Arch Linux

cyb

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Registered: 2011-01-31

Posts: 2

New archlinux installation working on native but not on VMWare.

Hello.

So basically, I installed Arch on a USB HDD. I did two partitions : One NTFS of 400gb, and one of Ext4 of 100gb.
I installed Arch using the x86 live-cd, and everything worked well, I can perfectly boot on it.
But here's the problem : I want to use it using VMware. I created a "virtual" machine using a physical disc, and no matter what, it won't boot.

"Waiting 10 seconds for device /dev/disk/by-uuid/loluuid ...
Root device '/dev/disk/by-uuid/loluuid' doesn't exist. Attempting to create it.
ERROR: Unable to determine major/minor number of root device '/dev/disk/by-uuid/loluuid'."

I supposed it comes from some USB driver isn't loaded or something, but I can't figure out what to do.
Is there anything I can do so I can use it on VMWare ? I really need to use the bridged internet.

Thanks already,

cyb.

Last edited by cyb (2011-01-31 16:27:21)

MadTux

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Registered: 2009-09-20

Posts: 553

Re: New archlinux installation working on native but not on VMWare.

Instead of identifying the disks by uuid did you try the traditional identification by dev?

cyb

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Registered: 2011-01-31

Posts: 2

Re: New archlinux installation working on native but not on VMWare.

Hello.

I tried it with "kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda1". It isn't working any better.

Last edited by cyb (2011-02-01 12:37:52)