Description: The February 2013 dual iso - does not install a working system an ASUS M5A78L-M LX Plus series motherboard. I just replaced an older Intel pentium running the current Arch Linux updated with PACMAN monthly since July 2012, using Syslinux and the new installation boots missing /sbin/init. When I use the append command to set the partition for root=/sda1 and boot=/dev/sda2 the sysme boots but no ethernet drivers, utilities, or network drivers and utilities are found. I use the Installation wiki instructions and installed the base and base-devel using pacstrap and syslinux after arch-chroot, using pacman.
I install and modify Arch kernels and write device drivers on a regular basis for real-time applications and gaming without issue. I went on to install Mint 14, x64 without incident and without any hardware issues at all. This machine has 8 GB of RAM, three hard drives (500 MB, and 2 - 1.5TB drives). I did notice during installation that a little extra effort was need to get DHCPCD working with the link. I had to bring down the link, issue a DHCPCD command and then bring the link back up when I can usually bring the link down and let DHCPCD start the link and obtain an IP address. There is a mention of this problem on the wiki from 2/8/2013 under a different thread comparing Syslinux to Grub. I install several Arch systems a month and this is the first time a BIOS based MBR system has had problems booting with Arch and Syslinux.


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