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I am Arch Linux user for the last four years. I am trying to install Arch Linux on a new Acer laptop which came with Windows 11 installed on it. I followed all the steps mentioned in the official installation guide but when I reboot, I am not prompted to choose between the two operating systems. It directly boots into Windows. I tried going to the UEFI boot menu with the USB live media plugged in.This time I can't even see the USB media in the boot menu. Now, both windows and Arch Linux on my other laptop, which is a Dell are unable to detect the USB drive. I think I ruined it in the process. I already turned off the secure boot.
When I plug in the "ruined" USB in my Dell laptop running Arch Linux on it, I get the following on doing
dmesg -w
[378640.213695] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 53
[379169.920970] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 54 using xhci_hcd
[379170.076150] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=054c, idProduct=05ba, bcdDevice= 1.00
[379170.076156] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[379170.076159] usb 1-1: Product: Storage Media
[379170.076161] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Sony
[379170.076162] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: CB0300063E5F6014029
[379170.080031] usb-storage 1-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[379170.080166] scsi host2: usb-storage 1-1:1.0
[379171.103206] scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access Sony Storage Media PMAP PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
[379171.104251] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
[379171.953636] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 60555264 512-byte logical blocks: (31.0 GB/28.9 GiB)
[379171.954915] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[379171.954939] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
[379171.955915] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
[379171.955934] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[379171.962123] sdb: sdb1
[379171.962555] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
Please help me with the installation. Thanks.
Last edited by bisarch (2024-04-03 02:50:13)
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Check if the ISO image on the stick has been corrupted: https://unix.stackexchange.com/question … out-errors
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The USB stick isn’t being detected on Windows or Linux anymore.
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Perhaps it's pining for the fjords?
But seriously, sounds like the stick is dead.
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did you use os-prober to config your dual boot ?
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For goodness sake lo7777799, have you even read the OP?
"Austerity is the idea that the global financial crash of 2008 was caused by there being too many libraries in Wolverhampton."
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Assuming that the USB stick is dead, I used another USB stick and was able to complete the dual boot installation. So, I guess we can mark this as solved?
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