[QUOTE=Surma;31621319]Re-formatted as ext2, re-downloaded all the packages and it still won't work.
[editline]9th August 2011[/editline]
I just realised something: It says that one of the stage files are missing, specifically /boot/grub/stage1. Ya think I could find/create one manually and move it to the correct location?
[editline]9th August 2011[/editline]
Update: I found out that there is one in some /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc so I copied it over to /boot/grub and tried again. Same result. I'm beginning to feel that grub is looking at the wrong place or something. Any way to look into that? Once again, I've re-formatted as ext2 and get the same error. I also get the same device map, with two /dev/sda.
[editline]9th August 2011[/editline]
Update: There is indeed not much inside /boot/grub (beside menu.lst), but /mnt contains a lot of stuff, including a /boot/grub which is full of stuff, including a stage1. Gona look around more and see what I dig up.
[editline]9th August 2011[/editline]
Checked mount. /dev/sda1 is mounted to /mnt/boot, sda2 is swap, sda3 is /mnt and sda4 is /mnt/home[/QUOTE]
The contents in /mnt is what your system is going to be when your done installing. The contents in / is the disk.
This bug has been reported, so you might want to check this out for some info: [url]https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/25442[/url]
[QUOTE=Niteshifter;31622195]The contents in /mnt is what your system is going to be when your done installing. The contents in / is the disk.
This bug has been reported, so you might want to check this out for some info: [url]https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/25442[/url][/QUOTE]
Off to try cp -a /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc/* /boot/grub/ then.
[QUOTE=esalaka;31613381]My point was more that you have to compile everything so it might run just a bit faster with -march=native -O2 and all that crap.
Of course, the speedup would barely be noticeable with today's hardware, even if it is a celeron. And I guess that invalidates the point.[/QUOTE]
It's just that compiling everything on a Celeron would take forever. You could do it if you really wanted to though, but be prepared to wait for stuff to compile.
So in an effort to partially reduce the previous headache of my arch install, I decided to let it autoprepare a 250gig HDD I had lying around. I still got the same problem:
[Code]Booting 'Arch Linux'
root (hd1,0)
Error 22: No such partition
Press any key to continue...[/code]
=/
This is after it gave every indication on the disk that the autoprepare was successful, GRUB install successful, booted into correct HDD, etc.
This is also after I installed Arch on my server without an issue.
I guess my PC just doesn't like Arch.
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;31636975]So in an effort to partially reduce the previous headache of my arch install, I decided to let it autoprepare a 250gig HDD I had lying around. I still got the same problem:
[Code]Booting 'Arch Linux'
root (hd1,0)
Error 22: No such partition
Press any key to continue...[/code]
=/
This is after it gave every indication on the disk that the autoprepare was successful, GRUB install successful, booted into correct HDD, etc.
This is also after I installed Arch on my server without an issue.
I guess my PC just doesn't like Arch.[/QUOTE]
Maybe you want to use
[code]
root (hd0,0)
[/code]
For grub, it starts counting hard drives from 0 instead of 1. Using 1 might be correct if you have a second hard drive.
Well I have a 1.5TB hard drive with all documents, which on the Arch disk was labelled as /dev/sda.
The drive I autopartitioned and installed to, however, was /dev/sdb, a 250gig drive. I planned to just get the damn OS working, then get the /dev/sda documents partition working later.
I did pretty much no configuration which could possibly cause issues. I autopartitioned a drive /dev/sdb so I wouldn't fuck that up, installed grub to /dev/sdb without modifying the menu.lst it suggested. F12 Boot menu to ensure I'm booting into correct HDD, and still it gives me errors.
I was aware about Grub starting at HD0,0 and not 1. I didn't modify the menu.lst the installer suggested at ALL.
[editline]9th August 2011[/editline]
Posting from my phone because I've been staring at a
[B]grub>[/B]
prompt for half an hour
Is it normal for Ubuntu to max out a core on an Intel Atom when you move Apple's Mighty Mouse? It uses only 10% of the CPU to move the cursor via my touchpad. Is it really using that much or is the system monitor panel wrong? Maybe I am just stupid.
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;31637323]Well I have a 1.5TB hard drive with all documents, which on the Arch disk was labelled as /dev/sda.
The drive I autopartitioned and installed to, however, was /dev/sdb, a 250gig drive. I planned to just get the damn OS working, then get the /dev/sda documents partition working later.
I did pretty much no configuration which could possibly cause issues. I autopartitioned a drive /dev/sdb so I wouldn't fuck that up, installed grub to /dev/sdb without modifying the menu.lst it suggested. F12 Boot menu to ensure I'm booting into correct HDD, and still it gives me errors.
I was aware about Grub starting at HD0,0 and not 1. I didn't modify the menu.lst the installer suggested at ALL.
[editline]9th August 2011[/editline]
Posting from my phone because I've been staring at a
[B]grub>[/B]
prompt for half an hour[/QUOTE]
It's saying that /dev/sdb1 doesn't exist. On the grub prompt, type in this and post what it says.
[code]
root (hd0,0)
[/code]
I booted into an Ubuntu Live DVD I got from a book, and checked all the partitions.
My Documents partition still has all my pictures, documents, [sp]porn[/sp], etc which is a big relief.
And the four partitions created by the autopartitioner (/boot, swap, root, /home) have no obvious errors.
[editline]9th August 2011[/editline]
Success!
Grub, for whatever reason, turned /dev/sda into hd1 and /dev/sdb into hd0. The menu.llst entry looked for hd1 when it should have looked for hd0!
Again I did not edit the menu.lst provided for me so the blame is not mine.
Now to decide on a window manager
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;31639244]I booted into an Ubuntu Live DVD I got from a book, and checked all the partitions.
My Documents partition still has all my pictures, documents, [sp]porn[/sp], etc which is a big relief.
And the four partitions created by the autopartitioner (/boot, swap, root, /home) have no obvious errors.
[editline]9th August 2011[/editline]
Success!
Grub, for whatever reason, turned /dev/sda into hd1 and /dev/sdb into hd0. The menu.llst entry looked for hd1 when it should have looked for hd0!
Again I did not edit the menu.lst provided for me so the blame is not mine.
Now to decide on a window manager[/QUOTE]
I thought that was the problem, nice work finding it out yourself though.
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;31639244]I booted into an Ubuntu Live DVD I got from a book, and checked all the partitions.
My Documents partition still has all my pictures, documents, [sp]porn[/sp], etc which is a big relief.
And the four partitions created by the autopartitioner (/boot, swap, root, /home) have no obvious errors.
[editline]9th August 2011[/editline]
Success!
Grub, for whatever reason, turned /dev/sda into hd1 and /dev/sdb into hd0. The menu.llst entry looked for hd1 when it should have looked for hd0!
Again I did not edit the menu.lst provided for me so the blame is not mine.
Now to decide on a window manager[/QUOTE]
Yeah, there is no guarantee that Grub's hd0 will correspond to /dev/sda
I take back everything nasty I ever said about Arch, this is mad fun! I actually know how to configure my system from command line!
While I'm at it I should take back everything I ever said about Unity, and everything I ever said about my motherboard, which I recently increased post speed tenfold on
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;31641393]Yeah, there is no guarantee that Grub's hd0 will correspond to /dev/sda[/QUOTE]
...by default. I think you can force it somehow.
[QUOTE=esalaka;31642301]...by default. I think you can force it somehow.[/QUOTE]
You COULD use uuids instead.
[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;31643575]You COULD use uuids instead.[/QUOTE]
I remember the day I learned that UUID was vastly superior to /dev/sdxx
Installing Ubuntu on family computer, ah, good times.
[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;31643575]You COULD use uuids instead.[/QUOTE]
In GRUB?
It's working!!!!!
I don't know if it was the ext3 reformat, me giving the boot partition 200 MiB instead of 100, me changing the uuid's in menu.lst to /dev/sda3 or plain luck, but grub installed successfully!
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;31639244]I booted into an Ubuntu Live DVD I got from a book, and checked all the partitions.
My Documents partition still has all my pictures, documents, [sp]porn[/sp], etc which is a big relief.
And the four partitions created by the autopartitioner (/boot, swap, root, /home) have no obvious errors.
[editline]9th August 2011[/editline]
Success!
Grub, for whatever reason, turned /dev/sda into hd1 and /dev/sdb into hd0. The menu.llst entry looked for hd1 when it should have looked for hd0!
Again I did not edit the menu.lst provided for me so the blame is not mine.
Now to decide on a window manager[/QUOTE]
I have some recommendations:
xfce
dwm
window maker
icewm
LXDE / Openbox is what I use
Im a bit late, but Desura looks to be almost ready for Linux. Can't wait to play all my HiB games.
[QUOTE=FlamingSpaz;31645982]Im a bit late, but Desura looks to be almost ready for Linux. Can't wait to play all my HiB games.[/QUOTE]
You can play them all without Desura. :v:
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;31652395]You can play them all without Desura. :v:[/QUOTE]
But it would be awesome with Desura!
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;31652395]You can play them all without Desura. :v:[/QUOTE]
Like T3hGamerDK said, it's better with. Same reason people have theirs on steam.
[QUOTE=FlamingSpaz;31654959]Like T3hGamerDK said, it's better with. Same reason people have theirs on steam.[/QUOTE]
I only use Steam on one computer, and I rarely ever use it anywhere else, and if I do, i usually run it from my external harddrive. It's just nice and easy to have everything in one place :)
Arch is fucking cool for a first time user
Tried KDE, remembered why I didn't like it, tried Gnome 3 instead, which I've never used before, version 3 at least
I'm running Arch Linux (with 3.0 kernel), and awesome WM and I cannot seem to get good video playback with 720P MKVs. It's nothing to do with my hardware, the software I have tried is mplayer, smplayer w/ mplayer2, and VLC. Standard def AVIs will play fine but whenever I try to play a high def video it has horizontal tearing and has very skippy playback.
I'm using Nouveau with my Nvidia 460M, I'm thinking giving the proprietary driver a try might do it, but I'd rather use Nouveau if possible.
What do you get for avoiding proprietary drivers? Mental satisfaction from supporting OSS, more customizability, fewer features, more bugs. If they let you play HD video, why not use proprietary?
Nouveau doesn't let you use the pseudoterminals in full resolution :saddowns:
[QUOTE=jatoskep;31661307]I'm using Nouveau with my Nvidia 460M, I'm thinking giving the proprietary driver a try might do it, but I'd rather use Nouveau if possible.[/QUOTE]
old 6600 with Nouveau - glitches, barely usable
old 6600 with NVidia drivers - 1080p playback in real time
Sometimes you just have to use proprietary software.
[QUOTE=Larikang;31661796]What do you get for avoiding proprietary drivers? Mental satisfaction from supporting OSS, more customizability, fewer features, more bugs. If they let you play HD video, why not use proprietary?[/QUOTE]
Main reason I want to stick with Nouveau is because I can get the full resolution terminal when not in X. But I suppose if that's the problem I'll go ahead and switch.
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