Can't boot installation cd on my Macbook pro 8.1

Hi everybody,
I am trying to install archlinux for dualboot with os x. The problem is that no matter what I do I just can't boot the installation CD. First I come to the normal screen where I can choose to boot archlinux, boot existing os, do memtest etc. If I choose boot archlinux I get an output similar to this: (I am trying to copy the text by hand from my macbook to another computer)
Loading /arch/boot/x86_64/vmlinux.....
Loading /arch/boot/x86_64/archiso.img.....................ready.
Probing EDD (edd=off to disable).... ok
Decompressing Linux... Parsing ELF... done.
Booting the kernel.
[          4.261364] i8042: No controller found
:: Starting udevd...
done.
:: Running hook [udev]
:: Triggering uevents...[      5.859626] ata2.01: failed to resume link (SControl0)
[          5.859749]  ata1.01: failed to resume link (SControl0)
[          12.352939] ata2.01: failed to resume link (SControl0)
[          18.866288] ata2.01: failed to resume link (SControl0)
[           25.379640] ata2.01: failed to resume link (SControl0)
done.
:: Running Hook [memdisk]
:: Running Hook [archiso]
:: Running Hook [archiso_pxe_nbd]
:: Running Hook [archiso_loop_mnt]
:: Waiting for boot device...
Waiting 30 seconds for device /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_201108 ...
ERROR: boot device didn't show up after 30 seconds..
And I get the same result no matter what i do. I have tried it on two different harddrives (both newly formatted and with a fresh install of OS X 10.6.6 fully updated), with or without premade partitions of many different kinds. I have made like 5 different cd:s and dvd:s and I now that at least one of them have worked on another macbook of the same model.
Please could someone help me because I have no idea what I possibly can be doing wrong.
Last edited by gkarreskog (2011-08-29 14:35:44)

groundnuty wrote:
had the same problem today.
My observations are:
1) I tried that with brand new mac pro 8.1 - OSX just as I got it from apple. All worked, arch boot up and I was able to begin installation. eth0 worked as well.
2) I tried it again few days later and got the same problem as you described/pasted. meanwhile I downloaded upgrade from apple - I guess that is what causes the problem. Basicly cd is not detected at all, so /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_201108 obviously is not there.
Anyway the solution to this was quite easy - sice in initramfs you can detect usb keys:
1) Copy all the files from your arch-install cd to some usb key (just cp. no need to format/dd etc)
2) try to boot from the cd like before untill you arrive at ramfs
3) plug your usb key and hope it will get detected
4) then do
ln -s /dev/<usb key> /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_201108
5) logout (exit)
and you have your arch booting
Ho
I'm ok with that procedure.
But now i'm on archlinux installer, how to make an proper installation of grub, that work?
Because all of the things I tried didn't worked.
Thanks !

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