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My MBP fails to boot Arch.
This is what I did to install ArchLinux.
Install rEFIT.
Partition using disk utility such that first one is Mac partition, second is Arch & the third ie the last one is windows.
Then put Windows 7 CD, select it from rEFIT and install it.
Similar, install ArchLinux just as I did for windows.
Then finally to install the GRUB, I issued the command $grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/arch --recheck /dev/sda3 (after mounting my /dev/sda3 to /mnt/arch).
This is the exact error and then it drops to recovery.
Error after typing exit. I have tried rootfstype too. No success.
My menu.lst (I have tried /dev/sda3 too).
What can be the reason? Is there a problem with the ramdisk?
I have tried manually mounting the partition /dev/sda3. Fails to recognize that there is a partition like that.
Last edited by shadyabhi (2011-08-04 06:32:08)
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Ah. Problem solved by removing autodetect hook.
mkdir /mnt/chroot
mount /dev/disk/[YOUR ROOT PARTITION] /mnt/chroot
cd /mnt/chroot
mkdir boot
mount /dev/disk/[YOUR BOOT PARTITION] boot
mount -t proc proc proc/
mount -t sysfs sys sys/
mount -o bind /dev dev/chroot . /bin/bash
#now remove autodetect hook.
mkinitcpio -p kernel26
Can somebody throw some light as to how this solved the problem?
Last edited by shadyabhi (2011-08-04 07:13:18)
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