[arch-general] Problems of using pacman and updating the filesystem

[Cao, Renzhi (MU-Student)]

I plan to use :
dd if=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1 2>&1 | grep GRUB
dd if=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1 2>&1 | grep LILO

to check the bootloader I have. I am really new to arch linux, but I want to fix that problem. It seems I almost fix the problem, just solve the lilo and grub-common problem.  If I reinstall arch linux, that could be more difficult for me, and I am afraid of losing my data in the system. 




Renzhi Cao

Email : rcrg4 at mail.missouri.edu

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Sent: Friday, March 7, 2014 9:44 PM
To: General Discussion about Arch Linux
Subject: Re: [arch-general] Problems of using pacman and updating the   filesystem

On 8 March 2014 03:29, Cao, Renzhi (MU-Student) <rcrg4 at mail.missouri.edu> wrote:
> I am not sure which one is used as my boot loader, could you please tell me how to check that?  I am thinking using this following command:
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> #pacman -Rs lilo
> #pacman -Rs grub-common
> #pacman -S grub
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> Is that correct?
> Thank you so much!
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> Renzhi Cao
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> Email : rcrg4 at mail.missouri.edu

You are new to Arch Linux, but you have an Arch Linux system that
pre-dates the usr-bin move from over seven months ago? :/

You don't even know what boot loader you're using??

Give up with this installation. Reinstall Arch from an up-to-date
installation media, and follow the beginner's guide. I think you will
learn more by doing this than trying to fix your current installation.

Regards,


WorMzy