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boak

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Registered: 2013-01-17

Posts: 13

USB Errors while trying to install 64 bit Arch

I'm trying to install Arch onto some brand new hardware. I am installing using the Arch Netboot environment.

When I try to install 64 bit Arch, I get the following errors straight after archiso.img is downloaded and the kernel is booted:

usb 2-5: device descriptor read/64, error -32
usb 2-5: device descriptor read/64, error -32
usb 2-5: device descriptor read/64, error -32
usb 2-5: device descriptor read/64, error -32
usb 2-5: device not accepting address 4, error -32
usb 2-5: device not accepting address 5, error -32
hub 2-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 5

The same lines appear for usb 4-1, 6-5 and 7-1. The only USB device that is plugged in is the USB key that I booted ipxe.lkrn from.

Googling seems to point to a kernel module that needs to be loaded earlier or a faulty USB controller. I do not know how to change what kernel modules are used during installation, and I'm fairly certain the USB controllers are fine. Its a brand new motherboard and I can access my USB key fine (I can boot from it) in any of the available USB ports.

I was close to giving up until for some reason I decided to try and install the 32 bit version of Arch instead. This worked as expected and I am sent to the archiso installation prompt without seeing any of the same USB errors.

Can someone please assist me with this? I would really prefer to have the 64 bit version installed.

boak

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Registered: 2013-01-17

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Re: USB Errors while trying to install 64 bit Arch

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=158206

This seems to be related, although my errors are giving error -32 instead of -110.

Is there a way I can force the installation environment to use kernel 3.7.6? Does the 32 bit installer use a different kernel to the 64 bit installer?

Is there a way I can use the 32 bit installation environment to install 64 bit as well as the 3.7.6 kernel?

DSpider

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Re: USB Errors while trying to install 64 bit Arch

Maybe these will help:

https://www.google.com/search?q=device+descriptor+read
https://www.google.com/search?q=device+ … hlinux.org

The negative number seems to be different each time (-32, -71, -62, -110, etc), so don't google for a specific number.

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boak

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Registered: 2013-01-17

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Re: USB Errors while trying to install 64 bit Arch

I'd already googled the errors and seen the results in those searches. I have tried powering down, removing the power cord and wa iting a few minutes but it had no effect. The other results mentioning adding/removing the ehci_hcd kernel module which I don't get a chance to do since this happens during the bootup of the installation environment.

Lone_Wolf

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Re: USB Errors while trying to install 64 bit Arch

Have you tried with the normal arch install iso instead of the pxeboot version ?

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boak

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Registered: 2013-01-17

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Re: USB Errors while trying to install 64 bit Arch

no i haven't, but i'll give that a go now.

boak

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Registered: 2013-01-17

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Re: USB Errors while trying to install 64 bit Arch

Ok well the regular Arch iso appears to work fine so I should be able to get this installed however it'd be nice to have a pxe image that works for future installs.