Arch linux not booting in QEMU
I am using QEMU to install arch linux on a 5G raw img disk and everytime and install it and reboot it boots back into arch but when i close qemu and try boot back into arch i am not prompted with the grub boot but it says WARN: No MBR magic, treating disk as raw. Booting... So i am assuming its only using the RAM and not actually writing anything to the drive. I also thought it was the disk type i was using as i was using qcow2 at first but got the same error so i switched to raw and im still getting the same error. It will say booing and do nothing else forever
This is my command to start QEMU:
.qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=archlinux.img,index=0,media=disk,format=raw -cdrom archlinux.iso -m 3G -snapshot -cpu core2duo -smp 2
I am installing arch following this tutorial:
https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/install-arch-linux-on-virtualbox/
I am not sure if im installing grub properly or not ive just been following the tutorial
boot grub arch-linux qemu
asked Jan 6 at 2:29
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I am using QEMU to install arch linux on a 5G raw img disk and everytime and install it and reboot it boots back into arch but when i close qemu and try boot back into arch i am not prompted with the grub boot but it says WARN: No MBR magic, treating disk as raw. Booting... So i am assuming its only using the RAM and not actually writing anything to the drive. I also thought it was the disk type i was using as i was using qcow2 at first but got the same error so i switched to raw and im still getting the same error. It will say booing and do nothing else forever
This is my command to start QEMU:
.qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=archlinux.img,index=0,media=disk,format=raw -cdrom archlinux.iso -m 3G -snapshot -cpu core2duo -smp 2
I am installing arch following this tutorial:
https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/install-arch-linux-on-virtualbox/
I am not sure if im installing grub properly or not ive just been following the tutorial
boot grub arch-linux qemu
asked Jan 6 at 2:29
DextronDextron
51
I tried booting with another disk which is qcow2 that i jsut created and it has nothing on it and i got same error i think it is because nothing is actually being writen even though arch says that is has been written when i format the disk
– Dextron
Jan 6 at 2:50
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I am using QEMU to install arch linux on a 5G raw img disk and everytime and install it and reboot it boots back into arch but when i close qemu and try boot back into arch i am not prompted with the grub boot but it says WARN: No MBR magic, treating disk as raw. Booting... So i am assuming its only using the RAM and not actually writing anything to the drive. I also thought it was the disk type i was using as i was using qcow2 at first but got the same error so i switched to raw and im still getting the same error. It will say booing and do nothing else forever
This is my command to start QEMU:
.qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=archlinux.img,index=0,media=disk,format=raw -cdrom archlinux.iso -m 3G -snapshot -cpu core2duo -smp 2
I am installing arch following this tutorial:
https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/install-arch-linux-on-virtualbox/
I am not sure if im installing grub properly or not ive just been following the tutorial
boot grub arch-linux qemu
asked Jan 6 at 2:29
DextronDextron
51
I am using QEMU to install arch linux on a 5G raw img disk and everytime and install it and reboot it boots back into arch but when i close qemu and try boot back into arch i am not prompted with the grub boot but it says WARN: No MBR magic, treating disk as raw. Booting... So i am assuming its only using the RAM and not actually writing anything to the drive. I also thought it was the disk type i was using as i was using qcow2 at first but got the same error so i switched to raw and im still getting the same error. It will say booing and do nothing else forever
This is my command to start QEMU:
.qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=archlinux.img,index=0,media=disk,format=raw -cdrom archlinux.iso -m 3G -snapshot -cpu core2duo -smp 2
I am installing arch following this tutorial:
https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/install-arch-linux-on-virtualbox/
I am not sure if im installing grub properly or not ive just been following the tutorial
boot grub arch-linux qemu
boot grub arch-linux qemu
asked Jan 6 at 2:29
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I tried booting with another disk which is qcow2 that i jsut created and it has nothing on it and i got same error i think it is because nothing is actually being writen even though arch says that is has been written when i format the disk
– Dextron
Jan 6 at 2:50
add a comment |
I tried booting with another disk which is qcow2 that i jsut created and it has nothing on it and i got same error i think it is because nothing is actually being writen even though arch says that is has been written when i format the disk
– Dextron
Jan 6 at 2:50
I tried booting with another disk which is qcow2 that i jsut created and it has nothing on it and i got same error i think it is because nothing is actually being writen even though arch says that is has been written when i format the disk
– Dextron
Jan 6 at 2:50
I tried booting with another disk which is qcow2 that i jsut created and it has nothing on it and i got same error i think it is because nothing is actually being writen even though arch says that is has been written when i format the disk
– Dextron
Jan 6 at 2:50
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You have added the "-snapshot" option to your qemu command line, so this is expected behavior:
According to the manual, the -snapshot option instructs qemu to...
Write to temporary files instead of disk image files. In this case,
the raw disk image you use is not written back. You can however force
the write back by pressing C-a s.
answered Jan 6 at 23:55
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You have added the "-snapshot" option to your qemu command line, so this is expected behavior:
According to the manual, the -snapshot option instructs qemu to...
Write to temporary files instead of disk image files. In this case,
the raw disk image you use is not written back. You can however force
the write back by pressing C-a s.
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You have added the "-snapshot" option to your qemu command line, so this is expected behavior:
According to the manual, the -snapshot option instructs qemu to...
Write to temporary files instead of disk image files. In this case,
the raw disk image you use is not written back. You can however force
the write back by pressing C-a s.
answered Jan 6 at 23:55
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You have added the "-snapshot" option to your qemu command line, so this is expected behavior:
According to the manual, the -snapshot option instructs qemu to...
Write to temporary files instead of disk image files. In this case,
the raw disk image you use is not written back. You can however force
the write back by pressing C-a s.
answered Jan 6 at 23:55
Christoph SommerChristoph Sommer
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You have added the "-snapshot" option to your qemu command line, so this is expected behavior:
According to the manual, the -snapshot option instructs qemu to...
Write to temporary files instead of disk image files. In this case,
the raw disk image you use is not written back. You can however force
the write back by pressing C-a s.
answered Jan 6 at 23:55
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I tried booting with another disk which is qcow2 that i jsut created and it has nothing on it and i got same error i think it is because nothing is actually being writen even though arch says that is has been written when i format the disk
– Dextron
Jan 6 at 2:50