[solved]mbr not recognized by bios - stuck on Loading Operating System

Hi guys,
I got a shiny new SSD and moved my / and /boot partitions over to it with a fresh install. I created both as gpt, etx4. /boot is sda1 / is sda2. Going through the install steps for syslinux, i did these:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sy … tion_table
and finished the rest of the install. i didn't get any errors or anything that looked wrong. But when i reboot, my computer just hangs on Loading Operating System, like it can't find the mbr on /boot. I still have hdd as the primary boot option in the bios. Do i need to do something different to get it to recognize ssd as boot? did i just miss something small?
thanks,
Last edited by shelbydz (2014-09-07 19:27:50)

@shelbydz: there is no "MBR on /boot" -- GPT disks have a "stub" MBR used to prevent non-GPT aware programs from deleting the partitions.
Why are you using syslinux in EFI?
It all looks rather complicated in the wiki. I would recommend trying gummiboot, I find it the easiest of all the boot loaders/managers to use.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Be … #Gummiboot
I am using a Kingston V300 SSD and it needs no special attention (all I have is "discard" in my fstab)...

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