did Arch install correctly or not?

jnev · 04-21-2006, 05:45 PM

hey guys. I downloaded Arch .7.1 and just tried installing it. it went fine, except that when I told it to install the kernel, it went to 7% and then said that it installed successfully and for me to press continue. I thought that was wierd, then went to install grub, but it said that grub coudn't be found (it's already installed for Ubuntu/Windows). so I booted into Ubuntu intending to make a grub entry for Arch. when I mounted the partition, the only files in /boot/ were kconfig26, System.map26, and vmlinuz26. there was no initrd or anything else. the grub entry I made looked like this:

Code:

title		Arch
root		(hd1,2)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sdb4
savedefault
boot

(the partition was sdb4, but it was actually the third partition in order (left to right) on the drive, if that makes any sense)

long story short, it wouldn't boot. is this a problem with my grub entry, or did the install fail?

thanks!

jnev · 04-21-2006, 09:59 PM

ok, part of my problem was based on stupidity on my part. I selected the packages, but forgot to install them

this is my new grub entry, which still won't boot. any advice?

Code:

title		Arch
root		(hd1,3)
kernel		/mnt/boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sdb4 ro
initrd		/mnt/boot/initrd26.img
boot

the error I get says: Error 15: Cannot find File.

EDIT
I forgot to mention, the HD partition is actually (hd1,3), not (hd1,2) like I had before. I installed Fedora on the same partition and it set it to (hd1,3). (I promptly uninstalled it because it was so unstable). also, when I was selecting the partition to install to it said that instead of installing to /, it installed to /mnt/, so that's why I set it like that. I tried both ways however and neither worked...

anti.corp · 04-22-2006, 01:19 AM

Hey,

Did you install GRUB after the kernel? (using the menu system).

And dont let the 7% annoy you. If you want to see the 100% just scroll down in the progress window

It is done.

Regards,

jnev · 04-22-2006, 12:21 PM

yah I realized that the second time I did the install, made me feel kinda dumb

I didn't use the install disc to install Grub because it didn't see my Windows or Ubuntu install, so I figured I would just make an entry for it in the Grub I already had installed.

jnev · 04-25-2006, 09:23 PM

can anybody help me with the grub entry? I still can't seem to get it...

syg00 · 04-25-2006, 09:31 PM

Lose the "/mnt" - that's probably the Linux mountpoint you use to look at it.
Of no interest to grub - unless you have something like "/boot/mnt/boot/..."
One hopes not.

jnev · 04-26-2006, 06:35 PM

when I made the partition it said that the mount point was /mnt/, so that's why I put it like that. I tried with and without it and it didn't work.

syg00 · 04-26-2006, 07:04 PM

Let's see the output from "fdisk -l" (ell), and a "ls" of the /boot in question.

The kernel on the CD doesn't use an initrd - that'll only become an issue when you refresh you system via pacman.

The-Bison · 04-28-2006, 10:19 AM

Well if he used 0.7.1, then initrd is required.

jnev · 04-30-2006, 11:19 PM

I tried reinstalling and installing grub from the install cd. that also didn't work. I've pretty much given up on it; I'm not in any pressing need to install it, I'm using Ubuntu and am very happy with it.

thanks anyways.

The-Bison · 05-03-2006, 09:50 AM

If grub is already installed to /boot or something, it will tell you that it already exists in the file system. Instead skip installing grub and just change your /boot/grub/menu.lst.

Here's what I like to do:

First install Ubuntu using a different partition for /boot (It autodetects everything and sets up a nicely formatted and commented grub file)

Then install Arch over / or set up another partition.

That may be overkill but it works nicely, especially if your not comfortable with grub