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Originally Posted by ondoho
So all this happens with a installer/live image? And it complains it cannot find itself? That is weird... How did you create the bootable medium, and how are you booting it? And which image (link please)?
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Thank you for the quick reply,
I have used a couple of different software to write Arch, then later Manjaro, to a 30GB USB drive. First I used win32diskimager, then I tried Rufus, using the default options for both, and both with the exact same results.
I used the torrents posted on their webpages (
here and
here (XFCE) respectively.
I went into my laptop's BIOS, disabled safeboot, enabled legacy support and made sure 'Boot From USB' was enabled. Then selected the USB to boot from.
For Arch, I selected "Arch linux install medium", and for Manjaro I selected "Use proprietary drivers".
I did some more looking and I found a post on another forum with nearly the exact problem I have
here that says that the issue is "it is trying to boot looking for a disk with name ARCH_201901, which to by coincidence, is the name of the arch Linux installation media." which apparently means there was an issue creating the flash drive.
I'm not really sure what to do from here.
Edit: I've now noticed that the name of the USB gets changed from "ARCH_202205" to a generic "USB REMOVABLE DISC" whenever I put it in my laptop, or restart my laptop. So even if I rename it while it's in the laptop, arch won't be able to find it. I'm still not sure about how to rectify this.
Solution: I unplugged the USB when it was 'waiting' for the drive and plugged it back in, and then it recognized it somehow?? I don't know. But it worked.