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I used dd if=archlinux-2010.05-core-x86_64.iso of=/dev/sdb to create an installation image on a USB stick and I'm getting a blank screen soon after boot-up. The last message I saw is:

Waiting for UDev UEvents to be processed...

What am I to do?

[note] Am using a TravelMate 6592: Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2GHz processor.

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I am facing a similar issue, though I used unetbootin to create my bootable usb stick – Shrikant Sharat Feb 13 '11 at 4:12
Try getting to a console. Ctrl-Alt-F1. If that works, boot worked, and X is the problem. If not, your system hasn't booted properly. If the former, the next thing is to look at the X log in /var/log/Xorg.0.log or similar. – Faheem Mitha May 5 '11 at 18:37
@FaheemMitha: This problem occurs at installation stage. – Tshepang May 5 '11 at 18:39
Is it trying to boot up into X? If, so try booting into console mode. This is an option for Debian. I don't know if installers of other distributions support it. (Sorry, didn't realise this was an old question. Perhaps it is no longer relevant?) – Faheem Mitha May 5 '11 at 18:47
@FaheemMitha: It's the very first installer bootup, before I can do anything at all. – Tshepang May 5 '11 at 18:56
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Apparently, with this model, the parport_pc module causes udev to hang[1]. You might have to blacklist this module to successfully install Arch.

Adding disablemodules=parport_pc to your kernel line[2] should allow udev to proceed.

[1] http://www.mail-archive.com/arch-general@archlinux.org/msg11658.html

[2] When the iso boots and you see the grub menu, press e to edit, then add that string to the end of the kernel line. Press Enter then b to boot.

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Try adding nomodeset and a low resolution like vga=771 to the kernel line in GRUB.

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I get the same, except that at least I don't get a blank screen. That last line remains at [BUSY]. – Tshepang Jan 31 '11 at 19:57
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Try adding video=SVIDEO-1:d OR i915.modeset=0 It might help if you have integrated Intel video.

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