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durutti

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Registered: 2008-10-06

Posts: 6

can't boot live cd strange loop

when I boot teh installation cd it gets to where you can chose boot the live cd tools etc.. when I try to boot the live cd it gets in to some kind of strange loop. looking like this:

sda: sda1
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] attached SCSI disk
done.
:: Running Hook [archiso]
:: mounting tmps, size=75%...done
:: waiting for devices to settle...
:: waiting 6s for USB devices
:: scanning for boot device...

and then it repeats

is it trying to read my windows xp partition?
with x86 version you get another kind of strange loop but I would rather get x64 working even if I have to use another distro.

hatten

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From: Sweden, Borlange

Registered: 2009-02-23

Posts: 736

Re: can't boot live cd strange loop

Which "version"? Have you tried any other versions than this one?

durutti

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Registered: 2008-10-06

Posts: 6

Re: can't boot live cd strange loop

hehe not sure if I used the right word there, or if I understand you correct. I've tried the x86_64 and the i686 the x86_64 was downloaded today and the i686 is an old cd. havent tried any other distro yet I prefer Arch

durutti

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Registered: 2008-10-06

Posts: 6

Re: can't boot live cd strange loop

just tried xubuntu and the screen gets black on the splashscreen. my harware is

mobo: asrock n61p-s
cpu:    AMD 7750BE
graphic: nvidia 6150

durutti

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Registered: 2008-10-06

Posts: 6

Re: can't boot live cd strange loop

bump. please help me I'm stuck with windows and it's painful

and I don't have any SCSI disk only sata and my cd-drive is pata

Last edited by durutti (2009-08-15 21:02:49)

djszapi

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From: Cambridge, United Kingdom

Registered: 2009-06-14

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Re: can't boot live cd strange loop

Welcome to the forum, durutti!

It should work. Can you try it with empty hard disk to install ?

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durutti

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Registered: 2008-10-06

Posts: 6

Re: can't boot live cd strange loop

i have no empty hard drive to try with. thinking of formatting my windows drive but first I came across this: http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/Asrock/N61P-S/ does that mean that everything works or does it mean that everything where there is no yes in the box is not working?

kaaposc

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From: Latvia

Registered: 2008-07-16

Posts: 30

Re: can't boot live cd strange loop

Rows without "Yes" tell about "devices" that exists but do not require any special kernel module to work. So the only one probably not working is nVidia video chip. But using nvidia official drivers it should work.

Anyway, having windoze on HDD should not be a problem booting ArchISO... Maybe CD is written with errors or hard disk (or its controller) is taking the last path in its life?

durutti

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Registered: 2008-10-06

Posts: 6

Re: can't boot live cd strange loop

seems like it was a problem with my old cd-drive. with my new sata dvd-burner I can boot into xubuntus live-cd. will try with arch as soon as I get some new cd-r