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

[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 until I reached install grup install. I thought all was
well.

The 1 hard disk was formatted as follows:-

/dev/sda split into:-
/dev/sda1  ext4 30gig to hold whole OS
/dev/swap
/dev/sda3  ext4 Approx 100G /homegrub

Install command was grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sda1

I think that covers it.

Many thanks

Steve

On Sun, Apr 02, 2017 at 01:06:19PM +0000, Patrick Eigensatz via arch-general wrote:
> 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 <steve at kingswayelec.co.uk> schrieb am So., 2. Apr. 2017, 14:55:
> >
> > 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 before I start again, or even better instead of starting
> > again.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >