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I'm trying to install Arch on my new laptop using a boot-able flash drive created using unetbootin.
When I tried to reboot into the live environment, it was giving me weird errors. http://i.imgur.com/LSxvp.jpg
Half the errors didn't even make sense to me, if someone could give insight as to, what the errors are and how to proceed, it would be very helpful.
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It can't find the device. This is what happens to me when I create a uefi USB stick and forget to set the partition label to ARCH_201301.
why are you trying to use unetbootin rather than simply dd'ing the iso?
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It can't find the device. This is what happens to me when I create a uefi USB stick and forget to set the partition label to ARCH_201301.
Lucky enough my laptop has support for BIOS too, so I disabled UEFI and set it to BIOS only. The flash drive I created using unetbootin, I suppose, is a traditional bootable USB drive, not a UEFI one.
why are you trying to use unetbootin rather than simply dd'ing the iso?
The new laptop came with Windows 8, I have no other linux machine with me.
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You should read the uefi wiki page on how to make a boo table uefi flash media. Basically you just create a fat32 partition and extract the contents to it.
I say this because it is a PITA to have a combination of uefi and legacy bios on one machine. But you can always install normally and then convert it later.
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Try using dd instead of unetbootin
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/US … _USB_drive
# dd bs=4M if=/path/to/archlinux.iso of=/dev/sdx
OpenBSD-current Thinkpad X230, i7-3520M, 16GB CL9 Kingston, Samsung 830 256GB
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Try using dd instead of unetbootin
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/US … _USB_drive
# dd bs=4M if=/path/to/archlinux.iso of=/dev/sdx
Actually if you use unetbootin - you will guarantee it won't work! The iso has a special hybrid partition table and you MUST use the dd method (and if UEFI then checkout the install guide on the arch wiki and https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_Guide)
Mike C
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Unetbootin overwrites the syslinux.cfg of the install media, which is a bit of a problem.
I was told to use Windows Image Writer instead, but that corrupted my thumb drive both times when I tried it.
"There are no problems, only opportunities for solutions."
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Thanks guys, that was the problem. I burned it using Universal USB Installer and it worked.
Sorry for the late reply.
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