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Stefan_xyz

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Registered: 2019-09-01

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Installation media wont mount device 2026-07-01-16-32-20-00 post boot

Hello,

I just wanted to install Arch on a new laptop, so I pulled the latest ISO and put it on a stick, however I do get the following error:

Waiting 10 seconds for device /dev/disk/by-uuid/2026-07-01-16-36-20-00 ...
ERROR: Device '2026-07-01-16-36-20-00' not found
sh: can't access tty; job control turned off

It has nothing to do with the laptop as I tried a different laptop (where arch runs fine) and got the same error.
I also ran it with an older version of the arch install iso from 2024 with the same result.

I formatted the USB via RUFUS and like this:

dd if=archlinux-2026.07.01-x86_64.iso of=/dev/sdb2

Anybody got an clue what it could be?

seth

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Re: Installation media wont mount device 2026-07-01-16-32-20-00 post boot

dd if=archlinux-2026.07.01-x86_64.iso of=/dev/sdb2

You're supposed to write in onto the disk, not some partition.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/USB_fl … _utilities

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Stefan_xyz

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Registered: 2019-09-01

Posts: 106

Re: Installation media wont mount device 2026-07-01-16-32-20-00 post boot

dd if=archlinux-2026.07.01-x86_64.iso of=/dev/sdb2

You're supposed to write in onto the disk, not some partition.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/USB_fl … _utilities

That is what I did. I typed the command from memory sorry for the confussion

Last edited by Stefan_xyz (Yesterday 17:06:29)

seth

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Re: Installation media wont mount device 2026-07-01-16-32-20-00 post boot

Plug the usb key into a linux system and post the output of "lsblk -f"
Can you boot it on some other host than that notebook?

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