Retrospekt

I'm stuck on this part. Everything in the config file is fine, and I go on and it asks me to chose where to install GRUB. I read at ArchWiki that if I want to dual boot, I should install it in my boot. So I chose "/dev/sda1" which is my 18gb Arch Linux partition. Then it says "enter the full path to your root device". I'm not exactly sure what to input here, so I put "/dev/sda1" just like where it asked me to install. That's probably wrong, because it said "Error installing GRUB. (see /dev/tty5 for output).

What am I doing wrong?

Here are the options it gives me for where to install grub:

/dev/sda
/dev/sda1 - Arch partition
/dev/sda2 - swap
/dev/sda3 - XP NTFS partitoin
/dev/sda4 - FAT32 Media partition

I also tried just putting "/dev/sda" for the root but that didn't work either.

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dangerousHobo

What did it say on tty5?

You can install grub to the MBR, it should be one of the options.

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It doesn't show MBR as one of my options.

And I don't know what it said in tty5. I don't quite know how to look at that. It said how to somewhere in ArchWiki, but I don't remember.

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You can press Alt+F5 to go to tty5 and then to get back to the install(tty1) press Alt+F1.

EDIT:
The MBR should be your first option it appears. The /dev/sda.

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When I tried putting /dev/sda1 (18gb Arch ext3 partition) as my boot, and /dev/sda as my root, I see this in tty5:

grub> root (hd0)
Filesystem type unknown, using whole disk
grub> setup (hd0,0)
Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition
grub< quit

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dangerousHobo

In case you missed the edit I my above post. /dev/sda would be the MBR. So try installing it to /dev/sda instead on /dev/sda1.

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Okay, then what do I type in for my root? When it changed to that screen the value that is there already is "/dev/sda3" but I doubt that's right.

In the config file it says my root is (hd0,0)

So I tried to do /dev/sda for boot and (hd0,0) for root, that didn't work. I also tried doing /dev/sda for boot and /dev/sda for root, nothing.

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Retrospekt

Didn't read your last post fully. You said to put /dev/sda for the boot, and /dev/sda1 for root.

That didn't work.

Why is this so difficult for me? I heard Arch Install is pretty easy for most, and up until now it hasn't been that bad. Stupid GRUB.

Edit: I exited out of the ArchLive install and went to "Tools" on the Live CD. It had an option to install GRUB to MBR (hd0). I got this error message:

Booting 'Install GRUB to hd0 MBR'

root (hd0,0)
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
setup (hd0)
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... no
Checking if "/grub/stage1" exists... no

Error 15: File not found

Press any key to continue...

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dangerousHobo

When is it asking for this root.
When you go to install a boot loader you select grub and then it dumps you into an editor. Usually the default will work for now. Then is should take you to a screen like the one attached and after you select /dev/sda then it ask if you have a raid, and then it should install grub. I just ran a test in vmware and after selecting /dev/sda I didn't have to enter anything else.
That was with the newest release 'Overlord'.

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Right after that screen you have captured, it asks for a root. I dunno...

I'm thinking something may be wrong with my live cd. I'm going to try to install GRUB off of an Ubuntu liveCD.

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