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aluser

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Registered: 2011-01-16

Posts: 119

[SOLVED]Help! bootchard caused the system to stop booting

Hello,
I've installed bootchard and  followed the instructions in the archwiki specifically where it says

Open up /boot/grub/menu.lst, and copy/paste the entry you want to log. Append "init=/sbin/bootchartd"

I did that and now the computer wont boot correctly. I get an error that sbin/bootchard was not found and that i'm on my own now? What am I'm supposed to do? I'm now using the Ubuntu LiveCD to post this.

EDIT: I've copied the actual error down and this is what it says.

Error: root revice mounted successfully, but sbin/bootchard does not exist. Bailing out, you are on your own, good luck .

Last edited by aluser (2011-02-12 19:05:21)

cesura

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Registered: 2010-01-23

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Re: [SOLVED]Help! bootchard caused the system to stop booting

Use the Ubuntu Live CD to mount your Arch partition and remove that line.

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Varg

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Registered: 2010-07-07

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Re: [SOLVED]Help! bootchard caused the system to stop booting

When the Grub menu is up, instead of  pressing "enter" to select the entry press "e". This will let you edit the entry. Then you need to select which line you want to edit with the arrow keys, press "e" again and delete the bootchart  part. Press "enter" when done and "b" to boot.
The changes aren't permanent so you'll need to change the menu.lst file after boot.

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MadCatMk2

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Registered: 2010-05-10

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Re: [SOLVED]Help! bootchard caused the system to stop booting

Do as Varg said and you should be fine.

Your boot kernel entry should look something like this:

kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sdb1 ro init=/sbin/bootchartd

Since bootchartd is not something you don't normally want to run on every boot, you might want to create a separate entry for it like so:

# (0) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux
root   (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sdb1 ro fastboot logo.nologo quiet ipv6.disable=1
initrd /boot/kernel26.img

# (1) Bootchart
title  Arch Linux Bootchart
root   (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sdb1 ro fastboot logo.nologo quiet ipv6.disable=1 init=/sbin/bootchartd
initrd /boot/kernel26.img

Lose "fastboot logo.nologo quiet ipv6.disable=1" if you don't want these options and make sure that "root" is set correctly for your system.

aluser

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Registered: 2011-01-16

Posts: 119

Re: [SOLVED]Help! bootchard caused the system to stop booting

Thanks everyone, I removed that line and now it works fine.