Documentation was a little difficult to navigate

maxxon · 2017-10-02 02:21:10

Well it would seem that it doesn't read that great... and I was probably a little sleep deprived.

Going through it again, I found that it was a bit better, but possibly because I had read a lot of the info the last 2 days, making it easier. One thing I noticed was this:

wiki wrote:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide
Mount the file systems
Create mount points for any remaining partitions and mount them accordingly, for example:
# mkdir /mnt/boot
# mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/boot

/mnt/boot? Why do I need that? It took some time to find any reference to this and that a separate partition isn't required. A link would be nice.

Other than that, it was a better experience. Delete this thread if you wish.

Thanks,

Maxx

Last edited by maxxon (2017-10-03 04:18:31)

circleface · 2017-10-02 02:40:12

What exactly isn't working? Installing grub should be the last step.

fsckd · 2017-10-02 02:58:42

Welcome to the forums.

maxxon wrote:

What's annoying is that I've had to go through these instructions on the wiki several times just to get to this point because the information isn't in a way that flows forward.

The installation guide on the wiki flows forward from top to bottom and links to other pages for people who need details for those steps. Nowhere does it say pacman -Syy, so no idea where you got that from.

maxxon · 2017-10-02 03:36:06

Hi @fsckd, you're absolutely right, I didn't see that in the instructions, but I had to do it at some point as pacman was giving me some problems in its use. I found that command somewhere on this or possibly another forum. Using that allowed me to use pacman normally. It is this and other issues that made me take so long trying to set this up, as I had to go around looking for fixes to problems. Eventually, I had to start writing things down so that I could easily redo steps if I had to start over again.

I'll get back to you tomorrow with more information.

maxxon · 2017-10-02 03:39:08

Hi @circleface,

Thanks for your response. I was thinking that was needed, but then I found that I had to properly partition my drive for GPT on BIOS, which meant that I had to go backwards. That was one of a few issues resulting in having to start over. Hence my not flowing comment.

jasonwryan · 2017-10-02 03:43:36

Please edit your first post and choose a title that actually reflects your issue: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … ow_to_post

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Documentation was a little difficult to navigate

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