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Jamerman

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Registered: 2014-03-09

Posts: 3

mount: you must specify the filesystem type

I'm trying to install Arch onto my laptop, to dual boot alongside Ubuntu, which I'll hopefully eventually replace with Arch as my main OS. So I'm installing it with an SD card, which was partitioned as EXT3 in GParted, and used 'dd' to write the disk image (Downloaded off the website) onto the SD card. This was done on my netbook which is running some eeepc specific linux distro if that's important.

Now I tried to boot by the SD card on my laptop, and after selecting the type of Arch linux I wanted, I got a command prompt, with an error message saying:
mount: you must  specify the filesystem type
ERROR; Failed to mount '/dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_201403'
   Falling  back to interactive prompt
   You can try to fix the problem manually, log out when  you are finished
sh: can't access tty; job control turned off

And then I'm left in rootfs
I've never used Arch before, but I've had experience in other distros to not be too scared of the command prompt, but I've googled a lot and can't find a solution here, so please help me

kYd

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Registered: 2009-01-20

Posts: 78

Re: mount: you must specify the filesystem type

You don't need to partition the SD card. Just 'dd' it straight to the block device. If you didn't already i.e:

dd if=arch.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=8M

Don't add a partition number, so no /dev/sdX1.

If you don't, I believe it doesn't preserve the filesystem label "ARCH_201403" which is how it tries to find the device.

Jamerman

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Registered: 2014-03-09

Posts: 3

Re: mount: you must specify the filesystem type

I used dd command you said to put the image on the SD card. It definitely preserved the filesystem name  because when I plug it into my netbook it calls it ARCH_201403, but I got the same error as last time >.<

Jamerman

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Registered: 2014-03-09

Posts: 3

Re: mount: you must specify the filesystem type

Never mind, I did it! I used an Ubuntu live cd to go into gparted, delete the partitions, and it worked

jasonwryan

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Registered: 2009-05-09

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Re: mount: you must specify the filesystem type

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