Re: [arch-general] problems on installing grub on a new system

2017-04-07 Thread Dragon ryu via arch-general
2017/04/08 午後1:49 "David C. Rankin" : On 04/07/2017 11:39 PM, Dragon ryu via arch-general wrote: > 2017/04/08 午後1:38 "Dragon ryu" : > > Are you sure that system isn't UEFI? > also are you doing that in chrooted? > Step by step :) > > 2017/04/08 午後1:28 "David C. Rankin" : No, I was basing the corr

Re: [arch-general] problems on installing grub on a new system

2017-04-07 Thread David C. Rankin
On 04/07/2017 11:39 PM, Dragon ryu via arch-general wrote: > 2017/04/08 午後1:38 "Dragon ryu" : > > Are you sure that system isn't UEFI? > also are you doing that in chrooted? > Step by step :) > > 2017/04/08 午後1:28 "David C. Rankin" : No, I was basing the correct on the quoted material at the top

Re: [arch-general] problems on installing grub on a new system

2017-04-07 Thread Dragon ryu via arch-general
Are you sure that system isn't UEFI? also are you doing that in chrooted? Step by step :) 2017/04/08 午後1:28 "David C. Rankin" : > On 04/02/2017 02:25 PM, Patrick Eigensatz via arch-general wrote: > > The grub-install command that should work would therefore be: > > > > grub-install --target=i386-

Re: [arch-general] problems on installing grub on a new system

2017-04-07 Thread Dragon ryu via arch-general
2017/04/08 午後1:38 "Dragon ryu" : Are you sure that system isn't UEFI? also are you doing that in chrooted? Step by step :) 2017/04/08 午後1:28 "David C. Rankin" : On 04/02/2017 02:25 PM, Patrick Eigensatz via arch-general wrote: > > The grub-install command that should work would therefore be: > >

Re: [arch-general] problems on installing grub on a new system

2017-04-07 Thread David C. Rankin
On 04/02/2017 02:25 PM, Patrick Eigensatz via arch-general wrote: > The grub-install command that should work would therefore be: > > grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sda1 > Umm # grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sda (note: NO '1' at end) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] problems on installing grub on a new system

2017-04-02 Thread Steve Downes
HI Ralf I don't know what happened to my previous reply, I never got a copy (It was witten on my tablet because I was working in the house). Here is an approx copy. I have yet to learn much about a systemd-nspawn container but I'll try. I didn't nkow what syslinux was supposed to do but I'll res

Re: [arch-general] problems on installing grub on a new system

2017-04-02 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2 Apr 2017 20:10:42 +0100, Steve Downes wrote: >I don't know what happened to my previous reply, I never got a copy You could check the archive. https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-general/2017-April/date.html Until now your original message didn't come through. You tried to inst

Re: [arch-general] problems on installing grub on a new system

2017-04-02 Thread Patrick Eigensatz via arch-general
Hi Steve I'm not a grub expert, but I think the wiki [1] tells me you don't call grub-install on a partition (sda1) but on a device (sda). The grub-install command that should work would therefore be: grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sda1 [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB -

Re: [arch-general] problems on installing grub on a new system

2017-04-02 Thread Steve Downes
I don't know what happened to my previous reply, I never got a copy (It was witten on my tablet because I was working in the house). Here is an approx copy. I send separately to you a photo of the output of ls -lah /dev/disk/by-id` My apologies to you & the list but I could think of no other way.

Re: [arch-general] problems on installing grub on a new system

2017-04-02 Thread Steve Downes
I don't know what happened to my previous reply, I never got a copy (It was witten on my tablet because I was working in the house). Here is an approx copy. It is not a new laptop, it isn't UEFI.I installed by using a USB installation key & following the Arch instructions through which seemed OK u

Re: [arch-general] problems on installing grub on a new system

2017-04-02 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2 Apr 2017 15:20:09 +0200, David Runge wrote: >> Steve Downes schrieb am So., 2. Apr. 2017, 14:55: >> > Failed to get canonical path of `airootfs' >I get the feeling you might have been installing to your installation >media, if it was a usb stick. > >Make sure you're installing to the

Re: [arch-general] problems on installing grub on a new system

2017-04-02 Thread David Runge
Hey Steve, On 2017-04-02 13:06:19 (+), Patrick Eigensatz via arch-general wrote: > Can you point out how you configured your system? (How many disks, how they > are partitioned) > > Do you install grub on an UEFI system? What was the grub-install command > you used? Yes, please, all of that.

Re: [arch-general] problems on installing grub on a new system

2017-04-02 Thread Patrick Eigensatz via arch-general
Hello Steve Can you point out how you configured your system? (How many disks, how they are partitioned) Do you install grub on an UEFI system? What was the grub-install command you used? - Patrick Steve Downes schrieb am So., 2. Apr. 2017, 14:55: > > Can someone point me at what I've miss

[arch-general] problems on installing grub on a new system

2017-04-02 Thread Steve Downes
Can someone point me at what I've missed please:- I'm doing a new installation of archlinux & got as far as installing grub apparently without problem. Installing grub gives:- Failed to get canonical path of `airootfs' This means nothing to me & I can't find anything. Could use some guidance bef