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10 use the power of arch-chroot when your computer crashes

10 use the power of arch-chroot when your computer crashes

Changing root is commonly done for performing system maintenance on systems where booting and/or logging in is no longer possible. Common examples are: Reinstalling the bootloader. Rebuilding the initramfs image. Upgrading or downgrading packages. Resetting a...

2 Going over the FAQ of the Arch Wiki

2 Going over the FAQ of the Arch Wiki

I remember the following elements when reading this page. Arch Linux is a Do-It-Yourself distro a graphical installer is probably not going to be created you need 64 bits hardware it is a rolling release it follows the standard hierarchy standard for the file system...

3 Going over the help reading

3 Going over the help reading

Things I keep in mind after reading the article # is for root (might need sudo depending on situation) $ is for regular user (no sudo required) # can also be used as comment in config files create directory is mkdir /mnt/boot > to redirect the output like echo...

4 Downloading the ISO and setting up virtual box

4 Downloading the ISO and setting up virtual box

We use our standard torrent application Qbittorrent or Transmission or Ktorrent to download the ISO of Arch Linux. Each month there will be a new release. It is only to keep the updates to a minimum. You will install a minimal base installation and build everything up...

Installation of i3 on Arch Linux Phase 4

Installation of i3 on Arch Linux Phase 4

install desktop environmentI3wmInstalling i3 requires only a few commands. Theming and tweaking your Arch Linux system will require more time. All the information about this desktop is here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/i3 sudo pacman -S i3-gapssudo pacman -S...

7 The actual installation of Arch Linux Phase 3

7 The actual installation of Arch Linux Phase 3

let us get graphicalAll this time we have been in this terminal environment. We want to be able to install some kind of desktop environment now : xfce, openbox, i3, deepin, cinnamon,... anything...These are the steps we need to take now.install display serverXORGWe...

6 The actual installation of Arch Linux Phase 2

6 The actual installation of Arch Linux Phase 2

Boot from your SSD, harddisk or VirtualBoxGRUB OR REFINDReboot selecting the first line in grub. Login as root with the password you choose.rootThen type in your password. Confirm NetworkManager activated the internet with pacman -Syu. (sudo is not required since you...