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Arch Linux MBR installation
Pardon me for my ignorance, but as a new Linux user, I honestly know little to nothing about these things.
I'm trying to set up an MBR install for Arch alongside Windows 8, though it doesn't make much ...
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Installing grub?
I am trying to install cinnarch. I installed it correctly but I have some troubles with grub.
At the moment I am unable to boot because grub has some errors. I can only access the files via liveCD. I ...
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Dual-boot archlinux and Windows 7 using grub-bios
How can i add windows to the boot menu when using grub-bios. I couldn't find menu.lst file in my boot/grub directory. My bootloader is on /dev/sda1. Windows is on /dev/sda2, root and home are on ...
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How to review OS-boot-time error that flashes by too fast to be read?
I've just finished installing Arch Linux on a virtual machine and, until now, everything is working, including grub. However, when I boot the OS, an error message relating to grub appears, but it ...
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Setting GRUB to boot one OS by default and another only when F11 is pressed
I've installed Ubuntu and Arch Linux on my laptop.
I am using Ubuntu. Arch Linux is on my recovery partition. In GRUB, I see Ubuntu and Arch Linux.
How can I set up my machine so that it ...
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Triple booting on a Mac Book [almost there]; boot loader issues
Here is my current GPT/MBR partition table:
Current GPT partition table:
# Start LBA End LBA Type
1 40 409639 EFI System (FAT)
2 409640 663646255 Mac OS X ...
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Finishing up and Arch Linux install and Grub is failing to install
Not sure what to do at this point. I finished all of the Arch Linux installer and get to the bootloader step and it fails. This is for a dual booted Windows 7/Arch laptop if that helps at all. Not ...
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Arch linux ati graphics crash after grub install
Ok, so I've had an arch linux w/ gnome 3 installed for a while now. And a while ago I installed ubuntu as another partition, I think to fix an issue that cause arch to fail.
So, it was all working ...
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Recovering GRUB/Arch Linux after installing Windows 7
So on my desktop I have Arch Linux installed but I need to dual boot with Windows 7. After installing Windows 7, it's bootloader takes over and the original GRUB is gone. Now, I've done this before ...
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Dual Booting Arch/Windows - Windows sets self as active partition?
First time Arch install, though technically I've done it about 3 times in the last couple days :0)
Trying to dual boot with an existing Windows 7 partition, which is almost working, with one small ...
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Arch installation success, but only a blinking cursor appears [closed]
Installation was flawless and I used the entire hdd. Changed the values of the image and initramfs to point to the corect kernel.
USB boots correctly and the hdd can be mounted(by the live enviroment) ...
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Unable to boot ArchLinux on Macbook Pro 7.1 - drops to recovery shell
My MBP fails to boot Arch.
This is what I did to install ArchLinux.
Install rEFIT.
Partition using disk utility such that first one is Mac partition, second is Arch & the third ie the last one is ...
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Can't get 1440x900 resolution with GRUB2 although vbeinfo says it's available
I'm trying to use GRUB2 in graphical mode with 1440x900 resolution, but the result is always garbled nonsense: the highest resolution I can get is 1280x800.
Word is from googling that long as vbeinfo ...
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Installation Recommendations For Dual-Booting Win 7 & Arch Linux
I want to install both Windows 7 and Arch Linux on my 1 TB HDD so that the partitions look like so:
grub name | lin name | label | fs | mount point
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Grub Won't Boot Arch Linux
Notice: This is not about dual booting, I can setup GRUB to dual boot with Windows 7 later. I just need to be able to get into Arch Linux.
Last night I installed Arch onto my computer via ...
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Do I need grub?
I installed Arch Linux on my iMac in its own partition. I'm using rEFIt to choose from Snow Leopard, Windows 7 and now Arch as well. I already install grub on Arch's partition when I installed Arch, ...
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repairing ext3 partitions using windows?
I have a linux partition with arch linux installed,i installed windows 7,and now GRUB is gone,i tried installing it again,but it turned out that my ext3 partition is corrupt,i need to fix it before ...
