Arch Linux

maroxe

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Registered: 2009-02-05

Posts: 53

Unable to boot arch iso from usb key

Hi,
I tried to boot archlinux from a usb key, i followed the instructions  i found in here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Un … B_from_ISO (i have uefi) , so basically i created a fat32 filesystem with mkfs then copied the content of arch iso. Then i disabled secure boot, changed boot order. But when i reboot my laptop, it goes directly to win8.
What did i miss?

maroxe

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Registered: 2009-02-05

Posts: 53

Re: Unable to boot arch iso from usb key

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Ferdinand866

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Registered: 2013-05-24

Posts: 12

Re: Unable to boot arch iso from usb key

Dunno if have the same problem too i has the version of 04-01-2013 dont work for me but 03-XXXXX and 05-XXXXXX work for me, but i had to format the usb stick to ext2 ( teoricaly the same all the memory begin had to be filled)

be sure to keep backup of memory stick before doing that:

i filled the usb with dd if=05-01-2013XXXXX.iso of=/dev/sdx (were x is the usb stick be sure of that must be dangerous) bs=4M
U can have to be sure to BIOS have the proper option to boot the USB and put usb to boot first before booting (and save the changes before exit).

Last edited by Ferdinand866 (2013-05-27 23:52:49)

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Re: Unable to boot arch iso from usb key

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