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Atreides

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Registered: 2009-11-24

Posts: 60

[solved]Help with USB install...

Well, my dual boot attempt went disastrously wrong and destroyed my Windows partition..... So I figured I'll just go ahead and install Arch.

I have the i686-core.img file downloaded, formatted a 1gb drive as FAT, then used the flashnul method as described in the wiki to transfer over the img. When I boot from the drive on my laptop all I see is "GRUB" with no option to do anything else... Help?

Last edited by Atreides (2009-12-13 00:00:34)

BinkyTheClown

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From: The Circus

Registered: 2008-06-11

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Re: [solved]Help with USB install...

Did you check the md5 sum?

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karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: [solved]Help with USB install...

http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=usb#manual_approach

lustikus

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Registered: 2009-11-10

Posts: 262

Re: [solved]Help with USB install...

perhaps this thread helps:

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=77815

ftornell

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Registered: 2008-08-18

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Re: [solved]Help with USB install...

How to extract an img file to usb-stick:

# dd if=image.img of=/dev/sd[x]

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Atreides

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Registered: 2009-11-24

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Re: [solved]Help with USB install...

->md5 matches up

I just tried again using the flashnul method, still nothing but "GRUB". I only have access to a Windows machine at the moment so I won't be able to do it from within linux. I'm not entirely sure what is going on the 2 links, I really have zero experience with this stuff

I had kind of hoped the usb boot would be straightforward, I was able to do it to install Windows

barzam

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Registered: 2009-01-27

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Re: [solved]Help with USB install...

Unetbootin is the easiest way to do it from Windows, give it a try:
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

Atreides

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Registered: 2009-11-24

Posts: 60

Re: [solved]Help with USB install...

I couldn't get unetbootin to work either...

But, the image writer linked in the beginners guide of the wiki worked. Who would've though