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#1 2011-06-20 22:07:29

gdawg
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Can't Boot After New Installation

Hi,

I recently installed Arch Linux via cdrom. It was installed on an external hard drive that also contains openSUSE. I partitioned this drive using GParted. I created the following partitions: /boot, /root, /home , and swap. I have Win7, Ubuntu, Mint, and PCLinuxOS installed on the first hard drive. All distros boot from the openSUSE boot menu. I can see Arch Linux on the menu but when I select it I get an "ERROR: 15" indication.  I would have pasted some code but can't find code tags. Any help will be appreciated.

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#2 2011-06-20 22:22:41

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Re: Can't Boot After New Installation

https://bbs.archlinux.org/help.php#bbcode

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#3 2011-06-20 22:32:07

sam87
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Re: Can't Boot After New Installation

wow! thats alot of distros! and you use all of them? well error 15, what else does it say? grub not found?post stuff like that so that its easier to help you ey smile

what i cannot build, i do not understand

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#4 2011-06-20 22:57:10

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Re: Can't Boot After New Installation

Did you enable the usb hook in mkinitcpio?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mkinitcpio#HOOKS

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#5 2011-06-21 02:08:55

gdawg
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Re: Can't Boot After New Installation

Thanks for the quick response. I apologize for not posting more info. Everything is booting from the openSUSE menu except Arch Linux. Here is the message that appears on the screen:
root(hd1,4) - Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 - Kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sdb5 ro - Error 15: File not found. Here is a /boot/grub/menu.lst from openSUSE:

gdawg@dhcppc0:~> su -
Password: 
dhcppc0:~ # cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Fri May 27 09:08:35 MDT 2011
# THIS FILE WILL BE PARTIALLY OVERWRITTEN by perl-Bootloader
# Configure custom boot parameters for updated kernels in /etc/sysconfig/bootloader

default 0
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd1,1)/boot/message

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title Desktop -- openSUSE 11.4 - 2.6.37.6-0.5
    root (hd1,1)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37.6-0.5-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-Seagate_FA_GoFlex_Desk_NA0KAMYD-0:0-part2 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD3200AAKS-75VYA0_WD-WCARW3316756-part6 splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x317
    initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.37.6-0.5-desktop

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.4 - 2.6.37.6-0.5
    root (hd1,1)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37.6-0.5-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-Seagate_FA_GoFlex_Desk_NA0KAMYD-0:0-part2 showopts apm=off noresume nosmp maxcpus=0 edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 nomodeset x11failsafe vga=0x317
    initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.37.6-0.5-desktop

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 1###
title windows 
    rootnoverify (hd0,0)
    chainloader +1

title pclos_enl
    kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=UUID=7b0a2ab4-ab4b-4261-b368-3d296db00d66 resume=UUID=b337612f-b7e4-41a7-85c2-5f6ad0a5e4f1 splash=silent vga=788
    initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd.img

title linux-nonfb
    kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux-nonfb root=UUID=7b0a2ab4-ab4b-4261-b368-3d296db00d66 resume=UUID=b337612f-b7e4-41a7-85c2-5f6ad0a5e4f1 
    initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd.img

title failsafe
    kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=failsafe root=UUID=7b0a2ab4-ab4b-4261-b368-3d296db00d66 failsafe
    initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd.img

title mint 10
    root (hd0,7)
    kernel /boot/grub/core.img
    boot

title ubuntu 10.04 LTS
    root (hd0,9)
    kernel /boot/grub/core.img
    boot

title arch linux
    root (hd1,4)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sdb5 ro 
    initrd /boot/kernel26.img


###Don't change this comment - Added by updategrub Sun Jun 19 22:48:48 MDT 2011###

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: ubuntu###
title Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-32-generic
    root (hd0,9)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-32-generic root=UUID=5a6c50ee-3739-47cf-9695-55eb1ad6329f ro quiet splash
    initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-32-generic

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: ubuntu###
title Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-31-generic
    root (hd0,9)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-31-generic root=UUID=5a6c50ee-3739-47cf-9695-55eb1ad6329f ro quiet splash
    initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-31-generic

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: ubuntu###
title Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-30-generic
    root (hd0,9)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-30-generic root=UUID=5a6c50ee-3739-47cf-9695-55eb1ad6329f ro quiet splash
    initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-30-generic

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: mandrivalinux###
title linux
    root (hd0,4)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=UUID=7b0a2ab4-ab4b-4261-b368-3d296db00d66 resume=UUID=b337612f-b7e4-41a7-85c2-5f6ad0a5e4f1 splash=silent vga=788
    initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd.img

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: mandrivalinux###
title linux-nonfb
    root (hd0,4)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux-nonfb root=UUID=7b0a2ab4-ab4b-4261-b368-3d296db00d66 resume=UUID=b337612f-b7e4-41a7-85c2-5f6ad0a5e4f1
    initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd.img

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: mandrivalinux###
title memtest-4.20
    root (hd0,4)
    kernel /boot/memtest-4.20 BOOT_IMAGE=memtest-4.20

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: mandrivalinux###
title 2.6.33.7-pclos6.bfs
    root (hd0,4)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.33.7-pclos6.bfs BOOT_IMAGE=2.6.33.7-pclos6.bfs root=UUID=7b0a2ab4-ab4b-4261-b368-3d296db00d66 resume=UUID=b337612f-b7e4-41a7-85c2-5f6ad0a5e4f1 splash=silent vga=788
    initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd-2.6.33.7-pclos6.bfs.img

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: mandrivalinux###
title 2.6.38.8-pclos1.bfs
    root (hd0,4)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38.8-pclos1.bfs BOOT_IMAGE=2.6.38.8-pclos1.bfs root=UUID=7b0a2ab4-ab4b-4261-b368-3d296db00d66 resume=UUID=b337612f-b7e4-41a7-85c2-5f6ad0a5e4f1 splash=silent vga=788
    initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd-2.6.38.8-pclos1.bfs.img

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linuxmint###
title Linux Mint 10, 2.6.35-28-generic (/dev/sda8)
    root (hd0,7)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-28-generic root=UUID=9d90f93a-db82-4e03-a531-b54471e813f4 ro quiet splash
    initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-28-generic

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linuxmint###
title Linux Mint 10, 2.6.35-22-generic (/dev/sda8)
    root (hd0,7)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=9d90f93a-db82-4e03-a531-b54471e813f4 ro quiet splash
    initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: arch###
title Arch Linux
    root (hd1,4)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sdb6 ro
    initrd /boot/kernel26.img

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: arch###
title openSUSE
    root (hd1,1)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sdb2 ro
    initrd /boot(hd1,1)

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows###
title Windows 7 (loader) - added by updategrub
    rootnoverify (hd0,0)
    chainloader +1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: GrubOnsda###
title Legacy Grub in sda MBR
    rootnoverify (hd0)
    chainloader +1

dhcppc0:~ #

All help is appreciated. I installed /boot on sdb5, / on sdb6, /home on sdb7, and swap on sdb8. I'll check out mkinitcpio. Thank  you all.

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#6 2011-06-21 03:32:12

gdawg
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Re: Can't Boot After New Installation

Hi,

Went into mkinitcpio and enabled usb hook. Still won't boot. Get same error message. Even did a complete re-installation including verifying relevant partitions (sdb5,6,7,8). All except sdb8 are ext3 filesystem. sdb8 is swap. Thank you for any help you can give.

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#7 2011-06-22 23:40:19

gdawg
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Re: Can't Boot After New Installation

Hi,

It's been a couple of days since anyone has responded to my request. Is there more info that I should present? I am currently attempting to boot from openSUSE. I can boot all of my other distros from it's boot menu. PCLinuxOS is the only other Grub Legacy and I have parroted the type of entry with the Arch Linux entry but still won't boot. I would appreciate any help I can get.

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#8 2011-06-23 07:01:16

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Re: Can't Boot After New Installation

Does your BIOS allow booting from USB (External Hard Drive)? If you haven't already done this, try to 'enable booting from usb devices' in your BIOS settings.

Last edited by fantab (2011-06-23 07:04:18)

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#9 2011-06-23 12:34:01

gdawg
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Re: Can't Boot After New Installation

Hi,

Thank you very much fantab for your reply. I have been able to boot Arch Linux from the openSUSE boot menu by editing it's /boot/grub/menu.lst. I entered "chainloader +1" to the Arch Linux entry. Thanks again for your assistance.

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#10 2011-06-23 14:28:30

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Re: Can't Boot After New Installation

Wow, I remember why I left SuSE behind now. tongue  gdawg, please mark your thread as [Solved]

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