[solved] cannot boot from dd usb and cannot install 64 with unetbootin

iOfWhy · 2012-07-28 12:39:33

hi,

been trying to install arch for almost 24 hours now. i just cannot manage to setup USBs to boot from.

first i was using unetbootin, but when the device not found error came up i tried using the methods recommended in the wiki. however, my hp elitebook 2540p cannot boot from the usb created using dd or imagewriter. so i went back to unetbootin and figured out the error was that the syslinux.cfg file needed to have ../../ replaced by archisobasedir=arch archisolabel=KINGSTON. now however, i cannot seem to figure out how to install a 64 bit system. when i run pacstrap all packages have i686 at the end, which i assume means its the 32 bit one.

help

EDIT: ok i have now used 3 different USB sticks and run

sudo dd if=~/Downloads/archlinux-2012.07.15-netinstall-dual.iso of=/dev/sdd

on them. plugging them into the 2540p the laptop just wont boot. it wont get past the first hp screen, where i normally press esc to enter the menu so i can choose boot options. the usb just blinks and nothing happens. this same problem happens with imagewriter in windows.

Last edited by iOfWhy (2012-07-29 13:01:10)

McDoenerKing · 2012-07-28 12:57:38

Was the usb stick mounted, when issueing the dd command?
Did you use "of=/dev/sdx1" instead of "of=/dev/sdx" for the dd command?
Which image did you use?

iOfWhy · 2012-07-28 12:59:27

McDoenerKing wrote:

Was the usb stick mounted, when issueing the dd command?
Did you use "of=/dev/sdx1" instead of "of=/dev/sdx" for the dd command?
Which image did you use?

i wrote exactly

sudo dd if=~/Downloads/archlinux-2012.07.15-netinstall-dual.iso of=/dev/sdd

as mentioned in the edit above, the computer wont get past the hp screen where one gets the option to press the esc key... the usb just blinks and nothing happens...

EDIT:
no the usb was not mounted...
the image was checked with both sha1sum and md5sum...

EDIT2:
ok so i think i am in... i reformatted the usb with fat filesystem, and then went through the second instructions from the wiki, ie installing "Without overwriting the USB stick"... But i am still wondering why i couldnt just do the normal dd method. Is it that the hp bios cannot read certain filesystems?

Last edited by iOfWhy (2012-07-28 13:39:40)

Fallback · 2012-08-08 00:57:39

I solved it by using a SD Card

i3 · 2015-05-14 13:31:37

Hey, I am encoutering the same problem! My Laptop is the Elitebook 2540p. The computer freezes at the HP bootscreen.

Could you find a proper solution?

WorMzy · 2015-05-14 15:16:40

i3, please make a new topic about this and link back to this topic if you think it is still relevant.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … bumping.22

Closing.

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#1 2012-07-28 12:39:33

[solved] cannot boot from dd usb and cannot install 64 with unetbootin

#2 2012-07-28 12:57:38

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#3 2012-07-28 12:59:27

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#4 2012-08-08 00:57:39

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