Re: [arch-general] Single Drive Fresh Install (mbr/grub2) Fails to boot (can boot existing from .iso??)

2016-10-29 Thread David C. Rankin
On 10/29/2016 06:30 AM, Patrick Burroughs (Celti) wrote: > I suggest you double-check the partitioning and possible presence of > an EFI system partition on that Windows drive from within your Arch > install. If both msinfo and the partitioning confirm it's not UEFI, > then I suggest you a) make su

Re: [arch-general] Browsers crashing

2016-10-29 Thread Zorro via arch-general
Op 29-10-2016 om 18:33 schreef gan lu: Do you have flashplugin installed? I have Epiphany crashing all the time under Wayland 发自网易邮箱大师 No I don't have flashplugin installed. Others wrote that if you experience instability under Wayland you should try Xorg. Regards, Harm-Jan

Re: [arch-general] Browsers crashing

2016-10-29 Thread gan lu via arch-general
Do you have flashplugin installed? I have Epiphany crashing all the time under Wayland 发自网易邮箱大师 On 2016-10-29 23:09 , Zorro via arch-general Wrote: Op 29-10-2016 om 9:20 schreef Alex Theotokatos via arch-general: > On 10/29/2016 04:56 AM, John Briggs wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 09:35:39PM

Re: [arch-general] Browsers crashing

2016-10-29 Thread Zorro via arch-general
Op 29-10-2016 om 9:20 schreef Alex Theotokatos via arch-general: On 10/29/2016 04:56 AM, John Briggs wrote: On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 09:35:39PM +0200, Zorro via arch-general wrote: Op 28-10-2016 om 18:17 schreef Alex Theotokatos via arch-general: Then, lets start from the basics... Run memtest.

Re: [arch-general] Single Drive Fresh Install (mbr/grub2) Fails to boot (can boot existing from .iso??)

2016-10-29 Thread Doug Newgard
On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 06:24:52 -0500 kendell clark via arch-general wrote: > I do get past the grub screen Meaning it's not the same issue at all. Don't hijack threads.

Re: [arch-general] Single Drive Fresh Install (mbr/grub2) Fails to boot (can boot existing from .iso??)

2016-10-29 Thread Patrick Burroughs (Celti)
On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 05:48:29 -0500 "David C. Rankin" wrote: > On 10/29/2016 01:18 AM, Uwe via arch-general wrote: > > Hi > > > > Just to clarify: do you really boot from BIOS via MBR or do you use > > UEFI (and are therefore in need of GPT)? > 100% MBR/BIOS BOOT no UEFI used by either the Win10

Re: [arch-general] Single Drive Fresh Install (mbr/grub2) Fails to boot (can boot existing from .iso??)

2016-10-29 Thread kendell clark via arch-general
hi This sounds like what I've been experiencing with sonar, a manjaro based distro that's designed for accessibility. I just got a new, well new to me anyway, dell precision workstation, and although the flash drive boots and works fine, the installed system won't boot to the desktop. I do ge

Re: [arch-general] Single Drive Fresh Install (mbr/grub2) Fails to boot (can boot existing from .iso??)

2016-10-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 13:16:06 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 13:01:42 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >>On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 05:48:29 -0500, David C. Rankin wrote: >>>Any other thoughts? >> >>Store the BIOS settings, turn of the computer, remove the CMOS >>battery, set the jumpers t

Re: [arch-general] Single Drive Fresh Install (mbr/grub2) Fails to boot (can boot existing from .iso??)

2016-10-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 13:01:42 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 05:48:29 -0500, David C. Rankin wrote: >>Any other thoughts? > >Store the BIOS settings, turn of the computer, remove the CMOS battery, >set the jumpers to clear the CMOS RAM, wait a few seconds, set the >jumper back, tu

Re: [arch-general] Single Drive Fresh Install (mbr/grub2) Fails to boot (can boot existing from .iso??)

2016-10-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 05:48:29 -0500, David C. Rankin wrote: >Any other thoughts? Store the BIOS settings, turn of the computer, remove the CMOS battery, set the jumpers to clear the CMOS RAM, wait a few seconds, set the jumper back, turn on the computer, do not restore the BIOS settings, perhaps it

Re: [arch-general] Single Drive Fresh Install (mbr/grub2) Fails to boot (can boot existing from .iso??)

2016-10-29 Thread David C. Rankin
On 10/29/2016 01:18 AM, Uwe via arch-general wrote: > Hi > > Just to clarify: do you really boot from BIOS via MBR or do you use UEFI (and > are therefore in need of GPT)? > > For the latter I recommend creating a 1MB Bios-Boot-partition (ef02) with > gdisk, some swap after that and, dependant on

Re: [arch-general] Single Drive Fresh Install (mbr/grub2) Fails to boot (can boot existing from .iso??)

2016-10-29 Thread jeff.rollin via arch-general
AFAIK it needn't be the first one on the disk - if memory serves, my Linux laptop came with Windows installed and the UEFI boot partition on the second partition, and the first first few Linux-only installed kept that layout - but it must be VFAT and it must be flagged bootable.  Sent from Sams

Re: [arch-general] Browsers crashing

2016-10-29 Thread Alex Theotokatos via arch-general
On 10/29/2016 04:56 AM, John Briggs wrote: On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 09:35:39PM +0200, Zorro via arch-general wrote: Op 28-10-2016 om 18:17 schreef Alex Theotokatos via arch-general: Then, lets start from the basics... Run memtest. Just installed it but if I understand it well I need to boot wit