r/archlinux • u/honk340 • 3d ago

SUPPORT issue installing arch

/r/DistroHopping/comments/1xerrgr/issue_installing_arch/

i originally posted this in r/DistroHopping but there wasnt many people there and i feel like its more appropriate here anyway.

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u/Olive-Juice- 3d ago

You will have to select the Arch USB during bootup (before getting to mint). The key you need to press depends on your motherboard. For example, I think mine is F12, although yours might be F8, delete, or something else.

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u/honk340 3d ago

thanks that worked my bad but I have a new problem where I'm stuck in the grub cli after rebooting and if I try to load my usb from BIOS it just sends me back to the archinstall screen

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u/MGlBlaze 3d ago

The obvious answer is that either Balena Etcher didn't work and you need to try to remake the Arch flash drive, or (if you already had Mint installed on your system) you booted in to your pre-installed Linux distro instead of the flash drive.