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The Illusionist Mirage

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Registered: 2014-01-23

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[SOLVED] Problem in beginning installation

Hello

I had installed & used arch on virtual box in windows for sometime and really liked it. So I decided to install arch on my hard disk now. I made a bootable cd and booted up using it. I got the arch screen as expected (http://www.muktware.com/wp-content/uplo … ll-001.jpg). But after I select the 2nd option, i.e., Boot Arch Linux (i686), and proceed, I get this:

:: running hook [memdisk]
:: running hook [archiso]
:: running hook [archiso_loop_mnt]
:: running hook [archiso_pxe_common]
:: running hook [archiso_pxe_nhd]
:: running hook [archiso_http]
:: running hook [archiso_nfs]
:: Mounting ' /dev/disk/by-label-ARCH_201401 ...
ERROR: ' /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_201401' device did not show up after 30 seconds ...
        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
[rootfs /]#:

And after that any command except clear doesn't work.

I'd appreciate any help.

Thanks in advance.
TIM

Last edited by The Illusionist Mirage (2014-03-27 06:29:01)

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Trilby

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Re: [SOLVED] Problem in beginning installation

This is a common error when something goes wrong with creating the bootable media.  I haven't seen it with CDs - but maybe just because they aren't used as much anymore.

What tool (and/or command) did you use to burn the CD?

If you can't make a new CD, then you could mount the partition manually.  This would required determining what the label actually is first.  `ls /dev/disk/by-label/` would help with that.  But if practical, making a new CD would be more straightforward.

Last edited by Trilby (2014-03-24 17:13:07)

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Inxsible

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Re: [SOLVED] Problem in beginning installation

... But if practical, making a new CD would be more straightforward.

Or use a USB drive to boot as long as your computer supports USB boot. If not, you can also look into plop as long as you have a floppy drive.

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