While I was configuring this first (well, third to be honest) Arch install attempt, I neglected to edit the default boot entries created after installing GRUB2 beta with pacman. So of course when I rebooted to test my settings, not only did I find that my system won't properly boot, but I no longer have any boot entries to load a USB recovery image. Bummer.I managed to set root manually and boot into the USB, but before I can successfully get to the root prompt I hit this notorious error:ERROR: '/dev/disk/by-label' device did not show up after 30 seconds...andsh: can't access tty: job control turned offI've looked at several solutions and still no dice. If I've missed something please let me know:verified device detection with cat /proc/scsi/scsiln -s[f] /dev/sda /dev/disk/by-labelarchisodevice=ARCH_201611udevadm triggermount /dev/sda[1] /bootmnt/archisorenaming the USB drive to ARCH_201611*mv /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_201611 /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_201611**(see below)I've reformatted the USB drive as ext4 and GPT and used dd to load the ISO as per the installation guide. I'm installing Arch on a Thinkpad t420s with Intel i5 2520M and UEFI enabled. Perhaps the issue is that I haven't labelled the drive properly? I used Disk Utility on my Mac (2015 Retina MBp) to rename the USB drive to ARCH_201611, wipe it clean, and then reload the iso with dd. When I attempt the above rename method, there is already a label for ARCH_201611 in the /dev/ directory. However, the error message always prints /dev/disk/by-label - not /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_201611. It's possible that the device labels are changed when the iso loads, but being as macOS cannot mount the device after the iso is loaded, I don't know of any way to apply a new label to the device. Any recommendations? Maybe if I could edit my boot entries - how would I do that in the rootfs fallback shell?In the meantime, maybe I'll try Netboot...PS: I am aware that this question belongs on the Arch forums, but since I don't have a working installation at this point, I'm unable to get the output needed to answer the date -u +%V$(uname)... question required to create an account.
Arch USB will no longer boot - '/dev/disk/by-label/' device did not show up after 30 seconds
arch linux;system installation;grub2;live usb;uefi