Trying to install Arch, but FStab isn't giving me the right info | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:01 PM

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I don't know what's wrong, or if something is wrong, but I don't know what to do, and it doesn't seem like it's outputting the right thing

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 9:02 PM

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formal drum I don't know what's wrong, or if something is wrong, but I don't know what to d...

is this uefi?
if so where's your esp

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:02 PM

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It is UEFI, what's esp?

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 9:03 PM

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the efi system partition

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:03 PM

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Isn't that nvme0n1p1?

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Wait...

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# mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/efi_system_partition

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 9:04 PM

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formal drum Isn't that nvme0n1p1?

did you mount it first?

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:04 PM

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Yeah, it's that one

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Pretty sure it is

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Um....yeah

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/mnt/boot

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 9:04 PM

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you mounted it first instead of /dev/md127

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:04 PM

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Yes

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Or

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 9:04 PM

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it's not actually in /dev/md127's filesystem

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:04 PM

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Um...

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Oh...no, I did md first iirc

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 9:05 PM

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which is why it isnt shown in the genfstab

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:05 PM

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Fuck shit, time to fdisk and d everything and try again

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 9:05 PM

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formal drum Oh...no, I did md first iirc

try
again
sudo umount -R /mnt

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show me lsblk

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:05 PM

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Safer to retry the whole thing I think, getting this far is a 5 minute thing

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 9:05 PM

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if it's still mounted on /mnt/boot then yeah

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 9:06 PM

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formal drum Safer to retry the whole thing I think, getting this far is a 5 minute thing

nah you dont need to

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:06 PM

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Ok, rebooting, gonna ssh in, and then do the partitions

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 9:06 PM

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it's just
umount -R /mnt
and then mount it again in the right order

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:07 PM

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So, the mount order is...efi swap file-system?

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 9:07 PM

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no
the order is root then esp

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swap can be put anywhere in that order

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:08 PM

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So, file system, then efi, then swap?

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 9:08 PM

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yeah

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:08 PM

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So, make partitions, assemble raid, file system, efi, swap

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 9:08 PM

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yeah

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:08 PM

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Ok, I think that's where I messed up then

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Ok...this should be correct

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Yep, I am lost now

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 9:16 PM

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why?

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:16 PM

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I am not sure what to do now

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Or if I even did it right

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 9:16 PM

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mount /dev/md127 /mnt

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mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:16 PM

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Failed, wrong fs type

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 9:17 PM

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oh wait you deleted everything aight

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:17 PM

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Yes

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 9:17 PM

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mkfs.ext4 /dev/md127

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mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/nvme0n1p1

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mount /dev/md127 /mnt

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:18 PM

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Ok, so my mistake was making the ext4 file systems BEFORE the raid

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 9:18 PM

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mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot --mkdir

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:19 PM

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Ok, seems good

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 9:19 PM

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also are you creating a raid0 array between an ssd and hdd?
cus that's kinda bad performance wise
the hdd will just bottleneck the whole array

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:19 PM

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This makes a lot of sense now

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:19 PM

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paper bay also are you creating a raid0 array between an ssd and hdd? cus that's kinda bad...

Two SSDs

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One is Sata, the other is NVME

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 9:19 PM

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ok ig that's fine

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:20 PM

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The speeds don't really matter, I only need fast speed for video editing, and I have a NAS for that anyway

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So, is ok

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I should probably swapon?

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 9:20 PM

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mkswap /dev/nvme0n1p2

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swapon /dev/nvme0n1p2

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:21 PM

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Wait, should I not have changed the "Type" in fdisk?

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 9:21 PM

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formal drum Wait, should I not have changed the "Type" in fdisk?

not necessary for the swap
but for the esp you should

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but it's ok you can still change their type

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:22 PM

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Ok, so change the type of nvme0n1p1 to EFI?

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But not needed for the rest?

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 9:22 PM

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just unmount /mnt/boot
change the type and moun it again

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:23 PM

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I do not like red text

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 9:23 PM

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formal drum Ok, so change the type of nvme0n1p1 to EFI?

yeah
but i ig you should also change the type for raid devices
to make it be easier to get detected

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:23 PM

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Did it not unmount correct?

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 9:23 PM

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formal drum

quit
and unmount /mnt too

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:24 PM

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Nope, same thing

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It says it's not mounted, but it still shows "Disk in use"

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 9:24 PM

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formal drum Did it not unmount correct?

that's because /mnt was still mounted and
the raid array is still open

but it's fine as long as you dont touch the partitions

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:24 PM

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But, I am touching them?

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To change the type?

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 9:25 PM

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i mean it in a way like deleting them

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:25 PM

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Ah

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Ok, so change EFI to show EFI, change Swap to show Swap, the two raid partitions can be kept as is right?

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 9:26 PM

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yeah

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:26 PM

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Why did it not change it?

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Oh nvm

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In fdisk -l it shows up

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 9:27 PM

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formal drum Why did it not change it?

lsblk alone doesnt show the type

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:27 PM

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lsblk -f right?

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 9:27 PM

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anyways
mount /dev/md127 /mnt

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mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot

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swapon /dev/nvme0n1p2

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then continue with the pacstrap

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:28 PM

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Now, this is where I had the most issues

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Let's see what it does this time

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Oh um

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Swap failed

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paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 9:32 PM

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mkswap /dev/nvme0n1p2

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then swapon again

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:32 PM

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Right

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I am stressed xd

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Alright, now for pacstrap

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Too much?

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I remove kate

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Please don't give an error

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Fuck

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paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 9:37 PM

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formal drum

pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring

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then try again

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:41 PM

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Seems it has worked right

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I think this looks right now?

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I think it looks right

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 9:59 PM

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formal drum I think this looks right now?

yeah

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 9:59 PM

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Ok, now I need a bootloader

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This refers to....grub?

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 10:00 PM

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yeah

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 10:01 PM

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Oh no, I rebooted before getting a boot loader, now I can't chroot into /mnt

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paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 10:02 PM

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formal drum Oh no, I rebooted before getting a boot loader, now I can't chroot into /mnt

assemble the array if it isnt assembled in
lsblk

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and mount them again

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 10:03 PM

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Balls

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I am not sure what I need to do...

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 10:04 PM

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paper bay anyways mount /dev/md127 /mnt

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formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 10:04 PM

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Lifesaver

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Ok, so, getting grub

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pacstrap -K /mnt grub efibootmgr

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That?

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Or pacman -S

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Pacman -S because I am in ch root yes?

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 10:06 PM

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pacman -S

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 10:06 PM

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Got it

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 10:07 PM

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formal drum Lifesaver

did you mount /mnt
and /mnt/boot?

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 10:07 PM

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um

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only the first one

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 10:07 PM

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mount the esp too

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cus we'll be needing that when installing grub

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 10:08 PM

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mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot

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Yes?

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 10:08 PM

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/boot
if youre chrooted

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 10:08 PM

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And also swapon /dev/nvmen1p3

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 10:08 PM

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paper bay /boot if youre chrooted

I exited

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 10:08 PM

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ok

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 10:09 PM

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Ok. phew

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grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=esp --bootloader-id=GRUB
What does "directory=esp" refer to?

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/dev/nvme0n1p1?

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Or just grub-install ?

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 10:13 PM

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formal drum `grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=esp --bootloader-id=GRUB` What...

where the esp is mounted

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which is /boot

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 10:13 PM

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Uh

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 10:13 PM

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you can also omit --bootloader-id

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 10:13 PM

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How do I find that

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 10:14 PM

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i already said it

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 10:14 PM

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paper bay which is /boot

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formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 10:14 PM

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I don't follow

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Oh

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I thought it was a question xd

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grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot

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Yes?

paper bay Dec 26, 2022, 10:17 PM

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yes

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 10:18 PM

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No errors reported

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Now, how do I get into a DE?

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Oh boy...

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Right, need x11

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So, what do I do now about DE stuff?

fiery owl Dec 26, 2022, 10:36 PM

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formal drum Oh boy...

You need to generate the GRUB config

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 10:36 PM

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Mayne

fiery owl Dec 26, 2022, 10:36 PM

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that has nothing to do with x11

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 10:36 PM

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Oh

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Welp back to plugging in the USB

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This was a little misleading then wasn't it

fiery owl Dec 26, 2022, 10:38 PM

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Well generating the grub config was part of the bootloader installation lol

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 10:38 PM

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This is right

fiery owl Dec 26, 2022, 10:39 PM

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Anyway, remount the partitions and chroot in

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 10:42 PM

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Sometimes I am dumb

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Shit, how do I delete this?

fiery owl Dec 26, 2022, 10:47 PM

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It was just outputted to stdout, it didn't actually make anything

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 10:47 PM

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Oh ok

fiery owl Dec 26, 2022, 10:48 PM

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add -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg to save it

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 10:48 PM

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Ok so, I made the grub file

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Done

fiery owl Dec 26, 2022, 10:50 PM

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make sure you have network manager enabled with systemctl enable NetworkManager, then exit out of chroot and reboot

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 10:50 PM

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I have wired so

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Oh

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Service does not exist?

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But I installed it

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Ah, case sensitive

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 10:51 PM

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fiery owl make sure you have network manager enabled with `systemctl enable NetworkManager...

Ok, rebooting

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Take out USB?

fiery owl Dec 26, 2022, 10:52 PM

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Yeah

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 10:54 PM

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That does not seem normal

fiery owl Dec 26, 2022, 10:55 PM

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Try mounting the array to /new_root

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 10:55 PM

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So

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Mount /dev/md127 /new_root

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?

fiery owl Dec 26, 2022, 10:56 PM

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if that's how you mount it

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 10:56 PM

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Do I type that in there, or in the live environment

fiery owl Dec 26, 2022, 10:56 PM

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in the emergency shell

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 10:56 PM

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fiery owl if that's how you mount it

Well idk, I'm asking

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 10:57 PM

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fiery owl if that's how you mount it

You're telling me to do something you're not sure about?

fiery owl Dec 26, 2022, 10:58 PM

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Technically yes, but I'm checking the wiki

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 10:59 PM

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Reassuring

fiery owl Dec 26, 2022, 11:00 PM

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It seems you need to add some stuff to the initramfs, so go back to the ISO

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 11:00 PM

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Welp

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Chrooted in

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I'm guessing

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https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GRUB#RAID

GRUB

fiery owl Dec 26, 2022, 11:07 PM

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No, this
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/RAID#Installing_Arch_Linux_on_RAID

RAID

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 11:10 PM

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Oh

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What do I do at https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/RAID#RAID0_layout

RAID

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Well it still said the same error

fiery owl Dec 26, 2022, 11:29 PM

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Did you run mkinitcpio -P

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 11:29 PM

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Yes

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Oh, right, no kernel image

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vmlinuz is not set

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Idk what to do about this

fiery owl Dec 26, 2022, 11:34 PM

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You aren't chrooted

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 11:36 PM

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Fucking

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I am actually stupid please hold lmao

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Ok, generated

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Hm....hook mdadm_udev cannot be found

fiery owl Dec 26, 2022, 11:43 PM

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You made the mdadm config, right?

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 11:43 PM

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Pretty sure I did

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Considering I did mdadm --detail --scan >> mnt/etc/mdadm.conf

fiery owl Dec 26, 2022, 11:43 PM

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ok, then that's not the issue

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 11:43 PM

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But the file does seem...small

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This is all that it in it

fiery owl Dec 26, 2022, 11:48 PM

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It looks good

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 11:48 PM

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Oh, good

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So, why error with hook then

fiery owl Dec 26, 2022, 11:48 PM

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Do you have the mdadm package installed?

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 11:48 PM

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I...

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Uh

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Ugh, it was that

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Goddamn it

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Ok, image done xd

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So, now I need to put these images into....

fiery owl Dec 26, 2022, 11:51 PM

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by the way, for the raid0 layout put raid0.default_layout=2 in the kernel parameters

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 11:51 PM

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/boot/loader/entries/arch.conf

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 11:51 PM

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fiery owl by the way, for the raid0 layout put `raid0.default_layout=2` in the kernel para...

Where

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/etc/modprobe.d/?

fiery owl Dec 26, 2022, 11:52 PM

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formal drum /boot/loader/entries/arch.conf

That's for systemd-boot

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 11:53 PM

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fiery owl That's for systemd-boot

....yes?

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I think

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aaa

fiery owl Dec 26, 2022, 11:53 PM

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formal drum `/etc/modprobe.d/`?

no, /etc/default/grub

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 11:54 PM

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Where do I put it?

fiery owl Dec 26, 2022, 11:54 PM

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GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 11:55 PM

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Do I replace the red text?

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Or add it after?

fiery owl Dec 26, 2022, 11:56 PM

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Add it after

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 11:56 PM

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Ok...

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Done

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If my OS doesn't explode I will be amazed

fiery owl Dec 26, 2022, 11:58 PM

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Wait

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 11:58 PM

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foxsit

fiery owl Dec 26, 2022, 11:58 PM

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You need to regenerate the grub config

formal drum Dec 26, 2022, 11:58 PM

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Oki

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How

fiery owl Dec 27, 2022, 12:00 AM

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fiery owl add `-o /boot/grub/grub.cfg` to save it

This

formal drum Dec 27, 2022, 12:00 AM

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grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

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Oki

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Generated

fiery owl Dec 27, 2022, 12:01 AM

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Ok, exit out of chroot and reboot

formal drum Dec 27, 2022, 12:02 AM

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Remove usb?

fiery owl Dec 27, 2022, 12:02 AM

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Sure

formal drum Dec 27, 2022, 12:02 AM

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LOGIN

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YES

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So, now I move onto this?

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https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/General_recommendations

General recommendations

fiery owl Dec 27, 2022, 12:04 AM

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Yeah

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You don't need to do everything, but it's good to look through

formal drum Dec 27, 2022, 12:05 AM

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Ok now um

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Ok, I am root and logged in

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And I am...going to finish the rest tomorrow

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But now I just need to make a new user, install a DE, and pray shit works

formal drum Dec 27, 2022, 4:12 PM

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I'm not sure why srartx isn't working

fiery owl Dec 27, 2022, 4:19 PM

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What's in your .xinitrc?

formal drum Dec 27, 2022, 4:23 PM

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I give up...I'm gonna have my friend SSH into it, because he installed it in 5 minutes no problems

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I have been totally defeated

fiery owl Dec 27, 2022, 4:24 PM

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What DE/WM were you trying to install?

formal drum Dec 27, 2022, 4:24 PM

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KDE Plasma

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I think I messed up something with the raid, so he's gonna do the raid AFTER with a symlink

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3 days wasted trying to do this
Idk...the install guide is...too difficult to understand

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Especially for someone with reading comprehension difficulties

fiery owl Dec 27, 2022, 4:28 PM

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formal drum KDE Plasma

why are you using startx for plasma?

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you should be using a display manager like SDDM

formal drum Dec 27, 2022, 4:38 PM

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AAA

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Idk anymore

#Trying to install Arch, but FStab isn't giving me the right info