Cannot install Arch

Hello, after clearing out all the partitions on my harddrive today, I installed windows XP pro as usuall, and when I installed arch, everything went fine until I was going to configure the arch, Neither rc.conf or any other files existed on the file system, and vim stated the /etc didn't exist either.
What is the issue?

This happened to me not too long ago, you should search the forums for the latest beta isos, they should work.
I think what is happening is that there is some kind of file conflict when pacman is installing your initial set of packages, so nothing really gets installed at all. Because of the ncurses layout of the installer it's sometimes hard to catch the errors.
Not really too much of a surprise given the age of the isos and all the changes in the repos that have undoubtedly occured since then. But new isos should be coming soon, I believe when the 2.6.25 kernel hits [core]

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Cannot install Arch on raid0 (kernel panics)

I followed the Howto in the wiki to install Arch on a Raid 0 array, but when trying to boot I keep getting errors that boil down to "no filesystem could mount root" followed by a kernel panic.
I modified the howto to my needs:
- created a Raid 0 array using mdadm from logical partitions /dev/sda7 and /dev/sdb7. /dev/sda6 will be /boot and /dev/sdb6 will be swap (both not in raid, of course)
- Put filesystems in place (tried Reiserfs and ext3 for the array; ext2 for /boot seems to be fine as the boot does initialize)
- mounting of array to /mnt
- Edit configfiles. Mkinitcpio is the important one, I feel:
# vim:set ft=sh
# MODULES
# The following modules are loaded before any boot hooks are
# run. Advanced users may wish to specify all system modules
# in this array. For instance:
# MODULES="piix ide_disk reiserfs"
MODULES="pata_jmicron ata_generic ahci ata_piix sata_sil24 raid0"
# BINARIES
# This setting includes, into the CPIO image, and additional
# binaries a given user may wish. This is run first, so may
# be used to override the actual binaries used in a given hook.
# (Existing files are NOT overwritten is already added)
# BINARIES are dependancy parsed, so you may safely ignore libraries
BINARIES=""
# FILES
# This setting is similar to BINARIES above, however, files are added
# as-is and are not parsed in anyway. This is useful for config files.
# Some users may wish to include modprobe.conf for custom module options,
# like so:
# FILES="/etc/modprobe.conf"
FILES=""
# HOOKS
# This is the most important setting in this file. The HOOKS control the
# modules and scripts added to the image, and what happens at boot time.
# Order is important, and it is recommended that you do not change the
# order in which HOOKS are added. Run 'mkinitcpio -H <hook name>' for
# help on a given hook.
# 'base' is _required_ unless you know precisely what you are doing.
# 'udev' is _required_ in order to automatically load modules
# 'modload' may be used in place of 'udev', but is not recommended
# 'filesystems' is _required_ unless you specify your fs modules in MODULES
# Examples:
# This setup specifies all modules in the MODULES setting above.
# No raid, lvm2, or encrypted root is needed.
# HOOKS="base"
# This setup will autodetect all modules for your system and should
# work as a sane default
# HOOKS="base udev autodetect ide scsi sata filesystems"
# This setup will generate a 'full' image which supports most systems.
# No autodetection is done.
# HOOKS="base udev ide scsi sata usb filesystems"
# This setup assembles an ide raid array with an encrypted root FS.
# Note: See 'mkinitcpio -H raid' for more information on raid devices.
# HOOKS="base udev ide raid encrypt filesystems"
# This setup loads an lvm2 volume group on a usb device.
# HOOKS="base udev usb lvm2 filesystems"
HOOKS="base udev autodetect pata scsi sata raid usbinput keymap filesystems"
md=0,/dev/sda7,/dev/sdb7
I also tried adding reisferfs to 'modules' and using rootfstype=reiserfs as a kernel parameters.
- Install kernel
- Chrooting into the basesystem and run mdadm -D -scan >> /etc/mdadm.conf
- Editing menu.lst of an existing installation (Ubuntu, in which incidentally raid0 runs fine)
title Arch Linux
root (hd0,5)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/md0 ro md=0,/dev/sda7,/dev/sdb7
What am I doing wrong? I know there's something about creating nodes, but I cannot find any useful information on it. Also, perhaps I am simply missing a module?
Last edited by crakie (2007-06-05 17:31:09)

Still no dice I cannot find anything out of order.
lshdw:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation|Memory Controller Hub (unknown)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation|PCI Express Root Port (unknown)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation|USB UHCI Controller #4 (unknown)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation|USB UHCI Controller #5 (unknown)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation|USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (unknown)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corp.|ICH8 HD Audio DID (snd-hda-intel)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation|PCI Express Port 1 (unknown)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation|PCI Express Port 3 (unknown)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation|PCI Express Port 4 (unknown)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation|PCI Express Port 5 (unknown)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation|PCI Express Port 6 (unknown)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation|USB UHCI Controller #1 (unknown)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation|USB UHCI Controller #2 (unknown)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation|USB UHCI Controller #3 (unknown)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation|USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (unknown)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp.|82820 815e (Camino 2) Chipset PCI (hw_random)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation|LPC Interface Controller (unknown)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation|SATA Controller 1 cc=IDE (ata_piix)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation|SMBus Controller (i2c-i801)
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation|SATA Controller 2 cc=IDE (ata_piix)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corp.|GeForce 7600 GT (vesa)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor|RTL-8168 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet (r8169)
04:00.0 Mass storage controller: Silicon Image Inc.|SiI 3132 PCI-X Serial ATA Controller (sata_sil24)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor|RTL-8168 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet (r8169)
06:00.0 SATA controller: JMicron Technologies, Inc.|JMicron 20360/20363 AHCI Controller (ahci)
06:00.1 IDE interface: JMicron Technologies, Inc.|JMicron 20360/20363 AHCI Controller (ahci)
07:02.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments|TSB43AB22 IEEE1394a-2000 OHCI PHY/Link-Layer Ctrlr (ohci1394)
07:05.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant Inc.|iTVC15 MPEG Coder (ivtv)
005:001 USB Hub: Virtual|Hub (hub)
005:002 USB Human Interface Devices: USB Gaming Mouse [/dev/input/mice] (usbhid)
002:001 USB Hub: Virtual|Hub (hub)
007:001 USB Hub: Virtual|Hub (hub)
006:001 USB Hub: Virtual|Hub (hub)
001:001 USB Hub: Virtual|Hub (hub)
004:001 USB Hub: Virtual|Hub (hub)
003:001 USB Hub: Virtual|Hub (hub)
---:--- Mouse: PS/2 Mouse port [/dev/psaux] (msintellips/2)

Can't install arch

I have been using Arch Linux for about 8 months now and I love it. The problem is that I can't upgrade to .7 using the beta CD. Here's the scoop. I purchased a pcHDTV HD3000 TV card (www.pchdtv.com) for Linux. I was hoping I could use it with Arch, but then found that it's only supported on fedora and soon suse and gentoo. So I reluctantly installed fedora - which I disliked very much. Then I went to gentoo - which was too long of an install process. When I went to try suse, I couldn't get my usb keyboard and mouse to stay on through the install process. So after a little frustration I went back to Arch. Unfortunately, the install CD stops when it tries to see the USB keyboard and mouse. It says
Attempting to load USB HID Support...
Here's the strange thing. I do have keyboard control when the cd is first running. Then when it gets the the message above, I lose it and my only option is to reboot. This also happens with the Arch live cd when it asks if I want to use the thumb drive. Only in that case, my usb keyboard and mouse are lit up, but it won't accept any input from them.
I have an MSI 6827-110 Neo2 P series motherboard with a P4 3.2 ghz processor and 1 gig of RAM (all needed for HDTV). I did find that there is a kernel for the HDTV card and that I may be able to use Arch Linux after all So I would really like to know if anyone else is having this problem and if so, how to correct it by still using USB input devices.
I should also mention that in my bios, the usb controllers are enabled and I have legacy support for all usb devices enabled (I could select ALL|Keyboard+Mouse|Disabled).
Other then that, a Knoppix live CD does work. Windows XP (I hate to say it) does work. It's just the gentoo live cd, Arch live cd, and the Arch install cd (I did get the Suse CD to work, but cancelled because I really wanted to go back and install Arch) that did not work.
Thanks for any help.

Well, I dowloaded the .7 beta1 and I still can't get past the
attempting to load USB HID support...
portion of the install. So I disconnected my USB keyboard and mouse and connected a PS/2 keyboard. Again, it stopped at the same output line. So I inserted the Arch live CD again, and again, it locks up at the point where it asks if you want to use the thumb drive. So I put in the Knoppix live CD and it booted fine.
At this point, I am lost. I have never had a problem like this before, suspecting that my USB hardware is malfunctioning only to have another distros live CD run flawlessly. The fact that the Installs won't work with the PS/2 keyboard is frustrating as well.
...Just tried updating my bios thinking that would fix the problems - no luck. Any ideas? I cannot install Arch on this system no matter what I do! I am no longer fond of MSI motherboards.

Dual booting win 7 and arch: cannot install grub to partition

I have read the arch wiki page on dual booting and several other sources on line, but I am still struggling to get this to work.
I am trying to dual boot arch and windows 7 on my lenovo ideapad s205. the machine comes with windows 7 pre-installed.
I shrank the win 7 partition and added an extended partition with 3 logical partions for /boot, swap, and /.
I am able to install and run arch by installing grub to the mbr. when I do this, though, I cannot boot windows. (the windows section of grub menu.lst is uncommented and points toward hda0,0. I have tried hda 0,1 as well).
I have also tried to use the windows boot loader to load arch, as described in the arch wiki page on dual booting. The problem here is that, taking this approach, I should install grub to my /boot partition, but when I try to do this, the installer only allows me to install grub to sda or sdb (the usb stick).
I have read that grub should be able to boot linux from a logical partition. Is this so?
Is there something wrong with the arch installer that it is not giving me the option of installing to a partition rather than the mbr, or is this a problem with my partition scheme, or something else?
I am tempted to remove lenovo's recovery system, but on the other hand, I have already needed to use it several times while monkeying around with installing arch.
Thanks for any help.
UPDATE:
I now have the laptop dual-booting win 7 and arch. My solution ( adapted from here: http://helms-deep.cable.nu/~rwh/blog/?p=177) was to:
1. installed arch on the partitions I had created for it, but skipped the "install bootloader" stage.
2. in win 7, I downloaded and installed EasyBCD and made an entry for arch in it. I checked the option to "Use EasyBCD's copy of GRUB"
3. When I restarted, I got a grub error because the entry in grub's menu.lst was pointing at the wrong partitions for the kernel and root.
4. So I went back into the arch live disk, mounted the boot partition and edited menu.lst.
Now when I start the laptop, the windows boot loader starts and I can choose between win 7 and arch. when I select arch, grub4dos starts and gives me the option to start arch. this is not particularly elegant (nor is it fast), so I think this solution is less than ideal, but it does work.
I'd be interestd in any thoughts about what went wrong and what a better solution would be.
thanks.
Last edited by ratchet (2011-10-10 19:09:16)

ratchet wrote:II am able to install and run arch by installing grub to the mbr. when I do this, though, I cannot boot windows. (the windows section of grub menu.lst is uncommented and points toward hda0,0. I have tried hda 0,1 as well).
Is this a typo in your post or how it was in menu.lst? Surely it should be hd0,0 and not hda0,0? The entry I have in my menu.lst is as follows:
# (2) Windows
title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
What was yours?
Last edited by JHeaton (2011-10-10 20:18:22)

[solved] Cannot install grub on Arch installation!

I'm trying to install Arch on my new Laptop. Almost everything works fine until I come to the point where GRUB will be installed (to the MBR). Installaton fails and I'm told to have a look on tty5 for error messages. Doing so I read:
grub> root (hd0,3)
Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x7
grub> setup (hd0)
Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition
grub> quit
AnyIdeas what I could do?
By the way, I'm installing the 64Bit Version 0.8 on a computer that currently runs "bad, bad Vista". I'm going to kill Vista anyway, sooner or later, but I wanted to have a try on getting them both on one computer. Might that be a problem?
Last edited by saciel (2007-06-06 00:31:15)

The layout preset by the factory is the following:
sda1: some sort of windows configuration backup blabla
sda2: Vista System
then there is roughly one gigabyte of free space then
sda4: which was a preset ntfs partition for data
I decided to turn 4 in arch root partition, leaving everyting else unchanged for an instance (no additional swap/boot partition).
By the way, I tried to install Grub directly on partition 4 (it is an ext3 now), too afterwards, which failed with the same error.
Last edited by saciel (2007-06-06 00:16:07)

(SOLVED)Cannot install WINE (x86_64 Arch)

Hey.
I cannot install WINE. I already enabled =multilib=, did "pacman -Syu", restarted.
sudo pacman -S wine
error: target not found: wine
I did "pacman -Scc" a few times and chose "Yes" when I was asked to clear unused Repos.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
Last edited by archie0 (2012-03-21 09:40:11)

Next time, please copy the text instead of using a screenshot.

Cannot get past grub to install Arch :(((

Hi, I am trying Arch for the first time.
I downloaded this image of Arch Linux 2008.4 i686 (ftp install) from Linuxtracker.org: http://linuxtracker.org/index.php?page= … 57cc10d881
Unfortunately, when I try to select the first option on the Grub screen (Boot ArchLive), it gives me a Grub Error 13: "Invalid or unsupported executable format"
I used Brasero to burn this from Ubuntu and had it verify the burnt iso as well as used a trusty guide to help me verify it in another way (make an iso from the cd and diff it between it and the downloaded one)
I don't know what's going on, but I only have one more CD-R and can't really go buy more at 9p.m.
Any suggestions, please?
Was this a bad torrent? Should I have not picked the FTP one? It's my first time using an FTP version.
Thanks,
Brian
Last edited by CheesyBeef (2008-06-05 02:44:48)

Yes, I do. I have windows Vista, Hardy Heron, Fedora 9, and Linux Mint Elyssa installed. (Just about to overwrite Mint with Arch)
is the windows drive separate, on its own HD? Just out of curiosity, if it is, unplug just that drive and turn the computer on and retry the CD. In fact unplug all your HD's and try the CD, see what happens then...
BTW, installing arch from another distro is so easy. Once u do it u will throw away all your cd's, because if u can install through another distro u can also always fix arch through another distro, by using this same chroot environment.
Last edited by jacko (2008-06-05 13:50:39)

Installing arch under virtualbox - cannot open default display & stuff

hi!
this is not my first time I try to install arch under virtualbox, and the results I get are the same.
Installation was pretty obvious: installed arch, added user to lp,wheel,games,video,audio,optical,storage,scanner,power,users groups, installed xorg (all group), installed virtualbox-guest-utils, added vboxvideo vboxsf and vboxguest to /etc/modules-load.d/virtualbox.conf. Also installed mesa and xf86-video-vesa.
Then I edited .xinitrc and added there /usr/bin/VboxClient-all line.
In result, when I try to launch X by typing startx, desktop changes resolution to a bigger one, then blank screen and the resolution changes back to previous, displaying the following:
If I try to launch any de (like bspwm or xfce4) I het a message saying "Can't open the default display".
The weirdest part is that if i change user to root, I can startx and the ugly twm will start, but if I try to launch de, I get the same error message.
Now, what have I missed during the installation which in result gives me what I get?
Thank you.

Trilby wrote:Please post your actual .xinitrc. The output in your screenshots indicates that X exited normally, without error. In other words, nothing went wrong, it did what it was told to do, you just likely have not told it to do what you want.
good thing is that i actually installed xfce4 and uncommented the corresponding line in the .xinitrc and the xfce4 launced successfully. Maybe I was frustrated because under root I got something, and under user - failures.
The bad thing is that when I want now to launch bspwm with the following .xinitrc
I get a completely black screen with no response

How to install Arch for dual-boot with Win 7 (on 2 hard drives)?

Hello,
the TLDR first: how exactly should I proceed when setting up GRUB for 2 hard drives to dual-boot Arch (64 bit)and Win 7 (64 bit)?
Long version: So, I have the following hard drive & partition layout:
On my first hard drive (250 GB big) I have: Win 7 64 bit, all the programs for Windows and of course the EFI partition
My second hard drive is 1 TB big and formatted in NTFS and it only contains data. It has 2 partitions, one is about 750 GB big and used for simple storage.
Sidenote 1: sometimes my disk management (Windows' own gparted) shows either the little disk or the big one as disk 0. Don't know what exactly this means, but I have never ever experienced any problems whatsoever during use.
Sidenote 2: the UEFI motherboard (ASRock H67M) cannot boot into Legacy mode.
I want to install Arch on a ~200 GB partition on the second hard drive (the one with 1 TB). (click here if you want to see a screenshot) I am posting this because I am confused with how exactly I should deal with the whole "2 hdds & UEFI" thing.
So how exactly should I proceed when setting up GRUB for this setup?
For partitioning I suppose I would have to use fdisk or cgdisk. I used cgdisk before and found it to be straightforward. Then, because I have experienced my fair share of problems with rEFInd, I'd like to use GRUB.
Last edited by jones (2013-06-29 14:36:56)

First thing you should do is become familiar with your motherboard.
http://www.asrock.com/mb/manual.asp?Model=H67M
This will probably help you out in understanding the sidenote 1 thingie (hdd's on sata3 and/or sata2 connectors)
As on sidenote 2, according to the manual it seems to be possible to boot legacy mode, see Storage Configuration.

Installing Arch on a MacBook Pro Retina

I've spent many hours trying to install Arch on my macbook pro to no avail (over 14 times I've tried), I've learned a lot through this process, but apparently not enough. I get the system installed and blessed (in OSX), but when I try to boot into it I get stuck on "loading initial ram disk." (Previous errors were a read-only file system, but this one is latest) My hunch tells me it has something to do with the mkinitcpio.conf (I was told to add "ahci" to MODULES and "keyboard" after "autodetect" in "HOOKS") and I know the mkinitcpio -p linux command creates the initial ram disk environment (thanks to the docs).
Here are my steps, the bash scripts I created to do all this. Does anything look out of the ordinary to anyone?
cgdisk /dev/sda #(setup partitions as below, sda1-3 not shown)
#partitions: (sda4 == 128MB Hfs+, sda5 == 256MB Linux (boot), sda6 == 30GB Linux (root), sda7 == 70GB #Linux Home)
#first script
mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda5
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda6
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda7
mount /dev/sda6 /mnt
mkdir /mnt/boot && mount /dev/sda5 /mnt/boot
mkdir /mnt/home && mount /dev/sda7 /mnt/home
pacstrap /mnt base base-devel
genfstab -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
arch-chroot /mnt /bin/bash
#second script
#install wifi (dmesg | grep firmware still says no firmware tho...)
pacman -S wget b43-fwcutter
wget https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/b4/b … are.tar.gz
tar -zxf b43-firmware.tar.gz
cd b43-firmware
makepkg -si --asroot #kosher?
rmmod b43 && modprobe b43
echo arch > /etc/hostname
ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Central /etc/localtime
hwclock --systohc --utc
useradd -m -g users -G wheel -s /bin/bash dmj && passwd dmj
sudo pacman -S sudo
nano /etc/sudoers #comment out wheel portion
sudo nano /etc/locale.gen #pick locale
locale-gen
echo LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
mkinitcpio -p linux #someone said i need "ahci" in modules?
#make boot loader, copy to usb
pacman -S grub-efi-x86_64
grub-mkconfig -o boot/grub/grub.cfg
grub-mkstandalone -o boot.efi -d usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi -O x86_64-efi -C xz boot/grub/grub.cfg
mkdir /mnt/usbdisk && mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/usbdisk
cp boot.efi /mnt/usbdisk/
umount /mnt/usbdisk/
sudo pacman -S dialog wpa_supplicant iw
exit
umount /mnt/home
umount /mnt/root
umount /mnt/
sudo reboot
I finally got a descriptive error message and am very excited to show everyone.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10021156/arch.jpg
Moderator Edit: Converted over sized in-line picture to link - ewaller
Last edited by dmj (2013-06-25 02:59:00)

Ok, so I managed to boot into arch. The issue was my fstab. The custom settings I was using were incorrect. Going with the defaults helped. Also, the version of grub I was using was broken. See this link for the fix: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=164101
So after I tar -xvJf xxx.tar.xz the fixed version I was able to generate a boot.efi, copy it onto the 128MB HFS+ on OSX and then bless and boot.
A whole new slew of errors occurred.
First, the video mode error occurs "No suitable video mode" (and something about a font).
I found a fix for it here: (but it didn't work) https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GR … d.22_error
I added
cp /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ${GRUB_PREFIX_DIR}
Then add:
UEFI systems:
insmod efi_gop
insmod efi_uga
After that add the following code (common to both BIOS and UEFI):
insmod font
if loadfont ${prefix}/fonts/unicode.pf2
then
insmod gfxterm
set gfxmode=auto
set gfxpayload=keep
terminal_output gfxterm
fi
Gist: Add these few lines to your grub.cfg, result: no luck still this error
What I'm not sure is if if this is affecting my ability to start the xorg-server.
Then after that the network became unreachable (which is strange because the ethernet worked ootb on install)
systemctl enable dhcpcd@enp0s10
systemctl start dhcpcd@enp0s10
allows me to ping -c 3 google.com
Lastly, I cannot start the xorg server. Says the nvidia module is bad. I installed bumblebee, and ran startx (not from root) and I get a black screen. This is after installing: xorg-server xorg-xinit xorg-server-utils xf86-input-synaptics nvidia acpid
Then running: systemctl enable acpid nvidia-xconfig
My graphics card is a Geforce 650M and I've read I should be using the nvidia module, not the open source noveau module.
startx just boots into a blank screen now and I'm unsure why.
Any speculations, ideas, or thoughts would be gladly welcome.
Thanks ahead of time!
Last edited by dmj (2013-06-26 03:05:26)

Can't install arch in vmware fusion , /dev/tty7 error

I have the latest vmware fusion ,I downloaded the i686 core iso image.
I use vmware fusion (the latest) i select the default options , when I get to setup if i select "auto prepare harddrive" it fails and tells me to see /dev/tty7 which I can't .
So i manually partition, and then when I select files to install I get the error "cannot start pacman see /dev/tty7"
So i thought maybe the disc image was bad, Ive downloaded the iso from different sites/sources with the same problem. It would seem vmware should be the easiest to install to.
I read the wiki but I don't understand, I have no other issues installing other linux distros in vmware fusion.
Last edited by itsmeh (2009-05-07 01:59:57)

Ok got past the auto partition error issue, instead of selecting the first option to install arch from the live disc, select the 2nd option for IDE with no sata drivers in vmware fusion. I think it takes care of both problems

Install arch on emachine laptop

Hello,
Here is my problem. I am trying to install arch on an emachines amd64 laptop. The 0.6 install disc boots a working 2.6 kernel from which I can get networking started. If I then install a 2.6 kernel, it freezes loading the kernel at the point where the dmesg says: "NET" Registered protocol family 2". If I install a 2.4 kernel it will boot fine after adding acpi=off and agp=try_unsupported parms. However, I cannot get networking to work with the 2.4 kernel. The modules will load but I will always timeout during network start. I've run network start using bash -x and I am getting the correct parms to dhcpd. It just doesn't want to work. So my question is this. How do I get a 2.6 kernel to boot? I know it will work because install uses it. Is there a way to use the install kernel? Should I try to build a kernel during install and how do I do this?
Thanks,
Jason

Ok, Got the 2.6.3 kernel working. There is an excellent resource here.
The 3 things which helped me were:
1.) Using the config file listed on the page linked above as a basic guide.
2.) Using ext3 as my filesystem.
3.) Adding "pci=noacpi noapic psmouse.proto=imps" to my kernel boot parms.
Also on the page linked above there are links to 2 other resources. "thither's page" and a gentoo forum link. Thither's page is worth checking out and the gentoo forum is a long read but provides some background on the problems.
The link also provides misc patches. I have not tried those yet.
As far as I know the wireless card does not have working drivers yet and the ati card will not run 3d due to lack of drivers. If I find solutions to either I will post here.
p.s. Sorry about the OT in the posts above I am the only person I know who can get OT in a dsicussion with themself.
Thanks,
Jason

[SOLVED] mkdir: missing operand error when installing Arch

I am on my first attempt of installing Arch Linux and when i type the command /arch/setup i get the following error
Welcome to Arch Linux Installation Framework
/usr/lib/libui.sh: line 120: /usr/bin/dirname: Input/output error
mkdir: missing operand
Try 'mkdir --help' for more information.
ERROR: Cannot create log directory
I am attempting to install from an ISO cd i burned.
I am extremely new to this and searched the Installation section of the forum with no luck. Thanks for any help.
Last edited by gnuub (2011-05-18 03:30:07)

I am using the 2010.05-core image. I tried installing on a different machine and it worked. I swapped the harddrive and it worked this time, but i received the following error before the arch boot screen came up.
Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 82944
I must have missed this error the first time by not paying attention, because the process continues after repeating the error a few times.

Trying to install Arch on a SD card.

I have an EEE PC 900 and was trying to install arch on a 32gb sd card.
Every kernel I have tried so far boots then during bootup says it cannot find the root drive.
I tried changing the root delay but that didn't work. So far I tried the defalt kernel and toofisnes's kernel and both came up with the same error.
Can anyone help point me in the right direction?

keenerd wrote:Did you enable USB booting when installing the kernel?
redsteakraw wrote:my bios can boot from the SD fine. Grub also boots fine off of the sd card. I ran the arch installer from a usb thumb drive. and II am currently running knoppix off of a SD card.
Good. Glad to hear that your motherboard supports usb boot. However, you did not understand my question.
Think back to when you installed Arch And it asks if you want to boot from an encrypted/RAID/LVM/USB/etc root partition? That USB option is pretty important. (Post-install it is one of the mkinitcpio hooks.) Without it, your kernel will not have the drivers to read your root partition.
Reinstall from the Arch iso. When you get to the kernel step, it will ask "Do you want to boot from USB?" Select "yes".

Grub error after install Arch x86_64

i install arch on my second laptop and everything works fine so im install on my main laptop but grub can boot
my main laptop have 2 HDD, first i have windows seven and other partions on second i have arch64
at install no errors are show but when i reboot grub menu show the arch options i choose and
Booting command-list
root (hd1,0)
Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x7
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sdb1 ro
Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition
Press any key to continue...
the hd1,0 thing is correct is the second HDD, first partition
i only can boot by arch live cd choose boot existing OS edit to hd1,0 and show me the grub menu and all boot option work
so what the problem with that
is not the problem with windows because i dont put windows on grub if i wont boot windows i choose boot first HDD on bios
the previous distro in this machine was sidux and only works on install i just choose install grub on sdb on MBR
on arch i choose install grub on /dev/sdb i think this is the MBR correct?

this i find on archwiki, i have this on grub too, but the problem is the grub/bios wrong names but is 100% now.
on 1 HD is a peace of cake install arch on 2 HDD im install a few times because this error but is easy too, when i read on web arch is hard to install i think that will be a pain in the as* but not really is easy and fast even faster than sidux but on start up have more 100mb of ram than sidux but is not a problem because is faster lol
thanks

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