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nims11

nims11

BIOS Terminator
Anish said:
Yeah.. but linux stays in logical partitions afaik. why do i get this error and it does not proceed further. My data is locked in windows partition, I have no backup.
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linux stays in logical partition, but the boot flag should be only with an active(primary) partition.
 
Anish

Anish

Spectre
All right, I installed Arch, played with it a little while, and installed os-prober and added menu entry for windows in GRUB.
Now, another problem....
I messed up my mbr with EasyBCD at windows...and my MBR got corrupted and I recovered it using windwos dvd (startup repair) and now, i reinstalled grub to MBR.

Now, when I boot up my pc, i was greeted with grub prompt like
Code: 
grub>
I got past the grub prompt using the following commands and now able to get into my arch installation.
Code: 
grub>set root=(hd0,7)
grub>linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/sda7
grub>initrd /boot/initramfs-linux.img
grub>boot
Now, in the arch interface, how do i again reinstall grub into my /boot partition (/dev/sda5) and again setup my system? i.e., when i run
Code: 
grub-install /dev/sda5
I get the error as,
Code: 
/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup: warning: File system 'ext2' doesn't support embedding.
/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup: warning: Embedding is not possble. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged..
/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup: error: will not proceed with blocklists
Kindly help to fix this...
I wanna install the GRUB in my /boot partition, and set it up to boot windows and arch...
 
ico

ico

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Staff member
Ubuntu os-prober can have difficulty in detecting Arch when the Arch partition is not mounted (Arch grub2 entry will vanish if you update your kernel in Ubuntu). This will sort it out.

Code: 
pacman -S lsb-release

Tata Photon 3G wvdial.conf for ZTE MF631 3G Modem USB 7.2 mbps. Might help people using Google.

Code: 
[Dialer Defaults]
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Modem Type = Analog Modem
; Phone = <Target Phone Number>
ISDN = 0
; Username = <Your Login Name>
Init1 = ATZ
; Password = <Your Password>
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB1
Baud = 9600

[Dialer tata]
Init3 = AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","tatadocomo3g"
Phone = *99#
Username = " "
Password = " "
Stupid Mode = 1
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB3

Code: 
sudo wvdial tata
 
ico

ico

Super Moderator
Staff member
This is a bookmark thread for me.

*bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=149316

*bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=149408
 
Anish

Anish

Spectre
ico said:
This is a bookmark thread for me.

*bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=149316

*bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=149408
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I used the autostart deamon when using opensuse with gnome 3.

Now the other option (lightscript) seems nice :) especially when you don't use any DE.
ty for the links
 
ico

ico

Super Moderator
Staff member
ico said:
A small note for Arch users using HP printers.

If you'll try using hp-setup to configure your printer after installing hplip, you'll face problems because for Arch /usr/bin/python is for Python 3 now. /usr/bin/python2 is for Python 2.7.
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ico said:
A year hence, and you'll still face this problem while installing proprietary plugin for hplip.

Solution?

Just a while before installing the plugin, rename /usr/bin/python to python4lol. Rename /usr/bin/python2 to python. And continue installing. Rename them back to normal afterwards.
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One more year hence, I still face this problem.
 
ico

ico

Super Moderator
Staff member
Tata Docomo on ZTE MF190.

Modemmanager won't work with MF190 this by default. This wvdial configuration will work.

Code: 
[Dialer Defaults]
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Modem Type = Analog Modem
; Phone = <Target Phone Number>
ISDN = 0
; Username = <Your Login Name>
Init1 = ATZ
; Password = <Your Password>
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB3
Baud = 9600

[Dialer tata]
Init3 = AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","tatadocomo3g"
Phone = *99#
Username = " "
Password = " "
Stupid Mode = 1
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB3
 
hellknight

hellknight

BSD init pwns System V
Seriously, the damn systemd system is very very frustrating. I really don't like it. The old init system was damn awesome. Everything in one file. Who else is loathing it?
 
DDIF

DDIF

Custom User Title
hellknight said:
Seriously, the damn systemd system is very very frustrating. I really don't like it. The old init system was damn awesome. Everything in one file. Who else is loathing it?
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I don't loathe it but I do miss some things. Mostly I can configure everything now, but still for some things to work there is lots of useless work involved.
 
digit.sh

digit.sh

Journeyman
hellknight said:
Seriously, the damn systemd system is very very frustrating. I really don't like it. The old init system was damn awesome. Everything in one file. Who else is loathing it?
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Systemd is the best thing happened in linux in recent times. I don't see a reason to complain.
 
DDIF

DDIF

Custom User Title
hellknight said:
Hmm.. then maybe I need to read the full documentation of systemd..
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That is a must, although over last few months systemd has matured a lot but still way to go for the perfection of rc and init.
But it is sure better to manage everything at one place.
 
Desmond

Desmond

Destroy Erase Improve
Staff member
Admin
I am trying to make a fresh Arch VM on virtualbox. I am facing this error when I selected "Configure System"

*i.imgur.com/nv5YjeY.png

I decided to continue anyway. Then I got

*i.imgur.com/YDfD1OV.png

*i.imgur.com/d1dc0op.png

I still decided to continue anyway. Then I got

*i.imgur.com/USJCCNI.jpg

Cannot do anything after this.

Please advice.
 
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