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Smulle

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Registered: 2020-04-17

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[SOLVED]AHCI controller unavailable! When Booting From iso

When trying to install Arch I am the initial boot seems to fail, I have booted with loglevel=7 and the following is obtained:

Here is what I have tried:

• booting with nomodeset param.

• 2 different USBs and multiple different ports.

• Booting from a burned CD.

I'm using an old ASRock motherboard, with the BIOS SATA settings on AHCI.

I have tried to find solutions from people with a similar problem with no luck, any help is much appreciated.

Last edited by Smulle (2020-04-18 13:55:22)

paulkerry

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From: Sheffield, UK

Registered: 2014-10-02

Posts: 611

Re: [SOLVED]AHCI controller unavailable! When Booting From iso

Is there a BIOS upgrade for the motherboard?

What hardware are you using (i.e. hdd, ssd, single or multiple devices) and have you tried plugging into a different sata port as the page you linked shows there are 2x different storage controllers on that board?

edit: did you also search before posting? https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=244744 for instance

Last edited by paulkerry (2020-04-18 13:23:42)

Smulle

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Registered: 2020-04-17

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Re: [SOLVED]AHCI controller unavailable! When Booting From iso

I upgraded the BIOS to the latest a few years ago and there has not been a release since.

I have an ssd with Windows installed, A hhd that I have partitioned for the Install.

have you tried plugging into a different sata port as the page you linked shows there are 2x different storage controllers on that board?

plugging what exactly? The install image, sorry I'm a bit unsure about this.

did you also search before posting? https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=244744 for instance

I have tried to find solutions from people with a similar problem with no luck

I have gone through any post I could find about this issue on this forum, other Linux forums and Reddit, including the one above. Sadly no luck.

paulkerry

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From: Sheffield, UK

Registered: 2014-10-02

Posts: 611

Re: [SOLVED]AHCI controller unavailable! When Booting From iso

I meant plugging the disk into a different sata port on the motherboard.

Smulle

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Registered: 2020-04-17

Posts: 3

Re: [SOLVED]AHCI controller unavailable! When Booting From iso

Worked, changing the disk from the SATA3 port to SATA2 solved the issue.
Thanks!

mscir

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Registered: 2022-01-12

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Re: [SOLVED]AHCI controller unavailable! When Booting From iso

I meant plugging the disk into a different sata port on the motherboard.

That worked for me too, thanks very much.