On 01/24/2010 07:13 AM, Carlos Williams wrote:
Every time I try and install Arch Linux 2009.08 Netinst .ISO disk on my newly built PC hardware, I get the following error:
Waiting for boot device... Error: Boot device didn't show up after 30 seconds... Falling back to interactive prompt. You can try and fix the problem manually, log out when you're finished. ramfs$
The same ISO works perfect on my laptop and other PC's but on my personal $1,000 PC, it doesn't. I can't figure this out. I also tried the 2009.08 Core disk and I get the same thing as with the 'Netinst' disk.
I don't know if it's because I have a S-ATA DVD-ROM drive on this machine. I can boot from disk and see the Arch install options...even play "Space Invaders". But when I select the install Arch Linux options, it boots into a 'Live' environment and then hangs on the error above. Someone please help...
The other machines you're talking about, do they too have SATA DVD-ROM drives ? If yes, then try out with USB install image, provided it is supported by your $1000 PC. Most modern boxes after around 2005 do. -- Nilesh Govindarajan Site & Server Adminstrator www.itech7.com