[SOLVED] error with mkinitcpio during installation

Question

Hi there
I am looking to install Arch after I broke a previous installation
I put this basic set of commands after reading the Installation Guide and I run it from in the live /root. 
#!/bin/bash
loadkeys uk
mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sda7
mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sda8
mkswap -f /dev/sda6
mkdir /mnt/root
mkdir /mnt/home
mount /dev/sda7 /mnt/root
mount /dev/sda8 /mnt/home
pacstrap /mnt/root base base-devel
genfstab -p /mnt >> /mnt/root/etc/fstab
arch-chroot /mnt
ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/London /etc/localtime
nano /etc/locale.conf
locale-gen
mkinitcpio -p linux
passwd root
If I run this script, there's some kind of problem with mkinitcpio and /boot is empty. It worked a month or so ago - maybe it's content in the new .iso? A misplaced /mnt or /mnt/root?
Any ideas? I've never failed to install distro properly and am a bit confused!
Thanks in advance
EDIT
I changed the script to this
loadkeys uk
cfdisk
mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sda7
mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sda8
mkswap -f /dev/sda6
mkdir /mnt/root
mkdir /mnt/home
mkdir /mnt/storage
mount /dev/sda7 /mnt/root
mount /dev/sda8 /mnt/home
mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/storage
pacstrap /mnt/root base base-devel
genfstab -p /mnt/root >> /mnt/root/etc/fstab
arch-chroot /mnt/root
ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/London /etc/localtime
nano /etc/locale.conf
locale-gen
mkinitcpio -p linux
passwd root
exit
will see if that helps
Last edited by Bazzaah (2013-03-18 19:26:29)

Answer 1

Bazzaah wrote:
Great, thanks for your help, much appreciated.
I do indeed have a functional system (basic of course) but what concerns me is that I get a not found error after mkinitcpio - the system boots so the kernel and initrd must be there...still that error message worries me a bit.
About that error, you need to post it, if you want help!
Edit: If you are running those commands in a file, make it look like this:
loadkeys uk
cfdisk
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda7
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda8
mkswap -f /dev/sda6
mkdir /mnt/root
mkdir /mnt/root/home
mkdir /mnt/root/storage
mount /dev/sda7 /mnt/root
mount /dev/sda8 /mnt/root/home
mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/root/storage
pacstrap /mnt/root base base-devel
genfstab -U -p /mnt/root > /mnt/root/etc/fstab
arch-chroot /mnt/root /bin/bash -c "ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/London /etc/localtime"
arch-chroot /mnt/root /bin/bash -c "nano /etc/locale.conf"
arch-chroot /mnt/root /bin/bash -c "locale-gen"
arch-chroot /mnt/root /bin/bash -c "mkinitcpio -p linux"
arch-chroot /mnt/root /bin/bash -c "passwd root"
The lines with "arch-chroot /mnt/root /bin/bash -c" are needed to run those inside the chroot environment, or else they will run in your live system, instead of making changes to your created system.
Last edited by s1ln7m4s7r (2013-03-18 17:46:26)