Did you do the grub initialization while chrooted?
Do the instructions at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB#BIOS_systems 
make sense?
or do you have an UEFI system?


On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 05:35:47PM -0800, Dick Steffens wrote:
> I've just installed ArchLinux on a spare machine. The install process 
> worked, but when I try to boot the installation I just get a blank 
> screen with a blinking cursor. I've Googled for this, but all of the 
> answers I've seen appear to get as far as GRUB before getting a "black" 
> screen, and then recommend appending something to the GRUB command. I 
> don't get that far.
> 
> I can boot the install disk again, and I can mount sda1 on /mnt and look 
> at /mnt/boot/grub/grub.cfg, but don't know what to do with what I see.
> 
> Recommendations appreciated.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> 
> Dick Steffens
> 
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