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freundTech

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Registered: 2015-05-23

Posts: 6

[Solved] Use custom Kernel on Installation Media

Hello,
I'm currently trying to install arch on my Microsoft Surface Pro 1. (I've previously used Ubuntu)
However the 3.19 kernel, which is used in the current installation iso has a bug, which causes the surface to freeze as soon as the wifi is used
(This bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour … g/1449438)

I know that the 3.16 kernel works fine, so I tried following this
Tutorial: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Re … nstall_ISO
to install a kernel I downloaded from here: ftp://seblu.net/archlinux/arm/

After I finished I wrote the iso to my usb stick using dd and tried to boot the surface. Id didn't work and just showed me the efi.
When I opened gparted to inspect the USB drive it told me "Invalid partition table - recursive partition on /dev/sdb"

Can someone tell me how to fix the iso or just provide an outdated install iso running kernel 3.16? (Maybe 3.17-3.18 also work. Haven't tested those.)

Last edited by freundTech (2016-02-08 13:50:12)

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: [Solved] Use custom Kernel on Installation Media

ftp://seblu.net/archlinux/archive/iso/2014.12.01/ provides the most recent archived iso. According to https://www.archlinux.org/releng/releases/ its kernel version is 3.17.4.
ftp://seblu.net/archlinux/archive/iso/2014.10.01/ has version 3.16.3.

Last edited by karol (2015-05-23 19:51:01)

freundTech

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Registered: 2015-05-23

Posts: 6

Re: [Solved] Use custom Kernel on Installation Media

Thanks. That works.
Thread can be closed.

Head_on_a_Stick

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Registered: 2014-02-20

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Re: [Solved] Use custom Kernel on Installation Media

Thread can be closed.

Please add "[SOLVED]" to the thread title for the benefit of others

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2015-05-24 10:30:24)

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