[arch-general] Boot Device Didn't Show Up

Nilesh Govindarajan lists at itech7.com
Sat Jan 23 21:35:10 EST 2010


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.

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Nilesh Govindarajan
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