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celtic426

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From: Boston

Registered: 2009-07-16

Posts: 29

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Installing Arch with UNetbootin, error

I'm trying to install Arch on my HP dv1040 laptop with UNetBootin and haven't been able to do much.  When I boot up and select UNetbootin, linux starts running and decompressing and stuff but then it says "Waiting 30 seconds for device /dev/archiso" and fails to find it.  I'm kinda lost for what to do.  I've tried reinstalling UNetbootin like 5 times with different options such as using my iso image, or letting UNet download it for me.  Can anyone help me?

I have WinXP as my current OS.

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tealson

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Registered: 2007-06-14

Posts: 54

Re: Installing Arch with UNetbootin, error

Same here, I tried the isolinux images with no success, maybe it works for you. I'm still searching for a solution.

konni

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From: berlin

Registered: 2008-09-25

Posts: 99

Re: Installing Arch with UNetbootin, error

why use unetbootin? there are usb images available for download...

tealson

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Registered: 2007-06-14

Posts: 54

Re: Installing Arch with UNetbootin, error

Yeah sure, except they don't work here

djszapi

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From: Cambridge, United Kingdom

Registered: 2009-06-14

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Re: Installing Arch with UNetbootin, error

"Yeah sure, except they don't work here sad" -> What does it mean ? Can you show some error output or symptom describtion ?

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tealson

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Registered: 2007-06-14

Posts: 54

Re: Installing Arch with UNetbootin, error

Solved for me.

sudo dd bs=8M if=archlinux-2009.08-netinstall-i686.img of=/dev/sdc

Works only for the netinstall images though. I'll get an error during install with core, but this might also be because my usb stick is fubar.
@celtic426
You should try to use the netinstall images with UNetBootin. I had no luck with the core ones and unetbootin though.
Another solution should be to boot from an ubuntu livecd/usb-stick (works with unetbootin, I already tried it) and then dd the image on the usb stick as the wiki says: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Off … tion_Media

Last edited by tealson (2009-08-16 23:21:41)

ngoonee

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From: Between Thailand and Singapore

Registered: 2009-03-17

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Re: Installing Arch with UNetbootin, error

I installed using core and UNetBootin... didn't have problems. But use whatever works for you, there's a reason there's official USB images.

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