Using archie to install arch?

RobK · 2005-12-09 17:04:38

I see that the archie LiveCD has an install script to install on the HD.

Do I need to download the arch install CD to install arch? Or can I use the archie LiveCD (which will do some hardware autodeceting for me).

Are there are cons in using the archie LiveCD?

Rob

dtw · 2005-12-09 17:22:14

Yeah, hd-install doesn't work brilliantly yet!

Have a look for archbootstrap and tarbuild (i think) - that's a good way of installing from within another running distro - i use archbootstrap all the time to do installs and i think that should work with from within archie just fine

RobK · 2005-12-09 18:42:51

Where are the archbootstrap and tarball? On the arch Installation CD?

I have a working Slackware based distro wtking on my PC. But I was told it is best to reformat the partitions and do a fresh install to move to arch.

Since I have a archie LiveCD, I though I might use that. But it looks like it might be best for me to download and use the arch 0.7 install CD.

Rob

dtw · 2005-12-09 19:50:14

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … hbootstrap

RobK · 2005-12-09 20:10:18

Thanks. That is what I needed to know!

Rob

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Using archie to install arch?

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Re: Using archie to install arch?

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Re: Using archie to install arch?

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