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    Arch USB installation help!

    I would like to install Arch on one of my netbooks but I'm having a difficult time creating a bootable USB for installation. I've tried following the easier options on the Arch wiki, some howtos, etc. but I can't ever seem to get it right.

    Am I missing something obvious or what? I haven't had this frustration with any other distro.

    Can anyone point me in the right direction?

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    Re: Arch USB installation help!

    Or Archbang for that matter!

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    Re: Arch USB installation help!

    dd if=/path/to/archlinux.iso of=/dev/sd[x]

    Where [x] is the letter of the USB device, this you can get from sudo fdisk -l. Do NOT specify a number after the letter as you are then specifying a partition and not the entire device.

    On my PC I would do
    Code:
    sudo dd if=/media/160GB_WD/Linux/archlinux-2011.06.10-netinstall-dual.iso of=/dev/sdi
    Last edited by mips; February 16th, 2012 at 09:02 AM.

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    Re: Arch USB installation help!

    Dang. I was hoping for something easier. I'll give it another shot though. I must have screwed something up last time.

    Thanks!

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    Re: Arch USB installation help!

    Quote Originally Posted by drawkcab View Post
    Dang. I was hoping for something easier.
    I don't think you can get any easier than that.

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