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tsauf

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Registered: 2022-07-01

Posts: 2

Squashfs error

I am attempting install Arch on a motherboard I recovered from an old computer. However, I get this message when I try to boot up from the USB:
https://i.ibb.co/sWV6v88/B4530-A38-336- … 3-C331.jpg
I looked it up and it seems that this is an issue with the installation medium (USB) -- sqashfs errors like this shouldn't happen. The strange thing is that I used this same medium to install Arch on a surface pro 6 and it worked fine.
I know with electronics like this there isn't really any point in trying to fix them when I could just get a new board and it would probably work.
But I was still curious if anyone had anything to suggest since I'm not even sure how I would go about debugging this. It's a really weird error and it won't let me get onto tty1 so I can't show any of the logs. I have no idea what's going on.
I'm quite sure the pacman error is unrelated -- it just can't connect to the internet because the board doesn't have an ethernet cable and I need to log in to configure wpa_supplicant.

Thanks,
tsauf

Moderator edit [ewaller] Converted over sized image to a link

Last edited by ewaller (2022-07-05 16:45:37)

ewaller

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Re: Squashfs error

Welcome to the forums.  How old is the computer?  What sort of processor has it?

Also, a work around might be to obtain an Ethernet link by USB tethering a phone.  The resultant 'NIC' is treated as a wired link and can be started using just dhcp

Last edited by ewaller (2022-07-05 16:48:59)

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tsauf

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Registered: 2022-07-01

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Re: Squashfs error

I'll try the ethernet method, that's a good idea. I hope it can still run the dhcp client even if squashfs seems like it's dying.
I'm not sure what the computer is, but the processor is an AMD Ryzen 3 2200U and the motherboard is a proprietary HP with identifier EPV51 LA-G078P.

Thanks so much,
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