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xCh12i5

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Registered: 2016-10-09

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Lenovo T470p does not boot Arch Image from USB-Stick

Hello,

for a few days now I don't get managed to install arch Linux on my new Lenovo T470p (without Nvidia graphics card). I've downloaded the latest arch ISO image from the web-site and write it with dd to an USB-Stick according to the instructions in the Wiki (cf. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/US … #Using_dd). No matter which of the three USB 3.0 ports I'm using after selecting "Boot Arch Linux" from the boot screen something happens, but I end up with an error:

Waiting 30 seconds for device /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_201712 ...
usb usb2-port3: Cannot enable. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
usb usb2-port3: cannot disable (err = -32)
ERROR: '/dev/by-label/ARCH_2012' device did not show up after 30 seconds...

The latest BIOS firmware 1.17 is installed. In the BIOS settings I've disabled Secure Boot and UEFI (Legacy onyl), but in UEFI mode things does not change. And since a couple of weeks I experience on my desktop the same problem (ASUS mainboard, i5-7600 CPU, ...). However on my Intel NUC NUC7i5BNK everything is working fine. The same USB-Stick works on my old Dell Latitude fine as well. On the other hand side writing Kali Linux with dd on the same USB-Stick it boots as often as I want on my laptop and desktop. I've tried on my laptop and desktop all USB ports and five diffrent USB sticks. Randomly it boots from time to time, but I don't know why and I can't reproduce it. I've tried it the entire evening now dozens of times without beeing able to boot arch Linux only once.

Because each trial the boot screen shows up and with Kali Linux the USB stick works fine, I assume no hardware problem as the description with the bad cable wants me make to believe. Or am I wrong?

Finally I hit the c key on the boot screen and append nomodeset as boot parameter, but that has not changed anything. Googling the error code or description had not helped me much. Maybe it could have something to do with autosuspend, but I've not get managed to add this as a boot parameter. I've no more ideas and not able to install arch Linux any more. What is the problem and how can I solve it?

Chris