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whyrusleeping

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Registered: 2009-11-08

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Archlinux wont boot

Hello,
I installed the i686 version on an empty harddrive and did everything right( i hope) and then when i go to boot it the bootloader shows up and asks me if i want archlinux or archlinux fallback, then when i select archlinux the screen just goes black and nothing happens...
help?

~sleeping

Last edited by whyrusleeping (2009-11-08 06:39:35)

sHyLoCk

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Registered: 2009-06-19

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Re: Archlinux wont boot

goes black? No error mesage? try the fallback image. Also tell us about your partitions and where you installed grub. Btw it's i686 version and not i868...

EDIT: You shouldn't sleep while installing Arch, you should keep your eyes open all the time O__O

Last edited by sHyLoCk (2009-11-08 06:34:12)

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whyrusleeping

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Re: Archlinux wont boot

i tried the fallback image, it just does the same thing then reboots, i have the partitions setup the way the installer recommended and i installed the bootloader on the first partition like /dev/sd1 or something (the one it said was the boot partition).  its probably some dumb mistake i made. . .

~Sleeping

Last edited by whyrusleeping (2009-11-08 06:41:26)

sHyLoCk

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Re: Archlinux wont boot

You should always install bootloader in MBR ie. /dev/sda in your case

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whyrusleeping

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Re: Archlinux wont boot

I did. i dont know what i did wrong...

EDIT: I just tryed booting archlinux again and what happens is the screen turns black right after it says "Loading ACPI models" i think its acpi... i could be wrong... anyways, after that it stays black for a few minutes and then reboots...

Last edited by whyrusleeping (2009-11-08 07:27:10)

grey

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Re: Archlinux wont boot

Is this just after the initial installation? I.e. you finished the installation, reboot, take out the CD and *then* this happened?
If you are having an ATI graphics card, try adding 'nomodeset' to the kernel line in grub:
At the grub prompt, hit 'e' for edit, then go to the line that starts with 'kernel', hit 'e' again, go to the end of the line and add 'nomodeset'. Then hit 'return' and 'b' for boot. (I hope that is correct - I'm typing this from memory).

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whyrusleeping

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Re: Archlinux wont boot

your my new best friend

whyrusleeping

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Re: Archlinux wont boot

@Grey,
is there any way i can make  the bootloader do that automatically? its getting annoying having to do that everytime i boot...

sHyLoCk

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Re: Archlinux wont boot

@Grey,
is there any way i can make  the bootloader do that automatically? its getting annoying having to do that everytime i boot...

Just put it in your /boot/grub/menu.lst

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