Error 17 Cannot Mount Selected Partition Grub Archlinux
oldstutz Member Registered: 2010-07-26 Posts: 24 [SOLVED] Error 17: cannot mount selected partition Hello all,I tried to install Arch Linux onto an external hard drive, I made a root grub filesystem type unknown partition type 0x83 partition (ext3), and a little swap space. I flagged the root partition grub error 17 "boot" and I installed the grub loader onto the dev/sdb/ (not the root partition). Looked like a successful grub command line installation, but when I restarted grub was loading and quit part way with the Error 17: cannot mount selected partition... the line above that stated "/boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sdb1 ro. sdb1 is grub rescue my root partition. Since grub didn't fully load I'm assuming something is awry with it, perhaps the menu.lst. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Note: I would appreciate as much detail in the correction process as possible. I'm very interested Thanks!ALSO: I followed the beginners guide to the T Last edited by oldstutz (2010-07-27 03:19:58) Offline #2 2010-07-26 02:22:37 fsckd Forum Moderator Registered: 2009-06-15 Posts: 3,578 Re: [SOLVED] Error 17: cannot mount selected partition try http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/UUID aur S & M :: forum rules :: Community EthosResources for Women, POC, LGBT*, and allies Offline #3 2010-07-26 02:25:45 oldstutz Member Registered: 2010-07-26 Posts: 24 Re: [SOLVED] Error 17: cannot mount selected partition I'll give it a shot, during installation I'll use the UUID option. Thanks Offline #4 2010-07-26 02:51:04 oldstutz Member Registered: 2010-07-26 Posts: 24 Re: [SOLVED] Error 17: cannot mount selected partition Ok, I used UUID, and I got the same results, this time tho instead of "root=/dev/sdb1 ro" It had a long string of things and UUID in the mix. I read somewhere a similar problem, and they said something about because it is an external hard drive, grub confuses its hd(x,x) position or what not, but it didn't say how to fix it...Anyways, I'm off for tonight, I'll try again tommorrow. Last edited by oldstutz (2010-07-26 02:55:09) Offline #5 2010-07-26 03:05:19 itsbrad212 Member From: Chicago, USA Registered: 2010-01-23 Posts: 1,848 Re: [SOLVED] Error 17: cannot mount selected partition I
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