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#1 2011-10-18 09:54:43

oduesp
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Registered: 2011-10-18
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Trouble installing archlinux on a Dell T1600

Hi,

I'm trying to install archlinux on a brand new Dell T1600. I've tried to use a USB Key/CD with the image archlinux-2011.08.19-core-x86_64.iso burned into, no matter what I cant pass the following screen at boot:
ISOLINUX 4.04 0x4e37feb5 HDD etc...

On another computer with the same pen-drive/CD the installation is okay. If I burn the latest ubuntu 11.10, the installation is okay on the T1600.

Here is the output of the lshw command:
http://pastebin.com/tGGUx19d

Thanks

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#2 2011-10-19 08:43:15

hal8000
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Registered: 2011-05-20
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Re: Trouble installing archlinux on a Dell T1600

I think Isolinux is a compressable boot manager for the CD that has to be expanded first, then you should see a message loading vmlinuz.

It could be that your laptop is not reading  the USB image. I would try burning the Arch 2011.09 CD and see if you can install that way.

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#3 2011-10-20 10:56:50

wuischke
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Re: Trouble installing archlinux on a Dell T1600

I have almost the same computer at work. (T1600 with E3 1245, 16GB RAM and NVS300)

If you can boot an Ubuntu live CD, you can copy the Arch installer to a HDD partition and install this way, this worked for me. (See https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fa … ux_System)

You probably need the option "nomodeset" on the kernel boot line, else the monitor will just switch off when KMS kicks in. Everything else worked just fine, although nouveau is not usable without KMS and you'll need the proprietary NVidia driver.

Last edited by wuischke (2011-10-20 10:57:21)

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#4 2011-10-20 11:30:43

oduesp
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Registered: 2011-10-18
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Re: Trouble installing archlinux on a Dell T1600

Thanks for the tip, I'm trying this now.

Edit:

Okay I'm in the install process, for the record here is how I've done it:

in grub shell:

set root=(hd0,2) <-- for sda2 (root is a variable in grub2, the grub2 archlinux's manual is not clear on this)
linux /arch/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz nomodeset archisolabel=ARCH_201108
initrd /arch/boot/x86_64/archiso.img

PS: I'm totally noob to archlinux, so expect me haunting this forum for a while smile

Last edited by oduesp (2011-10-20 12:24:38)

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