Reveal setup's secrets to the world.

Xyne · 2008-12-17 01:41:55

Can someone run through the commands effectively run by /arch/setup during installation? I know a few of them but I can't do an entire install without the setup and I'd really like to learn more about what's going on. The Beginners Guide covers a bit of how to manually configure the network and partition disks, and I know how to format and mount them as well as use pacman to install to /mnt/, but I don't know how to auto-generate fstab or grub's menu.lst (or even where to find the the UUIDs), among other things.

Sorry if this has already been covered. If it hasn't, perhaps it would even be worth a wiki page.

MoonSwan · 2008-12-17 01:53:17

I tried once to use the 'quickinst' method for a similar purpose as to what you're asking about in your post. Unfortunately, though it gives instructions as you go along, I still buggered the thing (twice) and finally gave up, going back to the usual /arch/setup routine.

I hope you find the answers, as i'm curious to know this stuff too.

weasel8 · 2008-12-17 02:22:42

Xyne wrote:

Can someone run through the commands effectively run by /arch/setup during installation? I know a few of them but I can't do an entire install without the setup and I'd really like to learn more about what's going on. The Beginners Guide covers a bit of how to manually configure the network and partition disks, and I know how to format and mount them as well as use pacman to install to /mnt/, but I don't know how to auto-generate fstab or grub's menu.lst (or even where to find the the UUIDs), among other things.
Sorry if this has already been covered. If it hasn't, perhaps it would even be worth a wiki page.

Why don't you read script itself?

Xyne · 2008-12-17 03:03:43

For the same reason that we just delete the entire wiki and link to source code instead?

Last edited by Xyne (2008-12-17 03:13:15)

toofishes · 2008-12-17 05:19:40

Xyne wrote:

For the same reason that we just delete the entire wiki and link to source code instead?

You did ask what setup did...I don't think anyone is able to write a wiki article without reading the code, and at that point you'd have a far better understanding of exactly how it worked than reading a wiki article. I'm not sure what you expect here. The script itself isn't overly complex, and relatively easy to follow.

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#1 2008-12-17 01:41:55

Reveal setup's secrets to the world.

#2 2008-12-17 01:53:17

Re: Reveal setup's secrets to the world.

#3 2008-12-17 02:22:42

Re: Reveal setup's secrets to the world.

#4 2008-12-17 03:03:43

Re: Reveal setup's secrets to the world.

#5 2008-12-17 05:19:40

Re: Reveal setup's secrets to the world.

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