[Solved] Install Syslinux over Grub ?

Hi ! The title says what I want, I tried those two bootloaders inside a virtual machine, and I prefer much more the easy-to-read Syslinux configuration file.
The problem is that I already have GRUB installed on my Arch. The question is : How do I get rid of it ? Simply uninstalling the GRUB package and install Syslinux over GRUB in my MBR would be enough ?
Thanks in advance for the answer
Alexis.
Last edited by Alexis (2013-08-09 09:54:32)

jasonwryan wrote a nice piece about switching to
syslinux. It should still be relevant now.

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pvdisplay :
--- Physical volume ---
PV Name /dev/sda1
VG Name DesktopLVM
PV Size 243.14 MiB / not usable 3.14 MiB
Allocatable yes (but full)
PE Size 4.00 MiB
Total PE 60
Free PE 0
Allocated PE 60
PV UUID 9LXTZW-zZNI-dQ3W-RMTD-C3Fl-5blw-TbPwOo
--- Physical volume ---
PV Name /dev/sda2
VG Name DesktopLVM
PV Size 19.07 GiB / not usable 4.15 MiB
Allocatable yes (but full)
PE Size 4.00 MiB
Total PE 4882
Free PE 0
Allocated PE 4882
PV UUID bgu0dD-seVt-nz7i-3Vdi-PZ4U-MKKa-pk3i6V
--- Physical volume ---
PV Name /dev/sda3
VG Name DesktopLVM
PV Size 7.63 GiB / not usable 4.86 MiB
Allocatable yes (but full)
PE Size 4.00 MiB
Total PE 1952
Free PE 0
Allocated PE 1952
PV UUID lybKyF-aqIM-3tTA-FEH3-LRPn-cjI5-qqhG75
--- Physical volume ---
PV Name /dev/sda4
VG Name DesktopLVM
PV Size 438.82 GiB / not usable 3.84 MiB
Allocatable yes (but full)
PE Size 4.00 MiB
Total PE 112337
Free PE 0
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PV UUID l1h3Hh-BkzT-Fj0q-9mDH-1IGx-DtI0-v8AGgS
lvdisplay :
--- Logical volume ---
LV Path /dev/DesktopLVM/boot
LV Name boot
VG Name DesktopLVM
LV UUID Je7Lat-TOzj-vWei-5fLe-4cc8-ZAUF-J2IGAu
LV Write Access read/write
LV Creation host, time archiso, 2013-08-01 16:54:03 +0000
LV Status available
# open 1
LV Size 256.00 MiB
Current LE 64
Segments 1
Allocation inherit
Read ahead sectors auto
- currently set to 256
Block device 254:1
--- Logical volume ---
LV Path /dev/DesktopLVM/root
LV Name root
VG Name DesktopLVM
LV UUID xRK2SN-4IG1-RjNV-RHAl-qeXL-R8F3-k4SDQt
LV Write Access read/write
LV Creation host, time archiso, 2013-08-01 16:54:12 +0000
LV Status available
# open 1
LV Size 20.00 GiB
Current LE 5120
Segments 1
Allocation inherit
Read ahead sectors auto
- currently set to 256
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--- Logical volume ---
LV Path /dev/DesktopLVM/var
LV Name var
VG Name DesktopLVM
LV UUID Ej5zmm-7Q2x-HubD-JCBp-rg3F-g1oo-4rGBEn
LV Write Access read/write
LV Creation host, time archiso, 2013-08-01 16:54:21 +0000
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# open 1
LV Size 8.00 GiB
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--- Logical volume ---
LV Path /dev/DesktopLVM/home
LV Name home
VG Name DesktopLVM
LV UUID jU5Fdz-Tgdl-wPeE-ePOB-NaZk-CsGN-Xc8rkn
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LV Size 437.50 GiB
Current LE 111999
Segments 4
Allocation inherit
Read ahead sectors auto
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Block device 254:4
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WARNING: Failed to connect to lvmetad: No such file or directory. Falling back to internal scanning.
WARNING: Failed to connect to lvmetad: No such file or directory. Falling back to internal scanning.
WARNING: Failed to connect to lvmetad: No such file or directory. Falling back to internal scanning.
WARNING: Failed to connect to lvmetad: No such file or directory. Falling back to internal scanning.
WARNING: Failed to connect to lvmetad: No such file or directory. Falling back to internal scanning.
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/usr/bin/grub-bios-setup: warning: your core.img is unusually large. It won't fit in the embedding area.
/usr/bin/grub-bios-setup: error: embedding is not possible, but this is required for RAID and LVM install.
cat /boot/grub/grub.cfg :
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# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
insmod part_gpt
insmod part_msdos
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi
if [ "${next_entry}" ] ; then
set default="${next_entry}"
set next_entry=
save_env next_entry
set boot_once=true
else
set default="0"
fi
if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
menuentry_id_option=""
fi
export menuentry_id_option
if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
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save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi
function savedefault {
if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
saved_entry="${chosen}"
save_env saved_entry
fi
function load_video {
if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
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else
insmod efi_gop
insmod efi_uga
insmod ieee1275_fb
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
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if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
font=unicode
else
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insmod part_msdos
insmod part_msdos
insmod part_msdos
insmod lvm
insmod ext2
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if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
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font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2"
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terminal_input console
terminal_output gfxterm
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insmod part_msdos
insmod part_msdos
insmod lvm
insmod ext2
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if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
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insmod part_msdos
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# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
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source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
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fi
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### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/60_memtest86+ ###
### END /etc/grub.d/60_memtest86+ ###
Partially related, fdisk -l :
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Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk label type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x1bbed4e9
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
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/dev/sda3 40499865 56500604 8000370 8e Linux LVM
/dev/sda4 56500605 976773167 460136281+ 8e Linux LVM
Disk /dev/mapper/arch_root-image: 1494 MB, 1494220800 bytes, 2918400 sectors
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I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/mapper/DesktopLVM-boot: 268 MB, 268435456 bytes, 524288 sectors
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I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
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I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
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I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
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Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
How do i install grub now ?
L.E. : do not include the boot partition into LVM.
Last edited by psycho (2013-08-01 18:58:18)

Your first partition starts at block 63. Grub has gotten so bloated that it now writes to not only the MBR, but also to the space from the MBR (after sector 0) to the start of the first partition, which these days is sector 2048. This new start point is for alignment purposes.
You either need to recreate your first partition and let fdsik align it to sector 2048, or you need to create a grub bios boot partition (as though you were using GPT).
Honestly, although grub2 can handle this, I think putting /boot inside the LVM is a bad idea. It just makes you totally reliant on grub2 with no other bootloader choice. For example, if something in some poorly designed program decided to write some crap to the area between the MBR and the first partition (which applications have been known to do), and you had a USB flash drive with syslinux on it (which the Arch live media has), then you could not set it up to boot your disc.
I think you should use the pvremove command to take that first partition out temporarily, then create two new partitions. One for /boot and one to add back. But this is not going to be very straight forward since you already have four primary partitions. It might be better to convert your partitions to GPT (which is super easy using gdisk) because then you are limited to only 128 primary partitions instead of a measly four. If you do that though, then you will have to make three new partitions if you want to continue to use grub2. You will additionally need the grub bios partition mentioned above. The grub2 wiki page had more info on this. But then you should make the /boot partition and then the partition to add back.
At the very least, you are going to have to remove the first partition so that it can be resized, and then add it back. Hopefully, you have not already filled the LVM space, so that you can easily shift things around.

[solved] /boot/grub/grub.cfg installed as /boot/grub/grub.cfg.pacnew

Hello there,
With the latest update of grub-common I got the following message:
( 3/15) upgrading grub-common [################################################################] 100%
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However, should I reflect the changes of grub.cfg.pacnew or simply ignore it because grub.cfg is generated automatically?
Last edited by orschiro (2013-05-29 05:08:19)

koz wrote:
cfr wrote:
Natanji wrote:I just broke my system with this, so I think the package should *at least* post a notice to the user asking him to run "grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg" - or simply doing so post-installation, even. I know, my fault, but it's still really easy to overlook...
Since automating it would make it virtually impossible to maintain a manually configured grub.cfg, I disagree. Arch does not do that stuff automatically. Even for those who do not hand edit the config file, it is likely to break things if people have more complex setups. (For example, in some cases, grub will not find an OS unless the partition is mounted and it might not be mounted.) Actually, not even Fedora does this automatically although I suspect that is considered a bug.
As for the warning, pacman does warn you. It tells you it has installed a *.pacnew file. That tells you two things: (1) you needed to customise the previous default config, and (2) the default config has changed. That copying the pacnew over your old config will break things is standard: blindly copying *any* pacnew over your old, customised file will break things. I agree that it breaks things in a bigger way in this case but the principle is exactly the same. That is not to say that I think a reminder would be out of place - other boot loaders'managers do post such messages. But being told about a pacnew or a pacsave file *is* notification from grub that user intervention is required and this is usually because somebody who knows the system and customisations made previously is required to adapt the changes to accommodate the update. i.e. it is usually because blindly overwriting stuff is very likely to break things.
It is automated! WTF?!
Not really. One can hand edit grub.cfg and the package does not interfere with that.
This is what pacman threw out at me:
warning: /etc/default/grub saved as /etc/default/grub.pacsave
warning: /boot/grub/grub.cfg saved as /boot/grub/grub.cfg.pacsave
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( 2/11) upgrading e2fsprogs [#######################################] 100%
( 3/11) installing grub [#######################################] 100%
Copying /boot/grub/grub.cfg.pacsave to /boot/grub/grub.cfg
Is this intended??
It, thankfully, didn't break anything but this isn't what should have happened. I am sure it will ruin someone's day.
I agree this is strange. I have no idea why it moves your old config to a .pacsave and then copies that .pacsave back to grub.cfg. Effectively what it does is just make a copy of your config as .pacsave but I don't know why it does that.
It is in fact quite unlikely to break anything since it is very likely that an existing grub.cfg will work with the new version of grub. Obviously people should check but if somebody doesn't it is not likely to do any harm. I am not sure what you did to break your configuration but I doubt that you copied grub.cfg.pacsave to grub.cfg.

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loafer wrote:Can you post your syslinux.cfg please.
Surely
# Config file for Syslinux -
# /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg
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# * vesamenu.c32 - provides a graphical menu
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# * hdt.c32 - hardware detection tool
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# * poweroff.com - shutdown the system
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MENU COLOR title 1;36;44 #9033ccff #a0000000 std
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MENU COLOR unsel 37;44 #50ffffff #a0000000 std
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Installed WinXP, lost GRUB [Solved]

Okay, I recently installed windows XP after install Arch and Grub on my laptop, and lost Grub on the MBR, since Windows XP has the worst custom install EVER.
Anyway, I've got an Arch 0.7 base install CD, and was wondering what the correct procedure AND correct, exact commands to reinstall grub on my system was. I know I have to mount sys and proc and stuff like that to get udev even running, but after a lot of trials and errors I kind of wanted to know how to do it. Pretty please?
My / is on hda6, while my /boot is on /hda2.
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[SOLVED] Installed Win 7, now Arch won't boot

Edit: To save anyone reading this all the way, the problem turned out to be a badly edited fstab. Sigh.
PROBLEM:
Grub loads, then loads the kernel, but the boot hangs a few seconds later with no real error messages.
BACKGROUND:
1) I needed to boot a native Windows 7 partition on my 128GB laptop SSD.
2) So, I used gparted in an Ubuntu Live USB to resize my existing Arch partition and create an NTFS partition for Win 7:
sda > sda1=Arch > sda2=ntfs > sda3=linux swap
Arch still booted fine after this (sda1).
3) I then installed windows 7 (BIOS install) onto the second partition (sda2). I don't know where or if it puts some system reserved partition - but I can't see anything in gparted.
4) chrooted from an Arch Live USB, reinstalled GRUB, including mkconfig step
5) *If* I recall, Arch then booted OK.
6) Booted into Windows and applied all updates, set windows to use UTC clock and updated my laptops BIOS. Reboot.
7) Win 7 boots fine from the grub menu from (hd0,2)
8) Arch starts booting, loads the kernel, then hangs after the kernel has loaded, but before gdm appears. With the following on screen:
[2.104597] INFO @wl_cfg80211_attach : Registered CFG80211 phy
I have tried chrooting and reinstalling linux and linux-headers and grub. But so far to no avail.
[SOLVED with face palm]
I installed syslinux using chroot, as it displays more startup messages. The boot was hanging at [a disk task is starting] or words to that effect. It was my USB stick, which I'd foolishly added to fstab with the "auto" option. Editing that out of fstab - and it's all good.
I'll leave this here in case anyone else does something this dumb.
Last edited by sultanoswing (2013-10-30 08:09:03)

fettouhi wrote:
Thanks for the clarification about the DAEMONS list. My DAEMONS list is:
DAEMONS=(!hwclock ntpd syslog-ng !network netfs crond @alsa dbus networkmanager ufw cupsd avahi-daemon samba)
when I try to enable alsa and dbus I get this
[root@andre ~]# systemctl enable alsa-store.service
The unit files have no [Install] section. They are not meant to be enabled using systemctl.
[root@andre ~]# systemctl enable alsa-restore.service
The unit files have no [Install] section. They are not meant to be enabled using systemctl.
[root@andre ~]# systemctl enable dbus.service
The unit files have no [Install] section. They are not meant to be enabled using systemctl.
Is LVM handled automatically by systemd? The reason I ask is because I have the USELVM= set to YES in rc.conf.
I made the permanent transition to systemd and did not start alsa at all - sound works fine - so I never bothered with the alsa-store/alsa-restore service files at all - it just works! Also dbus gets handled by default in systemd so you don't need any starting of dbus service at all... it just works.

Arch Install - Stuck in GRUB

I downloaded the latest arch iso and burned it to a cd. When trying to boot off of the cd however I'm left in grub and it doesn't go ahead and load up the arch kernel. I'm not too familiar with grub so I have no idea what to do to actually get the cd to boot into bash allowing me to go ahead with setup. I havn't had this problem before.
I am installing arch over another installation; I just got a new motherboard and processor so technically I think grub is still in the MBR and maybe that's where I'm encountering problems? Although my primary harddisk is/always has been Windows and I've already reinstalled windows (theoretically replacing grub with the windows alternative).
Any help? The old cd (I burned it in May) still loads up fine but I'd rather install with the latest core packages. Thanks.

For me it sounds like this issue:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=51348
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Install Solaris10 over network.

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Presently Solaris10-U1 is installed in the box.
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[SOLVED] Install archlinux from a archlinux system -system not booting

Hey there,
I am trying to install a fresh archlinux system from within an existing archlinux installation. -- I really hope to get help here, I am clueless.
Theoretically this could be posted in the newby section but I think my problem is more special and it's not my first archlinux installation at all.
The facts:
I am renting an ovh server (kimsufi.com) and I want to install archlinux without their special ovh features.
The rescue system (debian) don't let me install archlinux (pacstrap error -> "mount: mount point /mnt/dev/pts does not exist"). Same as here -> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1231074
Because of that I install archlinux over the webinterface and then I want to install archlinux on another partition.
The problem:
The archlinux system from ovh is working, it is booting fine. My freshly installed system looks to don't boot at all.
There are no logs in /var/log (no dmesg etc.) so I think that it doesn't past grub.
I am clueless what I can do to get it to boot.
What I have tried...
"Pretty everything" I would say but this doesn't help anyone.
pacman -Syu linux mkinitcpio grub <- to be sure everything is installed.
-- Openssh is installed and configured, network is configured, fstab is correct, openssh and netctl is on autostart with systemctl.
mkinitcpio -p linux <- everything ok
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg <- that's also fine
grub-install --recheck /dev/sda <- no problems so far
That's all, I hope I haven't forgotten anything.
Partitions:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 4096 526335 261120 83 Linux <--- /boot of the ovh system
/dev/sda2 526336 19398655 9436160 83 Linux <--- / of the ovh system
/dev/sda3 * 19398656 20445183 523264 83 Linux <--- /boot of the fresh system
/dev/sda4 20445184 26736639 3145728 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 20447232 26736639 3144704 83 Linux <--- / of the fresh system
The bootflag is ignored because grub is installed into MBR.
Please post any ideas, I don't know what I may have forgotten.
Last edited by lookingaty (2014-02-14 21:24:39)

Since it's a server by ovh/kimsufi, I am not able to see what's going on with grub. (I have no idea how to diagnose that problem.)
The grub.cfg seems to be correct.
I tried it again without an extended partition, every partition are primary ones. Still no logs.
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 2048 526335 262144 83 Linux <--- /boot of both systems (only grub.cfg changes)
/dev/sda2 526336 19398655 9436160 83 Linux <--- / of the ovh system
/dev/sda3 19398656 25690111 3145728 83 Linux <--- / of the fresh system
At the moment the grub.cfg points to the OVH archlinux, not the freshly installed one.
I have modified that file by hand to OVH archlinux (sda2; UUID changed of course). OVH archlinux boots.
I can run grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg with the fresh system in arch-chroot again but it won't help.
But I can still do this and post it here.
My grub.cfg:
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
insmod part_gpt
insmod part_msdos
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi
if [ "${next_entry}" ] ; then
set default="${next_entry}"
set next_entry=
save_env next_entry
set boot_once=true
else
set default="0"
fi
if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
menuentry_id_option=""
fi
export menuentry_id_option
if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi
function savedefault {
if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
saved_entry="${chosen}"
save_env saved_entry
fi
function load_video {
if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
insmod all_video
else
insmod efi_gop
insmod efi_uga
insmod ieee1275_fb
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
fi
if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
font=unicode
else
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos2'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos2 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos2 bdf22a6f-cc53-41bc-a539-681a16bad2d2
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root bdf22a6f-cc53-41bc-a539-681a16bad2d2
fi
font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2"
fi
if loadfont $font ; then
set gfxmode=auto
load_video
insmod gfxterm
set locale_dir=$prefix/locale
set lang=en_US
insmod gettext
fi
terminal_input console
terminal_output gfxterm
if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
set timeout_style=menu
set timeout=5
# Fallback normal timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is
# unavailable.
else
set timeout=5
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_archlinux ###
menuentry "Arch Linux pkg-linux kernel" --class arch-linux --class arch --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
insmod all_video
fi
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod ext2
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 057c8a71-6eab-4093-80e6-3191386697ff
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 057c8a71-6eab-4093-80e6-3191386697ff
fi
echo 'Loading Arch Linux pkg-linux kernel ...'
linux /vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=bdf22a6f-cc53-41bc-a539-681a16bad2d2 rw quiet
echo 'Loading Arch Linux pkg-linux kernel initramfs ...'
initrd /initramfs-linux.img
menuentry "Arch Linux pkg-linux kernel (fallback initramfs)" --class arch-linux --class arch --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
insmod all_video
fi
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod ext2
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 057c8a71-6eab-4093-80e6-3191386697ff
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 057c8a71-6eab-4093-80e6-3191386697ff
fi
echo 'Loading Arch Linux pkg-linux kernel ...'
linux /vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=bdf22a6f-cc53-41bc-a539-681a16bad2d2 rw quiet
echo 'Loading Arch Linux pkg-linux kernel fallback initramfs ...'
initrd /initramfs-linux-fallback.img
### END /etc/grub.d/10_archlinux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Arch Linux' --class arch --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-bdf22a6f-cc53-41bc-a539-681a16bad2d2' {
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 057c8a71-6eab-4093-80e6-3191386697ff
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 057c8a71-6eab-4093-80e6-3191386697ff
fi
echo 'Loading Linux linux ...'
linux /vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=bdf22a6f-cc53-41bc-a539-681a16bad2d2 rw quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /initramfs-linux.img
submenu 'Advanced options for Arch Linux' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-bdf22a6f-cc53-41bc-a539-681a16bad2d2' {
menuentry 'Arch Linux, with Linux linux' --class arch --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-linux-advanced-bdf22a6f-cc53-41bc-a539-681a16bad2d2' {
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 057c8a71-6eab-4093-80e6-3191386697ff
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 057c8a71-6eab-4093-80e6-3191386697ff
fi
echo 'Loading Linux linux ...'
linux /vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=bdf22a6f-cc53-41bc-a539-681a16bad2d2 rw quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /initramfs-linux.img
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/60_memtest86+ ###
### END /etc/grub.d/60_memtest86+ ###

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