Some questions before I try installing Arch for 1st time?

GloW_on_dub · 2013-06-13 09:00:43

When i look at your initial partitioning, you didn't even mention you will use sda2, and if you need to use it why it is ntfs formatted ?

What is this sda2 partition?

As far as i understand you were trying to install archlinux on a single partiton named sdb2.
You may have noticed that /etc/fstab is automatically generated from the mounted partition.

If so, you're /ets/fstab should look like this :

# 
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
#
# <file system> <dir>   <type>  <options>   <dump>  <pass>
# UUID=cfdf8739-d512-4d99-9893-437a6a3c9bf4 
/dev/sdb2              /           ext4        rw,relatime,data=ordered    0 2

Last edited by GloW_on_dub (2013-06-13 09:01:41)

gigenieks · 2013-06-13 09:14:40

GloW_on_dub wrote:

When i look at your initial partitioning, you didn't even mention you will use sda2, and if you need to use it why it is ntfs formatted ?
What is this sda2 partition?

If you refer to my 1st post in this thread, that I can assure you I'm using the same HDD and the same partition for Arch which I showed in that picture. What was sdb2 then, now is sda2
Here is why it's so

GloW_on_dub · 2013-06-13 09:20:28

it did not explain why it is ntfs formated though.

Boot on your arch instalation media and run :

fdisk -l

WonderWoofy · 2013-06-13 12:49:14

gigenieks wrote:

I don't have there a folder named 'lsb-release'. Should I create one?

You can simply install the lsb-release package from the repos. It will provide you with an /etc/lsb-release as well as a tool that will update the info.

cfr · 2013-06-13 18:31:10

GloW_on_dub wrote:

When i look at your initial partitioning, you didn't even mention you will use sda2, and if you need to use it why it is ntfs formatted ?
What is this sda2 partition?
As far as i understand you were trying to install archlinux on a single partiton named sdb2.
You may have noticed that /etc/fstab is automatically generated from the mounted partition.
If so, you're /ets/fstab should look like this :
# 
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
#
# <file system> <dir>   <type>  <options>   <dump>  <pass>
# UUID=cfdf8739-d512-4d99-9893-437a6a3c9bf4 
/dev/sdb2              /           ext4        rw,relatime,data=ordered    0 2
  

Except that the last line should end with a "1" rather than a "2" since this is the root partition. (And should begin sda2 or whatever as appropriate.)

It would be better to use UUID or partition labels rather than /dev/sda2 or /dev/sdb2 for precisely this reason. There is no guarantee that /dev/sda2 will always be /dev/sda2. UUIDs or labels are more resilient. You can get genfstab to do this e.g. use -U for UUIDs. See -h for details.

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