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fluid ginkgo Jan 31, 2023, 9:46 PM

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So it's my first time, I'll be using the guided installer but first I need to setup my wifi

I'm on a laptop, I typed in iwctl but not sure what to do next

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I'm looking at the wiki but I'm still confused

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There's a wlan0

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I disable it?

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Gotcha, gimme a sec

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I looked on the wiki, I should do the rfkill unblock right?

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Rfkill off inst a option, I think it's rfkill unblock

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Ooh that worked

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Then i insert the name, then password
Right?

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Gotcha

drifting crater Jan 31, 2023, 10:01 PM

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they might have more questions about the installation

fluid ginkgo Jan 31, 2023, 10:01 PM

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If it returned nothing then it means I'm connected right?

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drifting crater Jan 31, 2023, 10:02 PM

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Still might have questions

fluid ginkgo Jan 31, 2023, 10:03 PM

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Now that I've set up the wifi i run the guided install?

drifting crater Jan 31, 2023, 10:03 PM

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yep

fluid ginkgo Jan 31, 2023, 10:04 PM

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Alright, it's testing connectivity

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So like
Should I separate partition for home

drifting crater Jan 31, 2023, 10:18 PM

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I don't really see the point in doing it

fluid ginkgo Jan 31, 2023, 10:19 PM

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It's bit hard seeing with that black spot, but I'm certain I set no
Does this look correct?

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I set it to no

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Also why there's 2 partitions?

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Wh
But I'm in the arch install

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Okay i pinged arch Linux, messages are popping up once it's done, then I go into the installer right?

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Crtl d didn't do nothing

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Yea it worked now

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Alright

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This black blob is a pain, but the first one is def my HD

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Hardcore

drifting crater Jan 31, 2023, 10:32 PM

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well

fluid ginkgo Jan 31, 2023, 10:32 PM

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It's the ext4 part then it's the sep partition for home

fluid ginkgo Jan 31, 2023, 10:33 PM

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fluid ginkgo I set it to no

Like then I come back to this, like why does it only say 512mb?

drifting crater Jan 31, 2023, 10:33 PM

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That's your EFI partition

fluid ginkgo Jan 31, 2023, 10:33 PM

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In those 2 partitions, I don't see the 290gb of storage

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Oh

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SystemMD-bootctl is for a single OS
Grub is for dual boot right?

drifting crater Jan 31, 2023, 10:35 PM

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No, they're just different boot loaders

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but systemd-boot is probably better for single boot

fluid ginkgo Jan 31, 2023, 10:35 PM

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Alright

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What is user account
I was watching the distrotube video about this installer but it updated and added more things

drifting crater Jan 31, 2023, 10:37 PM

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What is user account
your account

fluid ginkgo Jan 31, 2023, 10:38 PM

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Oh, it's gonna be hard
Since i can't see a thing

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There's 3 options

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Then enter ... Blank to skip

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I literally can't, it's behind that black blob on my screen
It's a used laptop

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I got it because it was cheap

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Sadly I can't

drifting crater Jan 31, 2023, 10:41 PM

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You could potentially SSH in

fluid ginkgo Jan 31, 2023, 10:42 PM

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Choose ... . From? The list, and select one of available actions for it to execute

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Ssh?

drifting crater Jan 31, 2023, 10:44 PM

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Can you show a photo of it?

fluid ginkgo Jan 31, 2023, 10:47 PM

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It's on the profile

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NONO

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user account

drifting crater Jan 31, 2023, 10:49 PM

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Choose the first one

fluid ginkgo Jan 31, 2023, 10:49 PM

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Then I enter a name

drifting crater Jan 31, 2023, 10:49 PM

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yeah

fluid ginkgo Jan 31, 2023, 10:49 PM

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Then password

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Then it should be super user right?

drifting crater Jan 31, 2023, 10:50 PM

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Yes

fluid ginkgo Jan 31, 2023, 10:50 PM

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Now what
There's 4 options

drifting crater Jan 31, 2023, 10:51 PM

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Choose the second to last one

fluid ginkgo Jan 31, 2023, 10:51 PM

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You mean the third

drifting crater Jan 31, 2023, 10:51 PM

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yeah

fluid ginkgo Jan 31, 2023, 10:51 PM

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Alright done

drifting crater Jan 31, 2023, 10:53 PM

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Here's what the profiles menu says

fluid ginkgo Jan 31, 2023, 10:55 PM

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I'm on the video driver part

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Im very sure I have the all open source selected

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Should I go for it or Intel one?

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This is a Intel i5 3230m, with iGPU HD4000 Graphics

drifting crater Jan 31, 2023, 10:57 PM

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You should go for the intel one

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But I think you already have it selected

fluid ginkgo Jan 31, 2023, 10:58 PM

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fluid ginkgo

In this pic I had the all open source
The one below it is the Intel one I saw the first letter, starts with I

drifting crater Jan 31, 2023, 10:59 PM

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Fair, but yeah select the intel one

fluid ginkgo Jan 31, 2023, 11:00 PM

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Ye I did,
I'm going with pipewire since it's the default now
Kernel, just the default Linux one right?

drifting crater Jan 31, 2023, 11:01 PM

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yeah

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For network you'll probably want to select network manager

fluid ginkgo Jan 31, 2023, 11:02 PM

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There's 3 options for network

drifting crater Jan 31, 2023, 11:03 PM

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Choose the third one, though there's a 4th one behind it the dot

fluid ginkgo Jan 31, 2023, 11:04 PM

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Ye there's a 4th one
But its to pick the 3th one right?

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Its done
Time to test it out

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Alright

drifting crater Jan 31, 2023, 11:06 PM

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You may want to set a timezone, though you can do it later as well

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But everything else looks fine

fluid ginkgo Jan 31, 2023, 11:06 PM

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I'll do it later

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I'll close the thread soon, first waiting it to finish installation and check If i still need to do some troubleshooting

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It seems I can now legally say
I use Arch Btw

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Tho most of the work was already done

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thanks guys!

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#[SOLVED!] Installing ACTUAL arch linux