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#1 2021-05-05 08:06:25

kornelix
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"archinstall" script buggy?

In the section to enter disk partitions and mount points, the prompt says "enter blank when done".
I expect to enter nothing but the Enter key.
The prompt repeats itself in an infinite loop no matter what is entered.

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#2 2021-05-05 08:29:26

V1del
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Re: "archinstall" script buggy?

Moving to the guided installer section.

Is the archinstall.log generated? Can you post it?

@Torxed any pointers?

Last edited by V1del (2021-05-05 08:29:52)

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#3 2021-05-05 08:56:45

progandy
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Re: "archinstall" script buggy?

If you want to keep the existing partitions, it looks like archinstall requires you to mount at least two, the root partition at "/" and a boot partition (the efi partition) at "/boot".

https://github.com/archlinux/archinstal … ded.py#L89

Last edited by progandy (2021-05-05 08:59:08)


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#4 2021-05-05 12:43:11

kornelix
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Re: "archinstall" script buggy?

Thanks. The installer gave no hint of this.

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#5 2021-05-05 16:03:45

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Re: "archinstall" script buggy?


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#6 2021-05-23 17:00:25

Torxed
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Re: "archinstall" script buggy?

kornelix wrote:

Thanks. The installer gave no hint of this.

Apologies for the confusion, I will make this a bit more clear for the next version.
The partitioning is the next main focus of re-working.

Apologies for the delay in answering as well, I still get no notifications from this sub-forum.

Last edited by Torxed (2021-05-23 17:00:43)

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#7 2021-05-23 17:27:36

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Re: "archinstall" script buggy?

Torxed wrote:

Apologies for the delay in answering as well, I still get no notifications from this sub-forum.

You mean even after clicking "Subscribe to this forum"?


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#8 2021-05-23 18:23:09

Torxed
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Re: "archinstall" script buggy?

Alad wrote:
Torxed wrote:

Apologies for the delay in answering as well, I still get no notifications from this sub-forum.

You mean even after clicking "Subscribe to this forum"?

Yepp, asked for support on IRC but haven't heard anything yet.
I do get notifications after subscribing to individual threads however, like this one. But I'd have to actively subscribe to each topic.
https://i.imgur.com/TkHHKaA.jpeg

Last edited by Torxed (2021-05-23 19:39:08)

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#9 2021-05-23 18:28:21

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Re: "archinstall" script buggy?

Read the Code of Conduct and only post thumbnails http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Cod … s_and_code


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#10 2021-05-24 11:24:52

Alad
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Re: "archinstall" script buggy?

Torxed wrote:
Alad wrote:
Torxed wrote:

Apologies for the delay in answering as well, I still get no notifications from this sub-forum.

You mean even after clicking "Subscribe to this forum"?

Yepp, asked for support on IRC but haven't heard anything yet.
I do get notifications after subscribing to individual threads however, like this one. But I'd have to actively subscribe to each topic.
https://i.imgur.com/TkHHKaA.jpeg

How about the atom feed? https://bbs.archlinux.org/extern.php?ac … &type=atom


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#11 2021-05-24 17:07:32

Torxed
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Re: "archinstall" script buggy?

Alad wrote:
Torxed wrote:
Alad wrote:

You mean even after clicking "Subscribe to this forum"?

Yepp, asked for support on IRC but haven't heard anything yet.
I do get notifications after subscribing to individual threads however, like this one. But I'd have to actively subscribe to each topic.
https://i.imgur.com/TkHHKaA.jpeg

How about the atom feed? https://bbs.archlinux.org/extern.php?ac … &type=atom

That contains the topics as expected.

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#12 2021-05-28 23:00:01

colinh
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Re: "archinstall" script buggy?

Does the installer only work with UEFI systems?

If I try booting the iso from a USB stick (in Legacy mode) I get an error. If I boot in UEFI mode, the installer only gives me the option to install a UEFI Arch Linux.

I use BIOS bootmode and an MBR disk (and no separate /boot partition...)

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#13 2021-05-30 10:42:45

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Re: "archinstall" script buggy?

Looks like bios/mbr support has been added[1] [2] in version 2.2.0 which was released 2 days ago [3].


[1] https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/issues/42
[2] https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/issues/280
[3] https://github.com/archlinux/archinstal … tag/v2.2.0


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