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

[reiko]

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.

[Thrillhouse]

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?

[reiko]

the error which i m getting

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

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

[abhishek456]

it seems to be a bug in Arch linux

FS#7868 : Installation hangs while detecting addons from NTFS volume

[Thrillhouse]

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?