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Icehat

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Registered: 2011-03-23

Posts: 6

[solved]Grub2 install fail - error seems to contradict itself?

Ok, so I ran

sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=hda0 bs=440 count=1

Then when I tried to install the grub2 package, this happened.

sudo pacman -S grub2-bios
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
:: grub2-common and grub are in conflict. Remove grub? [y/N] y
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: aif: requires grub

if sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=<your_disk> bs=440 count=1 did what I think it did, I'm in a sticky situation.
Edit after solve: Sticky situation can be exited by reinstalling grub. If you still want to use GRUB2, sudo pacman -r aif, then retry the install.
Help!

I think this is solved now, except installing grub2-common is certainly taking its time...

Last edited by Icehat (2011-04-19 23:03:55)

Pajaro

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Registered: 2004-04-21

Posts: 884

Re: [solved]Grub2 install fail - error seems to contradict itself?

I don't see the relation between dd and pacman

lives2evil

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Registered: 2010-03-21

Posts: 244

Re: [solved]Grub2 install fail - error seems to contradict itself?

just remove aif.

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Icehat

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Registered: 2011-03-23

Posts: 6

Re: [solved]Grub2 install fail - error seems to contradict itself?

Pajaro, see the Arch wiki, that command seems to scrub GRUB from the MBR.
Removing aif worked!