Arch Linux

oui

Member

Registered: 2013-01-20

Posts: 21

old CD's with arch installations ISO's

are they yet usuable?

or, other question

how to start a arch net install from a running old arch base system?

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 13,363

Re: old CD's with arch installations ISO's

If the old iso is post aug 2013 , it should be possible to install arch linux in steps using the arch linux archive server as mirror.
That will be a lot of work and tricky though.

You could try Install from existing Linux

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Trilby

Inspector Parrot

Registered: 2011-11-29

Posts: 30,333

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Re: old CD's with arch installations ISO's

How old are you talking.  All arch installs are "net installs" and they have been for a very long time (if they ever weren't).

But a more important question: why bother?  CDs are cheap.  Get a new one.

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Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 12,421

Re: old CD's with arch installations ISO's

I wouldn't use anything that doesn't have pacman 5+. Without that, hooks won't be run and your new system will be broken.