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#1 2010-06-05 15:52:37

alfredo2010
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Starting Archlinux

Hi!
Since 2 years I try to find my distribution; at the moment I have a multibootsystem with VISTA, Ubuntu, Fedora,... I only had one partition free (sda16) to install Archlinux with success.  Gparted shows me: sda16, ext4, 692MiB (9 GB free); in Ubuntu I can see the files of  sda16 - it looks good.
I created a username and a password; after that:

/etc/rc.sysinit

and got the message:

sda16 mounted...erase severe filsystems damage ...

But I don't know the next steps.
alfredo

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#2 2010-06-05 16:13:32

Inxsible
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Re: Starting Archlinux

So are you trying to install arch ?

Have you seen the Beginner's Guide?


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There's no such thing as a stupid question, but there sure are a lot of inquisitive idiots !

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#3 2010-06-05 16:54:45

BKLive
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Re: Starting Archlinux

Additionally, I'm going to say you're probably going to have an issue with hard drive capacity unless you have pre-planned where you /var/cache is going to go (as in, a different partition) as well as your /usr tree because you'll be either scraping by (if you know how to) or the system will error out while trying to install.

But you would know your requirements the best. Whatever they are


Main Arch Setup: HP Pavillion p7-1209, Quad-Core i3-2120 3.3Ghz, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD, Intel Graphics
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#4 2010-06-05 17:03:13

tomk
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Re: Starting Archlinux

How did you come up with the notion of running /etc/rc.sysinit? yikes

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#5 2010-06-05 17:13:01

Ramses de Norre
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Re: Starting Archlinux

BKLive wrote:

Additionally, I'm going to say you're probably going to have an issue with hard drive capacity unless you have pre-planned where you /var/cache is going to go (as in, a different partition) as well as your /usr tree because you'll be either scraping by (if you know how to) or the system will error out while trying to install.

But you would know your requirements the best. Whatever they are

With a 10Gig / partition? I installed just fine on a 10Gig / before..

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#6 2010-06-05 18:05:23

alfredo2010
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Re: Starting Archlinux

Hi!
Thanks for the answers.
I don't try to install Archlinux. The installation was successfull, the bootloader is in sda16, and I booted arch.
I forgot where in the net  I found the idea to start with "rc.sysinit".
But what should I do after booting when the prompt appears?
alfredo

Edit: Part of menu.lst (seen in Ubuntu):

 ...
# general configuration:
timeout   5
default   0
color light-blue/black light-cyan/blue
...
# (0) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux
root   (hd0,15)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda16 ro
initrd /boot/kernel26.img
# (1) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux Fallback
root   (hd0,15)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda16 ro
initrd /boot/kernel26-fallback.img
# (2) Windows
#title Windows
#rootnoverify (hd0,0)
#makeactive
#chainloader +1

Edit2:

The question is: do I need more than 1 Partition?  The installation seemed to be successfull with only 1!

Last edited by alfredo2010 (2010-06-05 18:16:13)

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#7 2010-06-05 18:17:12

Google
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Re: Starting Archlinux

If you want to install Arch,

/arch/install

I would restart and begin with /arch/install to make sure you have everything you need~ but if it works it works. You can use only one partition if you want.

Last edited by Google (2010-06-05 18:17:42)

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#8 2010-06-05 18:26:39

ralvez
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Re: Starting Archlinux

Arch, unlike other distros, is not a full blown distro.
Think of it as a redy-to-customize distro. So, once you installed you must make a decision as to what window manager and Desktop environment you want, (say KDE or Gnome or something else).

So what you are booting into a the bare bones of the OS at this time.

R.

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#9 2010-06-06 08:49:39

alfredo2010
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Re: Starting Archlinux

Hi!
Thanks again, let me repeat: I think the first part of the installation was o.k. The menu shows ArchLinux and Fallback; when I choose ArchLinux, I see: ...runlevel 3, checking filesystems .. clean...mounting.. swap... 2.6.33-ARCH (myhost) (tty1)... myhost login. Please help me to continue at this point - should I login with username and password, and then? Or?
[sda16 has 18 folders: ...bin (82 files),...lib (133),...var (12)]
alfredo

EDIT:
Now I identified my problem: During installation I didn't establish network. I have a USB-modem and thought I could establish the connection later on. Is ist possible to do this now - after login as root?

Last edited by alfredo2010 (2010-06-06 11:21:13)

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#10 2010-06-06 11:52:49

tomk
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Re: Starting Archlinux

I don't know about USB modems specifically, but the general advice for people with your level of experience is to read the Beginners' Guide, as already suggested, and then other relevant wiki pages.

It is clear that you have not done that yet.

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