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philomathean

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Registered: 2013-09-17

Posts: 17

[SOLVED] USB Installation Stuck

I used

dd bs=4M if=/path/to/archlinux.iso of=/dev/sdx && sync

to create my USB, but it won't do anything. I boot from USB, the only output it gives me is: "ISOLINUX 6.02 EHDD Copyright (C) 1994-2013 H. Peter Anvin et al" with a flashing underscore on the 2nd line.

I can't type any commands or get any response from the system whatsoever. I've tried formatting the drive as FAT32 and NTFS, with the same result either way.

I used the 2014.03.01-dual.iso file from the site. USB written from a Lubuntu system.

Any guidance would be truly appreciated.

Thanks,
Travis

Lenovo W510
4GB RAM

Last edited by philomathean (2014-03-28 06:40:29)

philomathean

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Registered: 2013-09-17

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Re: [SOLVED] USB Installation Stuck

I used a different USB on my laptop and it loaded just fine! Weird, but issue is solved.

jasonwryan

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Re: [SOLVED] USB Installation Stuck

Please remember to mark your thread as [Solved] by editing your first post and prepending it to the title.

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