I installed the Ubuntu distribution via Unetbootin and everything went fine, but to put Arch in the same way, you need to change the syslinux file, which I didn’t, because I did not find the desired string. I tried to do it through dd, but it gives me an error that / dev / sdb does not exist or does not contain such a directory in it. K3b didn't help me either, writes nothing to disk. Win32 disk imager I have not found the file format iso. What am I doing wrong and how to install Arch.

  • Arch comes with a bootloader, the usual dd enough. Show the command and the error received. - awesoon
  • I see a misunderstanding of the designation of device sections. So inaccurately with dd you can finish the game and erase the data from the hard disk - andreymal
  • user @ user-GA-MA770T-UD3: ~ $ $ dd if = image.iso of = / dev / sdb $: command not found user @ user-GA-MA770T-UD3: ~ $ dd if = image.iso of = / dev / sdb dd: unable to open “image.iso”: There is no such file or directory as user @ user-GA-MA770T-UD3: ~ $ - 112
  • The image.iso file must be in the same directory in which you are located. Otherwise, the if parameter must be passed the path to this file (absolute or relative). The first command is incorrect, $ not needed at the beginning. - awesoon
  • Device / dev / sdb1. On the wiki: Use exactly / dev / sdx, not / dev / sdx1 - 112

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You need to drag the archlinux.iso file onto the disk and ubuntu will offer to write the image. After that, it remains only to reboot and change the BIOS settings.

    If you need to write from under Win, then it is convenient to use rufus , and if from under Linux, then just type in the terminal command:

     # dd bs=4M if=/путь/к/образу/archlinux.iso of=/dev/sdx status=progress && sync

    where instead of sd x , you need to register the desired disk (not a partition, additional digits are indicated for the partition), you can find it in the command output:

     $ lsblk

    usually it is sd b , sd c ...
    With the dd command, you need to act neatly, if you miss the disc, you can screw up the working system or lose important data on the data disk. In general, as always: measure 10 times, 1 - cut.

    Also, your flash drive before recording should be pre-unmounted:

     # umount /dev/sdx

    For more information on different ways to record an Arch image, see the official Arch wiki - USB flash installation media