Grub from arch installer fails to install

Using the pre-release core (i686) iso 2011.03.23 because the standard iso doesn't have the drivers to support my wireless device (though neither seems to have a driver for the wired interface, interestingly)
When at the 'Install Bootloader' step, it attempts to build the GRUB device map, then the arch installer quits, printing this at the bottom along with a console prompt:
ERROR: device_is_raid needs a blockdevice as $1 ( given)
Attempted to then run 'grub-install' from said console as follows:
[root@archiso ~]# grub-install /dev/sda --root-directory=/mnt
Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time.
The file /mnt/boot/grub/stage1 not read correctly/
[root@archiso ~]#
I found I had to pass the root-directory argument, as otherwise it couldn't find the stage1 file.
This hard disk is not using raid in any way, and for reference has a partition layout as follows
/dev/sda1 ntfs as PQSERVICE
/dev/sda2 ntfs as SYSTEM RESERVED
/dev/sda3 ntfs as Acer
/dev/sda4 extended partition containing:
/dev/sda5 ext3 as /
/dev/sda6 swap
The first three were already present on the disk with Windows 7, which incidentally continues to boot without issue. The only modification made was to shrink the Acer (aka C:\) partiton with GParted to make room for Arch.
Would rather use GRUB than other bootloaders unless unavoidable.
Thanks for any help offered.

Gremnon wrote:Out of habit, I always use the Beginners Guide, and always use GParted to prepare the partitions in advance. Bad blood between me and Parted Magic writes it out of the book entirely.
Will try again with a boot partition included, but I don't see why it would make any difference.
Any particular reason for ext3 over ext2 for /boot?
I don't see why it would make a difference either, but my install failed until I did it. Ext3 is more robust than Ext2, so if your system crashes there's a better chance of it not being hosed. I don't think it's a big deal either way, but I feel safer with Ext3.

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Unexpected Signal : 11 occurred at PC=0xF7D807CE
Function=(null)
Library=/tmp/OraInstall2011-11-15_06-13-22AM/jre/1.4.2/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so
NOTE: We are unable to locate the function name symbol for the error
just occurred. Please refer to release documentation for possible
reason and solutions.
Current Java thread:
at oracle.sysman.oii.oiip.osd.unix.OiipuUnixOps.chgrp(Native Method)
at oracle.sysman.oii.oiip.oiipg.OiipgBootstrap.changeGroup(OiipgBootstrap.java:1206)
at oracle.sysman.oii.oiip.oiipg.OiipgBootstrap.writeInvLoc(OiipgBootstrap.java:900)
at oracle.sysman.oii.oiip.oiipg.OiipgBootstrap.updateInventoryLoc(OiipgBootstrap.java:408)
at oracle.sysman.oii.oiic.OiicSessionInterfaceManager.doInvSetupOperations(OiicSessionInterfaceManager.java:400)
at oracle.sysman.oii.oiic.OiicSilentInterfaceManager.doInvSetupOperations(OiicSilentInterfaceManager.java:679)
at oracle.sysman.oii.oiic.OiicInvSetupWCCE.doOperation(OiicInvSetupWCCE.java:217)
at oracle.sysman.oii.oiif.oiifb.OiifbCondIterator.
0007000 08:03 176980436 /tmp/OraInstall2011-11-15_06-17-32AM/jre/1.4.2/lib/i386/native_threads/libhpi.so
ffc2a000-ffc3f000 rwxp 7ffffffe9000 00:00 0 [stack]
Heap at VM Abort:
Heap
def new generation total 576K, used 271K [0xe65f0000, 0xe6690000, 0xe7170000)
eden space 512K, 51% used [0xe65f0000, 0xe6632828, 0xe6670000)
from space 64K, 8% used [0xe6680000, 0xe66816b0, 0xe6690000)
to space 64K, 0% used [0xe6670000, 0xe6670000, 0xe6680000)
tenured generation total 1408K, used 1074K [0xe7170000, 0xe72d0000, 0xefbf0000)
the space 1408K, 76% used [0xe7170000, 0xe727ca18, 0xe727cc00, 0xe72d0000)
compacting perm gen total 4864K, used 4645K [0xefbf0000, 0xf00b0000, 0xf3bf0000)
the space 4864K, 95% used [0xefbf0000, 0xf0079468, 0xf0079600, 0xf00b0000)
Local Time = Tue Nov 15 06:17:34 2011
Elapsed Time = 0
# HotSpot Virtual Machine Error : 11
# Error ID : 4F530E43505002EF
Heap at VM Abort:
Heap
def new generation total 576K, used 271K [0xe66e0000, 0xe6780000, 0xe7260000)
eden space 512K, 51% used [0xe66e0000, 0xe6722828, 0xe6760000)
from space 64K, 8% used [0xe6770000, 0xe67716b0, 0xe6780000)
to space 64K, 0% used [0xe6760000, 0xe6760000, 0xe6770000)
tenured generation total 1408K, used 1074K [0xe7260000, 0xe73c0000, 0xefce0000)
the space 1408K, 76% used [0xe7260000, 0xe736ca18, 0xe736cc00, 0xe73c0000)
compacting perm gen total 4864K, used 4645K [0xefce0000, 0xf01a0000, 0xf3ce0000)
the space 4864K, 95% used [0xefce0000, 0xf0169458, 0xf0169600, 0xf01a0000)
Local Time = Tue Nov 15 06:13:23 2011
Elapsed Time = 0
# HotSpot Virtual Machine Error : 11
# Error ID : 4F530E43505002EF
# Please report this error at
is the above a space issue??? Not clear on the error messages..
thanks
OS is: CentOS release 5.7
thanks

Pl identify exact version of "10g" being installed. CentOS is not a supported distro, so things may or may not work as expected. Search this forum for others who have tried to install on CentOS.
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/install.102/b15660/pre_install.htm#sthref111
HTH
Srini

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Hi,
I'm trying to install Archlinux on a new computer, using the FTP ISO 2007.08-2 (i686). I partition the disk, select the packages, then the installer download them. When it tries to install them, I get the error message "missing package filelist" for each package. I tried 3 differents mirrors, and got the same errors.
I'm in trouble, since the computer must be usable sunday evening
Would anyone know how to fix this ? What did I do wrong ? I installed Archlinux on several other computers without any problem, but here i'm stuck.
Thank you.

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