The Boot Hangs At Syslinux

[A-Dub]

Im trying to boot Arch from a USB. Right off the bat let me state that this is NOT an Arch problem. When i write any iso image to the usb (via UNB). On the boot-up, im prompted with the first screen "syslinux .. copywrite .. ect." It doesn't move from this screen. I have given it at one point 30 minutes max. keep in mind its like the screen is frozen and i cant type anything. Through my research i have concluded that this problem is not specific to any distro nor is it related to what program you use to write the image to the usb. (90% sure on that). a lot of people like to attach this to Ubuntu generally because its the most common distro im sure. the usb is formated with the FAT system and im doing this all in w7. i dont know if this is need information but for some reason the usb is recognized (by the computer) in the bios boot menu under "FDD" NOT "USB". please, i have not been able to find a solution anywhere. thanks.

[AnarchyAngel]

i have had this happen to me, but only when i fucked up putting the iso on the usb. a wipe and rebuild did the trick. but you are sure thats not the case?

[Daemon]

UNB... well i personally use the universal usb installer (don't think its the same thing?) and have never had any problems.
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/

I use this one because it was recommended to me and I use it to make a persistant USB boot of BTr3 (which has actually saved my ass at work 2 times now when we had to recover files from a borked comp) and it's persistant so it can keep track of all the wifi keys i crack. errrr, find online i mean? 

Give it a try and reinstall it, make sure theres plenty of room on the USB (id suggest min 8gb size one). And if its the same program you use, then im a jackass and sorry to waste your time. I did a bit of googling and couldn't find the UNB...

[proxx]

You know what just forget about usb installers etc etc.
just dd it to your USB drive, that just works.

[Stackprotector]

UNB... well i personally use the universal usb installer (don't think its the same thing?) and have never had any problems.
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/

I use this one because it was recommended to me and I use it to make a persistant USB boot of BTr3 (which has actually saved my ass at work 2 times now when we had to recover files from a borked comp) and it's persistant so it can keep track of all the wifi keys i crack. errrr, find online i mean? 

Give it a try and reinstall it, make sure theres plenty of room on the USB (id suggest min 8gb size one). And if its the same program you use, then im a jackass and sorry to waste your time. I did a bit of googling and couldn't find the UNB...

No, that tool writes its own version of syslinux and overwrites the archlinux one. Use the tools defined in the archlinux guide. There is also this very artsy tool. I can't come up with the name.

[A-Dub]

SOLUTION: Im gonna keep it short. I simply formated the usb with diskpart. thanks everyone anyway.

[lucid]

I see I'm too late to the party. The dd command is the ONLY way I've ever been able to successfully burn Arch to usb. The catch-22 is that you need a *nix to use this, and you are needing to do that so you can get a *nix. But, I've never had any luck doing it any other way.

Also, I was able to burn Arch onto a less than 1gb usb drive. Don't know if that matters to you..

[A-Dub]

I see I'm too late to the party. The dd command is the ONLY way I've ever been able to successfully burn Arch to usb. The catch-22 is that you need a *nix to use this, and you are needing to do that so you can get a *nix. But, I've never had any luck doing it any other way.

Also, I was able to burn Arch onto a less than 1gb usb drive. Don't know if that matters to you..

they actually have dd for windows these days. lol! but im still having trouble even booting this shit lol. still working on it though.

[proxx]

Forget about that.
Creating an arch USB key can be tricky at first.
It does work with unetbootin but requires some hacking.