[SOLVED] ARCH linux did not go well

smeezekitty · 04-05-2010, 10:26 PM

I tried Arch Linux in vbox (Idea from itsbrad212) and the results were bad:
First:
Upon booting, it said fsck on /dev/hda1 failed provide root password for maintenance.
So i entered the root password and then it only mounted the / partition as read only and it did not mount any of the other partitions.
It turns out the / partition is /dev/sda1 not /dev/hda1.
Now, i also found out i cannot connect to the internet.

Tinkster · 04-05-2010, 10:29 PM

Moved: This thread is more suitable in <Linux-Arch> and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.

smeezekitty · 04-06-2010, 01:11 AM

I just installed arch linux in vbox (itsbrad212's idea).
It connected to the internet during install but now its not connecting.

Mr-Bisquit · 04-06-2010, 01:28 AM

Try building in qemu first. You have more options for cpu, sound, and networking.

Second, you may need to use

Code:

ifconfig -a && ifconfig ethX up

to get the the system on line.

smeezekitty · 04-06-2010, 01:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr-Bisquit

Code:

ifconfig -a && ifconfig ethX up

Has no effect.

grail · 04-06-2010, 01:40 AM

Does ifconfig return any details? (apart from lo)

Tinkster · 04-06-2010, 02:13 AM

Moved: This thread is more suitable in <Linux-Arch> and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves and for a merge with the original thread ... did we *REALLY* need a 2nd one, smeeze?

smeezekitty · 04-06-2010, 02:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tinkster

Moved: This thread is more suitable in <Linux-Arch> and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves and for a merge with the original thread ... did we *REALLY* need a 2nd one, smeeze?

What do you mean a second one?

smeezekitty · 04-06-2010, 02:20 AM

Code:

eth0    Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:5B:BC:81
        UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
        RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
        TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
        collisions:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
        collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
        RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
        Interrupt:11 Base address:0xd020

smeezekitty · 04-06-2010, 02:21 AM

Whoops!
I thought this got lost in a firefox crash!

XavierP · 04-06-2010, 04:55 AM

I've merged your two threads together as they would seem to be closely related...

Mr-Bisquit · 04-06-2010, 11:34 AM

Post dmesg. You may need to load the driver in single user mode.
Second, try the arch wiki.

smeezekitty · 04-06-2010, 12:47 PM

Changing all references in fstab to /dev/hda1 to /dev/sda1 fixed the boot problem but there is still no network.

smeezekitty · 04-06-2010, 01:09 PM

Running dhcpcd returns:

Code:

dhcpcd: version 5.2.1 starting
dhcpcd: start_control: Operation not permitted
dhcpcd: stop_control: No such file or directory

smeezekitty · 04-06-2010, 01:23 PM

Ok... It gets wierder: I can access a site by ip but not by domain name.