Re: [arch-general] Can't Install GRUB on a GPT Formatted Disk

2009-10-18 Thread Aaron Schaefer
Well, thanks for the help everyone...at this point, I think I'm giving up on my GPT dreams and am going to switch back to straight-up MBR. I have been able to patch and use GRUB when booting off the installer CD, and launching the GRUB console from /mnt/sbin/grub works like a charm. But, as soon as

Re: [arch-general] Can't Install GRUB on a GPT Formatted Disk

2009-10-18 Thread Priit Kivisoo
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 10:19 PM, Aaron Schaefer wrote: > On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Dan McGee wrote: > > http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/10639 > > Thanks! I've applied that updated patch, and GRUB seems to install > okay, but when I boot I don't get the standard GRUB menu, I just get > dro

Re: [arch-general] Can't Install GRUB on a GPT Formatted Disk

2009-10-18 Thread Jeroen Op 't Eynde
On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:19:05 +0200, Aaron Schaefer wrote: On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Dan McGee wrote: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/10639 Thanks! I've applied that updated patch, and GRUB seems to install okay, but when I boot I don't get the standard GRUB menu, I just get dropped

Re: [arch-general] Can't Install GRUB on a GPT Formatted Disk

2009-10-18 Thread Aaron Schaefer
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Dan McGee wrote: > http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/10639 Thanks! I've applied that updated patch, and GRUB seems to install okay, but when I boot I don't get the standard GRUB menu, I just get dropped into the GRUB console...my menu.lst looks like this: # (0) Arc

Re: [arch-general] Can't Install GRUB on a GPT Formatted Disk

2009-10-18 Thread Dan McGee
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Aaron Schaefer wrote: > On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Aaron Schaefer wrote: >> I'm trying to get GRUB installed on a pure GPT disk (I didn't know it >> was best to make a hybrid MBR/GPT), and it looks like a patch was >> added back in March 2008 for this >> (h

Re: [arch-general] Can't Install GRUB on a GPT Formatted Disk

2009-10-18 Thread Aaron Schaefer
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Aaron Schaefer wrote: > I'm trying to get GRUB installed on a pure GPT disk (I didn't know it > was best to make a hybrid MBR/GPT), and it looks like a patch was > added back in March 2008 for this > (http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9864), but it continues to fail.

[arch-general] Can't Install GRUB on a GPT Formatted Disk

2009-10-18 Thread Aaron Schaefer
I'm trying to get GRUB installed on a pure GPT disk (I didn't know it was best to make a hybrid MBR/GPT), and it looks like a patch was added back in March 2008 for this (http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9864), but it continues to fail. My layout is as follows on the drive: /dev/sda1 /boot /dev/sd