I'm actually trying to dual boot arch with my win10 but i don't really know how the setup works since it's just a terminal.
thing to note is that I'm on a legacy bios mode.
soo need someone to help me install it asap
#New to Linux!
dense glade
slate plinth
Arch wiki has you covered, including BIOS mode: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide
dense glade
also mbr file system
slate plinth
Yep, that's in there
wicked light
yeah then probably arch isn't really for you tbh
slate plinth
i don't really get it..
Installing Arch onto a system the "standard" way is a rather complicated process. It gets a lot easier if you understand the steps being taken and why, but it's difficult if you don't. Arch expects you to have a decent understanding of what you're doing at all times, and if you don't, to do the work to learn.
If you aren't ready to dig into how it works just yet, another, easier distro is probably better suited for you. Personally I've heard very good things about Fedora.
You can use the archinstall script that'll walk you through the process, but I'm not sure if it works well with BIOS/MBR setups or not.
wintry panther
yeah then probably arch isn't really for you tbh
I'd find it weird if a new user wasn't at least somewhat confused by the install guide
wicked light
true
exotic plume
My main problem with the install guide is a lack of explanation for how to actually partition the drive
The gentoo install guide, by comparison, is far more descriptive in such steps
hollow spindle
@dense glade you might wanna try installing arch in a vm with the install guide or someones help just to get used to it
sinful salmon
My main problem with the install guide is a lack of explanation for how to actua...
oh yea that's a huge thing. I totally agree
honestly everyone says the install guide assumes you know a lot of stuff but I don't think that's actually true. all of the install guide gives you the commands and details what to do in a way i believe most non-linux could understand
the only part it doesn't do that for is partitioning
hollow spindle
<@600698629501616138> you might wanna try installing arch in a vm with the insta...
most vms are bios by default btw
hollow spindle
honestly everyone says the install guide assumes you know a lot of stuff but I d...
yeah i guess so
i dont know though bc its hard to see from my point of view
sinful salmon
kinda wish the install guide would mention cfdisk tho. fdisk is just 🤢
hollow spindle
gentoo handbook explains partitioning wonderfully
hollow spindle
kinda wish the install guide would mention `cfdisk` tho. `fdisk` is just 🤢
cfdisk is a subset of fdisk
cause like
it means fdisk the editor not the command
cfdisk is technically fdisk
sinful salmon
it means fdisk the editor not the command
it also means the command. it's the example command for the section
hollow spindle
i might be wrong
hollow spindle
it also means the command. it's the example command for the section
the link mentions fdisk the editor
which includes the fdisk command and cfdisk command
sinful salmon
99% of people aren't gonna click on the link to the fdisk page and read the thing that says cfdisk exists imo
hollow spindle
yeah but thats kind of on them technically
i dunno it sounds redundant
maybe the example should say cfdisk
also the wiki page doesnt mention cfdisk afaik
.aw fdisk
earnest vigilBOT
sinful salmon
it does in a coloured box
hollow spindle
yeah
sinful salmon
fdisk was really scary to me when i was first installing arch. i think mentioning cfdisk would be a huge improvement
hollow spindle
agreed
vegancookies thinks cfdisk is the antichrist because it only accepts ‘yes’ for write confirmation
and not y
hollow spindle
lmao absolutely
‘sacrifice’
also its just faster and less work for your brain
because you see what it looks like in an intuitive way at all times
otherwise youd have to memorize everything to get the same speed and safety
anyway
hollow spindle
also its just faster and less work for your brain
ig also you dont press enter
sinful salmon
ig the arch wiki is a wiki
we can always edit it
hollow spindle
fair
valid gust
I'm actually trying to dual boot arch with my win10 but i don't really know how ...
Ofc it's a terminal. That's how vanilla arch works
valid gust
i don't really get it..
Wiki has everything you need to know to get arch running
dense glade
i think my main prob is that i got partitioning issues
wintry panther
ok
valid gust
Archinstall script is broken
dense glade
🙁☹️
dense glade
i dont really get it but what if i just replace it with my windows 10?
thinking bout that
i dont really know if i should do that
maybe i shouldnt
im not really left with any other choice
wintry panther
dualbooting isn't that hard
dense glade
then help ig?
im on mbr file system with legacy bios
its not letting me make partitions during installation
wintry panther
what are you using to partition and what's not working?
dense glade
yea i neeed to go through the installation again to remember that
lemme just do it rq
@wintry panther
wintry panther
MBR only allows 4 partitions by default
wintry panther
you only need one linux partition for BIOS
wintry panther
how big is sda4?
wintry panther
and is that your linux partition?
wintry panther
what's sda4 for?
wintry panther
can you show the rest of cfdisk?
wintry panther
that's a weird partition scheme...
wintry panther
I know
dense glade
okay so uh what's next?
wintry panther
well I'm confused about why windows made three partitions that big
dense glade
how else is it supposed to be?
wintry panther
well typically it's a 500m, most of the disk, then a partition that's about 1 gb
dense glade
so what can we do about that?
dense glade
...
earnest vigilBOT
Too few arguments for command note!
Usage: .note <name>
wintry panther
is sda4 being used for anything
dense glade
empty
wintry panther
you could try deleting that and hope it doesn't break anything
dense glade
I'm just gonna gpt and uefi first ig
hollow spindle
based
dense glade
okay so uh what gpu am i suppose to choose here?
wintry panther
well, what GPU do you have?
