[Novalug] Arch linux impressions?

[Mark A. Metz]

I'm in the middle of a VirtualBox install of Arch now.  Seems to be 
running smoothly.  Packages are installing from core.
I'm using the same media as I used before so there must be a hardware 
issue for the Arch installer on my main computer.

On 03/11/2012 04:39 PM, Mark A. Metz wrote:
> 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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