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nacros

Member

Registered: 2011-04-16

Posts: 1

PXE install - boot device timeout

Hi!

I'm trying to install Arch on my  Eee PC 701 over PXE as I don't have USB stick at hand. I have followed this guide: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PXE
and I also tried my dnsmasq's built in tftp server with help from this guide: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Di … t_NFS_root

Unfortunately I'm stuck during the booting process. It extracts the image fine and does it's thing until it gets to:

:: Waiting for boot device...
Waiting 30 seconds for device /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_201005 ...
[...]
ERROR: boot device didn't show up after 30 seconds...
Falling back to interactive prompt
You can try to fix the problem manually, log out when you are finished
/bin/sh: can't access tty: job control turned off
[ramfs /]#

I tried to google the problem but only found threads where people had the problem with a USB install and they fixed it by changing the label of the drive or creating a symlink to the right device. However, I have no idea what that device would be in my case.

Any help would be appreciated!

coffeinum

Member

Registered: 2011-07-30

Posts: 1

Re: PXE install - boot device timeout

Hello!

I have the same problem when trying to install Arch from PXE and i followed the above mentioned guide, too. Any help appreciated.

meop

Member

Registered: 2010-11-01

Posts: 31

Re: PXE install - boot device timeout

Hi, that error with the ARCH_201005 label sounds like you are using the kernels from the official Arch installation ISO, which will not work.

Did you extract the files from the /boot directory of the latest Archboot ISO?: ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/iso/archboot/latest/ like that Wiki page says?