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#1 2009-11-21 11:03:18

cola
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Registered: 2009-11-20
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Installation problem , booting from usb

Used unetbootin and archlinux-2009.08-core-i686.iso , after booting i get a prompt shell "ramfs" , can't do anything from here.

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#2 2009-11-21 17:48:47

lilsirecho
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Re: Installation problem , booting from usb

Perhaps more data is needed regarding the error message(s) before the $ramfs.................


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#3 2009-11-30 18:46:26

ha0tang
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Registered: 2009-11-30
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Re: Installation problem , booting from usb

Hi, I am having the same problem with unetbootin. During boot it says:Waiting 30 seconinds for device /dev/archiso
scsi 0:0:0:0 Direct-Access Lexar Jumpdrive Sport 1000 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 101$4784 512-byte hardware sectors: (519 MB/495 MiB)
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is Off
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
sda: sda1 sda2
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk
ERROR: boot device didn't show up after 30 seconds...
Falling back to interactive prompt
You can try to fix the problem manually, log out when you are finished
ramfs$


This is a Acer Travelmate 2300 laptop.  I have had many problems installing different linux distros on it.  So any help will be appeciated.

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#4 2009-11-30 20:43:01

ha0tang
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Registered: 2009-11-30
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Re: Installation problem , booting from usb

ok I got it working now.  found this thread.

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=77815

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#5 2009-11-30 21:47:11

ha0tang
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Registered: 2009-11-30
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Re: Installation problem , booting from usb

I tried the above post several times before I got it to work.  I had the most problem identifing my usb drive.  I kept on thinking that my usb drive would be /dev/sdb, but instead it was /dev/sda1.

When I first tried ln -sf /dev/sdb1 /dev/archiso there was no problem but the next command mount -t vfat /dev/archiso /bootmnt would complain saying mount point not found.

So I finally tried ln -sf /dev/sda1 /dev/archiso and mount -t vfat /dev/archiso /bootmnt and everything works now and I have the login prompt.

I also tried the dd method but that didn't work for me. All I got was a grub hanging.

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