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Mandrio1919

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[SOLVED] Arch install usb doesn't boot

Hi, i'm new here. I decided to try using archlinux again two days ago.
I created the bootable usb as I already did in the past.
- I downloaded the official ISO
- I flashed my usb with rufus
- I booted on the usb key

The first screen where you can choose to install ARCH or do a memtest display correctly.

Startup screen

Then when the it starts to boot it tries to mount a disk with a weird label and it fails.

Screen 1
Screen 2
Error message

I tried using a different iso, writting to the usb key in dd mode, using a different usb key, modifying the archisodevice in archiso_sys-linux.cfg.
I also checked the iso signature multiple times.

I am a linux newbie so it's possible i messed up something.

Can someone explain why it doesn't work and how to fix this.

Last edited by Mandrio1919 (2023-11-19 21:22:10)

freedog

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Re: [SOLVED] Arch install usb doesn't boot

maybe this thread will help you
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=358981

Mandrio1919

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Re: [SOLVED] Arch install usb doesn't boot

maybe this thread will help you
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=358981

This error doesn't seem to stop the boot process. Isn't it something else ?

nichts

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Re: [SOLVED] Arch install usb doesn't boot

How did you write the image onto the stick? Did you use unetbootin? If so, you might try writing the image unaltered, for example with ›dd‹ or something similar.

Edit: overlooked that you wrote you’ve used rufus. Rufus is capable of writing Images unaltered but it’s also able to modify images. You might doublecheck that you used it the first way.

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Mandrio1919

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Re: [SOLVED] Arch install usb doesn't boot

How did you write the image onto the stick? Did you use unetbootin? If so, you might try writing the image unaltered, for example with ›dd‹ or something similar.

I wrote it with rufus in iso mode but I also tried with dd mode. I could try writting it with dd on a linux distribution rather than on windows.

Mandrio1919

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Re: [SOLVED] Arch install usb doesn't boot

How did you write the image onto the stick? Did you use unetbootin? If so, you might try writing the image unaltered, for example with ›dd‹ or something similar.

Edit: overlooked that you wrote you’ve used rufus. Rufus is capable of writing Images unaltered but it’s also able to modify images. You might doublecheck that you used it the first way.

I tried using the wiki to write to the usb. I used dd on linux, the exact same command given on the wiki... It still doesn't work.
It tries to mount by UUID=2023-11-01-06-55-57-00 to /run/archiso/bootmnt and fails every time. I searched in the /dev/disk/by-uuid and there is only two files with weird names in it.

I will try to rename them and see if it works.

Last edited by Mandrio1919 (2023-11-19 11:18:18)

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Re: [SOLVED] Arch install usb doesn't boot

That look like the iso is trying perform a bios boot.
Such machines haven't sold since approx 2015, but many uefi systems are configured to pretend to be a bios system by default and cause issues for bootable media supporting both bios & uefi (like the arch iso) .

What hardware are you trying to install on ?

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Mandrio1919

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Re: [SOLVED] Arch install usb doesn't boot

That look like the iso is trying perform a bios boot.
Such machines haven't sold since approx 2015, but many uefi systems are configured to pretend to be a bios system by default and cause issues for bootable media supporting both bios & uefi (like the arch iso) .

What hardware are you trying to install on ?

It's an "old" computer from 2018 apparently.
It's an ACER Aspire 3 A315-53 with an intel core i3 7th gen and an nvidia graphic card but i dont remember the model.

It's something like this :
https://www.acer.com/ch-fr/laptops/aspi … .H38EZ.012

If it can help here is a screen from my bios info :
Bios infos

I did some research for bios updates but I don't know if it could help and how to do it.
Computer model for bios update
Bios updates

Last edited by Mandrio1919 (2023-11-19 20:34:57)

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Arch install usb doesn't boot

Please replace the oversized images w/ links (the board has a 250x250px max rule)

What Lone_Wolf presumingly meant whether you've set the boot mode to "legacy"
Do you have secure boot disabled?

Also check the grub cpu, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 1#p2120081
Can you "lsblk -f" for the key (in doubt w/ a different linux installation, the host system doesn't matter) to verify that it has gotten the proper UUID

Finally, when the kernel starts to wait for the root partition, yank and re-plug the usb key. Does that have any impact?

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Mandrio1919

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Registered: 2023-11-18

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Re: [SOLVED] Arch install usb doesn't boot

Please replace the oversized images w/ links (the board has a 250x250px max rule)

What Lone_Wolf presumingly meant whether you've set the boot mode to "legacy"
Do you have secure boot disabled?

Also check the grub cpu, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 1#p2120081
Can you "lsblk -f" for the key (in doubt w/ a different linux installation, the host system doesn't matter) to verify that it has gotten the proper UUID

Finally, when the kernel starts to wait for the root partition, yank and re-plug the usb key. Does that have any impact?

So my system was in legacy mode so i switched to uefi with secure boot enabled.
When i restarted and booted on the key the secure boot failed so I disabled it.
When I restarted and booted on the key again it seemed like it was gonna do it again so i re-plugged the usb and it worked.

What was the problem ? Why wasn't the key detected ?

Thank you !

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Arch install usb doesn't boot

secure boot won't work - you could test whether the usb key is actually detected in uefi mode.
If not, I suspect the USB hand-off goes wrong? Do any BIOS settings exist itr?

If not, at least you've now a very manul plug-a-round

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