[SOLVED]Can't boot at all

otyugh · 2013-01-12 23:58:00

Hey,
i'm new on archlinux so i pick a USB key, and launched it.
Then i get a "classic error" but a bit particular at the same time. Here we go :

[...]
::Mounting ‘/dev/disk/by-label/‘ to ‘/run/archiso/bootmnt‘
Waiting 30 seconds for device /dev/disk/by-label ...
ERROR : ‘/dev/disk/by-label/‘ device did not show up after 30 seconds...
Falling back to interactive prompt

I searched a bit, and i could only find theses kind of case where we knew WHAT he is actually trying to mount (https://andym3.wordpress.com/2010/12/16 … rch-linux/), here i just find "..." instead of "ARCH_randomName".

Any idea ?

Last edited by otyugh (2013-01-13 10:33:54)

WonderWoofy · 2013-01-13 00:03:19

Welcome to the forums. Around here, we typically ask questions with proper details that might help get an answer. You need to read over your question and then try again, adding more/proper information.

otyugh · 2013-01-13 00:42:00

Hey again,
and sorry, i assumed this "scheme" was something usual, somehow.

I'm on a fresh assemblated PC :
CPU : AMD Athlon X4 750K Black Edition
MB : ASRock FM2A75 Pro4
GPU : Zotac GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1 GB

Everything is new, as is it for the hardrive.
And gosh i'm so dumb, i forget the centerpart : the lines i get first while booting :
[2.834428] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0 : 0x8B9E : Init table command not found : 0xA9
[2.834429] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0 : 0x8B9E : PGRAPH: unsupported chipset, please report!

Does it mean something like this AMD thing isn't compatible with the last review of Arch, or is it something that i can go through ?

(Also, i'm affraid i'm not carrying the best english. This is not my main langage ^^)

Last edited by otyugh (2013-01-13 00:46:49)

falconindy · 2013-01-13 00:46:12

otyugh wrote:

i'm new on archlinux so i pick a USB key, and launched it.

I'm going to guess this is where you went wrong. How exactly did you write the image?

otyugh · 2013-01-13 00:59:41

I get the ".iso" from a torrent on the official website "Archlinux-2013.01.04-dual.iso" (i think torrent is quite aware of the intergrity of the final file).
I get my USB key from... Who cares !
Hurm, and then i've used a soft named "UNetbootin", and just... Basically... Ordered a "please make this USB being an image-disk from this archlinux iso I give you".
Then pluged the USB, and failed to boot it.
What could go wrong ? o/

Last edited by otyugh (2013-01-13 01:02:25)

falconindy · 2013-01-13 01:01:02

Sounds like you didn't read the first line of the download page.

The image can be burned to a CD, mounted as an ISO file, or be directly written to a USB stick using a utility like `dd`.

Unetbootin breaks the install media.

otyugh · 2013-01-13 01:55:38

I hurts. But it's right. Thanks.

I just used that and i was good to go.
>https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/USB_Installation_Media

I should learn from this.

ewaller · 2013-01-13 01:58:24

If this is solved, please go ahead and edit your first post and add [SOLVED] to the beginning of the thread title. The moderators don't do it, because we don't really know if it is solved for you

Edit: Too late

Last edited by ewaller (2013-01-13 01:59:03)

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