I have a SSD for windows, and hdd with 3 partitions, one for arch linux with 190gb made in windows, rest of 2 with data, I don't want to wipe whole disk while installing. I used archinstall but it is showing me full drive instead of the partition i made. But I can see the partition as named /dev/sdb2 but can't select it. Is there anyway to install arch linux on that partition?
#[SOLVED] Installing arch with windows as dualboot, dual drive
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Also I saw chatgpt, it gave me this command for formatting /dev/sdb2 partition
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb2
Will this work?
hard moon
Also I saw chatgpt, it gave me this command for formatting /dev/sdb2 partition
m...
It will
Just double check that sdb2 is the correct partition
nocturne furnace
Just double check that sdb2 is the correct partition
Ok
Wait lemme boot to linux iso
This is what I see in lsblk
hard moon
This is what I see in lsblk
You said your Linux partition was 190G so I think you want to format /dev/sdb3
You can try mounting it to see if it's the correct one
mount /dev/sdb3 /mnt
If it isn't formatted it will just give you an error which in this case is good
nocturne furnace
`mount /dev/sdb3 /mnt`
Also how to dismount
hard moon
umount /mnt
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Did the command above, how to check now
hard moon
Did it show any errors?
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No
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Yes the old wsl folder (I don't need it)
hard moon
If you are sure that this is the correct partition you can run the umount command and format it
hard moon
It's saying correct unmount to umount y/n
yes
there is no 'n' in the command
just a u
no idea why
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.aw Installation Guide
hard moon
you should be able to start from the pacstrap stage
chapter 2.2
or chapter 2.1 if you want to set mirrors for faster download speeds
nocturne furnace
Do I need to take that partition to /mnt?
hard moon
Do I need to take that partition to /mnt?
yes you should mount it
Also mount your windows EFI partition which I assume is where you want to install the bootloader onto
nocturne furnace
Also mount your windows EFI partition which I assume is where you want to instal...
How
hard moon
Best place to mount it nowadays is /efi so for you mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/efi --mkdir
After mounting it you should be able to see an 'EFI' directory when doing ls /mnt/efi
hard moon
Best place to mount it nowadays is `/efi` so for you `mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/efi -...
The --mkdir will just create the directory if it doesn't exist (which it shouldn't yet) btw
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Ok did it, now
hard moon
If you've mounted both partitions you can start from chapter 2.2
Also do a sanity check with lsblk
Just to make sure everything is fine
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Just to make sure everything is fine
It is fine
pacstrap -K /mnt base linux linux-firmware
Is this cmnds?
hard moon
pacstrap -K /mnt base linux linux-firmware
Is this cmnds?
yeah that looks fine
nocturne furnace
yeah that looks fine
Ok installing packages
true spire
Don't use chatgpt any further for this, all the commands are in the guide
nocturne furnace
Don't use chatgpt any further for this, all the commands are in the guide
Ok
hard moon
If you want to check what a command does you can use man <command>, or install teeldear which gives you a simplified explanation and some use cases for each command with tldr <command>
Here's an example. Literally one of the best programs you can have on your system
nocturne furnace
If you want to check what a command does you can use `man <command>`, or install...
Ok, now installing packages (might take long cuz my net is slow)
Holy such a long list
Btw when linux is installed, will I be able to like see the windows 11 boot menu which lets u choose either windows to open or linux?
hard moon
Holy such a long list
Yeah those are all the packages needed for a basic linux installation. They don't take much space though because most of them follow the Unix philosophy which is make small programs that only do one thing, but do it really well. This is why you end up with so many dependencies
hard moon
Btw when linux is installed, will I be able to like see the windows 11 boot menu...
Yeah
You can either use the Grub bootloader for this (which is pretty simple, but works well) or use the Windows bootloader. I don't know how you configure the latter though so you will have to look that up
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Also how to disable the amd/Radeon gpu as ih it in my lappy (in which installing) which had fried many years ago
Note it is a dgpu, igpu is intel
hard moon
Also how to disable the amd/Radeon gpu as ih it in my lappy (in which installing...
You can probably blacklist the amdgpu driver. I don't remember how you do this myself so you will have to ask in #quick-questions after installing
or search the arch wiki for it. There is usually a page for almost everything
nocturne furnace
You can probably blacklist the amdgpu driver. I don't remember how you do this m...
Ok np
hard moon
You may not need to even do anything at all
If it's fully dead the kernel may not even pick it up and just not load the driver to begin with
nocturne furnace
If it's fully dead the kernel may not even pick it up and just not load the driv...
It's partial dead still detectable
Even detects on windows
And if I try to install driver it will make windows die until I get to safe mode
hard moon
Windows and Linux work differently. Just because windows detects it, doesn't mean that on Linux it will be detected
or it may be detected but simply not load the driver. Drivers do some basic checks when launched, if they fail they'll just not load
You can test this all out later
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or it may be detected but simply not load the driver. Drivers do some basic chec...
It's like fully dead, tried every single version of it in windows but never work, and I don't need either as it will fry os ik
hard moon
You can see if the driver loads with this command. In my case it's loaded so you see output. If it doesn't for you you'll get an error or no output
nocturne furnace
You can see if the driver loads with this command. In my case it's loaded so you...
Will try it on boot
Btw which de would be good, i like hyprland (by looks) but kde as of beginner, but will afterwards I will be able to switch to hyprland if I needed to
hard moon
A DE like KDE is probably the best place to start from. Hyprland is a Window Manager which means it needs a lot of configuration to work. As you said you can always switch later on when you are more comfortable with the terminal and editing config files
true spire
Did you reboot yet from the install?
hard moon
Did you reboot yet from the install?
They are pacstrapping
nocturne furnace
Did you reboot yet from the install?
Still on downloading
true spire
Oh then don't worry about gpu drivers
hard moon
Also are you sure your GPU is fried? If it doesn't work right on Windows it may be because of other issues like broken drivers
I suggest you test it in a game or something like that first because it may just work
nocturne furnace
Also are you sure your GPU is fried? If it doesn't work right on Windows it may ...
No, it doesn't work, tried every single driver, from amd to my lappy manufacturer, nothing works
true spire
Do it after you reboot
nocturne furnace
I suggest you test it in a game or something like that first because it may just...
It will not even let me, what happens if I try to install it, it might freeze install at mid (when display driver installs) or it may install but malfunction the other drivers (it does mostly with intel one)
hard moon
It will not even let me, what happens if I try to install it, it might freeze in...
Did you make sure to remove old drivers before installing the new ones with DDU?
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Did you make sure to remove old drivers before installing the new ones with DDU?
Even used ddu
hard moon
damn
nocturne furnace
Every single thing tried up, many ppl have same issue (possible solution is resoldering of gpu) but for this thing, heh will be not available today
Is it safe to enable secure boot afterwards?
hard moon
Is it safe to enable secure boot afterwards?
Not without configuring it on linux first
but you don't need secure boot
It's not 'secure' at all and doesn't protect you from anything
nocturne furnace
My windows needs it
hard moon
Does it not start without it?
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Defender pops brh
hard moon
Defender pops brh
Just tell it to shut up
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Just tell it to shut up
He's kinda suprememe for windows 11 lol
For many times I was finding to disable it in windows 11, in 10 it was possible but on 11 idk
hard moon
For many times I was finding to disable it in windows 11, in 10 it was possible ...
Don't disable defender, just ignore the warnings or press the button that lets you ignore the specific error
Half of the defender warnings are just data collection, the other are real
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Don't disable defender, just ignore the warnings or press the button that lets y...
Ih second antivirus Kaspersky one
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Just don't click on shady links
Hmm
hard moon
Defender is annoying but will take care of most stuff
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Alr 0.83 mb left to download
nocturne furnace
Defender is annoying but will take care of most stuff
Does packages include audio drivers too?
Alr installation complete
hard moon
Does packages include audio drivers too?
The kernel comes with a lot of audio drivers. Check if those work after boot first. If not you can just install the correct ones afterwards. You'll have to google your system to see what audio driver package you need on Linux
hard moon
Alr installation complete
ok, you can just continue with the installation guide
nocturne furnace
Alr is this the end of installation?
hard moon
That looks fine
nocturne furnace
Can u explain me next steps (boot related)
I am scared to touch boot folders lol
hard moon
Can u explain me next steps (boot related)
You just need to run the genfstab command for now
Don't worry it won't break anything
It will generate an fstab file which is what tells the system what partitions to automatically mount at boot
hard moon
I am scared to touch boot folders lol
Also don't worry about this too much. The worst thing you can do is make your system unbootable in which case you can just fix it through the Live USB later on. It's not like Windows where if you can't fix it, you need to do a full reinstall where you may lose all your files
nocturne furnace
How to create hostname
hard moon
are you chrooted?
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I'm at 3.5
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are you chrooted?
Yes
hard moon
You can install a text editor like nano to edit the /etc/hostname file
personally I would suggest micro. It has some more typical keybinds like Ctrl+X,ctrl+C and ctrl+V for cut copy and paste
nocturne furnace
It is saying to create file hostname
hard moon
It is saying to create file hostname
Most linux text editors create the file automatically upon saving
So you just type <your editor> /etc/hostname, type in your data and then save
nocturne furnace
Nano not found
hard moon
yeah you need to install it using pacman
for installing packages you use pacman -S <package>
so for nano pacman -S nano
as I said earlier, you should probably install teeldear which will show you the basic commands for any package in case you forget them
nocturne furnace
Also tried to run iwctl in chroot (confirming I get net in os) but it also said not found
I'm in nano what to type?
hard moon
Also tried to run iwctl in chroot (confirming I get net in os) but it also said ...
it's not installed by default. Install that as well
arch is minimal, most packages will have to be installed manually
hard moon
I'm in nano what to type?
just type in a name for your linux system
it's basically the same as the "Computer name" on windows
nocturne furnace
Hmm
hard moon
anything is fine. Just don't use spaces
nocturne furnace
Jst write name and save?
nocturne furnace
Uh how to save lol
hard moon
Also I do need to setup user?
you can do that after booting if you want to
nocturne furnace
And what is 3.8
hard moon
The bootloader
nocturne furnace
Do i need to do it?
hard moon
do you want to use a linux Bootloader like Grub or the Windows one?
hard moon
Do i need to do it?
you do need a bootloader to boot
nocturne furnace
do you want to use a linux Bootloader like Grub or the Windows one?
Grub, cuz want to edit the grub file for Radeon
hard moon
Grub, cuz want to edit the grub file for Radeon
I am pretty sure the driver blacklisting happens after booting and not in the bootloader
but grub is probably the easiest choice
nocturne furnace
I am pretty sure the driver blacklisting happens after booting and not in the bo...
As of fedora ik, I use to disable gpu on grub
When boot
hard moon
As of fedora ik, I use to disable gpu on grub
oh ok
then to install grub
install the following packages: grub and efibootmgr
install them using pacman
hard moon
if you do lsblk do you still see the efi partition mounted on /efi?
nocturne furnace
I see /efi on sda1
hard moon
alright
nocturne furnace
And / on sdb3
hard moon
you should be able to run grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/efi --bootloader-id=Arch
hard moon
What's initramfs
it's basically a mini compressed linux system that takes care of some stuff like loading some special drivers before booting into your actual system
nocturne furnace
So do i need it?
hard moon
Probably not but it doesn't hurt running it
nocturne furnace
Ok
hard moon
pacstrap should have generated your initramfs automatically
you are still not done with grub though
open /etc/default/grub in your text editor
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Opened
hard moon
Find this line at the bottom of the file
and remove the hashtag
This will let grub locate other operating systems like Windows so that you can boot into them easily
nocturne furnace
Ok, leave it false?
hard moon
yeah
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Saved
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Fedora didn't work unless types radeon.modeset=0
hard moon
Fedora didn't work unless types radeon.modeset=0
ok then enter that in
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Where
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Done
hard moon
rerun grub-mkconfig after any changes to the grub config
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Only grub-mkconfig
hard moon
Only grub-mkconfig
no add -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
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Done
hard moon
ok the installation should be over now
Did you install network tools for connecting to the internet
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Oh wait lemme install, good timing
hard moon
If you use KDE plasma you'll probably want dhcpcd and Network Manager
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If you use KDE plasma you'll probably want dhcpcd and Network Manager
Hmm
How to install
hard moon
pacman -S dhcpcd networkmanager
after installing them enable their systemd services using systemctl enable dhcpcd and systemctl enable NetworkManager
Oh yeah I also almost forgot
nocturne furnace
On chroot
hard moon
you also need microcode for your CPU
nocturne furnace
you also need microcode for your CPU
Microcode wat
hard moon
you also need microcode for your CPU
Make sure to install intel-ucode since you said you are on an intel cpu
hard moon
Microcode wat
it's basically firmware for your CPU
nocturne furnace
Pacman?
hard moon
yeah
nocturne furnace
It's old cpu i5 3230m
hard moon
any intel cpu will need intel-ucode
you do need to update your initramfs after this one
nocturne furnace
Didn't needed that in fedora but ok I will install
hard moon
mkinitcpio -P if I remember correctly
hard moon
Didn't needed that in fedora but ok I will install
on distros like that it's usually automatically installed
like most things
Arch is a DIY distro
you are expected to install most things by yourself
nocturne furnace
It said initcpio image generation successful
hard moon
If you forget to do networking you'll not be able to install anything and you'll need to boot back into the live ISO to fix it
hard moon
It said initcpio image generation successful
yes that's good
nocturne furnace
It said initcpio image generation successful
After the install
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If you forget to do networking you'll not be able to install anything and you'll...
Ok in chroot
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Hmm
hard moon
you will connect to the WiFi after booting
using the nmtui command
if that's done you can exit chroot using exit
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Ok done
hard moon
then unmount /mnt and everything under it using umount -R /mnt
and reboot
Spam your boot menu key when restarting because grub may not be the default yet
nocturne furnace
/mnt boot as well?
hard moon
/mnt boot as well?
if you use the -R flag it unmounts /mnt and everything under it like /mnt/efi
you should see everything be gone in lsblk too
hard moon
yeah
nocturne furnace
Alr in boot device optiosn
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Yes i came
hard moon
alr
now just select arch at the top and you should hopefully be in
oh wait
did you set a root password?
nocturne furnace
I don't need
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-_-, now chroot again?
nocturne furnace
No in arch
hard moon
Ok reboot and go back into grub
instead of pressing enter at the top option, press 'e'
it should let you edit the boot entry
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I'm in
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Yes
hard moon
this will bypass the login screen
and put you straight into bash
where you can run passwd to set the password
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Ok, I did now run?
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In rootfs ~
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Passwd not found
hard moon
did you do it all in lower case?
nocturne furnace
Yes
hard moon
try /usr/bin/passwd
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hard moon
ok you'll have to boot back into the iso
nocturne furnace
Ok wait
hard moon
poweroff commands don't work here so I think you just need to hold the power button
hard moon
alr
mount your partitions again
so /dev/sdb3 to /mnt
and /dev/sda1 to /mnt/efi
then check lsblk
to make sure everything looks ok
nocturne furnace
Looks good
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Done
hard moon
make sure to do this OUTSIDE chroot
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Yes did outside chroot
hard moon
whoops. The command appends to the file which means you have duplicate entries
Delete the last 4 lines
Though that means your fstab was fine before already so not sure why grub couldn't load the root filesystem correctly
nocturne furnace
Deleted last 4 lines of /dev/sda1 and /dev/sdb3
hard moon
Let's ignore this for now
nocturne furnace
Set passwd from chroot?
hard moon
yeah
nocturne furnace
Done
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It's saying login, but password after
hard moon
It's saying login, but password after
that's good. Just type in root for the user and then your root password you just set
nocturne furnace
I'm in
nocturne furnace
Yes
hard moon
I think if you go to edit connection you should see your WiFi
and you should be able to connect
nocturne furnace
I can't see wifi, only ethernet and loopback
hard moon
I can't see wifi, only ethernet and loopback
what laptop are you using? Maybe you need a specific network package
nocturne furnace
Showing wifi
hard moon
or actually
go back to nmtui
and go to 'activate connection'
then try activating your wifi device
probably starts with Wlan
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Now I can see wifis
hard moon
alr
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Activated
hard moon
did you activate the wlan device and connect to your WiFi?
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I'm connected to wifi
hard moon
alr
type ping google.com to check if it works correctly
you should get back 64 bytes
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I got
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Yes
hard moon
let me find the command
nocturne furnace
Wait, I need to go rn so will do tmrw?
Btw Thank you so much for such big help
Thanks
hard moon
useradd -m -G wheel <username>
hard moon
Btw Thank you so much for such big help
np
nocturne furnace
Will see ya tmrw
hard moon
Make sure to ping me when you are back because I may not see it immideately
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... solved
Continued rn
true spire
?
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I'll tomorrow do more like de and all things i need
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Hmm thanks for the inf
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Okay but you solved the issue you made the thread about
Uh yes, but I need to do more things like de but tmrw
true spire
Then mark this as solved and make another thread if you run into issues
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Ok closing thread, as dualboot issue solved btw
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