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isofx

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Registered: 2009-07-14

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Missing operating System?!

Hi,

I want to switch from Ubuntu to Archlinux and therefore created a arch-USB Stick using this commands:

mkfs -t vfat /dev/sdc1
dd if=archlinux-2009.02-2-ftp-i686.img of=/dev/sdc1

After I tried booting from it (which didn't work, I immediatley got to GRUB when I selected the USB-Device in the boot menu), I formated the Stick again (now using GParted), set the boot-flag and moved the image on it (using dd). As soon as dd finished, GParted couldn't detect the FAT32-FS any more ("Broken/missing/unknown filesystem").

When I tried booting from it, I got the message "Missing operating system".

Can anyone please tell me how I can solve this problem?! (I'm using a "MSI Wind u100 luxury" netbook)

thanks

isofx

toad

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Registered: 2008-12-22

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Re: Missing operating System?!

I'd check the wiki if I were you. In your case it looks like your dd command is wrong:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ins … _USB_stick

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tomk

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Registered: 2004-07-21

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Re: Missing operating System?!

Welcome to Arch, hope it works out for you.

Doubtless you have gained some knowledge from running Ubuntu, but many long-standing members of the Arch community have contributed to the Arch wiki so, rather than assuming you know what to do, I'd recommend you check there first. The command you gave above will never work with the Arch USB image.

isofx

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Registered: 2009-07-14

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Re: Missing operating System?!

@toad: thanks! UNetBootin worked for me!

@tomk: I checked the wiki, but unfortunately I missed that article so I went on to the ubuntu forums and found that dd line I used
next time I'll double check the wiki !

Mr.Elendig

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Registered: 2004-11-07

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Re: Missing operating System?!

@toad: thanks! UNetBootin worked for me!

@tomk: I checked the wiki, but unfortunately I missed that article so I went on to the ubuntu forums and found that dd line I used
next time I'll double check the wiki !

No reason/need to use unetbootin, just dd the usb image found on the 'Download' page directly to the stick, instead of to a partion on the stick. (as described in the "new and improved" way on the wiki page linked to earlier.

Last edited by Mr.Elendig (2009-07-14 16:11:36)

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toad

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Re: Missing operating System?!

Always remember - the ArchWiki is the hottest around. If you have a problem with a particular issue check the wiki. If you are not sure about the issue, check the logs, then the wiki - it is not advisable to check/use stuff from other distros (with the buntus you could use Debian and other debianesque commands, not the case with Arch as far as I know).

Whatever, enjoy

EDIT:

If you use firefox you might want to consider installing the arch-firefox-search package.

Last edited by toad (2009-07-14 17:36:05)

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ngoonee

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Re: Missing operating System?!

I personally used the unetbootin method, since I don't really like having my thumbdrive re-written . Good thing is, once you HAVE done the install, there's probably no need to ever do it again. Rolling release ftw!

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