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ordinary.schreiber

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Registered: 2021-10-15

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[SOLVED] Can't start install tool when booting from installation media

Hi everyone, I'm trying to install Arch on a tower pc that has windows on a SSD. I'm very familiar with the procedure, but this time I couldn't even get started.

When I booted from the installation media (usb stick) I got the black screen showing the following message:

:: Mounting 'UUID=2023-10-14-06-59-02-00' to '/run/archiso/bootmnt'
Waiting 30 seconds for device /dev/disk/by-uuid/2023-10-14-06-59-02-00 ...
ERROR: 'UUID=2023-10-14-06-59-02-00' device did not show up after 30 seconds...
Falling back to interactive prompt
You can try to fix the problem manually, log out when you are finished
sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
[rootfs] ~]#

What can I do? Thank you in advance.

Last edited by ordinary.schreiber (2023-10-16 09:47:05)

Scimmia

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't start install tool when booting from installation media

How did you write the ISO to USB?

ordinary.schreiber

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't start install tool when booting from installation media

From another windows using Rufus

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't start install tool when booting from installation media

Check its UUID ("lsblk -f") and in doubt write it using "dd"

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ordinary.schreiber

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't start install tool when booting from installation media

So should I write manually the UUID '2023-10-14-06-59-02-00'? How does it work?

Last edited by ordinary.schreiber (2023-10-15 16:14:51)

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't start install tool when booting from installation media

I've no idea whether you can make rufus write a specific UUID (or anything about it) but if you write the iso w/ dd you should™ end up w/ proper UUIDs

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hcjl

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't start install tool when booting from installation media

No, you should create the installation medium with dd -> https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/USB_fl … _utilities

Lone_Wolf

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't start install tool when booting from installation media

hcjl, those are instructions for linux but OP is using rufus/windows to create the install medium.

@ordinary.schreiber : read https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/USB_fl … sing_Rufus and pay attention to the purple box.

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ordinary.schreiber

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't start install tool when booting from installation media

Thanks, it seems that Rufus was the problem.

I wrote again the ISO to the USB with cp and it worked.