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

Hi,
I have 4 partitions.
sda1: Windows boot partition (ntfs) - This has always been there
sda2: Windows Installation
sda3: HP_Tools - I need to keep this for warranty
sda4: Arch Installation
I want to use GRUB to have a dualboot option at startup. Do I need to install GRUB to the boot partition which is NTFS, this should be ext3 according to the tutorial.
Or can I just install grub on the Arch installation in the /boot folder?
Thanks already!
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
# grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck /dev/sda
# cp /usr/share/locale/en\@quot/LC_MESSAGES/grub.mo /boot/grub/locale/en.mo
and then
# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
I forgot the installation ... I'm trying it in half an hour, thanks already for you help guys!

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Christophe GRENIER <[email protected]>
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Compiler: GCC 4.8
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ext2fs lib: 1.42.8, ntfs lib: libntfs-3g, reiserfs lib: 0.3.0.5, ewf lib: none
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/dev/sda: size 500118192 sectors
/dev/sda: user_max 500118192 sectors
/dev/sda: native_max 500118192 sectors
/dev/sda: dco 500118192 sectors
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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
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Disk /dev/dm-0 - 1478 MB / 1410 MiB - 2887680 sectors, sector size=512
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Disk /dev/sda - 256 GB / 238 GiB - Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series
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hdr_lba_start=34
hdr_lba_end=500118158
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Last edited by blablubb1234 (2014-07-08 09:20:08)

Issue resolved If you care to know how, read on:
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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:
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however i installed grub to sda1 because i didnt want my installs to mess with each other (not that ive had any problems with grub in mbr though...) .
this just looked cleaner to me.
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/edit: seriously, ive been searching the net for some time now, including irc chans and there seems to be no solution to this ! all threads similar to this just end dead !
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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".
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[SOLVED] Help! Arch freezes on boot

I was looking for a login manager today, after trying out qingy and uninstalling it, I rolled back the changes I made to inittab and rebooted.
And then while booting arch freezes after daemon start, after some time it says:
INIT: Id "c1" respawing too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
INIT: Id "c2" respawing too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
INIT: Id "c3" respawing too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
INIT: Id "c4" respawing too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
INIT: Id "c5" respawing too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
INIT: Id "c6" respawing too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
INIT: no more processes left in this rumlevel
I assume it is connected with my inittab setup cause on live cd I watched logs in errors.log and saw this:
Oct 7 11:47:55 localhost agetty[2042]: /dev/vc/6: No such file or directory
Oct 7 11:48:05 localhost agetty[2045]: /dev/vc/6: No such file or directory
Oct 7 11:48:15 localhost agetty[2046]: /dev/vc/6: No such file or directory
Oct 7 11:48:25 localhost agetty[2047]: /dev/vc/6: No such file or directory
Oct 7 11:48:35 localhost agetty[2049]: /dev/vc/6: No such file or directory
Oct 7 11:48:45 localhost agetty[2054]: /dev/vc/6: No such file or directory
Oct 7 11:48:55 localhost agetty[2055]: /dev/vc/6: No such file or directory
Oct 7 11:49:05 localhost agetty[2056]: /dev/vc/6: No such file or directory
Oct 7 11:49:15 localhost agetty[2057]: /dev/vc/6: No such file or directory
Oct 7 11:49:25 localhost agetty[2058]: /dev/vc/6: No such file or directory
my inittab
# /etc/inittab
# Runlevels:
# 0 Halt
# 1(S) Single-user
# 2 Not used
# 3 Multi-user
# 4 Not used
# 5 X11
# 6 Reboot
## Only one of the following two lines can be uncommented!
# Boot to console
id:5:initdefault:
# Boot to X11
#id:5:initdefault:
rc::sysinit:/etc/rc.sysinit
rs:S1:wait:/etc/rc.single
rm:2345:wait:/etc/rc.multi
rh:06:wait:/etc/rc.shutdown
su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin -p
# -8 options fixes umlauts problem on login
c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/1 linux
c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/2 linux
c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/3 linux
c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/4 linux
c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/5 linux
c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/6 linux
ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now
# Example lines for starting a login manager
#x:5:respawn:/bin/su pshkadko -l -c "/bin/bash --login -c /usr/bin/startx >/dev/null 2>&1"
#x:5:respawn:/usr/sbin/gdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/kdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/slim >& /dev/null
# End of file
Help me please, cause my knowledge ends here, and I can't boot arch now.
Last edited by tasty_minerals (2011-10-07 11:36:58)

Here's my inittab in case that helps:
# /etc/inittab
# Runlevels:
# 0 Halt
# 1(S) Single-user
# 2 Not used
# 3 Multi-user
# 4 Not used
# 5 X11
# 6 Reboot
## Only one of the following two lines can be uncommented!
# Boot to console
id:3:initdefault:
# Boot to X11
#id:5:initdefault:
rc::sysinit:/etc/rc.sysinit
rs:S1:wait:/etc/rc.single
rm:2345:wait:/etc/rc.multi
rh:06:wait:/etc/rc.shutdown
su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin -p
# -8 options fixes umlauts problem on login
c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty1 linux
c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty2 linux
c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty3 linux
c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty4 linux
c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty5 linux
c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty6 linux
# Serial Virtual Console for KVM and others VMs
#s0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 9600 ttyS0 linux
# Hypervisor Virtual Console for Xen and KVM
#h0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 hvc0 linux
ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now
# Example lines for starting a login manager
x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/sbin/gdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/kdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/slim >/dev/null 2>&1
# End of file

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

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