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ArchLinux [message #354335] Fri, 13 October 2017 10:56 Go to next message
mausg is currently offline  mausg
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Being curious, I tried installing Arch Linux on a spare drive- Its a
nightmare


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Re: ArchLinux [message #354342 is a reply to message #354335] Fri, 13 October 2017 12:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Originally posted by: Gareth's Downstairs Computer

On 13/10/2017 15:56, mausg@mail.com wrote:
> Being curious, I tried installing Arch Linux on a spare drive- Its a
> nightmare
>
>

Arch as in wicked or cunning?
Re: ArchLinux [message #354350 is a reply to message #354335] Fri, 13 October 2017 13:59 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Originally posted by: Whiskers

On 2017-10-13, mausg@mail.com <mausg@mail.com> wrote:
>
> Being curious, I tried installing Arch Linux on a spare drive- Its a
> nightmare

It needn't be. Take it slowly to get used to the manual installation
and set-up; refer to <https://wiki.archlinux.org/> and if necessary
<https://bbs.archlinux.org/>; both excellent resources. It certainly
isn't a 'pop in the DVD and let it run' sort of installation.

Arch probably won't suit everyone; that's fine, there are plenty of
other distros out there, each with its own characteristics.

My introduction to Linux came via Mandrake 9, having failed to get
anywhere with Red Hat and Slackware. Eventually I felt confident enough
to look around again, and found that Arch suited me very well - once I'd
consigned my Mandriva mindset to the same place as my Windows 98
mindset. Others I looked at included Gentoo and Source Mage.

Any rolling release will sometimes require extensive and detailed admin
involvement when fundamental parts of the system are changed
significantly, which other distros get around as part of their routine
'reinstallation' approach.

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Re: ArchLinux [message #354351 is a reply to message #354350] Fri, 13 October 2017 14:26 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On 2017-10-13, Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> wrote:
> On 2017-10-13, mausg@mail.com <mausg@mail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Being curious, I tried installing Arch Linux on a spare drive- Its a
>> nightmare
>
> It needn't be. Take it slowly to get used to the manual installation
> and set-up; refer to <https://wiki.archlinux.org/> and if necessary
> <https://bbs.archlinux.org/>; both excellent resources. It certainly
> isn't a 'pop in the DVD and let it run' sort of installation.
>
> Arch probably won't suit everyone; that's fine, there are plenty of
> other distros out there, each with its own characteristics.
>
> My introduction to Linux came via Mandrake 9, having failed to get
> anywhere with Red Hat and Slackware. Eventually I felt confident enough
> to look around again, and found that Arch suited me very well - once I'd
> consigned my Mandriva mindset to the same place as my Windows 98
> mindset. Others I looked at included Gentoo and Source Mage.
>
> Any rolling release will sometimes require extensive and detailed admin
> involvement when fundamental parts of the system are changed
> significantly, which other distros get around as part of their routine
> 'reinstallation' approach.
>

Yo are wright :) I will try again.
(once more into the breach, Dear Friends)


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Re: ArchLinux [message #354352 is a reply to message #354335] Fri, 13 October 2017 14:47 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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mausg@mail.com writes:

> Being curious, I tried installing Arch Linux on a spare drive- Its a
> nightmare

Compared to what? Slackware Linux? RedHat Linux? Windoes XP?
Windoes 10? Some recent Mac version?

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Re: ArchLinux [message #354361 is a reply to message #354335] Fri, 13 October 2017 15:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Originally posted by: Melzzzzz

On 2017-10-13, mausg@mail.com <mausg@mail.com> wrote:
>
> Being curious, I tried installing Arch Linux on a spare drive- Its a
> nightmare
>

Try Antergos, it's Arch with installer. I use Manjaro, which is also
Arch based but has more differencies (Arch for lame people like me ;).

>


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Re: ArchLinux [message #354365 is a reply to message #354361] Fri, 13 October 2017 17:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On 2017-10-13, Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> wrote:
> On 2017-10-13, mausg@mail.com <mausg@mail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Being curious, I tried installing Arch Linux on a spare drive- Its a
>> nightmare
>>
>
> Try Antergos, it's Arch with installer. I use Manjaro, which is also
> Arch based but has more differencies (Arch for lame people like me ;).
>
>>
>
>


Aaaargh. It Contains Gnome. It burns, it burns!


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Re: ArchLinux [message #354366 is a reply to message #354352] Fri, 13 October 2017 17:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On 2017-10-13, Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
>
> mausg@mail.com writes:
>
>> Being curious, I tried installing Arch Linux on a spare drive- Its a
>> nightmare
>
> Compared to what? Slackware Linux? RedHat Linux? Windoes XP?
> Windoes 10? Some recent Mac version?
>

I have used Slackware since I have used Linux.. and like it more and
more every day, yes, no proper packaging system, but it has all the
stuff you really want.. Even Texlive, now.

Trying to installArch _is_ a nightmare, but now on second attempt,
kinda fun.


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Re: ArchLinux [message #354367 is a reply to message #354365] Fri, 13 October 2017 17:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Originally posted by: Melzzzzz

On 2017-10-13, mausg@mail.com <mausg@mail.com> wrote:
> On 2017-10-13, Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> wrote:
>> On 2017-10-13, mausg@mail.com <mausg@mail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Being curious, I tried installing Arch Linux on a spare drive- Its a
>>> nightmare
>>>
>>
>> Try Antergos, it's Arch with installer. I use Manjaro, which is also
>> Arch based but has more differencies (Arch for lame people like me ;).
>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> Aaaargh. It Contains Gnome. It burns, it burns!

You kinda don't like Gnome ;p ?

>
>


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Re: ArchLinux [message #354369 is a reply to message #354352] Fri, 13 October 2017 17:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
>
> mausg@mail.com writes:
>
>> Being curious, I tried installing Arch Linux on a spare drive- Its a
>> nightmare
>
> Compared to what? Slackware Linux? RedHat Linux? Windoes XP?
> Windoes 10? Some recent Mac version?
>

Every time I have a problem installing Linux I realize that I wouldn't even
*attempt* to install windoze.

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Re: ArchLinux [message #354383 is a reply to message #354366] Fri, 13 October 2017 23:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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mausg@mail.com writes:

> On 2017-10-13, Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
>
>> mausg@mail.com writes:
>>
>>> Being curious, I tried installing Arch Linux on a spare drive- Its a
>>> nightmare
>>
>> Compared to what? Slackware Linux? RedHat Linux? Windoes XP?
>> Windoes 10? Some recent Mac version?
>
> I have used Slackware since I have used Linux.. and like it more and
> more every day, yes, no proper packaging system, but it has all the
> stuff you really want.. Even Texlive, now.

Ah, right. I've been with Slackware since 2000, too. Installing
Slackware has always been a breeze. Well, *almost* always. :-)

> Trying to installArch _is_ a nightmare, but now on second attempt,
> kinda fun.

Digital masochism, eh? ;-)


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Re: ArchLinux [message #354384 is a reply to message #354383] Sat, 14 October 2017 00:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On 2017-10-14, Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:

> mausg@mail.com writes:
>
>> On 2017-10-13, Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
>>
>>> mausg@mail.com writes:
>>>
>>>> Being curious, I tried installing Arch Linux on a spare drive- Its a
>>>> nightmare
>>>
>>> Compared to what? Slackware Linux? RedHat Linux? Windoes XP?
>>> Windoes 10? Some recent Mac version?
>>
>> I have used Slackware since I have used Linux.. and like it more and
>> more every day, yes, no proper packaging system, but it has all the
>> stuff you really want.. Even Texlive, now.
>
> Ah, right. I've been with Slackware since 2000, too. Installing
> Slackware has always been a breeze. Well, *almost* always. :-)

I started off with Slackware, by virtue of the fact that its CD
came with the book I liked best. A couple of years ago, after
trying various distros on my laptop, I made the switch to Debian
because, among other things, it does package management much more
nicely than Slackware.

>> Trying to installArch _is_ a nightmare, but now on second attempt,
>> kinda fun.
>
> Digital masochism, eh? ;-)

You could always try installing Windows if you're really into pain.
I think the only reason J. Random Luser thinks Windows is so nice to
install is because hardly anyone actually does it.

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Re: ArchLinux [message #354387 is a reply to message #354335] Sat, 14 October 2017 03:15 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Sat, 2017-10-14, Dave Garland wrote:
> On 10/13/2017 11:36 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>
>> You could always try installing Windows if you're really into pain.
>> I think the only reason J. Random Luser thinks Windows is so nice to
>> install is because hardly anyone actually does it.
>
> True. But he would find anything difficult to install. "Why doesn't it
> just work?"
>
> I've never actually had that much trouble installing Win, so long as
> I'd visited the hardware manufacturer's website and downloaded drivers
> in advance. But usually it'll work even without, if the hardware isn't
> either ancient or bleeding edge. In some ways it's easier, because you
> are given fewer choices.

I haven't had trouble installing Windows either (at work; wouldn't
dream of doing it at home). Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Windows 10,
OpenBSD -- the install process is rather similar.

(Perhaps you get more interesting problems if you're trying to keep
multiple OSes installed on one machine.)

Anyways, it's /after/ installation that the real problems begin.

/Jorgen

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Re: ArchLinux [message #354394 is a reply to message #354367] Sat, 14 October 2017 05:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On 2017-10-13, Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> wrote:
> On 2017-10-13, mausg@mail.com <mausg@mail.com> wrote:
>> On 2017-10-13, Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> wrote:
>>> On 2017-10-13, mausg@mail.com <mausg@mail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Being curious, I tried installing Arch Linux on a spare drive- Its a
>>>> nightmare
>>>>
>>>
>>> Try Antergos, it's Arch with installer. I use Manjaro, which is also
>>> Arch based but has more differencies (Arch for lame people like me ;).
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> Aaaargh. It Contains Gnome. It burns, it burns!
>
> You kinda don't like Gnome ;p ?
>
>>
>>
>
>

Well, the whole point in Arch or Slack is a good command line.


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Re: ArchLinux [message #354395 is a reply to message #354383] Sat, 14 October 2017 05:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On 2017-10-14, Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
>
> mausg@mail.com writes:
>
>> On 2017-10-13, Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
>>
>>> mausg@mail.com writes:
>>>
>>>> Being curious, I tried installing Arch Linux on a spare drive- Its a
>>>> nightmare
>>>
>>> Compared to what? Slackware Linux? RedHat Linux? Windoes XP?
>>> Windoes 10? Some recent Mac version?
>>
>> I have used Slackware since I have used Linux.. and like it more and
>> more every day, yes, no proper packaging system, but it has all the
>> stuff you really want.. Even Texlive, now.
>
> Ah, right. I've been with Slackware since 2000, too. Installing
> Slackware has always been a breeze. Well, *almost* always. :-)
>
>> Trying to installArch _is_ a nightmare, but now on second attempt,
>> kinda fun.
>
> Digital masochism, eh? ;-)
>
>
>

Cheaper than hiring a large lady :)


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Re: ArchLinux [message #354396 is a reply to message #354384] Sat, 14 October 2017 05:34 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On 2017-10-14, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
> On 2017-10-14, Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
>
>> mausg@mail.com writes:
>>
>>> On 2017-10-13, Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
>>>
>>>> mausg@mail.com writes:
>>>>
>>>> > Being curious, I tried installing Arch Linux on a spare drive- Its a
>>>> > nightmare
>>>>
>>>> Compared to what? Slackware Linux? RedHat Linux? Windoes XP?
>>>> Windoes 10? Some recent Mac version?
>>>
>>> I have used Slackware since I have used Linux.. and like it more and
>>> more every day, yes, no proper packaging system, but it has all the
>>> stuff you really want.. Even Texlive, now.
>>
>> Ah, right. I've been with Slackware since 2000, too. Installing
>> Slackware has always been a breeze. Well, *almost* always. :-)
>
> I started off with Slackware, by virtue of the fact that its CD
> came with the book I liked best. A couple of years ago, after
> trying various distros on my laptop, I made the switch to Debian
> because, among other things, it does package management much more
> nicely than Slackware.
>
>>> Trying to installArch _is_ a nightmare, but now on second attempt,
>>> kinda fun.
>>
>> Digital masochism, eh? ;-)
>
> You could always try installing Windows if you're really into pain.
> I think the only reason J. Random Luser thinks Windows is so nice to
> install is because hardly anyone actually does it.
>

Large proportion of users are not aware that there are other, better
systems.


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Re: ArchLinux [message #354401 is a reply to message #354366] Sat, 14 October 2017 09:30 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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mausg@mail.com wrote:
> On 2017-10-13, Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
>>
>> mausg@mail.com writes:
>>
>>> Being curious, I tried installing Arch Linux on a spare drive- Its a
>>> nightmare
>>
>> Compared to what? Slackware Linux? RedHat Linux? Windoes XP?
>> Windoes 10? Some recent Mac version?
>>
>
> I have used Slackware since I have used Linux.. and like it more and
> more every day, yes, no proper packaging system, but it has all the
> stuff you really want.. Even Texlive, now.
>
> Trying to installArch _is_ a nightmare, but now on second attempt,
> kinda fun.

Because you know how good it will feel when you stop?

/BAH
Re: ArchLinux [message #354417 is a reply to message #354396] Sat, 14 October 2017 16:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On 2017-10-14, mausg@mail.com <mausg@mail.com> wrote:

> On 2017-10-14, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
>
>> You could always try installing Windows if you're really into pain.
>> I think the only reason J. Random Luser thinks Windows is so nice to
>> install is because hardly anyone actually does it.
>
> Large proportion of users are not aware that there are other, better
> systems.

Ignorance is strength.
-- Bill G... oops, George Orwell

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Re: ArchLinux [message #354550 is a reply to message #354401] Mon, 16 October 2017 15:58 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> writes:

> mausg@mail.com wrote:
>> On 2017-10-13, Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:

>>> mausg@mail.com writes:

>>>> Being curious, I tried installing Arch Linux on a spare drive- Its a
>>>> nightmare

>>> Compared to what? Slackware Linux? RedHat Linux? Windoes XP?
>>> Windoes 10? Some recent Mac version?

>> I have used Slackware since I have used Linux.. and like it more and
>> more every day, yes, no proper packaging system, but it has all the
>> stuff you really want.. Even Texlive, now.

>> Trying to installArch _is_ a nightmare, but now on second attempt,
>> kinda fun.

> Because you know how good it will feel when you stop?

Just for giggles, I set up 4 new virtual machines on my Mac yesterday, and
installed {Net,Open,Free}BSD and Arch. The BSDs were all smooth going. Arch
was ... interesting.

I've been an occasional Linux user and administrator since the 1990s, beginning
with Red Hat and SuSE, before Fedora came along. I had years of Unix behind me
(Ultrix, SunOS 4, the Pyramid 90x variety, HP/UX, OSF/1 on Alpha, AIX), so I
was used to niggling little differences. When I needed a Unix-like environment
for a project at what turned into the museum, I looked at Debian/Ubuntu, SuSE,
and RedHat/Fedora, and settled on Slackware 12. Based on my mostly BSD-style
background, it made me very happy. Recently we've had to put RHEL on a server
to run a Gitlab repository, and most recently Debian has replaced Windows
(thank all the deities!) on our Massbus disk emulator backends (Slackware was
the original backend, as a matter of fact).

So I approached Arch as "just another Linux." Ha.

I had to read the "Installation Guide" 3 times before I twigged to the fact
that what I had downloaded was a "live CD" .iso, and that the "preinstallation"
steps they were describing were to be performed *once* *that* *was* *booted*!
I kept looking for a phrase like "OK, boot the CD/image/foobar and then do the
following" in the documentation.

But once I got past that, Arch was very simple to install. I wonder if Maus's
pain was due to an expectation like mine.

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Re: ArchLinux [message #354590 is a reply to message #354550] Tue, 17 October 2017 05:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On 2017-10-16, Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> wrote:
> jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> writes:
>
> the original backend, as a matter of fact).
>
> So I approached Arch as "just another Linux." Ha.
>
> I had to read the "Installation Guide" 3 times before I twigged to the fact
> that what I had downloaded was a "live CD" .iso, and that the "preinstallation"
> steps they were describing were to be performed *once* *that* *was* *booted*!
> I kept looking for a phrase like "OK, boot the CD/image/foobar and then do the
> following" in the documentation.
>
> But once I got past that, Arch was very simple to install. I wonder if Maus's
> pain was due to an expectation like mine.
>

Thanks for that info. When I spent time in school, I discovered that
what seemed difficult would, after thinking about it for a few days,
suddenly become clear. (Would that be "becoming enlightened?").
I have three 'installation' iso's for Arch, will redo the first. All
this is for fun, I am happy with Slack, and debian8 on a backup disk.
I agree with other points..


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Re: ArchLinux [message #354593 is a reply to message #354335] Tue, 17 October 2017 05:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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mausg@mail.com writes:

> Being curious, I tried installing Arch Linux on a spare drive- Its a
> nightmare

I don't remember having any problems but it's been a while. I did a
basic install then went back later to put in KDE and assorted stuff. I
mostly run Debian but I wanted something with a current KDE.
Re: ArchLinux [message #354615 is a reply to message #354550] Tue, 17 October 2017 13:09 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Monday, October 16, 2017 at 1:58:23 PM UTC-6, Rich Alderson wrote:

> I had to read the "Installation Guide" 3 times before I twigged to the fact
> that what I had downloaded was a "live CD" .iso, and that the "preinstallation"
> steps they were describing were to be performed *once* *that* *was* *booted*!

It is very unusual for installing an operating system on one's hard drive to take
place from *a full operating-system screen* that has been put on your computer by
a live CD. Usually, live CDs are designed to lock you out of accidentally doing
bad things to your hard drive.

However, from installing Windows, I do remember messages which did note that the
installation CD was indeed booting up Windows, and those nice installation
screens I was seeing were therefore availing themselves of the Windows API to do
their work, instead of running under some kind of minimal system.

So I guess the people responsible for Arch Linux just decided to make things
simpler for themselves by not trying to disguise the fact that they were using
Linux to power the installer.

The fun starts when you accidentally start the "install Linux" program from an
HD installation of Linux instead of from a live CD...

John Savard
Re: ArchLinux [message #354634 is a reply to message #354615] Tue, 17 October 2017 16:15 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
> On Monday, October 16, 2017 at 1:58:23 PM UTC-6, Rich Alderson wrote:
>
>> I had to read the "Installation Guide" 3 times before I twigged to the fact
>> that what I had downloaded was a "live CD" .iso, and that the "preinstallation"
>> steps they were describing were to be performed *once* *that* *was* *booted*!
>
> It is very unusual for installing an operating system on one's hard drive to take
> place from *a full operating-system screen* that has been put on your computer by
> a live CD. Usually, live CDs are designed to lock you out of accidentally doing
> bad things to your hard drive.

Not in my experience - Fedora! Ubuntu, and others all work as described
above, as dies OS/2. You do get a warning before trashing and/or
partitioning your hard drive.

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Re: ArchLinux [message #354668 is a reply to message #354634] Wed, 18 October 2017 10:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Peter Flass wrote:
> Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
>> On Monday, October 16, 2017 at 1:58:23 PM UTC-6, Rich Alderson wrote:
>>
>>> I had to read the "Installation Guide" 3 times before I twigged to the
fact
>>> that what I had downloaded was a "live CD" .iso, and that the
"preinstallation"
>>> steps they were describing were to be performed *once* *that* *was*
*booted*!
>>
>> It is very unusual for installing an operating system on one's hard drive
to take
>> place from *a full operating-system screen* that has been put on your
computer by
>> a live CD. Usually, live CDs are designed to lock you out of accidentally
doing
>> bad things to your hard drive.
>
> Not in my experience - Fedora! Ubuntu, and others all work as described
> above, as dies OS/2. You do get a warning before trashing and/or
> partitioning your hard drive.
>
<GRIN> Love that typo.

/BAH
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Peter Flass is currently offline  Peter Flass
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jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> wrote:
> Peter Flass wrote:
>> Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
>>> On Monday, October 16, 2017 at 1:58:23 PM UTC-6, Rich Alderson wrote:
>>>
>>>> I had to read the "Installation Guide" 3 times before I twigged to the
> fact
>>>> that what I had downloaded was a "live CD" .iso, and that the
> "preinstallation"
>>>> steps they were describing were to be performed *once* *that* *was*
> *booted*!
>>>
>>> It is very unusual for installing an operating system on one's hard drive
> to take
>>> place from *a full operating-system screen* that has been put on your
> computer by
>>> a live CD. Usually, live CDs are designed to lock you out of accidentally
> doing
>>> bad things to your hard drive.
>>
>> Not in my experience - Fedora! Ubuntu, and others all work as described
>> above, as dies OS/2. You do get a warning before trashing and/or
>> partitioning your hard drive.
>>
> <GRIN> Love that typo.

I noticed that as soon as I posted.

>
> /BAH
>



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