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frisket

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Registered: 2021-05-22

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Test/demo USB for Arch

I'm baffled by my inability to make a USB of the archlinux-2021.05.01-x86_64.iso

I wrote it to USB and then booted from it, but instead of the expected options to try it out or to install it (like other distros), I just got logged into the command line with only the option to install.

Is there any way to try out Arch before committing to installing it?

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: Test/demo USB for Arch

The terminal is how you "try out" Arch. you will only be in a command line interface, the standard ISO does not ship with a desktop environment/graphical interface. You can technically "try it out" if you have sufficient RAM to install packages you'd want to try directly on the ISO.

If this comes as a surprise to you, maybe read through https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Freque … _questions and try to answer for yourself whether this is what you are looking for.

Last edited by V1del (2021-05-22 19:23:18)

frisket

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Re: Test/demo USB for Arch

OK, my misunderstanding, thanks very much. Can someone please mark this as SOLVED?

Slithery

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Re: Test/demo USB for Arch

OK, my misunderstanding, thanks very much. Can someone please mark this as SOLVED?

Yes, you can...
https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/ … ow-to-post

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ewaller

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Re: Test/demo USB for Arch

You may also want to install it in a virtual machine (Qemu, Virtualbox, etc) to try it out before you install on bare metal.  If you are on Windows, Virtualbox works well if you have objection to using Oracle software.

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Re: Test/demo USB for Arch

I just got logged into the command line...

That's all you get after a full install too.  In fact, the shell (command line) you get in the iso has a lot more bells and whistles than a base install does (zsh w/ grml vs bash).

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