PC doesnt boot into arch after puting a DVD reader into my PC | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

shell citrus Aug 22, 2023, 2:42 PM

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it goes into a loop of pressing enter💀
this is the first time i put a DVD reader on my pc and i never seen anything like this

dark vessel Aug 22, 2023, 2:49 PM

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shell citrus it goes into a loop of pressing enter💀 this is the first time i put a DVD reade...

hi there, is the boot order set to your arch or is it trying to boot from the DVD?
and does this occur when you remove it?

shell citrus Aug 22, 2023, 2:50 PM

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dark vessel hi there, is the boot order set to your arch or is it trying to boot from the DV...

the boot order is on my arch linux

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i didnt remove it i would need to open the pc again

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i feel like it wouldn't show up as arch if it was booting off of the dvd - but maybe something with the way arch treats it is brokeb

dark vessel Aug 22, 2023, 2:51 PM

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could you enter chroot and check lsblk -f?

shell citrus Aug 22, 2023, 2:51 PM

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how do i enter chroot

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i never used it before

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you need an arch bootable for that - do you have one?

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no💀 i flashed openbsd to it

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ok - maybe we can get into the root temporarily if we add single_init to the boot command?

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how?

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do you use grub?

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no

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what bootloader do you use?

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systemd bootloader

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idk what is called

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systemd-boot

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yes

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i dont quite recall if we can change the arguments on the fly - one second

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okay, so @shell citrus, you have the choosing entry menu on boot, right?

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the one from the bootloader

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yes

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i took the sata out and it gives the same problem

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huh

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the sata as in the dvd drive?

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yes

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and its the exact same error too?

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yes now i took both cables

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still

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fuck

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i did change the cable placement of the boot drive

shell citrus Aug 22, 2023, 3:00 PM

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shell citrus i did change the cable placement of the boot drive

oh dear lord and mighty

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why would you do that nekoFine

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well

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because the other ports were to far for the dvd

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i have no idea how to resolve this honestly nekoSad i feel like either the drive/boot order, the partitions, or maybe the fstab is messed up - genuinely no idea what could be the reason

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im not even sure how arch is booting, honestly - maybe if you have /home on a whole separate drive that it now cannot find (or / entirely - i'm walking in the dark here - never had that happen)

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well

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i dont

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im using btrfs on my boot drive witht the default partitioning

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if you could get your hands on an arch bootable and get into chroot, it would be much, much easier to figure out what's going on

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fucking worked

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what worked

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i put the boot drive sata cable in the same place as before

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and it booted

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who would've thought

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fr

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its strange tho

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i thought the pc should know where to boot

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im not SURE if that's the case, but i feel like the cables are how your pc knows where to boot - i might be terribly wrong

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im gona try again with other sata

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well now i dont have display💀

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its just a fucking DVD drive💀

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do you need the dvd drive that badly harold1

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YES

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FUCKING YES

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it worked

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i now have a fucking DVD r/w

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thanks @shell citrus

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