[SOLVED] Can old ISO's be used these days?

Amanda S · 2014-01-28 12:50:50

I have a 12.1.2013 ISO, but I'm not sure if problems can occur. Should I download a new install image or I can use old ones?

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karol · 2014-01-28 13:02:11

It's OK, the packages you install are the current packages from the server (not from the iso) anyway.

Amanda S · 2014-01-28 13:24:20

karol wrote:

It's OK, the packages you install are the current packages from the server (not from the iso) anyway.

So the base-install is basically useless after a period of time?

x33a · 2014-01-28 13:27:14

Amarildo wrote:

So the base-install is basically useless after a period of time?

The "base install" is useless the first time you update your machine.

karol · 2014-01-28 13:32:56

Arch is a rolling-release distro, package updates are available practically every day.

Trilby · 2014-01-28 13:55:54

Amarildo, your original question in this thread was a valid one - to which you now have an answer - but the follow up is much like many of your other posts: it suggests that you have not taken any time to familiarize yourself with the wonderful documentation available about how archlinux works.

You've been around here for a while, and have been active in the forums, so you should have spent some time figuring out your system by now. Frankly I think you'll need to start taking a more active role in understanding your system, or in the end you'll just end up perpetually dissatisfied with archlinux.

Amanda S · 2014-01-28 14:18:12

Trilby wrote:

Amarildo, your original question in this thread was a valid one - to which you now have an answer - but the follow up is much like many of your other posts: it suggests that you have not taken any time to familiarize yourself with the wonderful documentation available about how archlinux works.
You've been around here for a while, and have been active in the forums, so you should have spent some time figuring out your system by now. Frankly I think you'll need to start taking a more active role in understanding your system, or in the end you'll just end up perpetually dissatisfied with archlinux.

Dissatisfied with Arch? Now way

I asked this because I consider the possibility of an error regarding dm-crypt, because it's the first module I load when I install Arch.
It's probably not gonna happen, but it's also not impossible.

Scimmia · 2014-01-28 16:56:03

The problem is that you don't understand how ISOs have worked since mid 2012. There are no packages on the disk. None. What you install is downloaded from the server each time, so no matter what disk you use, the "base-install" as you call it is always the latest.

karol · 2014-01-28 16:59:17

Scimmia wrote:

There are no packages on the disk. None.

What does take all that space on the iso up?

Slithery · 2014-01-28 17:02:52

karol wrote:

What does take all that space on the iso up?

The majority of the space is taken up by 2 compressed images (a 32-bit and a 64-bit) of an installed Arch system. The rest is just bootlader code.

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karol · 2014-01-28 17:08:30

slithery wrote:

karol wrote:
What does take all that space on the iso up?
The majority of the space is taken up by 2 compressed images (a 32-bit and a 64-bit) of an installed Arch system. The rest is just bootlader code.

That's right. There are some packages there: https://projects.archlinux.org/archiso. … kages.both + some architecture-specific ones.

Users don't install packages from the iso, they download them from the server.

nomorewindows · 2014-01-28 18:29:50

As long as you point pacman at your new installation and not at the CD installation you should be good to go.

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