[Novalug] Arch linux impressions?

[Mark A. Metz]

I'm following the Beginner's guide on the Arch Wiki, but I don't get any 
where with the install media so I'm not really following any guide as of 
yet.

I'm going to try and install Arch in VM with the same media and see what 
happens.



On 03/11/2012 04:10 PM, Brander Snaxe wrote:
> Which guide are you following?
>
> This error makes me think the RAMDISK wasn't created correctly and the drivers aren't able to access your disk.
>
> The ramdisk options are set here: /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
>
> Arch could/should be able to be installed quickly, do don't give up.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nick Danger<nick at hackermonkey.com>
> To: novalug at calypso.tux.org
> Cc:
> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 3:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [Novalug] Arch linux impressions?
>
> On 03/11/2012 11:15 AM, Mark A. Metz wrote:
>> :: Waiting for boot device...
>> Waiting 30 seconds for device /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_201108 ...
>> ERROR: boot device didin't show up after 30 seconds...
>>      Falling back to interactive prompt
>>      You can try to fix the problem manually, log out when you are finished
>> sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
>> [ramfs /]#"
> I THINK that means its waiting for the CD to do something, but what I
> have no idea. Out of curiosity (not that I have an idea what to do no
> matter the answer), can you do an ls /dev/disk/by-label/ and see the
> ARCH_201108 in there?
>
> Nick
>
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