Arch Linux

bertolo

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Registered: 2007-02-19

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help me i am desperate

Hi!
I need some help.
I found a Arch Linux installation tutorial at: [url]http://www.archlinux.org/static/docs/ar … guide.html[/url
In

Preparing Installation Media
Floppy Install

topic they talk about

Find some blank floppies and write the images to them:
(insert first disk)
# dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0
(insert second disk)
# dd if=root.img of=/dev/fd0

(repeat for any additional add-on images)
# dd if=scsi.img of=/dev/fd0

and i am a bit confused, where  am i suposed to write this?
linux enviroment? linux console?
i tried to use rawrite2 using dosbox, but it always says: Can't figure out how many sectors/tracks .....don't remember more.
help me
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bertolo

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Registered: 2007-02-19

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Re: help me i am desperate

btw i wrote that crazy on knoppix console and it don't say anything else

tom5760

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From: Philadelphia, PA, USA

Registered: 2006-02-05

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Re: help me i am desperate

Do you actually need to use floppies to install?  If you can boot to knoppix, then just use the 0.8 Install CD to install.  I believe the floppy install method is not supported anymore, but I could be wrong.

Download the 0.8 install CD here -> ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/other/0.8/i686 and just follow it step by step to install your system.

bertolo

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Registered: 2007-02-19

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Re: help me i am desperate

i will not install on this pc. lol i am not that dumb

tom5760

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Re: help me i am desperate

I'm not sure I understand your problem.  Can you try explaining it better?  Why can't you just use the regular Arch install CD?  You said you booted to knoppix, so arch should work just fine.

RaisedFist

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Registered: 2007-01-30

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Re: help me i am desperate

he said he booted knoppix on another machine and he wants to install arch on an older one. am I right, bertolo?

and yes, you can create your floppies on the PC with CD where you can boot knoppix and try to boot them on the system you want to install Arch to.

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bertolo

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Registered: 2007-02-19

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Re: help me i am desperate

ya u'r right. but i can't write the disks and i don't know why. help MEE!!!!!!

murkus

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Registered: 2004-03-19

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Re: help me i am desperate

It helps a bit more if you describe your problem accurately. For example do you get an error while trying to write the disk image? What error?

.murkus

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