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Artix Installation “error: unknown file system”

I have attempted to install all versions of Artix Linux to my laptop via USB stick, but I get the same message every time. If you can let me know what I can do to change this it would be greatly appreciated!

Welcome to Grub!

error: unknown file system.
Entering rescue mode...
grub rescue>

Re: Artix Installation “error: unknown file system”

Reply #1 –
UEFI Bios?

The whole disk must have GPT partition table, instead of MBR.

Also, you should create an ESP partition,, mounted at /boot/efi, with esp and boot flags enabled.

Note that calamares has an option, where GRUB will be installed, too

Regards

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Reply #2 –
Excuse me but I don't speak English very well, but I will do my best.

I'm a simple windows user. But I would like to try to install the Artix.

I need to maintain the dual boot with windows.

I made a bootable USB "artix-xfce-openrc-20210426-x86_64.iso" by Rufus on windows.

When a try to boot appear this message:

"Welcome to GRUB!
error: unknown filesystem
Entering rescue mode..."

I used GPT and UEFI, because this is the configuration of the windows.

I used FAT32 and NTFS how sistema de partição de arquivo.

I made sure the secure boot is disabled.

but on every attempt, I had the same error

What I can do to resolve this?

I'm sorry if I wasn't clear, but besides being a novice I don't speak English very well.

Many thanks.

Luke.

Re: Artix Installation “error: unknown file system”

Reply #3 –
never use fat32 or Ntfs for system root partition, never!!!  :o  :o  :o
this is Linux, not Windows, use Linux's filesystem... e. g. ext4, brtfs,

fat32 is necessary for /boot/efi only, ntfs for nothing

advice:are you new in Linux?  use Ubuntu, and learn how to Linux works... not archlinux /artixlinux, we are designed for advanced users, which know what they do

you can install  in Windows virtualbox, and install artixlinux for try

Re: Artix Installation “error: unknown file system”

Reply #4 –
Thanks for the instructions. I'm really a newbie :P ! It's so obvious! I read a lot about Linux, but I hadn't seen about the partition difference.

I managed to install Linux using virtualbox. And I'm learning Artix Linux with a virtual machine. When I'm ready, I'll do the final installation. After all, now I can create a bootable USB using ext4

Re: Artix Installation “error: unknown file system”

Reply #5 –
Hi Luke,

I am a newbie in Linux too and I got the same error message from Grub while booting from USB, on a Thinkpad X220. That was yesterday.
My mistake was that I wrote the image on the USB stick in ISO mode, instead of DD mode. I downloaded the iso image on a Windows laptop, and used Rufus to write it on a USB. After selecting the USB, the iso file and FAT file system, you click on start and you will be asked whether you want the process to be performed in ISO or DD mode. --> Select DD
Hope this will work for you.

I would also give you my personal opinion on whether you should, as a noob, dive in directly in Arch/Artix or preferably go for a more "accessible" distro like Manjaro first. I think the kind of person who is right away more interested in Artix shall definitely go for it and face the apparent difficulties. You will learn quickly. It is not that difficult after all, there is plenty of information on the web, and if you face an abnormal issue which you could not solve after a deep and thorough research, you can always respectfully ask on this forum laying out all the details so that an expert could answer easily.
I installed Artix yesterday and it is very satisfying, already have my windows tiling manager and started playing with vim. Complete new world after 25 (lost) years of Windows. Feel liberated. Recommend you download LARBS package from Luke Smith (https://larbs.xyz/) and mess around with it. I am doing all this on a spare PC and if I spoil it no big problem, just format the SSD and start with a fresh install.

Have a good trip!

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Reply #6 –
Quote from: Micky – on
difficulties

You should have installed Slackware pre-2000. Manual disk partitioning, requiring one to enter hard disk parameters such as the number of tracks and cylinders, manual swap partition creation and activation. Configuring X was also done manually through editing configuration files, and risky, as it could, no joke, fry one's video card and/or monitor if done incorrectly. There was much less available documentation and Internet was less available and accessible than now.

It was hard, but very fun to do. I don't know what changed. Installing and configuring Artix is a breeze compared to that.

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Reply #7 –
Yes, no doubt about it, I am sure it is a piece of cake nowadays compared to the early times. That's why I said "apparent" difficulties, nothing else than a psychological bias, but still keeping away a lot of users who would enjoy and maybe excel with this kind of distro, if they were not blinded by too much legacy rubbish.
A lot of respect for those behind Arch/Artix projects, and those supporting this forum, especially helping the newbies. It is very well done imho, and widening the users base for a free, light and extendable linux system is one of the way towards technological independence. Let's not leave it for the happy few only, democratization is not a bad word when not taken as a pretext for hidden market appropriation (like other "popular" projects maybe). 

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Reply #8 –
It seems that Rufus cannot write an appropriate Artix bootable stick. Try other similar programs, there are a few of alternatives, e.g. UNetbootin. When I ran windows, I used a tool called LinuxLive USB Creator (it has a green interface with a flower). The USB images it created always booted, so I had no problems with that. UPD: apparently, this project is not maintained for almost 6 years, whoops.

UPD2: According to the documentation, some issues can arise when creating Arch Linux bootable USBs with Rufus:
Quote
Note: If the USB drive does not boot properly using the default ISO Image mode, DD Image mode should be used instead. To switch this mode on, select GPT from the Partition scheme drop-down menu. After clicking START you will get the mode selection dialog, select DD Image mode.
Hopefully, this may help.

All and all, when you start using Linux, RTFM is mandatory. Refer to Arch, Gentoo and Artix Wikis. Ubuntu documentation does not highlight matters related to Arch/Artix, it is in general not sufficient when using other distros. If you are new to Linux but wanna learn its entrails, try Linux Mint Debian Edition. Its quite user friendly, as Ubuntu, but allows you to take deep control over the system, as in Debian (Debian and Arch are quite similar in this aspect).

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Reply #9 –
Quote from: VictorBrand – on
It seems that Rufus cannot write an appropriate Artix bootable stick. Try other similar programs, there are a few of alternatives, e.g. UNetbootin. When I ran windows, I used a tool called LinuxLive USB Creator (it has a green interface with a flower). The USB images it created always booted, so I had no problems with that. UPD: apparently, this project is not maintained for almost 6 years, whoops.

UPD2: According to the documentation, some issues can arise when creating Arch Linux bootable USBs with Rufus:Hopefully, this may help.

All and all, when you start using Linux, RTFM is mandatory. Refer to Arch, Gentoo and Artix Wikis. Ubuntu documentation does not highlight matters related to Arch/Artix, it is in general not sufficient when using other distros. If you are new to Linux but wanna learn its entrails, try Linux Mint Debian Edition. Its quite user friendly, as Ubuntu, but allows you to take deep control over the system, as in Debian (Debian and Arch are quite similar in this aspect).


Arch linux use isolinux/syslinux on the iso for bios, and systemd-bootd for uefi.
This is arch specific, artix uses grub on iso.
Any arch instructions to write usb image  with some gui might not be valid for artix.

Re: Artix Installation “error: unknown file system”

Reply #10 –
Quote from: artoo – on
Arch linux use isolinux/syslinux on the iso for bios, and systemd-bootd for uefi.
This is arch specific, artix uses grub on iso.
Any arch instructions to write usb image  with some gui might not be valid for artix.
It seems that Artix users usually migrate from other linux distros and therefore they don't have any issues with creating a USB stick in windows. One way to mitigate these issues is to burn onto a stick a live iso of whatever distro is working, boot into it, and then make an artix iso installation onto another USB stick via sudo dd.
 

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Reply #11 –
Quote from: VictorBrand – on
It seems that Artix users usually migrate from other linux distros and therefore they don't have any issues with creating a USB stick in windows. One way to mitigate these issues is to burn onto a stick a live iso of whatever distro is working, boot into it, and then make an artix iso installation onto another USB stick via sudo dd.


A migration, ie conversiopn of an arch system without reinstalling every single package is prone to errors.
I would recommend a fresh install over any migration.

Still, the point was, artix and arch iso differ by bootloader, which is a criteria for these image writers.

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Reply #12 –
Note, the OP didn't respond to the thread after the initial post.

He also didn't supply enough information to understand the steps he has undertaken to get the error message from the topic title.

In all guides for the installation of any OS, including GNU/Linux, it is stated that this is not something that should be taken lightly, that one should create a backup and have a bootable media ready (USB/CD/DVD). Having a spare computer or a laptop handy also helps immensely should anything go wrong. Installation of an operating system is not a game.

In most cases, having prepared bootable media (for your current OS!) and backup beforehand, it is enough to also have a basic understanding of how does UEFI boot and GPT partitioning work, as well as a basic overall understanding of what's going on during installation, to easily recover from any potential slip-up.

Historically, GNU/Linux in general has poor support for cutting-edge hardware, especially if there are only proprietary drivers for said hardware. Installing it on older hardware has a better chance of success.

If one just mindlessly clicks on anything that shows up during installation, without understanding what or how, there will be problems. This is not tied to a specific distribution, and I would even advise against using systemd-based distributions like Ubuntu for beginners. They arguably offer a worse overall user experience, while Artix has a graphical installer, which in most cases does its job right.

Personally, I find installing from base ISO and adding software after the initial installation is the most efficient and error-prone method. There is a number of tutorials online on how to do that, I found this one very easy to digest and follow: https://youtu.be/XO5LTmIhUTs

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Quote from: artoo – on
A migration, ie conversiopn of an arch system without reinstalling every single package is prone to errors.
I would recommend a fresh install over any migration.
I chose a wrong term. I meant those who switch or move to Artix. Mea culpa, English is my second language though. A migration in that sense is indeed a difficult task, and I've never performed anything of that. I always install a new system from scratch.

Quote from: strajder – on
Note, the OP didn't respond to the thread after the initial post.
Perhaps he solved his problems on his own or maybe gave up trying to install Artix.