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#1 2011-03-31 20:38:32

victorhooi
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Registered: 2009-08-06
Posts: 109

Installing Arch under VMWare Fusion 3 - GRUB issues

Hi,

I'm attempting to install Arch Linux under VMWare Fusion 3.1.2 on my MBP.

I've downloaded the Archboot 2011.02 ISO, and created a new VM to boot from there. I selected a generic 64-bit Linux Guest as the mode.

I can run the Arch installation fine. I've chosen GPT as my partitioning scheme.

However, the part that confuses me is the installation of GRUB.

From my understanding, VMWare Fusion uses EFI for guests instead of BIOS by default (the host system itself, a 2011 MBP also uses UEFI)

I tried to install Grub2_UEFI_64-bit, however, it came up with an error saying I need a BIOS_grub partition. Anyhow, I followed their instructions (although I had to create this partition at the end of the virtual disk, since that was where I still had space):

<code>
mkpatrt <num> ext2 start start+1
set <num> bios_grub on
</code>

The Grub2 installation seems to work, then I reboot. However, on boot I get stuck at a screen just saying:

<code>
booting...
</code>

and it stays there indefinitely.

Has anybody had luck installing Arch64 under VMWare Fusion on Mac? And if so, what options did you pick for partitioning and bootloader setup?

Cheers,
Victor

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