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Feroxium

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Registered: 2011-07-04

Posts: 11

[Solved] Error loading operating system (USB install, unetbootin)

Hi!

I was planning on reinstalling Arch on my netbook (Asus EEE T91MT), because I messed it up a bit too far.
It still boots fine and I can log in on the console, but I can not move the mouse in xserver/xfce, wifi stopped working, and I have various other problems and errors when running commands, so I figured a reinstall would be easier.

Now I followed the same steps as last time: put arch x86 netinstall on an empty 2GB FAT32 USB stick, using the Unetbootin tool.

But when I boot from USB (press escape during boot, select the USB drive instead of SSD, press enter), it just gives me a black screen with the text:

Error loading operating system

When I look on the USB stick, it looks very normal, like an arch install medium usually looks.

Thanks for any tips in advance!

Last edited by Feroxium (2012-10-17 14:24:45)

illusionist

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From: localhost

Registered: 2012-04-03

Posts: 498

Re: [Solved] Error loading operating system (USB install, unetbootin)

I don't trust unetbootin anymore but that is just me.
Have you tried "dd" -ing your usb ?

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DSpider

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Registered: 2009-08-23

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Re: [Solved] Error loading operating system (USB install, unetbootin)

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/US … UNetbootin

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Feroxium

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Registered: 2011-07-04

Posts: 11

Re: [Solved] Error loading operating system (USB install, unetbootin)

Ah, thanks a lot!

I'll be more careful in trusting tools like unetbootin. It even clearly says on the website "arch up to 2010.05"...
Gonna try one of the alternative methods.

(editing topic title --> solved)

Last edited by Feroxium (2012-10-17 14:25:29)