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DarkMatterKid

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Registered: 2024-05-22

Posts: 2

Missing commands in live boot environment

I'm currently running a duel boot system on two separate drives with Linux Mint on one and Windows 11 on the other, and want to replace the windows drive with arch. Right now I'm having an issue where when I boot into the arch live environment, I'm missing most of the packages I need to continue the install process, such as pacman and fdisk. I'm given this in the terminal:

:: running early hook [udev]
Starting systemd-udevd version 255.5-3-arch
:: running early hook [archiso_pxe_nbd]
:: running hook [udev]
:: Triggering uevents...
[    3.994991] hub 8-0:1.0: config failed, hub doesn't have any ports! (err -19):
:: running hook [memdisk]
:: running hook [archiso]
:: running hook [archiso_loop_mnt]
:: running hook [archiso_pxe_common]
:: running hook [archiso_pxe_nbd]
:: running hook [archiso_pxe_http]
:: running hook [archiso_pxe_nfs]
Waiting 2 seconds for device /dev/disk/by-uuid/2024-05-01-17-04-31-00 ...
[  9.690810] usb 1-2: device descriptor read/64, error -110
:: Searching for '/boot/2024-05-01-17-04-31-00.uuid' in '/dev/nvme0n1p1'
:: Searching for '/boot/2024-05-01-17-04-31-00.uuid' in '/dev/nvme0n1p2'
:: Searching for '/boot/2024-05-01-17-04-31-00.uuid' in '/dev/nvme1n1p2'
:: Searching for '/boot/2024-05-01-17-04-31-00.uuid' in '/dev/nvme1n1p1'
[  10.702211] FAT-fs (nvme1n1p1): bogus number of reserved sectors
[  10.702310] EXT4-fs (nvme1n1p1): VFS: Can't find ext4 filesystem
[  10.702449] EXT4-fs (nvme1n1p1): VFS: Can't find ext4 filesystem
[  10.702571] EXT4-fs (nvme1n1p1): VFS: Can't find ext4 filesystem
ERROR: Device '2024-05-01-17-04-31-00' not found
sh: can't access tty: job control turned off

And then I'm just put into a neutered shell. Is this a problem because of the duel boot? I was planning on partitioning over the windows stuff during the install process, but would doing that first help at all?

Any help would be appreciated.

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 11,703

Re: Missing commands in live boot environment

No, it is not because of dual booting. You're likely running into the same issue as https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=295872. Basically your drive is just taking too long to show up. Either that or, if you're using an external USB hub, it could be causing problems.

Last edited by Scimmia (2024-05-23 01:36:20)

DarkMatterKid

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Registered: 2024-05-22

Posts: 2

Re: Missing commands in live boot environment

You were right, that seemed to be the issue. Never would have guessed the system just dies because it only waits like two seconds to find the right drive.