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    Brief entry into the world of ArchLinux

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by ral, Dec 5, 2011.

  1. ral

    ral Notebook Evangelist

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    I downloaded the latest ArchLinix core image and created a bootable USB drive using Unetbootin. When trying to boot into the ArchLinux installer I got the error that the boot device did could not be found after 30 seconds.

    Tried the advice on this page, but it was a no go for me.

    I than created a new USB installer using Pendrive and got a different error message (will post the error message later, it was kind of late at night and forgot to take note of it).

    I knew this was going to be complicated, although I was not expecting to hit problems this early.
     
    ral, Dec 5, 2011
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    corbintechboy Notebook Consultant

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  3. ral

    ral Notebook Evangelist

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    My laptop has a CDRom, and can go buy some writable media. But I think I will keep trying the USB install and scour more advice via Google, before I give up on the USB. It will by nice to crack this nut.
     
    ral, Dec 6, 2011
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    Eh... USB install in my experience has always been flaky. Just save yourself a lot of wasted time and burn the iso to a CD-R
     
    hf2046, Dec 6, 2011
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    ral Notebook Evangelist

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    Will do. Thanks.

    This will be the first time I use my DVD-ROM in 3+ years. I do not even know if it still works :)
     
    ral, Dec 6, 2011
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    Have you tried dd'ing it directly to the USB drive? This is always worked for me in the past.

    Code: 
    dd if=/path/to/archlinux.iso of=/dev/sd[x]
     
    Mikustriker, Dec 6, 2011
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  7. ral

    ral Notebook Evangelist

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    I think I will postpone this till after the Christmas. I am free from Christmas till New Years. That should be enough time.

    The rolling release model and build your own concept is really inticing and should be worth a bit of effort when you consider the time and effort in installing a new build every 6 months.
     
    ral, Dec 6, 2011
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