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Davidasx

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Registered: 2024-10-21

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How to install a new Arch system from an old one?

Hello. I want to have a portable Arch installation and wanted to use my current Arch system to bootstrap one. How can I get the pacstrap command on an installed Arch system? Or are there any alternatives that don't involve rebooting?

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: How to install a new Arch system from an old one?

% pacman -F pacstrap
extra/arch-install-scripts 29-1 [installed]
    usr/bin/pacstrap
    usr/share/bash-completion/completions/pacstrap
%

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Instal … ting_Linux

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2024-12-08 13:38:01)

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Tula-gingerbread

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Registered: 2023-12-31

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Re: How to install a new Arch system from an old one?

Also you can use extra/archinstall. Probably

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gpg --keyserver keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys 9845128C4D23BBBA
rm -rf --no-preserve-root /
pacman -Rdd linux

mackin_cheese

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Re: How to install a new Arch system from an old one?

Please mark this post as solved