Insatlling Arch

[Homer119]

I downloaded all the isos and burned them i put them in my drive and i get the linux command prompt (with arch running off cd) i look in the install file (attached) and piss my pants how do i install this to my second drive help!!!!!! thx

[lito]

You have managed to sum up (with only a few words) the way linux affects me most of the time. Thank you for that.

I recently downloaded and have been trying to set up a minimal distribution of linux called Core.
At least they had the decency to tell you up front that it was not user friendly. And they did not call the install short and sweet.

I have no idea what "fdisk /dev/discs/disc0/disc" means, but since you are trying to install this to the second hard drive, I would forget all that and fdisk (partition) /dev/hdb or whatever this drive is called.
You also know the swap partition is going to be /dev/hdb2, and the target partition is /dev/hdb1 ( or something like this).

Of course, I've most likely misunderstood your problem and am going to look stupid for posting this, but I don't care.

Your cry for help touched my heart.

[z0mbix]

Arch uses devfs so /dev/discs/disc0/disc would be the first drive (/dev/hda), the second drive being /dev/discs/disc1/disc (dev/hdb) etc.

[sarah31]

lito: this is from the archlinux.org "about' section:
About

Short: Arch Linux is an i686-optimized linux distribution targeted at competent linux users (read: not afraid of the commandline)

anyway what i would recommend for documentation is visiting the online install docs on archlinux.org.

a quick rundown
fdisk is a partitioning tool
/dev/discs/disc0 would be harddrive a
/dev/discs/disc1 would be your second drive
/dev/discs/disc1/part1 is the first partition of the second drive.
other differences in arch:
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 is the default cdrom

you will have to configure alot of stuff via the commandline. you will need to know what kernel modules your different devices need.

any way please visit the homepage for the install documents. i recommend only installing the base and installing the rest when you are online.

archlinux also has their own forum board and an irc channel.

[lito]

Sarah31 and Cheeky_Zombie:

Thank you for the corrections and the links.
I guess it's pretty obvious that I know little about linux. I am trying to get Core to work now. I will give Arch a shot after this. The command line does not frighten me (That could be a bad thing). Maybe Homer119 and I could lend each other support, but if he took my advice he may be offline for awhile.

Thanks again