Arch Linux

gymophett

Member

From: Louisiana, United States

Registered: 2009-05-19

Posts: 13

Will I have any problems installing Arch on this laptop?

I really want to install Arch on this laptop..
http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-Satellite … 34-4197014
It has and ATi Radeon 3300
and atheros wireless.
Do all the drivers come on the CD?
Thank you.

tomk

Forum Fellow

From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: Will I have any problems installing Arch on this laptop?

Learn something about Arch first. xorg (and therefore video drivers) is not included on the install CD. All available wifi drivers are included on the CD.

The wiki is a good place to start - there's the official Arch Install Guide, and a much more detailed Beginner's Guide, if you feel you need it.

gymophett

Member

From: Louisiana, United States

Registered: 2009-05-19

Posts: 13

Re: Will I have any problems installing Arch on this laptop?

I know xorg isn't included.
You have to install it all command line first run.
You have no desktop enviorment..

Mzg

Member

From: Norway

Registered: 2009-09-06

Posts: 43

Re: Will I have any problems installing Arch on this laptop?

I have Arch running on my USB pendrive, multiple partitions and all. I bet you could put Arch on a freakin' coffee machine if you put a little effort in it. Let's just say that if you run into trouble installing it on that laptop, it can probably be sorted out After installation, you might run into problems with e.g. the wireless, you never know. But why worry, it's free!

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doorknob60

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Registered: 2008-09-29

Posts: 403

Re: Will I have any problems installing Arch on this laptop?

Yeah it should work. The only possible problems you might have would probably be the ATI graphics, it might be a pain to get it running smoothly, but shouldn't be too bad. Atheros wireless works "out of the box" (ath5k driver, included in the kernel I believe), and if ath5k doesn't work madwifi probably, which is optionally installable off the CD or with pacman.