/sys is empty

HooliganMD · 2007-11-20 20:13:14

Hi
I have been trying for nearly two weeks to get arch linux installed but I cant seem to get it right.

I followed the wiki http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beg … stallation
I found that there are a few differences between that wiki and what I found on my installation. Firstly hwdetect does not get run from the installation as it says in the wiki. After the install I have been trying to get the network card working. the network does not appear in ifconfig, but I do see the card in lspci. when I run hwdetect it tells me to mount /sys as it cant find it.

I do not know what to search for in the forums
the iso version I am using is 0.7.2, two friend(where I got it from) have installed it with no problems
Thanks for your help

byte · 2007-11-20 22:52:52

0.7.2??

http://www.archlinux.org/download/

I bet it's still possible to install with 0.7.2 and bring your system up-to-date afterwards, but for beginners it's _strongly_ advised to use the latest ISO.

Misfit138 · 2007-11-20 23:10:09

The wiki is pretty current, and the Beginner's guide is too. 0.7.2 is about a year old now, so different features have been added/removed since then.
IIRC, you will be met with a kernel panic right off the bat with a 0.7.2 install that will require a change in the initrd line in GRUB..

HooliganMD · 2007-11-21 05:28:34

Thanks for the help I'll try download, I dident really want to since Here is South africa inet is expensive. But I've been told archlinux is the best one to use If you want to learn.

Thanks again

mucknert · 2007-11-21 07:14:53

Arch is also the best one to waste your bandwidth with updates. If downstream is expensive for you, I'd strongly recommend another distribution.

Jack B · 2007-11-21 13:49:59

I'd second that, Arch is a rolling release distro, so I typically download a few meg of updates every day.

ralvez · 2007-11-21 13:57:15

If downloading is a concern and learning is a primary goal take a look at Slackware.
Slackware is the closest you will find to Arch in terms of configuration, speed, reliability and learning to use Linux/Unix.

R.

Last edited by ralvez (2007-11-21 13:59:44)

Misfit138 · 2007-11-21 17:41:07

ralvez wrote:

If downloading is a concern and learning is a primary goal take a look at Slackware.
Slackware is the closest you will find to Arch in terms of configuration, speed, reliability and learning to use Linux/Unix.
R.

I was gonna recommend Slack also, but Slack 12 is a full DVD to download...maybe Vector Slax, or Zenwalk (Slack-based) would be more practical?

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