
2. I burned the Arch iso to CD.
3. Restarted, etc. etc. etc.

Ran the install. Pretty much left everything default did Auto on the partitioning.

I did notice a bunch of "grep: No such file or directory" when the packages were being installed. What's going on here? Something isn't adding up. Did my system not get formatted or something? When the installation completed -- I restarted and after Grub began loading the whole thing went to pot -- I was getting panic errors as well as notices telling me that the system could not be booted -- I mean the filesysem could not be mounted. Hmm, any ideas? I'm quite experienced as far as this pc goes, but I'm really scratching my head right now.

Trent

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From: Baltimore, MD (US)

Registered: 2009-04-16

Posts: 990

Re: Hmm, Something I'm Doing Wrong?

Well, what exactly is wrong?  What partitioning scheme did you (try to) apply?  Did it take effect?  What error messages are you getting?  I can't diagnose your problem unless you at least describe the symptoms.  Could be anything from a failing hard drive or a corrupt filesystem to a broken menu.lst.

I will say that if you left *everything* default, there is no reason to expect anything at all.  You *must* ensure that the config files are appropriately set up during the installation; Arch's installer won't do that for you.

fukawi2

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Re: Hmm, Something I'm Doing Wrong?

At the moment, you've gone to the doctor and said "it hurts" which doesn't give the doctor a lot to go on...!

As Trent has said, we need more information, starting with *specific* error messages

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Vamp898

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From: 東京

Registered: 2009-01-03

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Re: Hmm, Something I'm Doing Wrong?

The installation log would be nice^^ maybe thats what is going on on TTY7

zowki

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From: Trapped in The Matrix

Registered: 2008-11-27

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Re: Hmm, Something I'm Doing Wrong?

Corrupted CD? This happens to me quite often. Try burning again at low speed and perform integrity checks.

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