Re: [arch-general] Install Archlinux on HP Elitebook

The preparation of GRUB and UEFI boot partition for Linux Installation process is always bothersome. Although currently I usually prepare 256MB of FAT32 partition-1, sometimes it is the best manner that you simply have a boot-loader in an external USB drive, especially when you have a hard time

Re: [arch-general] Install Archlinux on HP Elitebook

On Sunday 24 December 2017 9:06:58 PM CET Eli Schwartz via arch-general wrote: > The current wiki page buries all information about the ability to > manually create a grub.cfg, in the "Tips and tricks" sub-page as a tiny > blurb. Last time I read the wiki page I remember it explicitly stating not

Re: [arch-general] Install Archlinux on HP Elitebook

On 12/24/2017 12:43 PM, David Rosenstrauch wrote: > Usually an example/stub config file is provided, which makes it very > easy to adapt it to your needs. Yes, grub2 really and truly sucks in this regard. > Not misinformation, or FUD, just a difference of opinion.  In my opinion > - and in my

Re: [arch-general] Install Archlinux on HP Elitebook

On Sun, 24 Dec 2017 20:52:04 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >On Sun, 24 Dec 2017 12:25:05 -0700, Leonid Isaev via arch-general >wrote: >>What are those ctrl-* characters (like ^Q)? > >Ok, the config isn't entirely self-explaining ;). The ^ marks the >hotkey. In this case pushing the q-key without

Re: [arch-general] Install Archlinux on HP Elitebook

On Sun, 24 Dec 2017 12:25:05 -0700, Leonid Isaev via arch-general wrote: >What are those ctrl-* characters (like ^Q)? Ok, the config isn't entirely self-explaining ;). The ^ marks the hotkey. In this case pushing the q-key without the Ctrl-key directly boots the particular Linux install. It's

Re: [arch-general] Install Archlinux on HP Elitebook

On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 07:19:17PM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > MENU LABEL Ubuntu ^Q LightScribe Rt > LINUX /.boot/ubuntu_q/boot/vmlinuz-3.6.5-rt14 > APPEND root=LABEL=q ro nomodeset > INITRD /.boot/ubuntu_q/boot/initrd.img-3.6.5-rt14 > > LABEL Suse > MENU LABEL ^Vintage SUSE

Re: [arch-general] Install Archlinux on HP Elitebook

I migrated from grub2 to syslinux. When using grub2 I manually edited grub.cfg. I removed all the useless crap from grub.cfg and never used the config for the config and all that auto-configuration features of grub2. However, I've got a dual head setup and syslinux isn't able to display the menu

Re: [arch-general] Install Archlinux on HP Elitebook

On 2017-12-22 1:14 pm, Eli Schwartz via arch-general wrote: On 12/20/2017 09:45 AM, David Rosenstrauch wrote: More of a workaround than a solution, but I stopped using grub altogether once they upgraded to grub2.  (The complexity of the grub2 config file as compared to the simplicity of the

Re: [arch-general] Install Archlinux on HP Elitebook

may be off-topic but i came by this article to install and run arch on UEFI without grup: http://www.alaux.net/articles/uefi-and-linux-killed-my-grub-and-that-s-good 22.12.2017, 20:14, "Eli Schwartz via arch-general" : > On 12/20/2017 09:45 AM, David Rosenstrauch

Re: [arch-general] Install Archlinux on HP Elitebook

On 12/20/2017 09:45 AM, David Rosenstrauch wrote: > More of a workaround than a solution, but I stopped using grub > altogether once they upgraded to grub2.  (The complexity of the grub2 > config file as compared to the simplicity of the grub-legacy menu.lst > file is what eventually turned me

Re: [arch-general] Install Archlinux on HP Elitebook

Hi, just a guess, since you've mentioned `dd` - did you do > # wipefs -a /dev/sdX where X is the USB stick? Distro ISOs always left the USB sticks in an unusable state until I execute the above. On 21.12.2017 09:27, n...@contrepoison.ch wrote: > Le 2017-12-20 15:45, David Rosenstrauch a écrit 

Re: [arch-general] Install Archlinux on HP Elitebook

Hi, i also would say systemd-boot should be used with uefi: 1. make sure you have bootable image with *UEFI* ArchLinux Image and the *EFI partition* must be available ( https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface#Requirements_for_UEFI_variable_support ) 2. as

Re: [arch-general] Install Archlinux on HP Elitebook

Have you tried arch with systemd-boot instead of grub2? (I always use systemd-boot since a while) Greets Marcel Gesendet von meinem Smartphone Am 21.12.2017 09:28 schrieb : > Le 2017-12-20 15:45, David Rosenstrauch a écrit : > >> On 2017-12-20 3:00 am, David C. Rankin

Re: [arch-general] Install Archlinux on HP Elitebook

Le 2017-12-20 15:45, David Rosenstrauch a écrit : On 2017-12-20 3:00 am, David C. Rankin wrote: I have struggled with this issue and Arch for a year. The problem is grub2 on Arch fails to write anything to bytes 0x04 - 0x63 of the mbr, while other distros don't seem to have that problem.

Re: [arch-general] Install Archlinux on HP Elitebook

On 2017-12-20 3:00 am, David C. Rankin wrote: On 12/18/2017 08:36 AM, n...@contrepoison.ch wrote: Hi everyone, I'm struggeling with my laptop : I can't manage to boot into any Linux distribution. My laptop is an HP Elitebook x360 G2 ; BIOS P80 01.09 Rev.A (up to date). By turning off every

Re: [arch-general] Install Archlinux on HP Elitebook

On 12/20/2017 02:00 AM, David C. Rankin wrote: > I have struggled with this issue and Arch for a year. The problem is grub2 on > Arch fails to write anything to bytes 0x04 - 0x63 of the mbr, while other > distros don't seem to have that problem. And I should add, this is something in the way the

Re: [arch-general] Install Archlinux on HP Elitebook

On 12/18/2017 08:36 AM, n...@contrepoison.ch wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm struggeling with my laptop : I can't manage to boot into any Linux > distribution. > My laptop is an HP Elitebook x360 G2 ; BIOS P80 01.09 Rev.A (up to date). > By turning off every "protection" I'm able to select the USB

Re: [arch-general] Install Archlinux on HP Elitebook

Hey Sorry for the previous mail, mishandling on my side... Brent, your assumptions are right. I even tried the wiki page about the 840 G1 [1] as it is another Elitebook. Not better unfortunately... Marcel : in the easiest way possible with dd. Thereafter all the others possible ways :/ mar77i

Re: [arch-general] Install Archlinux on HP Elitebook

Le 2017-12-18 17:13, brent s. a écrit : On 12/18/2017 09:36 AM, n...@contrepoison.ch wrote: Hi everyone, I'm struggeling with my laptop : I can't manage to boot into any Linux distribution. My laptop is an HP Elitebook x360 G2 ; BIOS P80 01.09 Rev.A (up to date). By turning off every

Re: [arch-general] Install Archlinux on HP Elitebook

On 12/18/2017 09:36 AM, n...@contrepoison.ch wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm struggeling with my laptop : I can't manage to boot into any Linux > distribution. > My laptop is an HP Elitebook x360 G2 ; BIOS P80 01.09 Rev.A (up to date). > By turning off every "protection" I'm able to select the USB

Re: [arch-general] Install Archlinux on HP Elitebook

Hey Tom, i have a little question, how do you create your install stick? if i need one for an uefi system, i only copy the content of the iso to a fat formated stick and name the partition like the iso is named. i don't use arch direct, i'm using antergos but i'm sure the arch iso is also efi

Re: [arch-general] Install Archlinux on HP Elitebook

Le 2017-12-18 16:24, Ken OKABE via arch-general a écrit : Here is my experience. 1. Ubuntu live image is the most stably working distribution among others, so it's good for base to install Arch. 2. If your laptop is UEFI, it's good to have reEFInd USB stick. www.rodsbooks.com/refind/ If your PC

Re: [arch-general] Install Archlinux on HP Elitebook

Here is my experience. 1. Ubuntu live image is the most stably working distribution among others, so it's good for base to install Arch. 2. If your laptop is UEFI, it's good to have reEFInd USB stick. www.rodsbooks.com/refind/ If your PC cannot boot reEFInd USB stick, your bios setup is very

Re: [arch-general] Install Archlinux on HP Elitebook

> Am 18.12.2017 um 15:36 schrieb n...@contrepoison.ch: > > Hi everyone, > > I'm struggeling with my laptop : I can't manage to boot into any Linux > distribution. > My laptop is an HP Elitebook x360 G2 ; BIOS P80 01.09 Rev.A (up to date). > By turning off every "protection" I'm able to select

[arch-general] Install Archlinux on HP Elitebook

Hi everyone, I'm struggeling with my laptop : I can't manage to boot into any Linux distribution. My laptop is an HP Elitebook x360 G2 ; BIOS P80 01.09 Rev.A (up to date). By turning off every "protection" I'm able to select the USB stick in the boot menu ; but I can't pass this step. I