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I have instaled Arch Linux on usb flash (filesystem is ext2) I have regenerated initrd (mkinitcpio -p) with usb hook (HOOKS="base udev usb ide scsi sata filesystems"), but Arch Linux stop booting with error: unable mount dev/disk/by-uuid/my-uuid After pressing Control-D in recovery shell Caps Lock and Scroll Lock leds blink on my keyboard
I have tried booting from label (dev/disk/by-label/my-label) I have got same error
Please help me
PS Please forgive me for my English
Last edited by vav (2011-02-13 12:42:59)
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Are you using GRUB, and where is it installed? On a local hdd, or the flash drive?
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Yes I am using grub. Arch linux is installed on the usb flash drive
Last edited by vav (2011-02-12 14:41:21)
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Sorry, I meant where is GRUB installed. Also, can you post your menu.lst file?
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GRUB is installed on the usb flash drive
menu.lst:
# Config file for GRUB - The GNU GRand Unified Bootloader
# /boot/grub/menu.lst
# DEVICE NAME CONVERSIONS
#
# Linux Grub
# -------------------------
# /dev/fd0 (fd0)
# /dev/sda (hd0)
# /dev/sdb2 (hd1,1)
# /dev/sda3 (hd0,2)
#
# FRAMEBUFFER RESOLUTION SETTINGS
# +-------------------------------------------------+
# | 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
# ----+--------------------------------------------
# 256 | 0x301=769 0x303=771 0x305=773 0x307=775
# 32K | 0x310=784 0x313=787 0x316=790 0x319=793
# 64K | 0x311=785 0x314=788 0x317=791 0x31A=794
# 16M | 0x312=786 0x315=789 0x318=792 0x31B=795
# +-------------------------------------------------+
# for more details and different resolutions see
# http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB#Framebuffer_Resolution
# general configuration:
timeout 5
default 0
color light-blue/black light-cyan/blue
# boot sections follow
# each is implicitly numbered from 0 in the order of appearance below
#
# TIP: If you want a 1024x768 framebuffer, add "vga=773" to your kernel line.
#
#-*
# (0) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux
root (hd2,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/1e3753e6-01f4-4153-a36a-07a81c552ee0 ro
initrd /boot/kernel26.img
# (1) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux Fallback
root (hd2,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/1e3753e6-01f4-4153-a36a-07a81c552ee0 ro
initrd /boot/kernel26-fallback.img
# (2) Windows
#title Windows
#rootnoverify (hd0,0)
#makeactive
#chainloader +1
Last edited by vav (2011-02-13 08:06:27)
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You should remove the root (hd2,0) lines as they are unnecessary when using uuid's. Maybe that will help.
Sorry for the wait, archlinux.org wouldn't load for me.
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Thank you very much. It is working
Last edited by vav (2011-02-13 12:43:12)
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Glad to help.
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