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mjb

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From: Germany

Registered: 2012-01-28

Posts: 68

Is it possible to install Arch from an old install medium?

Hello!

I want to erase my harddisc and install Arch.

The problem is: ever since 2013/03 the install mediums won't boot on my computer. They use gummiboot which does not work for me (and many others). A bug report is filed here but has low priority (for reasons that I don't understand. it prevents people from even booting the live medium. probably because it is most likely an upstream problem?).

The last install medium that worked was 2013/02.

The question is: Is it possible to just boot this live medium and still install Arch with the newest packages without problems?

Any help is much appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

Last edited by mjb (2013-11-20 09:04:05)

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Is it possible to install Arch from an old install medium?

It's only a live disk, you always install up to date packages.
If yo have any problems, just come here and post the error messages etc/

clfarron4

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From: London, UK

Registered: 2013-06-28

Posts: 2,163

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Re: Is it possible to install Arch from an old install medium?

I've been using the 201305 installation disk for a few months, and it seems to be working fine. However, once another big change happens, I'll have to use a new media.

Last edited by clfarron4 (2013-11-20 19:53:50)

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