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I am new to Arch, but have been using Ubuntu for the last few months and getting my feet wet with linux. I am trying to install arch onto an 8GB thumb drive, installation seems to go fine, but when I reboot I get an "Error 15: File Not Found" right away before anything can boot. Doesn't say which file is not found, and as I am somewhat new, I'm not sure where to look for this. I am installing 100MB for /boot, 256 for /Swap 6000 for /root and ~1200 or whatever is left over for /home and the grub is on the thumb drive so I don't have to see it if I don't have the thumb drive in. (I am 99% sure those numbers are correct). Let me know if you need any more info to help me with this. I have tried re-downloading the ISO, and I have tried multiple DVD's. It is the X86_64 version of 2010.05
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Have you followed the Beginner's Guide?
There's no such thing as a stupid question, but there sure are a lot of inquisitive idiots !
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I tried to. I am going to follow it step by step tonight and see if there was something I missed.
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Some more tips:
- the arch wiki has a page about installing to thumb drives
- google error messages
- use UUID (persistent naming) for menu.lst and fstab
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Some more tips:
- the arch wiki has a page about installing to thumb drives
- google error messages
- use UUID (persistent naming) for menu.lst and fstab
Awesome. Thanks a lot. There is some useful information in here that I actually was wondering about.
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I would strongly recommend using larch or similar.
Evil #archlinux@libera.chat channel op and general support dude.
. files on github, Screenshots, Random pics and the rest
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I have installed Ubuntu to a USB thumb drive and had no problem, I just basically set that as the hard drive during the installation. I know it won't be this easy in Arch which is why I want to try it. I want a Linux distro that is a bit more involved than Ubuntu so I have to play with it to get it to look nice and the way I want it. I have Ubuntu on my hard drive currently and have a 500GB usb drive. Would the USB drive be easier to install Arch onto than a thumb drive?
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