[arch-releng] Beta2 ISOs and final release

[Aaron Griffin]

On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 8:40 PM, Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi
<vmlinuz386 at yahoo.com.ar> wrote:
> Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi wrote:
>> Aaron Griffin wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi
>>> <vmlinuz386 at yahoo.com.ar> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Aaron Griffin wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Road Map:
>>>>>>    http://bugs.archlinux.org/roadmap/proj6
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bugs fixed in Beta2:
>>>>>>    http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12936
>>>>>>    http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12896 with rootdelay=X specified
>>>>>>    http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/11408 isolinux fallback ISOs
>>>>>>    http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/11152
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bugs fixed in git, not on an ISO:
>>>>>>    http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12896 (dupe, above) - with usbdelay
>>>>>> instead of rootdelay
>>>>>>    http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12944
>>>>>>    http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12947
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So. Please test the beta2 bugs and issues, so we can close them. I
>>>>>> want to make sure there's no other installer bugs before I release
>>>>>> another package and rebuild the ISOs
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If all goes well, I'll build and release the final 2009.01 release on Wed or so.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Aaron
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I booted (virtualbox 2.1.2) the archlinux-2009.01-beta2-core-x86_64.iso
>>>>> and display these two errors messages at startup:
>>>>>
>>>>> :: Running Hook [archiso-early]
>>>>> /init: 9: cannot create /: Is a directory
>>>>> /init: 9: /etc/modprobe.d/usb-delay: not found
>>>>> :: Running Hook [udev]
>>>>>
>>>>> The instalation runs OK, but when installing GRUB, this not installed.
>>>>> /arch/setup, display that are installed OK but in /tmp/grub.log
>>>>>
>>>>> The file /mnt/boot/grub/stage1 not read correctly.
>>>>>
>>>>> I used the same configuration of partitions and filesystems that with i686
>>>>>
>>>>> sda1 / with EXt3 or EXT4
>>>>> sda5 /var
>>>>> sda6 /home
>>>>>
>>>>> Trying to installing manual with grub-install fail with the same error.
>>>>> md5sum of the stage1 are OK.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> BTW: booting with archlinux-2009.01-beta2-core-i686.iso in this machine
>>>> that installed arch64 and executing:
>>>>
>>>> mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
>>>> grub-install --no-floppy --recheck --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sda
>>>>
>>>> works OK, and grub is now installed.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Is the only difference the --no-floppy switch?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> No, the same error appears when trying to reinstall GRUB with the x86_64
>> iso from the bash prompt with this command.
>>
>> In resume:
>> Installing arch64 with /arch/setup grub FAIL (No error message at setup,
>> it displayed that installed OK)
>> Opening a root console ALT+F2 and executing "grub-install --no-floppy
>> --recheck --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sda" FAIL.
>> Chrooting to /mnt (before with --bind mount proc, sys and dev),
>> grub-install OK
>> Reboot, boot again x86_64 iso, logging as root, mounting sda1, executing
>> the grub-install then FAIL.
>> Reboot, boot i686 iso, logging as root, mounting sda1, executing the
>> grub-install then OK
>>
>> I have not tested on a real machine, only in virtualbox 2.1.2, maybe an
>> issue with it, it is running at 32 bits host system, i will reboot on
>> arch64 and retry installing grub at vbox.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Nop, same error running virtualbox on 64 bits.
>
> The solution is, or chroot in /mnt or when executing grub-install using
> the grub in /mnt/sbin not in the /sbin (grub-sfx)

Aha, that's an important distinction. I totally ignored that the ISO
is using grub-gfx. Hmmmm