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megamind6155

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creating a manual usb installation medium not working

Hello!

I wanted to write the archlinux iso to the usb drive but I wanted some space left on the drive to store some data.
I folowed the in structions given on https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/US … formatting
I've sent all the files from the iso to the usb but I'm confused after this step.
There are many ways given to do things.
I followed the first one and added the label to the partition (ARCH_201905) and I also added the boot flag usiing Gparted
I tried to boot but it didn't work

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

Lone_Wolf

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Re: creating a manual usb installation medium not working

Did you partition the drive as MBR or as GPT disk ?

If MBR many modern systems will boot it in legacy (aka bios or Compatibility ) mode.
the archlinux iso requires syslinux to be configured for this type of boot to work, did you configured syslinux manually as stated ?

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megamind6155

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Re: creating a manual usb installation medium not working

I partitioned it as a GPT disk and I have a BIOS motherboard.

Last edited by megamind6155 (2019-05-28 10:08:51)

Lone_Wolf

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Re: creating a manual usb installation medium not working

Then the question becomes : Is your motherboard capable of booting a gpt partioned disk ?

What is brand and model of your motherboard ?
Does the usb device boot on other systems ?

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megamind6155

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Re: creating a manual usb installation medium not working

It's a generic motherboard. It's a G41. It's from american megatrends. It's capabilities are: isa pci pnp upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification

It's all the info I could get.

V1del

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Re: creating a manual usb installation medium not working

If it's that old of a motherboard that it has no sense of UEFI it's also very unlikely to be able to boot GPT formatted disks. You will likely have to switch it to MBR

megamind6155

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Re: creating a manual usb installation medium not working

OK I've switched it to MBR and followed the steps again. It doesn't boot. Am I supposed To follow the syslinux instructions? I Tried to follow them but the files already exist.

Last edited by megamind6155 (2019-05-30 09:36:58)

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Re: creating a manual usb installation medium not working

I Tried to follow them but the files already exist.

Please post exactly what you tried and the verbatim error message that resulted.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855

Have you checked if your LABEL & boot flag were applied correctly?

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