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Broshward

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Registered: 2025-10-07

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Two vconsoles after loading system

Hello Arch World!
When I installed Arch I made

cp -a /etc /home /opt /root /run /srv /usr /var /mnt

before chrooting.
And after installing the system, I only have two virtual consoles instead of 6 with text from the bootable USB image.
https://i.postimg.cc/ncpcMyRS/IMG-20251007-185159.jpg
I want to have 7 virtual consoles without this text.
I tried to edit to NAutoVTs=7 but it doesn't working.
How I can cancel live-usb behavior?

Mod note: Replaced oversized image with link.

Last edited by schard (2025-10-08 09:40:05)

schard

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Re: Two vconsoles after loading system

Hello Arch World!
When I installed Arch I made

cp -a /etc /home /opt /root /run /srv /usr /var /mnt

before chrooting.

Why would you do that? That's not how you install Arch Linux. Overriding /etc and /usr is a monumentally bad idea.

PS: This also explains your issues here.
I'd suggest you go back to the installation guide and install Arch Linux the correct way.

Last edited by schard (2025-10-08 09:44:04)

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Scimmia

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Re: Two vconsoles after loading system

If it was everything but /var, I would call this salvageable, but even then it probably wouldn't be worth it. Very definitely not worth trying to salvage after overwriting pacman's database.