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0505Oryon

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Registered: 2012-02-05

Posts: 23

USB Boot issue on netbook

CPU: Asus eeepc 1011PX
USB: formted as FAT

I am trieing to install arch on this machine fro usb, but i cant boot it. I tried different USB stickes, different ISO-s, the old "current" and the new "testing" as well, i read that on 1001 i have to disabale "boot booster", but i dont have such an option on BIOS, but every time i turn the achnie on, it say on blach screen for 10-15 sec, (USB is lighten up) then loads into my old ubuntu). I changed the hard disc order to oot from USB first, on bios. For install i used the dd if=... of=... given by the manual, and i used sbd1 not sdb1x. As this machnie dont have a CD reader, and i dont want to do a netinstall, this is my only option, but i cant mke it work. Any idea why cant i boot it?

Thanks

broken pipe

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Registered: 2010-12-10

Posts: 243

Re: USB Boot issue on netbook

just dd the whole drive /dev/sdb

dd if=/archinstall.iso of=/dev/sdb && sync