Can't install Arch (SOLVED)

Hello everyone. I'm already an Arch user and I'm very happy with it. The problem is that now I'm trying to install another Arch on another HD (to try out KDE4 without breaking my previous Arch install).
The problem is that everytime I want to install Arch everything goes fine but then when I want to boot with that HD I get GRUB's errors. Sometime is just that GRUB can't find the kernel image and sometime not even GRUB is able to start up (it frezes saying nonsenses). I'm starting to doubt about the HD. Could it have the MBR broken (I mean phisically)?
On the other hand, when I log in the working Arch install I can see all the partitions and the files in them (GRUB files, / files, etc.). Also I ran "fsck -f" and it says everything is alright....
Any ideas of what could be the problem ?
Thanks.
Last edited by Gonzakpo (2008-09-28 18:06:01)

Sorry, I forgot to mention something important. My motherboard comes with a boot menu incorporated. Something like an integrated "GRUB". It lets me choose from which HD I want to boot so I really don't need to put all my OSes in the same GRUB. I just install them as if they were on the only HD in the PC. That way each HD is completely transparent to each other.
Anyway, here it is the menu.lst from the non working HD.
# Config file for GRUB - The GNU GRand Unified Bootloader
# /boot/grub/menu.lst
# DEVICE NAME CONVERSIONS
# Linux Grub
# /dev/fd0 (fd0)
# /dev/hda (hd0)
# /dev/hdb2 (hd1,1)
# /dev/hda3 (hd0,2)
# FRAMEBUFFER RESOLUTION SETTINGS
# +-------------------------------------------------+
# | 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
# ----+--------------------------------------------
# 256 | 0x301=769 0x303=771 0x305=773 0x307=775
# 32K | 0x310=784 0x313=787 0x316=790 0x319=793
# 64K | 0x311=785 0x314=788 0x317=791 0x31A=794
# 16M | 0x312=786 0x315=789 0x318=792 0x31B=795
# +-------------------------------------------------+
# general configuration:
timeout 5
default 0
color light-blue/black light-cyan/blue
# boot sections follow
# each is implicitly numbered from 0 in the order of appearance below
# TIP: If you want a 1024x768 framebuffer, add "vga=773" to your kernel line.
# (0) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux
root (hd1,0)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/a69baf94-a0c3-4306-b1e3-efe8fbec338b ro
initrd /kernel26.img
# (1) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux Fallback
root (hd1,0)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/a69baf94-a0c3-4306-b1e3-efe8fbec338b ro
initrd /kernel26-fallback.img
# (1) Windows
#title Windows
#rootnoverify (hd0,0)
#makeactive
#chainloader +1

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http://pastebin.com/699gGph3
http://pastebin.com/0ryWVmaW
http://pastebin.com/2u9siij5
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Last edited by bredin (2009-10-11 00:37:29)

Grub is known to make problems on some systems, when used as to boot from CD. You could try using the alternate ISO with the isolinux bootloader. You can find it on your favorite mirror as archlinux-2009.08-netinstall-x86_64-isolinux.iso

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3 52430848 85985279 16.0 GiB 8300
4 85985280 94373887 4.0 GiB 8200
5 94373888 262146047 80.0 GiB 8302
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and adding bootable flag to BIOS boot partition using the MBR's fdisk since gdisk hasn't got the option to.
Nothing helped.
Pacman says GRUB version is grub 1:2.02.beta2-4. Should I try going with syslinux or my BIOS (which I hadn't been updating at all)
is perhaps too old or buggy to cope with the GPT? I don't want to convert to MBR, if technically would be possible to boot using GPT.
What should I do?
Thanks in advance,
Luth
Last edited by luther7hrol (2014-11-05 15:55:28)

Hi Luther,
As the thread hasn't been marked as solved I hope this will help:
1. The standard partition table type used by BIOS systems is MBR/MSDOS. Any PC released prior to Windows 8 should be a BIOS system. GPT is a newer partition table type used as standard with UEFI systems (i.e. post Windows 8). To make life simple, it is recommended to stick to the standard partition type appropriate for your system.
2. The performance gain you would get using Reiserfs - I suspect - would be negligable. Ext2/3/4 would be a better choice, particularly as they are easy to use and are very popular (i.e. better chance of getting advice and support if you need it).

Clyde can't install packages [SOLVED]

Whenever I try to install a package from clyde (in this case chromium-stable-libpdf), I am returned the following:
:: chromium-stable-libpdf package not found, searching for group...
:: chromium-stable-libpdf group not found, searching AUR...
error: 'chromium-stable-libpdf': not found in sync db
A quick forum search returns quite a few threads with people experiencing the same issue, but these all were solved by simply running pacman -Syy (which I have tried). Pacman seems to work just fine and clyde gives same error when I try with other packages in AUR. I don't install things from AUR very often (last time was probably ~ 2 weeks ago) so I am not certain what package upgrade (if any) would have caused this/when this error started occurring. I know that mirrorlist was updated a little earlier today. Please find my pacman and clyde conf files below (with relevant parts included) and my mirrorlist (I have tried changing to different mirrors). Thank you in advance.
/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
# United States
Server = http://mirrors.cat.pdx.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = http://mirror.ece.vt.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = ftp://mirrors.hosef.org/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = http://mirrors.hosef.org/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = http://hpc.arc.georgetown.edu/mirror/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/x86_64
/etc/pacman.conf
# GENERAL OPTIONS
[options]
# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
#RootDir = /
#DBPath = /var/lib/pacman/
#CacheDir = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile = /var/log/pacman.log
HoldPkg = pacman glibc
# If upgrades are available for these packages they will be asked for first
SyncFirst = pacman
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl %u > %o
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
[core]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[extra]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[community]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[multilib]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
/etc/clyde.conf
# CLYDE OPTIONS
[clydeoptions]
Editor = vim
#Colors are enabled by default. To disable them, uncomment the following line
#NoColor
#Searching AUR is enabled by default. Uncomment the following line to only search with --aur
#ReposOnly
#You must set this to a normal user to install packages from AUR safely while running without sudo
BuildUser = tripsun
#Modify the following line to specify the directory in which clyde should build packages from AUR
#BuildDir = /var/cache/clyde
# /etc/clyde.conf
# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives
# GENERAL OPTIONS
[options]
# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
#RootDir = /
#DBPath = /var/lib/pacman/
#CacheDir = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile = /var/log/pacman.log
HoldPkg = pacman glibc
# If upgrades are available for these packages they will be asked for first
SyncFirst = pacman
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl %u > %o
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
[core]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[extra]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[community]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[multilib]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
Last edited by Tripsun (2011-03-15 17:23:45)

Thanks, rebuilding clyde-git worked. Is there a particular reason why it broke all of the sudden?
Last edited by Tripsun (2011-03-15 19:29:02)

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