Install Arch Linux

[slapshot]

Hi all,

after having installed Win Xp e Win 7 flawlessy I'm trying now to install Linux distro. I'm starting with Arch Linux which I used to. I completed the usually installation, then unlinked the iso image as cd/dvd in Proxmox VM hardware and tried to reboot ... but this one fails. No bootable hd, I cannot see neither GRUB.

What's wrong in this procedure ?

Thanks

 

[spirit]

Hi,
Are you sure to have installed grub ?
Do you use ide or virtio disk ?
What is the error message ?

 

[slapshot]

Yes, I'm sure I installed grub.
I'm trying to use scsi disk. Where can I read about ide, scsi, virtio differences and their performance pros/cons ?

error message is: Booting from Hard Disk ...
Boot failed: could not read the boot disk

Thank you

 

[spirit]

Ah, I understand, scsi boot is "broken" in kvm 1.0.

see workaround here:

[url]http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Scsi_boot_(Guest)[/URL]


you can safely use virtio on linux, performance are really better than scsi.

 

[slapshot]

Ok let's try Virtio. I'm using it now to create Arch Linux vm but when I attempt to partition hard disk with Arch Linux installation it was not able to find the drive. Maybe is it a driver virtio problem ? How can I solve it ?

Thank you

 

[spirit]

strange, virtio driver are include in kernel since 2.6.25..

I see an interesting note here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/KVM#Preparing_an_.28Arch.29_Linux_guest


or maybe, you can try to install with ide, then switch to virtio.

(you need to edit /etc/fstab, as virtio are /dev/vda and ide are /dev/sdx)

 

[slapshot]

Ide installation was succesful ! Now, I will try to switch virtio searching the forum and wiki.

Thanks for the link of Arch Linux.

Just a simple question. On a physical machine, when I have boot problems with Arch I can put in a live distro and fixing where is broken. If I have a problem during the boot of a Arch VM how can I fix it ?

 

[spirit]

put a live distro in vm cdrom ?

 

[slapshot]

Oh yeah LOL

Thank you.