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chillies

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Registered: 2021-06-13

Posts: 3

newbie @ arch. trying to install to a disk previously used by ubuntu20

Hi,

I'm following the wiki instructions, and have booted to the iso. Trying to prep the disk that originally had ubuntu on it. This is not a multi-boot but a dedicated server: there will be no other OS on it apart from arch.

Here's fdisk output:

1 root@archiso ~ # fdisk -x /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 3.64 TiB, 4000787030016 bytes, 7814037168 sectors
Disk model: HGST HUS724040AL
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 170D79CB-F3BE-43CD-9BC0-25E9EE6696E8
First LBA: 34
Last LBA: 7814037134
Alternative LBA: 7814037167
Partition entries LBA: 2
Allocated partition entries: 128

Device       Start        End    Sectors Type-UUID                            UUID                                 Name Attrs
/dev/sda1     2048       4095       2048 21686148-6449-6E6F-744E-656564454649 BE156831-DE9C-4935-8E0D-9918E6CADA10      
/dev/sda2     4096    2101247    2097152 0FC63DAF-8483-4772-8E79-3D69D8477DE4 A689EE14-B2CD-4B0E-ABCC-2B27CD2AD6BA      
/dev/sda3  2101248 7814033407 7811932160 0FC63DAF-8483-4772-8E79-3D69D8477DE4 5CD8C761-8088-4FDA-A610-5AE1837FB3DF      

I get stuck here:

root@archiso ~ # mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3
mke2fs 1.46.2 (28-Feb-2021)
/dev/sda3 contains a LVM2_member file system
Proceed anyway? (y,N) y
/dev/sda3 is apparently in use by the system; will not make a filesystem here!

thank you for any assistance

captain_sensible

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Registered: 2021-05-29

Posts: 46

Re: newbie @ arch. trying to install to a disk previously used by ubuntu20

if it were me i would wipe the HD and manually (even gParted)  is oK  create new partition table gpt , create a fat 32 efi partition 100MB -300MB ok

root partiton

then swap

then from the booted iso  type in "archinstall" that should give you a "guided" install