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tia_tangerine

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Registered: 2025-09-01

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[SOLVED] I pressed ctrl+c after running pacstrap and it froze.

I just ran pacstrap while following the arch install guide but realized half way through that I had forgotten a package I needed. So, like an idiot, I clicked ctrl+c. The terminal printed

Interrupt signal received

then just sat there. I then realized I may have just made I very expensive mistake. The computer is not frozen. I can type and see the output, but commands don't do anything because it hasn't returned me to the shell. It has been so for about an hour now. I can't think of anything to do except turn it off, but I'm worried that will fry my SSDs. Is there a way I can restart my install without frying my SSDs?

If it matters, the last thing that was printed before I pressed ctrl+c was

==> dkms install --no-depmod nvidia/580.76.05 -k 6.12.44-1-lts

so that's the instruction that was interrupted.

Last edited by tia_tangerine (2025-09-01 09:37:13)

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [SOLVED] I pressed ctrl+c after running pacstrap and it froze.

I can't think of anything to do except turn it off, but I'm worried that will fry my SSDs

A hard reset might corrupt the filesystem but it shouldn't damage the drive. Filesystem corruption doesn't seem to be a problem in this case because you haven't installed the system yet. If the filesystem does become corrupted you can either rely on fsck or simply reformat the partition and start again.

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tia_tangerine

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Re: [SOLVED] I pressed ctrl+c after running pacstrap and it froze.

@Head_on_a_stick I just hard reset the computer, and everything seems fine. Thank you very much!