Arch Installation Problem..........

09-15-2007	#1 (permalink)
reiko Linux Newbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 105	Arch Installation Problem.......... I downloaded Archlinux iso from its site and tried to install it but when i boot from cd it gets stopped at some line regarding the ntfs support. pls help to solve this problem and guide me in installing archlinux.

09-16-2007	#2 (permalink)
Thrillhouse Linux Engineer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Arlington, VA, USA Posts: 1,366	Hi, reiko. That seems like an interesting error message. Can you post the exact message and maybe some information about your partition layout? How far did you get in the install?

09-23-2007

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reiko

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the error which i m getting

Code:

Ext3 FS on SDA6 internal journal
Ext3-FS: mount filesystem with ordered data mode
Looking for new config files on /dev/sda6, checking /config directory…
No files found to copy in /config directory on media disk
Looking for new packages to install on /dev/sda6, checking /packages directory
No new files found to copy and install in /package directory on media /dev/sda6
NTFS driver 2.1.28 [FLAGS: R/W MODULE]
NTFS Volume Version 3.1

and my partition layout is

Code:

Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80060424192 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9733 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1               1        1275    10241406    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2   *        1276        1300      200812+  83  Linux
/dev/hda3            1301        5007    29776477+   f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5            1301        2575    10241406    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda6            2576        3791     9767488+  83  Linux
/dev/hda7            3792        5007     9767488+  83  Linux

09-23-2007	#4 (permalink)
abhishek456 Linux User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 462	it seems to be a bug in Arch linux FS#7868 : Installation hangs while detecting addons from NTFS volume __________________ life is the greatest opportunity that the nature had given you

09-23-2007	#5 (permalink)
Thrillhouse Linux Engineer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Arlington, VA, USA Posts: 1,366	So, according to the link abhishek456 provided, the bug is fixed in the newest install CD's (version 2007.08.1). Is that the version you're using?

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