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mafteechr

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Registered: 2010-05-24

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.iso and .img confusion

Trying to install Arch.

Go to download, select appropriate .iso file and download.
Go to beginner instructions, Windows method uses a program that burns .img files, not .iso files.

I tried unetbootin, but had some issues, and when I looked up solutions, I found that unetbootin is not recommended because it often has some issues.

Is there an .img file I should download to install Arch? I'm not sure exactly what I need to do.

karol

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Re: .iso and .img confusion

You can use the current iso both on a CD and on a USB stick, there are no img files to download anymore.

mafteechr

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Re: .iso and .img confusion

What should I use on Windows to put the .iso on my USB stick? I got a "Boot device didn't show up after 30 seconds" error after using unetbootin to get the .iso on my USB and I read unetbootin has issues like this.

karol

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Re: .iso and .img confusion

Do you have a cd-rom on the computer you want to install Arch on? USB install is often tricky (bad port, slow drive etc.) so if you can burn the iso on a CD it would be trivial: put the CD into drive and wait for the setup screen :-) Just remember to use the right option: top left "write image file to disc"
http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=screenshots
imgburn is a great free app!

If you don't have a cd-rom ... I'll have to check how you do it on Windows ;P
BRB

mafteechr

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Re: .iso and .img confusion

It is a netbook, so CD-ROM is not an option. Believe me, I know it'd be much easier haha.

karol

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Re: .iso and .img confusion

What happens if you try to use win32diskimager-RELEASE-0.2-r23-win32.zip with the iso file you got?
I'm sorry, I don't have Windows here, so I can't test it.

mafteechr

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Re: .iso and .img confusion

Does not work at all, only compatible with .img files; that's my problem.

karol

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Re: .iso and .img confusion

Try changing the extension to .img - maybe it will work.

ataraxia

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Re: .iso and .img confusion

Rename it from .img to .iso and see if it just works.

wonder

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Re: .iso and .img confusion

What should I use on Windows to put the .iso on my USB stick? I got a "Boot device didn't show up after 30 seconds" error after using unetbootin to get the .iso on my USB and I read unetbootin has issues like this.

use flashnul

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karol

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Re: .iso and .img confusion

http://www.chrysocome.net/downloads/dd-0.5.zip

dd if=c:\path\to\Arch.iso of=\\.\d: bs=8M

Change the path to iso and the drive letter of your USB stick.

Last edited by karol (2010-05-24 23:53:24)

mafteechr

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Re: .iso and .img confusion

http://www.chrysocome.net/downloads/dd-0.5.zip

dd if=c:\path\to\Arch.iso of=\\.\d: bs=8M

Change the path to iso and the drive letter of your USB stick.

This did not work for me.

use flashnul

Downloaded, not sure how to use it. Tried with the instructions, and nothing.

Rename it from .img to .iso and see if it just works.

It is an .iso....

karol

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Re: .iso and .img confusion

> Rename it from .img to .iso and see if it just works.
Damn, I'm sleepy: I meant the other way round: change it to .img, give 'em what they want.
Sorry about that.

mafteechr

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Re: .iso and .img confusion

Renamed from .iso to .img, trying with win32diskimager, will post results.

hokasch

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Re: .iso and .img confusion

If it fails, you can still try Cygwin.

karol

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Re: .iso and .img confusion

This is getting absurd.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Bac … Copy.shtml
I've never used it, I only read somewhere that rawcopy is a dd for Windows ...

Or maybe this http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages.html
Click on the setup link for Coreutils, download an have fun!

Or this http://sourceforge.net/projects/unxutils/

Last edited by karol (2010-05-25 00:10:19)

mafteechr

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Re: .iso and .img confusion

Ok, changing it to .img and using the Disk Imager worked, however, I now have another problem.

When trying to manually partition my drive, I get the "FATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition: Partition ends in the final partial cylinder".

Any thoughts?

Last edited by mafteechr (2010-05-25 00:16:03)