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adamtalir

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January 23rd, 2022 02:00

Cant boot into Arch Linux on my Optiplex 7040

I recently wanted to install Arch Linux, and I couldn't get into the system. I don't know where the problem was. I reset the BIOS to default settings, but it still wouldn't let me in. I did everything according to the arch wiki which works 100% (I tested on VirtualBox). So it's stupid that I made a mistake somewhere during the installation.

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    Posted April 27th, 2022 06:00

    Install Ubuntu or similar and run Arch in a Virtualbox (or similar) environment. There are also many arch based distros available that should install without  any problems.

  • NJDave

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    Posted April 28th, 2022 20:00

    You haven't provided any detail on your problem. What steps did you take, how far did you get, and what error messages did you encounter?

    To try it, I created install media from the x86-64 ISO image using Rufus and booted it on my Vostro 5890. Per the installation guide, I had to switch off Secure Boot to get anywhere, as the boot image is not signed. (Perhaps this was your problem?) Unfortunately (from my viewpoint; yours may differ) the installation live environment provides neither a windowing environment nor a high-level executive; just a root console shell from which all configuration/install tasks must be run manually. I didn't have the patience to go through all the steps, but I didn't see anything to give me the impression I couldn't.

  • WangZhehong

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    Posted April 2nd, 2023 03:00

    I met the same problem. I solved this problem by adding '--removable' in the 'grub-install' cmd, i.e., 'grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --removable'.