Installing problem

0505Oryon · 2012-02-05 17:26:10

I wanted to install Archlinux on my netbook, but i dont have any external hard drive, so i tried:
dd if=*.iso of=/def/sda
After i restarted the cpu it boots up perfectly, but i cant make the partition work.
Every time i use auto-prep i get an error:
Error partitioning /dev/sda (see /dev/tty7 for details)
Can anyone help me how to install it without any external hard drive?
Thanks a lot.

karol · 2012-02-05 18:15:46

Where do you want to install it to? What are the errors you get on tty7?

0505Oryon · 2012-02-05 18:23:37

I dont know how to see the errors.
I just want to install Archlinux on my netbook. Az the main OS, on the only hard drive.
So mainly what i want to achive:
Format the whole HDD, install Archlinux into it.
But i dont have any external hard drives so i did the command i just mentioned befor. I think the problmem ight be that for the format, the installer needs to format itself, but i might be wrong as i am a noob.

karol · 2012-02-05 18:32:37

The easiest way to install is to put the installer on a CD or a pendrive.

tty7 is the 7th console which you access by Alt-F7. To swithc back to the first one (tty1), press Alt-F1.

0505Oryon · 2012-02-05 18:41:27

My netbook cant even handle a CD, and i dont have a flash drive.
Ill post the error here:
This disk is currently in use, repartitioning is probably a bad idea
unmount all file sytem, and swapoff all swap partitions on this disk

Last edited by 0505Oryon (2012-02-05 18:42:04)

karol · 2012-02-05 18:45:11

Can't you borrow a pendrive? It would really be the easiest way.
Right now you're trying to pull yourself up by your bootstraps.

0505Oryon · 2012-02-05 18:48:21

I have a phone, with micro SD in it, i used Universal USB installer (windows) to burn the ISO into the SD card, but when i boot the netbook i get the error:
...Peter Anvin et al Unknown kexword in configuration file: IPAPPEND
Could not find kernel image: vesamenu.c32
boot:

nadman10 · 2012-02-05 18:54:24

The phone thing should work. I'm assuming you hooked up the netbook hard drive into your main PC. Correct?

0505Oryon · 2012-02-05 18:56:55

Nope, i just installed the Universal USB installer on my main PC (windows), burned the ISO into my phone (with the main PC) then pluged the phone into the netbook, and booted the netbook from the phone. And got the error i mentioned. I was googleing, they say its some problem releted to the Universal USB installer, buti cant find a any better program for it.
( i am not even sure its related to that)

nadman10 · 2012-02-05 19:00:32

I've never done a USB install before. I'm assuming you followed the steps in: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/US … tion_Media
As an alternative, you could take the netbook hard drive out, do the basic install on it from your main PC, then reinstall it in the netbook.

Inxsible · 2012-02-05 19:03:54

moved to Installation

0505Oryon · 2012-02-05 19:16:11

I followed the steps, and i still get the error. I tried with ubuntu iso, it works fine. But the md5sum is fine as well.
I dont know what could be the problem.
I cant get the hard drive out from my netbook.

claudecat · 2012-02-05 20:29:55

Maybe burn the iso to cd and borrow an external USB cd/dvd drive? Seems like the easiest way to me. Or buy one for around 20-30 bucks.

nomorewindows · 2012-02-09 17:19:17

Isn't /dev/sda your normal hard drive (unless the USB is your hard drive)?
However /dev/sda is the root of the drive (including master partition table and boot sector(s), so putting an iso directly here only works that way on an iso, but not a real drive. Plus, the fact that you are using the iso formats boot sector to boot a USB drive. There are some ways to use grub to boot your kernel and initramfs (which still have to be extracted and accessible) and then mount your iso as it's own root filesystem. Otherwise you would just be saving your iso verbatim to your usb drive which it can't read, unless it is located in a formatted partition (/dev/sdaxxxx)

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