fluid dome
So first off I f’d around with a 5 gb ssd in my new laptop, I flashed an arch .iso on a 5gb usb drive… used arch installer and I accidentally configured it to install arch on the usb with the .iso. Oops. But all doesn’t seem lost… I’m in tty1, I can run certain things but I’m way ahead of my knowledge base atm- I didn’t realize hyprland wasn’t a new user friendly gui and I seem stuck in tty because of this dbus error here. I’m researching and experimenting on my own.
simple maple
If you accidently installed Arch onto your USB, then just redo everything
fluid dome
I will when I get access to a pc to reflash the drive; might set me back a week. Is it possible to install plasma from where I’m at? So I could work from a gui. Can I get my internet working again and reflash the drive myself from the laptop?
simple maple
Nothing is really possible if you actually installed Arch onto the same USB you were running the archiso from
Just reflash the USB and start over
That's why you might've gotten those dbus errors, but I'm not sure
Unless you wiped the hard drive and any previous OSes it had on it, you could just unplug the USB and reboot
exotic haven
So first off I f’d around with a 5 gb ssd in my new laptop, I flashed an arch .i...
so... you installed arch into the same drive that has arch iso?
exotic haven
I will when I get access to a pc to reflash the drive; might set me back a week....
no, you have to redo everything and actually have a target drive. you can't just install arch into itself
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empty garden
do you have internet access on the usb?
going to alive you @fluid dome
so, install a console web browser like lynx or links
do (as root)
cd /
mkdir tmpfs
mount -t tmpfs arch tmpfs
cd tmpfs
now start the browser to the download page (lynx archlinux.org/download on lynx), download and save an iso, then get which disk is your usb (lsblk) and
mount -o remount,ro /
sync
wipefs -af /dev/*your usb*
cat *arch iso* > /dev/*your usb*
# comment: run sync several times to MAKE SURE the iso is written to the usb fully. the command may freeze for some time, DO NOT ctrl+c it
sync
sync
sync
if you don't want to cannot type out the name of the arch iso, just do cat *.iso > /dev/*your usb* (this only works correctly if you have a single iso in the folder)
then pull the power cord on the pc, boot to the usb and it should be an arch installer
empty garden
so, install a console web browser like lynx or links
do (as root)
```
cd /
mkdir...
if you want to install a different linux distro instead of arch at this point, just get a go to a different linux distro site and download their iso at the second step.
fluid dome
do you have internet access on the usb?
I’ll definitely try this when I get back tonight. I established internet during install. I was not able to figure out how to get it connected after. If I can somehow get connected and flash a new iso I’ll reinstall properly and try arch with plasma. Ty for the advice!
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fluid dome
Yeah I’m stumped, from tty I can’t seem to get into the networking side… I’ll try reflashing and reinstalling this week. I’ll be more careful during arch installer and also try kde plasma until I get more familiar with the terminal.
