[SOLVED] Error in Arch Installation waiting 30 seconds for the device

caiorrs · 2015-07-13 20:42:55

hey there I am trying to dual boot arch and mint (17.2), mint is already installed, and I want to install arch with the same /home partition, but separate user folders, the problem is, after I boot up my arch CD I get this message:

http://i.imgur.com/4x5Lxy1.jpg

thanks for help!

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Last edited by caiorrs (2015-07-14 19:48:07)

WorMzy · 2015-07-13 20:54:35

Hi Caiorrs, welcome to the Arch Linux forums. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the forum etiquette, in particular the section regarding images.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-07-13 20:58:06

Try booting it again a few more times.

What did you use to burn the ISO image to the disk?

caiorrs · 2015-07-14 02:11:30

@Head_on_a_Stick I used Brasero, sorry WorMzy, i'll read it.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-07-14 07:20:27

caiorrs wrote:

I used Brasero

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=195763

Try wodim instead.

caiorrs · 2015-07-14 11:07:37

I burned a new image on a DVD, and now it works fine.
It's my first arch installation, I know there is a guide, but, how can I install arch with a already existing /home partition without formatting it?

WorMzy · 2015-07-14 11:19:03

Just don't format it, and mount it to /mnt/home before you run genfstab.

Awebb · 2015-07-14 11:57:40

Before you create a new user, check this new /home (or /mnt/home during the installation) with ls -l. If you want to use the same username, make sure you either chown all the files later or set the user ID to the same value as the owner of the files in the old home folder. I would, however, suggest not to use the home folder of another distro directly, as config files often create problems between versions. Best to rename it to myuser.bak and migrate all data later. It's not that something horrible will happen, but it is often a source of hard-to-identify problems later.

caiorrs · 2015-07-14 19:30:43

ok, I've installed, it's working fine, but I can't use terminal, i try to open it but it doesn't start. I installed the xfce terminal and it works great, but can I fix the gnome terminal? (yes, it bugs me, sorry)

jasonwryan · 2015-07-14 19:41:06

Please don't turn this into a never ending support thread. Your issue is solved, mark it so.

For different issues, start a new thread and include some relevant error messages; your last post includes no useful information.

caiorrs · 2015-07-14 19:45:50

ok, sorry

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[SOLVED] Error in Arch Installation waiting 30 seconds for the device

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