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Bratmon 06-06-2010 10:10 AM

Newly Installed Arch doesn't boot
 
Hello. I recently installed arch onto a USB hard drive. Since I don't have BIOS USB support, I boot to it using PLOP boot manager. This worked fine when I installed Debian, but arch doesn't correctly boot. Here's a screenshot of when I try to boot.
http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/2179/pict0016h.jpg

linus72 06-06-2010 10:46 AM

hey bratmon

so, you installed it to usb in hdd-install or usb install?
like its a fat32 usb you dd'd it to?
or you installed to it like a reg hdd install?

Bratmon 06-06-2010 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by linus72 (Post 3994317)
hey bratmon

so, you installed it to usb in hdd-install or usb install?
like its a fat32 usb you dd'd it to?
or you installed to it like a reg hdd install?

I did a normal install to my external hard drive.

Bratmon 06-07-2010 07:41 AM

Ok, I figured out the problem.
Broadly, I should have carefully read the beginners guide.

Specifically, I should have modified /etc/mkinitcpio.conf to add usb.

linus72 06-07-2010 07:53 AM

thanks as I have archbang hdd install to 2GB usb
and couldn't get it to boot
now we'll see...
thanks Bratmon


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