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#1 2005-05-25 20:25:06
- Luis Q. R.
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Arch cd doesn't boot into existing Archlinux partition.
I decided to erase Windows 2000 and install XP to try it and resolve some problems I had while helping some of my friends. Bad thing is, you know, Windows erases Lilo, and trying to boot my Archlinux partition with the Arch cd doesn't work, I can't see my files. This is the command I use:
arch root=/dev/discs/disc0/part5
What do I do now?
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#2 2005-05-25 20:37:54
- i3839
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Re: Arch cd doesn't boot into existing Archlinux partition.
Boot with the cd, mount the hd, and chroot to it. Then from there rerun lilo.
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#3 2005-05-25 22:41:05
- Luis Q. R.
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Re: Arch cd doesn't boot into existing Archlinux partition.
Well, I did this:
mount /dev/discs/disc0/part5 /mnt
chroot /mnt
now lilo gives gives this error:
Fatal: raid_setup: stat("/dev/disc/disc0/disc")
There is only one file in /dev, the null device. Did I miss something?
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#4 2005-05-25 22:50:44
- phrakture
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Re: Arch cd doesn't boot into existing Archlinux partition.
you need to remount /proc and /dev under the chroot environ if you want to do that
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#5 2005-05-25 23:06:44
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Re: Arch cd doesn't boot into existing Archlinux partition.
Probably best to mount --rbind /dev/ /mnt/dev before chrooting.
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#6 2005-05-25 23:10:21
- phrakture
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Re: Arch cd doesn't boot into existing Archlinux partition.
Probably best to mount --rbind /dev/ /mnt/dev before chrooting.
omg I never knew about the --rbind until now... manually doing it... drat!
also, I think lilo requires something goofy in /proc too... so rebind dev AND proc before you chroot
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#7 2005-05-25 23:42:54
- Luis Q. R.
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Re: Arch cd doesn't boot into existing Archlinux partition.
Fixed. The command was:
vmlinuz root=/dev/discs/disc0/part5
not:
arch root=/dev/discs/disc0/part5
The developers should fix the boot message the next time they release an Arch cd.
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#8 2005-05-26 08:38:23
- IceRAM
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Re: Arch cd doesn't boot into existing Archlinux partition.
--rbind?
wasn't it --bind?
link - tested and updated by me one more than year ago, when I first installed Arch.
:: / my web presence
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#9 2005-05-26 11:13:49
- i3839
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Re: Arch cd doesn't boot into existing Archlinux partition.
See manpage of mount. rbind instead of bind because of /dev/pts.
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