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roelof

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Registered: 2009-08-07

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Error /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH-2015 did not show up

Hello,

I downloaded, checked and burned my install cd.
I booted it and choose the x86_64 After a few seconds I see this message:

Waiting 30 second for device /dev/disk/by_label/ARCH-201505
Error : /dev/disk/by_label/ARCH-201505 did not show up after 30 seconds.

Roelof

mauritiusdadd

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From: Benevento, Italy

Registered: 2013-10-27

Posts: 776

Re: Error /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH-2015 did not show up

Hi roelof and welcome to the forums

Is that the only error message displayed? How did you burn the CD?
Take a look also to this thread https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=195763.

Last edited by mauritiusdadd (2015-05-16 13:46:11)

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Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: Error /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH-2015 did not show up

Try loading it again a few more times.

I have seen this with USB sticks and they did work eventually...

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roelof

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Re: Error /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH-2015 did not show up

I burned with the Windows burner programm which never has disappionted me.
And yes, this one is the only error message

Roelof

mauritiusdadd

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Re: Error /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH-2015 did not show up

Do as HoaS suggested and if it does not work, maybe try another CD. If you have another machine running linux you could try to use wodim.

PS: I'm sorry, for some strange reason I thought that was your first post, my bad

Last edited by mauritiusdadd (2015-05-16 13:46:37)

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roelof

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Re: Error /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH-2015 did not show up

I tried several cd but still the same error.
Can it be that on the 201505 install cd there is a bug/error.

Roelof

mauritiusdadd

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Re: Error /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH-2015 did not show up

I just downloaded the 201505 iso and made an USB flash installation media and it worked flawlessly.  I will also try to burn a disc but I doubt there is a bug in the iso.

--edit: for the record I tried to burn a CD with wodim and it just worked.

Last edited by mauritiusdadd (2015-05-17 19:27:16)

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roelof

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Re: Error /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH-2015 did not show up

Then it ís still a mistery why I can install it.

ewaller

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Re: Error /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH-2015 did not show up

Try a different method of burning your CD.   Some work better than others.
I recently had trouble installing a CD that I had created in Windows.  https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=195763

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takispan

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Registered: 2015-05-18

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Re: Error /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH-2015 did not show up

Hello, my first post, installed Arch just a few days ago I love it already, it's everything i was looking for!

Anyway, OP your problem appeared to me too and I could not start the installation. However I am proud to say I found a solution
The usb stick is labeled wrong and should be changed to whatever the error says (for me it was 'ARCH_201505').

At least I believe so. I cd'ed to the specified folder ( /dev/disk/by_label/ ) and soft linked like so "ln -s ARCH_201505 ../../sdx1" which was my usb.
Then exit and the installation should commence without any problems. Hope I helped

Last edited by takispan (2015-05-18 21:17:54)

flaalf

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Registered: 2014-10-28

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Re: Error /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH-2015 did not show up

Same thing happen to me today, the name of the usb device didn't match with ARCH_201511(in my case), i changed and went like a punch in dark

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02010

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Registered: 2015-12-27

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Re: Error /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH-2015 did not show up

Had the same problem. Linking /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH to /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_201512 worked for me.

rdata

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Registered: 2015-07-12

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Re: Error /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH-2015 did not show up

The same thing happens to me regularly. I'm using a CD with the 2015_06 iso.

I think the problem is that arch isn't trying hard enough to read the CD. Yes, the problem exists because the CD reader isn't working as well as it should, but usually this can be overcome by more retries.

Anyway, what I do is mount the CD in the emergency shell. For instance :  mount /dev/sr0 /somewhere (need to try a few times ocassionally) then umount and exit. Installation resumes.

Last edited by rdata (2015-12-28 06:49:28)