Dualboot ubuntu-arch

after i've installed yesterday arch linux i can't login into my ubuntu that i've mounted in other partition, because when i choose to run ubuntu from grub it gives me "error 15: file not found", here there's my menu.lst, anybody can tell me how can i do to make ubuntu work?
# (0) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux
root (hd0,3)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda4 ro
initrd /boot/kernel26.img
# (1) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux Fallback
root (hd0,3)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda4 ro
initrd /boot/kernel26-fallback.img
# (1) Windows
title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-15-generic
root (hd0,3)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-generic root=dev/sda3 ro quiet splash locale=it_IT
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic
savedefault
title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-15-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,3)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-generic root=dev/sda3 ro
single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic
p.s. windows runs, only ubuntu doesn't start

i'm a genius i've found the solution, i've deleted the line "savedefault" and now ubuntu starts
title Arch Linux
root (hd0,3)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda4 ro
initrd /boot/kernel26.img
# (1) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux Fallback
root (hd0,3)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda4 ro
initrd /boot/kernel26-fallback.img
# (1) Windows
title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-15-generic
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-generic root=/dev/sda3 ro quiet
splash locale=it_IT
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic
title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-15-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-generic root=/dev/sda3 ro
single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic

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Last edited by Goatfluff (2012-01-14 03:28:42)

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[SOLVED] (U)EFI dualboot Win7 Arch Linux - partitions gone - recovery?

Hi everybody,
I have a slight problem with my (U)EFI dualboot system (Windows 7 and Arch Linux) which used to be configured using rEFInd like it is described in my previous post:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 6#p1300356
<EFI PARTITION> is /dev/sda1 and I used to boot via <EFI PARTITION>\EFI\Boot\Bootx64.efi which then successfully either loaded Windows or Linux kernel.
Thanks to my own stupidity and a recent update of refind I decided to copy the new driver, font and icon folders to the <EFI PARTITION> in order to be up-to-date.
After doing so, the rEFInd boot menu had a third icon which said "Boot via \EFI\Boot\Bootx64.efi" and if I clicked on it a second rEFInd boot menu appeared with only the two icons for Windows 7 and Arch.
So I figured I could delete Bootx64.efi and ultimately did so, unfortunately. Afterwards I couldn't boot neither Windows nor Linux anymore.
Following this I went through my noumerous USB boot sticks in order to be able to recover the Bootx64.efi. Unfortunately the first USB stick was a Windows XP one which has the plop bootloader alongside:
http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager/thebootmanager.html
Out of couriousity I entered this bootloader and found HDA and HDB (I assume resembling my SSD and my USB stick).
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Then I found a working Archiso which I booted and using blkid I couldn't find the partitions of my earlier system anymore, only its device and the USB stick:
/dev/sda: PTUUID="..." PTTYPE="gpt"
/dev/sdb1: UUID="..." LABEL="ARCH_201312" TYPE="..." and so on
/dev/sdb2: SEC_TYPE="msdos" and so on
Even within the EFI shell I could not detect any internal drive anymore (only fs0: which is the USB stick)
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Fri Jul 4 08:45:25 2014
Command line: TestDisk
TestDisk 6.14, Data Recovery Utility, July 2013
Christophe GRENIER <[email protected]>
http://www.cgsecurity.org
OS: Linux, kernel 3.12.1-3-ARCH (#1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Nov 26 11:17:02 CET 2013) x86_64
Compiler: GCC 4.8
Compilation date: 2013-08-06T08:42:31
ext2fs lib: 1.42.8, ntfs lib: libntfs-3g, reiserfs lib: 0.3.0.5, ewf lib: none
/dev/sda: LBA, HPA, LBA48, DCO support
/dev/sda: size 500118192 sectors
/dev/sda: user_max 500118192 sectors
/dev/sda: native_max 500118192 sectors
/dev/sda: dco 500118192 sectors
Warning: can't get size for Disk /dev/mapper/control - 0 B - 1 sectors, sector size=512
Hard disk list
Disk /dev/sda - 256 GB / 238 GiB - CHS 31130 255 63, sector size=512 - Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series, S/N:S12RNEAD322171L, FW:DXM04B0Q
Disk /dev/sdb - 2013 MB / 1920 MiB - CHS 1022 62 62, sector size=512 - SMI USB DISK, FW:1100
Disk /dev/sdc - 4210 MB / 4015 MiB - CHS 1020 130 62, sector size=512 - Generic Flash Disk, FW:8.07
Disk /dev/mapper/arch_root-image - 1478 MB / 1410 MiB - 2887680 sectors, sector size=512
Disk /dev/dm-0 - 1478 MB / 1410 MiB - 2887680 sectors, sector size=512
Partition table type (auto): Intel
Disk /dev/sda - 256 GB / 238 GiB - Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series
Partition table type: EFI GPT
New options :
Dump : No
Align partition: Yes
Expert mode : Yes
Analyse Disk /dev/sda - 256 GB / 238 GiB - CHS 31130 255 63
hdr_size=92
hdr_lba_self=1
hdr_lba_alt=500118191 (expected 500118191)
hdr_lba_start=34
hdr_lba_end=500118158
hdr_lba_table=2
hdr_entries=128
hdr_entsz=128
hdr_size=92
hdr_lba_self=500118191
hdr_lba_alt=1 (expected 1)
hdr_lba_start=34
hdr_lba_end=500118158
hdr_lba_table=500118159
hdr_entries=128
hdr_entsz=128
Trying alternate GPT
Current partition structure:
Trying alternate GPT
search_part()
Disk /dev/sda - 256 GB / 238 GiB - CHS 31130 255 63
FAT32 at 0/32/33
FAT1 : 4110-6150
FAT2 : 6151-8191
start_rootdir : 8192 root cluster : 2
Data : 8192-2097151
sectors : 2097152
cluster_size : 8
no_of_cluster : 261120 (2 - 261121)
fat_length 2041 calculated 2041
set_FAT_info: name from BS used
FAT32 at 0/32/33
MS Data 2048 2099199 2097152 [NO NAME]
FAT32, blocksize=4096, 1073 MB / 1024 MiB
NTFS at 146/251/42
filesystem size 249593856
sectors_per_cluster 8
mft_lcn 786432
mftmirr_lcn 2
clusters_per_mft_record -10
clusters_per_index_record 1
NTFS part_offset=1209008128, part_size=127792054272, sector_size=512
NTFS partition cannot be added (part_offset<part_size).
NTFS at 146/251/42
filesystem size 249593856
sectors_per_cluster 8
mft_lcn 786432
mftmirr_lcn 2
clusters_per_mft_record -10
clusters_per_index_record 1
MS Data 2361344 251955199 249593856
NTFS, blocksize=4096, 127 GB / 119 GiB
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/160, s_mnt_count=1318/4294967295, s_blocks_per_group=32768, s_inodes_per_group=8192
recover_EXT2: s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 5242880
recover_EXT2: part_size 41943040
MS Data 251955200 293898239 41943040
ext4 blocksize=4096 Large file Sparse superblock, 21 GB / 20 GiB
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/80, s_mnt_count=1317/4294967295, s_blocks_per_group=32768, s_inodes_per_group=8192
recover_EXT2: s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 2621440
recover_EXT2: part_size 20971520
MS Data 293898240 314869759 20971520
ext4 blocksize=4096 Large file Sparse superblock, 10 GB / 10 GiB
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/706, s_mnt_count=1317/4294967295, s_blocks_per_group=32768, s_inodes_per_group=8192
recover_EXT2: s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 23156049
recover_EXT2: part_size 185248392
MS Data 314869760 500118151 185248392
ext4 blocksize=4096 Large file Sparse superblock, 94 GB / 88 GiB
Results
P MS Data 2048 2099199 2097152 [NO NAME]
FAT32, blocksize=4096, 1073 MB / 1024 MiB
P MS Data 2361344 251955199 249593856
NTFS, blocksize=4096, 127 GB / 119 GiB
P MS Data 251955200 293898239 41943040
ext4 blocksize=4096 Large file Sparse superblock, 21 GB / 20 GiB
P MS Data 293898240 314869759 20971520
ext4 blocksize=4096 Large file Sparse superblock, 10 GB / 10 GiB
P MS Data 314869760 500118151 185248392
ext4 blocksize=4096 Large file Sparse superblock, 94 GB / 88 GiB
interface_write()
1 P MS Data 2048 2099199 2097152 [NO NAME]
2 P MS Data 2361344 251955199 249593856
3 P MS Data 251955200 293898239 41943040
4 P MS Data 293898240 314869759 20971520
5 P MS Data 314869760 500118151 185248392
simulate write!
TestDisk exited normally.
ext4 blocksize=4096 Large file Sparse superblock, 94 GB / 88 GiB
Now the question is: Can I - using testdisk or any other tool - recover those partitions successfully so I will be able to boot again afterwards? I tested and I could mark them as:
P Primary
Any help will be greately appreciated.
Best regards
Last edited by blablubb1234 (2014-07-08 09:20:08)

Issue resolved If you care to know how, read on:
Looking at the disk using gdisk was doing no good. Neither of the recovery options in gdisk did the trick.
I then returned to testdisk and restored the partitions (successfully). However, afterwards I was greeted by shell telling me the root device was not found (seems like UUIDs get changed when one restores them using testdisk). Adjusting the PARTUUID for root in <EFI SYSTEM PARTIITION>/boot/refind_linux.conf did the trick and I could boot up Archlinux again.
Windows 7 still didn't boot telling me the required device was inaccessible (probably wrong UUID, too). I could however not restore/edit Windows' BCD using bcdedit, see my post Status: 0xc0000225 boot selection failed; required device inaccessible:
To make a long story short: Removing bcd and running autorecovery from withing Windows RE successfully created a new bcd. Unfortunately, Windows writes its backup bootloader at <EFI SYSTEM PARTITION>/boot/EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi. This file originally was a copy of refind_x64.efi which I need to put at that location to be able to dualboot. After chrooting to my Arch system I could restore bootx64.efi, create a new fstab and everything is running fine now again.
Best regards and thanks for the help.

(SOLVED) Dualboot Windows + Arch Linux (Windows boot partition)

Hi,
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sda2: Windows Installation
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sda4: Arch Installation
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Or can I just install grub on the Arch installation in the /boot folder?
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Last edited by AlexCogn (2012-10-02 15:02:10)

Scimmia wrote:
AlexCogn wrote:When I do that Windows just starts.
Then you didn't install grub to the MBR. Don't forget, installing the package isn't enough, you actually have to install grub to sda as a separate step.
So
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Recommended partition layout for Ubuntu/Arch dual boot?

I just got a new (old) laptop, and my plan is to dual-boot Arch and Xubuntu. The Xubuntu is mostly to hold me over so I have a stable system while I'm setting Arch up/if I mess up Arch somehow/for testing. It has a new 160GB (149.05 GiB) drive, and my plan is to allocate roughly 35 GiB each for the Xubuntu and Arch / partitions, and a roughly 80 GiB partition for common data (that is, most of my home directory folders will be symlinks to that partition - e.g. ~/code will link to /common/code*).
Right now, my plan is to have three logical partitions - one for Xubuntu, one for Arch, and one that contains the common and swap partitions. So, I'm asking (A) are there any better ideas for partitioning, (B) does Arch still need a /boot partition, and (C) how should I handle the bootloader situation? (i.e. should I install Xubuntu's to the MBR and have it chainload to Arch's on a separate partition, or what?)
*The reason I'm not using a common /home partition is because my config files and the like will probably be different between the two OSes.

A) Probably -- partitioning is always a relative subject
B) no...and it never did
C) Whatever you prefer.
Basic tips :
Having a separate /home helps in re-installing(if you ever have to) and it saves your config files.
Having a separate /var allows you to put a different filesystem on it which may be more suitable to the type of files in /var
You can use a separate /boot, if you are going to use the same /boot for both Xubuntu and Arch. That way 1 partition handles both. If not, I think there is no need to create a separate partition. If you do create one and plan to use it for Xubuntu and Arch, make sure that you install a filesystem that is acceptable to both distros. For eg. Arch grub is patched so it can read from ext4. I do not know if Xubuntu's grub is patched or not.
Last edited by Inxsible (2010-06-24 03:55:20)

[SOLVED] Dualboot w7 + Arch ( where to install grub )

Hello,
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My currently partiotion schema ( MBR ) looks like:
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/dev/sda3 reserverd for linux root
I readed beginners guide, and the only one thing is not clear for me,
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Earlier with this configuration i had sabayon linux installed,
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Last edited by tangram (2013-11-18 09:55:29)

tangram wrote:
henk wrote:... Why do you personally think grub will update to /dev/sda? Do you know how grub works that well? ...
I do not know, I felt it so, earlier linux experiences, maybe better I should write "I suppose".
It is not a question of knowing grub. It is a question of knowing Arch. When pacman updates grub, it does not reinstall to disk, it does not generate a new configuration file and it does not, therefore, touch either the MBR or the BIOS boot partition or any installation to a partition or anything else. The most pacman will do is remind you to do these things, as necessary. And sometimes it does not even do that.
This is why, for example, it is possible to maintain grub.cfg manually in Arch but not in most other distros. Because the system will never, ever run grub-mkconfig unless you tell it to. So a manually maintained configuration file will never be overwritten unless you overwrite it.
The only boot manager/loader I know of where this is not the case is gummiboot and IMNSHO, that makes the gummiboot package a badly behaved one which fails to properly respect the local customs. (And I won't install gummiboot for essentially this reason.)
That said, installing grub to a partition is not recommended because it is very easily broken. So I don't think you should do that. I'm just saying that if you did do it, no pacman upgrade would ever write to the MBR. Nor, for that matter, would it update the installation on the partition. It would do zilch to upgrade the actual installation of the boot loader - it would just update the package files in your system.
Last edited by cfr (2013-11-03 03:15:34)

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I've got Ubuntu 11.04 setup ok now on an EEE 1201N.
I plan on dualbooting with Arch.
What I've found out so far:
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I create a separate data partition, different from /home, since I do not like mixing config files with my own files. In the event of a reformat, I just back up what I need to (very few rc files). This lets me have different /home's, but with the same username and not replicating data.
I have the same swap partition for each distro.
I use Ubuntu's grub2 alone (it was the first distro on the machine), which flawlessly detects all other distros (at the moment I have a minor bug with duplicate entries, but that is okay).
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[manjul@chaar ~]$ sudo fdisk -l
Password:
Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors
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Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xd7fa6e3b
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/dev/sda1 42205182 583198719 270496769 5 Extended
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/dev/sda3 258048 42202754 20972353+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 583198720 625141759 20971520 83 Linux
/dev/sda5 42205184 44302335 1048576 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 44304384 457363455 206529536 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 541255680 583198719 20971520 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 499310592 541253631 20971520 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 457365504 499308543 20971520 83 Linux
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/dev/sda5 is the shared swap
/dev/sda6 is the data partition
/dev/sda7 is Debian Sid
/dev/sda8 is Slackware
/dev/sda9 is Gentoo
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Why gcc compile so slow on Arch?

That's a big project, it takes about 30 mins compile by "make -j4" on Ubuntu.
Compare to Ubuntu, Arch take more 20 mins compile time!
The only different thing is Arch installed in SSD (project code too), Ubuntu in traditional disk.
Due to the project can't compile with 64bit system, Arch and Ubuntu all is 32bit OS.
The Arch already installed PAE kernel from AUR.
Anyone can help? Thanks in advance and sorry for my bad English.

karol wrote:Are you compiling using the same processor? Are you doing anything else at the same time apart from compiling on this computer?
On Arch, are you compiling using 'make -j4' or are you using makepkg and a PKGBUILD?
I'm quit sure using 'make -j4' both on Ubuntu and Arch, and of course the same computer.
I'm not using makepkg because we don't support yet currently .
I've tried several times to compare build time, not occasionally.
The project's build system is CMake, I don't think cmake is the problem.

[solved]Waiting for UDEV .... and other issues. ARCH magi please help!

see what i did there? with "ARCH" mage? haha
Anyways........
Attempting an install and cant get passe the waiting for udev events to be processed phase.
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-Sony Optiarc Black IDE DVD-ROM Drive
- (x2) 250 gb hdd
Peripherals (tried with these unplugged as well)
- Saitek CCB437050002/04/1 Black USB Wired Laser Cyborg R.A.T. 5 Gaming Mouse
- Microsoft SideWinder X6 Black Keyboard Win USB
- Creative Fatal1ty Gaming Headset
I tried downloading other versions (releases whatever) and still no dice. It always hangs on waiting for Udev events.
The Net install gets further and asks for a password and user name ( trying the default root password isn't working, after multiple attempts returns me to login prompt).
I have various issues with other distributions as well here are some of the others I have tried so far:
Gentoo: hangs at Syslinux 3.86 2010-04-01 ebios line
Ubuntu: hangs after selecting boot/ install ubuntu
Arch linux: see above
Chakra: does not recognize anything no boot screen or anything just hangs at blinking cursor or boots into windows
PeppermintOS: hangs at SYS LINUX screen as well.
Please help me Arch linux wan kanobi you are my only hope!
Im lost... and am new to Arch linux though I have done allot of research on it and cant find an answer. I have been using linux for a while in the past, and have installed multiple distributions before without issue. The udev error is from a cd boot....
Last edited by 3picgillftw (2012-05-15 08:04:44)

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AMD 6100 FX cpu
USB N13 Wireless-N adapter
ASUS GTX550 Ti
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Last edited by 12o (2012-01-24 21:48:57)

Fight BufferBloat by testing fq_codel by default in Arch

hi,
As suggested by Dave Taht in here , there is a "chicken/egg" problem in the development of fq_codel as a replacement of pfifo_fast.
Basically it needs to be enabled as default in the wild to collect enough data for all kinds of scenarios. Dave is trying to put a simple "debloat" script in Ubuntu, Arch and others. So i decided to put the default enablement of his script in discussion.
https://github.com/dtaht/deBloat/blob/m … debloat.sh
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/940541
http://www.bufferbloat.net/projects/cod … d_FQ_Codel
Last edited by brunogm0 (2013-02-18 00:14:07)

I remember reading on this a while back.. Testing the script now... Thx

Partitioning Questions (Measure twice, cut once.)

I'm currently reinstalling the OS on my computer after swapping out most of the parts. It was an XP gaming machine but I plan on dualbooting with Arch as the primary OS and Windows 7 for gaming. My old XP setup had a 32GB 10k RPM HD as C: and then a number of additional HDs for program and data storage but after I get the OS set up I plan on using the 32GB for swap and temp for Arch and pagefile storage for Windows. I got a new 1TB HD as my new HDD 0 and I am currently planning on partitioning it like so.
/ (20GB ext3)
/var (15GB ReiserFS)
/home (Whats left ~850GB , ext3)
/Windows (For Windows 7: 100GB NTFS)
First a few questions for this HD.
1. I don't plan on ever booting a second linux disto outside a VM, do I need a /boot? Should I just throw a 100MB /boot at the beginning just to be safe?
2. Ext3 is my safe choice, I see too many people having problems with ext4 and I want data security first, and speed as a close second, but windows compatibility would be nice. I take it ext3 would be my best choice until ext4 is mature?
3. /windows and / need to be primary, can I make the rest logical without any problems?
4. Is the size of the / and /var big enough? The HD has plenty of space.
Once I get the computer up and running I have to take my data off the 32GB HD and then I plan on reformatting it like so.
Swap (10GB)
Windows Pagefile space (Whats left ~11GB, NTFS)
/tmp (10GB ext2)
5. I have 4gb of RAM so I shouldn't have a big problem without swap at first, but is it easy to configure the swap and the /tmp after the initial installation is complete, is there a handy guide for this?
6. Is how I have this HD set up even a good idea?
Once I have all that partitioned I plan on adding the other three HDs back in, as I don't want to risk accidentally formatting them. (Wiping 2 full 500GBs and a 300GB would not make my day, plus I want to clean up my cable management when I do.)
I have installed Debian on P3 servers, Ubuntu and Suse on laptops, and Arch on an old P2. I have also done a number of distros in a VM, including Arch a few times. I don't think I'm going to see anything I haven't seen before once I get past the partitioning, but this is my personal use computer and those before were ones that I didn't use that often so partitioning wasn't a big deal and I never got too worried about it. I do NOT want to be reformatting this computer a week later because I made a boneheaded decision, thus measure twice cut once.

1) I suggest haveing a separate /boot. Allows for a bit more flexibility. 100 MB is plenty. And journaling isn't much use so you can just use ext2 to save a little space.
2) Go ahead and use ext3.
3) Yup.
4) Yup.
5) Any swap partitions available will be used. No config necessary, except for /etc/fstab I guess. Make sure /tmp is empty before mounting a new partition there (also via fstab).
6) Sounds good.
Last edited by Odysseus (2009-06-21 05:38:02)

[SOLVED] Trying to make Syslinux visually pleasing...

So I setup a dualboot with Arch & Windows 8.1 using Syslinux for management. I read all through the Wiki page, set it up accordingly, and it works nicely.
There's only one thing that really bothers me, and it's the screen resolution whilst in the boot menu. It's not like I'll quit life if I don't work this out, but It'd
be nice to make it look nice. I used to have a UEFI-GPT scheme on my desktop and back then I used gummiboot, and, even though It lacked advanced
configuration and personalization, it was very simple and displayed resolution correctly. It was super bare and super perfect.
On my laptop I'm running a BIOS Legacy-MBR scheme because it came like this, I didn't change it then and it's too late to Zero it all out again.
I'm using Syslinux now; It's just as simple and easy to use, works just as well and even supports a custom background. The only thing that annoys me
is the 640x480 max res. It even has a hardware detection tool, I don't see how it wouldn't automatically set resolution to native screen size.
Is there anyway to set this, or will I have to content myself with the crappy resolution? Here's my Syslinux config file...
# Config file for Syslinux -
# /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg
# Comboot modules:
# * menu.c32 - provides a text menu
# * vesamenu.c32 - provides a graphical menu
# * chain.c32 - chainload MBRs, partition boot sectors, Windows bootloaders
# * hdt.c32 - hardware detection tool
# * reboot.c32 - reboots the system
# To Use: Copy the respective files from /usr/lib/syslinux to /boot/syslinux.
# If /usr and /boot are on the same file system, symlink the files instead
# of copying them.
# If you do not use a menu, a 'boot:' prompt will be shown and the system
# will boot automatically after 5 seconds.
# Please review the wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Syslinux
# The wiki provides further configuration examples
DEFAULT windows
PROMPT 0 # Set to 1 if you always want to display the boot: prompt
TIMEOUT 50
# You can create syslinux keymaps with the keytab-lilo tool
KBDMAP br-abnt.ktl
# Menu Configuration
# Either menu.c32 or vesamenu32.c32 must be copied to /boot/syslinux
#UI menu.c32
UI vesamenu.c32
# Refer to http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/Doc/menu
MENU TITLE Fritz BootMenu
MENU BACKGROUND splash.png
MENU COLOR border 30;44 #40ffffff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR title 1;36;44 #9033ccff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR sel 7;37;40 #e0ffffff #20ffffff all
MENU COLOR unsel 37;44 #50ffffff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR help 37;40 #c0ffffff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR timeout_msg 37;40 #80ffffff #00000000 std
MENU COLOR timeout 1;37;40 #c0ffffff #00000000 std
MENU COLOR msg07 37;40 #90ffffff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR tabmsg 31;40 #30ffffff #00000000 std
# boot sections follow
# TIP: If you want a 1024x768 framebuffer, add "vga=773" to your kernel line.
LABEL arch
MENU LABEL Arch Linux
LINUX ../vmlinuz-linux
APPEND root=/dev/sda3 rw
INITRD ../initramfs-linux.img
LABEL archfallback
MENU LABEL Arch Linux Fallback
LINUX ../vmlinuz-linux
APPEND root=/dev/sda3 rw
INITRD ../initramfs-linux-fallback.img
LABEL windows
MENU LABEL Windows
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND hd0 1
LABEL hdt
MENU LABEL HDT (Hardware Detection Tool)
COM32 hdt.c32
LABEL reboot
MENU LABEL Reboot
COM32 reboot.c32
LABEL poweroff
MENU LABEL Poweroff
COM32 poweroff.c32
PS: "You can always use GRUB" is not a valid answer
Last edited by DVNO (2015-03-20 04:42:07)

Read the wiki. You can set the resolution. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sy … _boot_menu
archwiiki wrote:Since Syslinux 3.84, vesamenu.c32 supports the MENU RESOLUTION $WIDTH $HEIGHT directive. To use it, insert MENU RESOLUTION 1440 900 into your config for a 1440x900 resolution. The background picture has to have exactly the right resolution, however, as Syslinux will otherwise refuse to load the menu.
PS: you can always use GRUB :-)
Last edited by 2ManyDogs (2015-03-20 02:35:34)

[Solved] Non-root user cannot access mounted ntfs filesystem

Hi -,
i have a dualboot system (arch/xfce + win7) and i use a ntfs partition /dev/sda2 to store files i use with both operating systems. I added the partition to fstab and it gets mounted, but i cannot access it with my non-root user. With root it works fine...
My fstab:
# cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs nodev,nosuid 0 0
LABEL=home /home ext4 defaults 0 1
LABEL=root / ext4 defaults 0 1
LABEL=swap swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sda2 /media/sda2 ntfs defaults 0 2
Is there any option that allows all users to use the mounted device? Or how is this usually done ...
Last edited by muzzel (2012-05-30 20:39:58)

See: NTFS-3G for important setup information.
My fstab line looks like:
/dev/sdb1 /media/Win_USB ntfs-3g uid=1000,gid=users,fmask=113,dmask=0022 0 0
This sets up some important parameters which the NTFS-3G Wiki Page covers. Basically, "ntfs" is only a basic driver and is built into the kernel. "ntfs-3g" is a much better, and less disk-eating, driver that you should install and use if you need the drive in Linux any more than occasionally. My fstab line makes my user (1000) the owner and the masks lets me write and etc to it. When you install NTFS-3G it is automatically used when you use the mount command to mount NTFS drives. In fstab, as above, you would specify it explicitly.
You can find your own user number by entering "id" at a terminal.

Dualboot ubuntu-arch

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