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Sheeb1

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[SOLVED]USB not being detected

plugging in the USB does not make it available. I am trying to reinstall arch because my old install was archinstall and im gonna do a manual install. When i go to the one time boot menu the USb does not appear, so I signed back in and ran

sudo dmesg -w

and got this after plugging in the USB:

[  213.276066] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 6 using xhci_hcd
[  213.417294] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=abcd, idProduct=1234, bcdDevice= 1.00
[  213.417309] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[  213.417315] usb 1-1: Product: UDisk           
[  213.417320] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: General 
[  213.417323] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 2404291239212166834316
[  213.479325] usb-storage 1-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[  213.479822] scsi host8: usb-storage 1-1:1.0
[  213.479951] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[  213.485734] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
[  214.500330] scsi 8:0:0:0: Direct-Access     General  UDisk            5.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[  214.502709] sd 8:0:0:0: [sda] 30720000 512-byte logical blocks: (15.7 GB/14.6 GiB)
[  214.502865] sd 8:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[  214.502872] sd 8:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 0b 00 00 08
[  214.503027] sd 8:0:0:0: [sda] No Caching mode page found
[  214.503032] sd 8:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
[  214.550266]  sda: sda1 sda2
[  214.550460] sd 8:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk
[  214.873075] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3
[  214.874242] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3
[  214.874873] ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A

Is this an issue with the USB or the computer? Thanks

Last edited by Sheeb1 (2024-10-06 23:57:30)

gromit

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Re: [SOLVED]USB not being detected

So this doesn't look wrong, what's the issue you're actually facing?

seth

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Re: [SOLVED]USB not being detected

When i go to the one time boot menu the USb does not appear

It might not be able to deal w/ the hybrid iso, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=295502
Does the system detect a key w/ https://grml.org/ on it?
Can you boot it when putting the UEFI in legacy mode?

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Sheeb1

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Re: [SOLVED]USB not being detected

When i go to the one time boot menu the USb does not appear

It might not be able to deal w/ the hybrid iso, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=295502
Does the system detect a key w/ https://grml.org/ on it?
Can you boot it when putting the UEFI in legacy mode?

I'm not really sure how to check for the grml thing.
I can access BIOS and everything, but the USB does not show up as a boot option in the one time boot menu.

seth

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Re: [SOLVED]USB not being detected

You put grml on a usb key and try to boot that.

The point about the BIOS/UEFI is to put it in legacy mode and/or en/disable the USB legacy mode.
Also make sure that your UEFI version is up-to-date.

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Sheeb1

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Re: [SOLVED]USB not being detected

This fixed the issue. Thanks!