Arch Linux

shears

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Registered: 2009-06-25

Posts: 2

Installing Arch on a non-empty external HDD.

Hi. I'd like to install Arch on my external HDD, where i already keep my music. It still has ~120GB of free space while my main laptop HDD is almost filled up.
The format of the external HDD is Mac OS Extended (Journaled) so i can make a new partition while keeping the files. (I'm doing it on OS X).

how do i make the partition right so that i'll be able to install Arch? Which version should i download? I'm thinking Core USB Image but I'm not sure.

Any help is appreciated because I'm a total beginner.

martel

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Registered: 2009-01-01

Posts: 7

Re: Installing Arch on a non-empty external HDD.

IIRC, when I re-partitioned my external USB (NTFS) to build Arch, I just shrank the existing partition, booted up with an ArchLive CD, and let the installer create the necessary filesystems in the available space.

shears

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Registered: 2009-06-25

Posts: 2

Re: Installing Arch on a non-empty external HDD.

Thanks. I'll do it with Gparted, it seems the safest way.