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Jboxer

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Registered: 2009-02-08

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[SOLVED] Installing from a DVD

can you install arch from a DVD?

This is what i tried:
Burn .img to a bootable DVD at normal DVD burn rate (like 8.0x)
Burn a bootable .iso to DVD
Burn just the files to the DVD

Nothing has worked
When it starts up it just says GRUB
.Nothing else happens, what should I do Archlinux forum users?

I have a Dell Dimension 4600 (Pentium 4 2.8GHz, 512MB RAM, 80GB HDD, XP Sp3 pro)
My computer can not burn DVDs so I burnt from another computer with Roxio

Last edited by Jboxer (2009-02-15 07:05:54)

wankel

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing from a DVD

can you install arch from a DVD?

This is what i tried:
Burn .img to a bootable DVD at normal DVD burn rate (like 8.0x)
Burn a bootable .iso to DVD
Burn just the files to the DVD

Nothing has worked
When it starts up it just says GRUB
.Nothing else happens, what should I do Archlinux forum users?

I have a Dell Dimension 4600 (Pentium 4 2.8GHz, 512MB RAM, 80GB HDD, XP Sp3 pro)
My computer can not burn DVDs so I burnt from another computer with Roxio

maybe your computer cant read dvds? burning an .iso to the dvd should be enough to boot from it.

Jboxer

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Registered: 2009-02-08

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing from a DVD

I'm pretty sure it can Because My computer hasn't had trouble in the past playing DVDs like Borat and Beerfest on my computer

Last edited by Jboxer (2009-02-08 23:06:30)

wankel

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing from a DVD

i pretty sure it can Because My computer hasn't had trouble in the past playing DVDs like Borat and Beerfest on my computer

maybe try buring the dvd at a lower speed then?

Ashren

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing from a DVD

Some computers can not boot DVD+R. Try DVD-R if you're not already using it.

Edit: Or perhaps it is the other way around. Try another standard +/- than the one you're using atm.

Last edited by Ashren (2009-02-08 23:25:57)

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Jboxer

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing from a DVD

ight, I'm try these different tweaks on my disk. I think it might be the +/- on my DVDs since my computer is kinda old.

Last edited by Jboxer (2009-02-08 23:37:25)

Jboxer

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing from a DVD

Ok i just burnt a bootable .img to my DVD-R with the propper DVD-R specs and at a 4.x burn speed.

i used the archlinux-2008.06-ftp-x86_64.img file and I keep on getting the same error

cdwillis

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing from a DVD

Why are you burning a dvd instead of a cd?

Jboxer

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing from a DVD

Why are you burning a dvd instead of a cd?

I don't have a blank CD, I think i am just going to but a 4GB usb drive from Newegg. Then try that, but I will try any more suggestions

Edit:well i guess i could just buy or borrow a smaller one since the img file is only like 158 MB...

Last edited by Jboxer (2009-02-09 00:08:13)

Jboxer

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing from a DVD

Ok i just stole a 1gb usb from circuit city (lol) I've lost the cops. But i used unetbootin, and it said that i had a i1586 CPU is this the end of my Arch adventure?

Edit:yes it is i1586 NOT i1686

Edit:Edit: lol i finally get that joke i1686 NOT i1686 ok I'm installing from a usb right now

                           kthxbai

Last edited by Jboxer (2009-02-09 04:46:54)