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outschi

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Registered: 2014-03-19

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Arch Linux USB installation does not boot Correctly [SOLVED]

Hello,

I created a bootable USB stick with Universal USB Installer on a Windows System.
When I try to boot it, it shows me a Gummiboot Boot Loader Switch, where I can switch between two EFI shells and ArchLinux installation media.
When choosing the installation media, the screen flashes and after that, it shows the following lines:

:: running early hook [udev]
:: running hook [udev]
:: Triggering uevents ...
:: running hook [memdisk]
:: running hook [archiso]
:: running hook [archiso_loop_mnt]
:: running hook [archiso_pxe_common]
:: running hook [archiso_pxe_nbd]
:: running hook [archiso_pxe_http]
:: running hook [archiso-pxe_nfs]
:: Mounting '/dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_201403' to '/run/archiso/bootmnt'
Waiting 30 seconds for device /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_201403 ...
[     5.060855] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page found
[     5.060960] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Asuming drive cache: write trough
[     5.062636] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page found
[     5.062688] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Asuming drive cache: write through
[     5.064566] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page found
[     5.064614] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Asuming drive cache: write through
ERROR: 'dev/desc/by-label/ARCH_201403' device did not show up after 30 seconds ...
    Falling back to interactive promt
    You can try to fix the problem manually, log out when you are finished
sh: can't accsess tty; job control turned off
[rootfs /]#

In UEFI menu I unabled secure boot and fast boot.

Can anybody tell me what I can do to boot the istallation media correctly?

Thanks for your suggestions

Last edited by outschi (2014-03-20 00:31:18)

Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

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Re: Arch Linux USB installation does not boot Correctly [SOLVED]

Welcome to arch.  I suspect this is the problem:

I created a bootable USB stick with Universal USB Installer on a Windows System.

The error message you get is the same as those encountered by people who try to use unetbootin (eg here).  I know Unetbootin does not work to create bootable arch media - perhaps the windows tool also doesn't.

Did you see and follow the tip here?  It seems that tool will create working usbs, but you have to fix the label.

Last edited by Trilby (2014-03-19 16:52:22)

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alphaniner

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From: Ancapistan

Registered: 2010-07-12

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Re: Arch Linux USB installation does not boot Correctly [SOLVED]

Seems like dd for Windows would be more straightforward than the method suggested on the wiki. Pretty sure I used it to create an archiso USB once or twice.

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karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: Arch Linux USB installation does not boot Correctly [SOLVED]

Seems like dd for Windows would be more straightforward than the method suggested on the wiki. Pretty sure I used it to create an archiso USB once or twice.

See the second tip:

If you do not want to install Cygwin, you can download dd for Windows from here. See the next section for more information.

alphaniner

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From: Ancapistan

Registered: 2010-07-12

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Re: Arch Linux USB installation does not boot Correctly [SOLVED]

Doh. I didn't even see it. But I was primarily referring to the first sentence in the Universal USB section: "This is probably the most straightforward way to create a bootable Arch linux USB stick from Windows." That's more of a wiki discussion issue I guess. And if dd for Windows is really failure prone as suggested in the note, I guess it shouldn't come highly recommended.

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karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: Arch Linux USB installation does not boot Correctly [SOLVED]

It's a wiki ... ;P

I know nothing about either of these tools, so don't expect me to step in.

@outschi
When posting configs, code or command output, please use [ code ] tags https://bbs.archlinux.org/help.php#bbcode

like this

It makes the code more readable and - in case of longer listings - more convenient to scroll through.

outschi

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Registered: 2014-03-19

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Re: Arch Linux USB installation does not boot Correctly [SOLVED]

First of all thank's for all the tips.
I created the stick with the German wicki page https://wiki.archlinux.de/title/UEFI_Installation with Linux Ubuntu and it works.
I did not install Cygwin because I do not want to make a Linux out of my Windows.

@karol: Thanks for the tip, I will use it the next time posting console output.

karol

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Re: Arch Linux USB installation does not boot Correctly [SOLVED]

If the issue has been solved, please remember to mark the thread as solved https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=130309