[arch-general] Arch Linux USB stick won't boot

[steve at vwebr.net]

I may be switching over to Arch Linux from Trisquel Mini 8.0 

Everything was going well with Trisquel Mini until it froze on
configuring the avahi-daemon while doing System Updates. 

Did it twice so I'm about to wipe and start over.  I can't  have this
happening. 

I think Arch is slightly less resource-intensive so it may be better
anyway. 

I only have 1GB RAM in this thing. Intel loaded it to the breaking point
with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64-bit...the 3 years of updates it had to catch up
alone killed any use of it. 

Steve

On 2019-03-21 23:42, Robert Crawford via arch-general wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 5:39 PM <steve at vwebr.net> wrote: 
> OK, gotcha..."Write in DD Image mode".
> 
> I see that and I'll try it.
> 
> Thanks a bunch!!!
> 
> Steve Sybesma
> 
> On 2019-03-21 16:11, Tomasz Kramkowski via arch-general wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 03:56:28PM -0600, steve at vwebr.net wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I tried installing archlinux-2019.03.01-x86_64.iso onto my Intel Compute
> Stick STCK1A8LFC, but got this at the very beginning when I tried
> booting a USB stick created by Rufus.
> 
> https://imgur.com/a/nEjA248  <-- See picture at this link
> 
> I did not experience the lack of booting the USB stick with any other
> distros I tried (about 6-7 others). They all booted fine and were
> created in Rufus the same way.
> 
> BIOS setting is the same as others as well...UEFI shell disabled (that
> is a must), USB boot enabled, and Secure Boot disabled. There is no
> Legacy Boot/CSM option. Stuck on UEFI.
> 
> See picture attached for what happens when I try to boot from the USB
> stick I created.
> 
> Particulars...
> 
> Hardware:
> 
> https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/86613/intel-compute-stick-stck1a8lfc.html
> 
> Screenshot of creation of Rufus USB stick (exact same method as others I
> did which all booted fine):
> 
> https://imgur.com/a/AB11PSP  <-- See picture at this link
> 
> Thanks for any help you can provide.
> 
> Steve Sybesma
> Brighton, CO USA 
> Hi Steve,
> 
> Have you tried using a tool like dd or something equivalent to directly
> write the iso to the USB flash drive?
> 
> Taking a quick look at our wiki, it seems like Rufus can perform that
> task if it is configured correctly. The instructions are here:
> 
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/USB_flash_installation_media#Using_Rufus
> 
> It seems that after clicking "START" on the screen in the screenshot you
> provided the software should prompt for a mode. Select "DD Image mode."
> 
> Kind regards,

I just installed Arch on a HP Probook laptop. I used Etcher using
Manjaro. Works great.