Grub problems in arch64

Zmyrgel · 04-05-2006, 02:22 PM

Hi, I'm having problelms with Arch64.

I installed the system succesfully, or so the setup script told me.
Then, after I boot, I get "GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB " and so on at startup. I tried to fix this but when I run grub and try to issue "root (hd0)" it just says invalid device or similar.

Any idea how to bypass this?

I'm currently trying re-install to see if it works with LILO.

Edit: LILO won't even install.

Okay, more info about problem. When I switch terminals while installing I see the following text: grub 1: syntax error: "(" unexpected

Here's my menu.lst

Code:

timeout 5
default 0

title Arch
root (hd0,1)
kernel (hd0,1)/boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/hdc2 ro
initrd (hd0,1)/boot/initrd26.img

I have sata drive (sda) which is slave where my windows lies. Then I have a dvd-drive (hda) and my ide drive (hdc) where my linux is.

hdc is partitioned as
(hd0,0) = swap
(hd0,1) = /

I'm not sure if those (hd0,1) lines are important but it made no difference either way.

mcmillan · 04-05-2006, 03:23 PM

Well, if Arch is on hdc, then that means you should use hd2, not hd0 in grub. hda0=hda, so if I'm reading correctly you have it setup right now to try to boot from your dvd-drive.

Zmyrgel · 04-05-2006, 03:37 PM

Now that I think that I sure looks like it. But I have installed gentoo and debian and other distros with a similar menu.lst as above and they work. hd1,0 is pointing to my sata drive's MBR so I can start my windows and hd0,1 is pointing to my ide-drives root partition. I think grub doesn't count the dvd-drive at all in it's calculations.

Zmyrgel · 04-06-2006, 04:18 AM

Ok, I got this solved by chrooting and mounting /dev /proc etc. in to it and running a grub shell.