installing arch

[gusty cobalt]

I’m trying to get arch Linux on my pc but i have two drives and on my secondary one, (i have to force load by pressing F8 on startup) i want to actually get arch, since i currently have rocky installed. but i have two drives as i said and my other one is a windows one, which I’m actually terrified to wipe (although i don’t mind wiping the current Linux one since it has no important files) so i don’t exactly know what to do here. i was told to write “lsblk” so here are all my devices. is there a way i can make sure Linux is being installed on the proper drive?

ok so

what do i do now

[gloomy rune]

yeah wtf I've never seen that before that's funny lol (not a problem tho)

[gusty cobalt]

ooh

[odd fable]

That's lvm

[gusty cobalt]

I’m assuming sda is windows since it has a “swap” item

[gloomy rune]

so you have 4 drives connected to your computer, 1 NVME SSD (thin stick) and 3 hard drives (big chunky ones, 2.5 inch, 3.5 inch, or usb)

[odd fable]

...

Bro

[gusty cobalt]

hi

[odd fable]

That's completely wrong

[gusty cobalt]

oh my bad

[odd fable]

Also you can see filesystems by adding -f

[gloomy rune]

it looks like you already installed linux

[gloomy rune]

pff 💀 bro has a red name fore a reason

[gusty cobalt]

yes one of them already has Linux but it’s rocky

[gloomy rune]

is that the one you're wanting the linux on now?

[gusty cobalt]

and I’m trying to get Linux arch

yes

[odd fable]

Gotta deactivate the lvm volume group if you want to format that partition
Or you can keep using lvm and format the filesystems

[gloomy rune]

well I was wanting to help but I feel I'm out of my depth

[odd fable]

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/LVM#Deactivating_a_volume_group

[chrome viper]

change title to "installing arch"

[odd fable]

I'm going to sleep

[gusty cobalt]

installing arch

[gusty cobalt]

wdym

[chrome viper]

thanks @gusty cobalt

[minor zenith]

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[gusty cobalt]

yay

[chrome viper]

also on the 1st post, elaborate your issue

.s litany

[chilly linden]

Please follow the Standard Litany when asking a question:
• What was your environment? What was your operating system, configuration?
• What did you do? What did you run or test? Where?
• What actually happened? What were the exact results, complete log contents, exact error messages?
• What did you expect? What were you aiming to achieve? What result were you looking for?

Vague or superficial questions will yield vague or superficial answers. False information leads to false solutions.

Also see this similar guide on how to ask smart questions.

[chrome viper]

so other users can help you

[gusty cobalt]

got it

[gloomy rune]

tbf they did make a post from #quick-questions

[odd fable]

You should install in a vm first

Both archinstall and manual

[chrome viper]

unless OP wants arch hyprland

[odd fable]

There's no hurry

You dont need hyprland arch right now

[gusty cobalt]

wait it’s not letting me edit my message

[gusty cobalt]

yes i do indeed

WHY CANT I ÉDIT THÉ MESAAGE

WAIT

[odd fable]

Idk edit your first message instead of the op

Vm

[deft acorn]

then install it

[gusty cobalt]

yes I’m trying to figure out how to do that but i don’t want to overwrite my windows drive

hold up

[odd fable]

Vmmmmmmmmm

[gusty cobalt]

ok im gonna try a virtual machine

[deft acorn]

.aw installation guide

[chilly linden]

Installation guide

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

[deft acorn]

this should cover your needs

[odd fable]

You dont know what partitions are so don't jump in

[deft acorn]

hyprland has problems in a vm so don't bother with that

jst install arch

[gusty cobalt]

look at the first message for context

[deft acorn]

what part

[gusty cobalt]

im trying to install it i just need to maker sure i know which drive im installing it on

i have two startup drives (one windows one linux) and i want to overwrite the linux one but idk how to make sure im overwriting the linux one

[deft acorn]

okay for current context:
You said: I'm going to try a virtual machine
I said while reading that context: Don't bother with hyprland in a virtual machine because others had trouble with it and it's not worth the effort

[gusty cobalt]

ohh

yes i understand

my bad

im not gonna try a virtual machine then

[deft acorn]

No that's not what I meant

oh my god

[gusty cobalt]

wait huh

im so sorry

OH

[odd fable]

You don't need hyprland in the vm

Just install xfce or smth

What you want to practice is the install, not the hyprland configuration

[gusty cobalt]

ok so when i've practiced i do the actual thing?

like when i trust i can do it right

[deft acorn]

If you feel like it

[gusty cobalt]

i mean yeah thats my initial plan

[odd fable]

Cool

Pay close attention to the block device names

sda vs sdb