Finding the Arch Linux installation guide...

...is not the most obvious thing. Couldn't/shouldn't there be a link on the main web page to the Arch Installation Guide, or at least to the docs page?
I've just tried Arch (0.7.2) for the first time, and am finding my way with it quite well so far - but just found it a little irritating to have to hunt around the web site for the installation guide from a 2nd machine (where it wasn't bookmarked yet) while I was installing Arch on another.

smoon wrote:
I'm not sure what you mean. The Installation Guide is two clicks away from http://www.archlinux.org/
http://www.archlinux.org/ -> "Documentation English" -> "Installation & First Steps"
Ok, now that I made a fuss about this, it's time to admit that I just didn't see that Documentation section on the home page - thanks for pointing it out - time for some sleep I guess :-)

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reset button?
I think it depends on far into the process you are, if you are formatting the drive anew then it shouldn't matter much when, where, or how
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Where can I find the documentation and code of the arch linux installer? Thanks

pressh wrote:http://projects.archlinux.org/?p=instal … ;hb=master
Note that this one is deprecated.
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:: Starting full system upgrade…
resolving dependencies…
looking for inter-conflicts…
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What source base the Arch Linux Xorg build from?

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tomk wrote:Please consult the wiki.
The Arch Wiki has become simply amazing.. Just thought I'd throw that out there.
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The Arch Linux Folding@Home team breaks 3 million points and is ranked 318 out of 81,260 teams.
http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/ … s=&t=45032
Not bad for a team that averages between 20 and 25 active folders!
Thanks and Congrats to everyone who has folded for Arch.
Pudge

alexmat wrote:
Please post your results, I would be very interested in getting the SMP client setup.
Also, a nice package wouldn't hurt
In my case, I run all my folding computers at home, and it's just me and my wife. So the computers are running in a trusted environment. As such, I just manually start the client in a Gnome terminal window on desktop #4 and leave my computer logged in all the time. When I need to log out of my Gnome session, reboot, or stop my computer, I get into Desktop #4 and enter Ctrl-C to stop the client. This is the simplest way to run the client and works for me. When you use the client like this, a package isn't necessary.
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-- 'small' is <5MB, 'normal' is <10MB, and 'big' is >10MB (small/normal/big) [normal]? big
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Core Priority (idle/low) [idle]? idle
Disable highly optimized assembly code (no/yes) [no]? no
Interval, in minutes, between checkpoints (3-30) [15]? 15
Memory, in MB, to indicate (1885 available) [1885]? 1885
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Ignore any deadline information (mainly useful if
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Machine ID (1-16) [1]? 1
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dmartins wrote:I have noticed that the SMP client works much better on a linux dual core system than it does on a windows system with similar specs.
I agree totally with that.
Btw, Pudge: You seem to be way out in front of everyone else in points per day. I was wondering what machines you have churning away. Perhaps a PS3 in the mix? I have read they can pump out some serious GFLOPS.
No, I don't have a PS3. Here's what I have churning away.
Four SMP clients on AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processors running Arch 64 bit.
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The vast majority of my points come from the 5 SMP clients. It's absolutely amazing how fast the SMP client can finish the work units!
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EDIT: I forgot to mention. To run the Linux X86_64 SMP client Version 5 beta, you needed some 32 bit libraries loaded. I just loaded all the 32 bit libraries listed in the installing Flash on Arch64 Wiki and it worked. When I went to the Linux X86_64 SMP client Version 6 beta 1, I just left the 32 bit libraries in place as I am using them for nspluginwrapper anyway. So, I have not tested whether the Linux X86_64 SMP client Version 6 beta 1 still needs the 32 bit libraries or not.
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Last edited by Pudge (2007-09-29 04:54:05)

Official Arch Linux Install Guide needs edit

Aloha,
This line in the Official Arch Linux Install Guide
Official Arch Linux Install Guide
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Last edited by hunterthomson (2010-05-26 13:16:47)

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http://frugalware.org/irc.php
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Looking for addition articles for the Arch Linux Press Review wikipage

Good day all,
I recently updated the Arch Linux Press Review wikipage, found here:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arc … ess_Review
If you know of any additional reviews or articles about Arch Linux, please edit the wiki page or post the info as a reply.
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tlaloc wrote:
We have a collection of German reports over here:
http://wiki.archlinux.de/title/Arch_in_den_Medien
Thanks tlaloc! I transferred that list of articles over to the Arch Press Review wikipage under the German Language section, and included a link back to the German original. I also fixed a tiny spelling error in the German page. I also doublechecked all the links to make sure they are live. As the French would day, "J'encule les moustiques"
tlaloc wrote:
No damage done - just go on.
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But that's fine by me, just go on.
So nice to know you have my back tlaloc
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I was wondering if anyone knows the URL to find the:
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I can't seem to find it anywhere through the Oracle website.

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Arch Linux Beginners Guide

Remembering the days when I installed Arch Linux for the first time I still feel that Arch misses a guide for beginners. I started one at the Wiki. Its intention is to show how you install and configure Arch Linux until you have a fully working desktop system for multimedia and office purpose. I'm still heavily improving it. If you have any suggestions or critics feel free to drop me a note or add the content to the wiki. If you find some spelling or grammar errors do the same or fix them, I'm no native speaker

iphitus wrote:article is too big. provide links to existing wiki pages and documentation. If things change and you dont know, your article will be broken.
Sure...but you will have this problem with all wiki pages. If you don't have a maintainer for bigger articles, the whole idea of the wiki won't work well.
iphitus wrote:For example, change the install documentation to the install guide. Same goes for network, link to existing pages, and if there isnt one, create one.
I disagree with this one. I personally like the idea of having one basic guide which will led in most cases to a fully working system and does not stop right after the installation, which will leave you with a single prompt. I tried to explain the "basic things" and give links for digging deeper (I may have failed at this, but I tried and will try again).
Therefore you are right about linking, but as you may have seen I tried to link to existing pages if they exist and give more than just a basic information. As far as I know no install guide for voodoo exists yet.
What I really don't want to do, is to create just a meta page that only links to other pages, for three reasons:
* It's annoying to read if you have to follow a link, get back and follow the next link...
* Because there is no single maintainer for all the sub pages, you can only link to pages that are known stable, otherwise the beginner will be totally lost fast
* Some of the other pages are way too technically for a beginner, they quickly start with special things for exotic purposes (mainly because experienced people don't like writing about basic things I believe)
iphitus wrote:Some of it seems a bit overkill too, you give a newbie style how to for tiny things, but completely gloss over even a basic description of what the "daemons line" is. Newbies using this beginners guide learn bugger all, as they just copy from the beginner guide. When things go wrong, they come to the forums rather than use initiative. I guess the installation and configuration acts as a form of natural selection.
I think we have a different opinion how a wiki works, I always thought you start with something and improve it over time, when questions or suggestions arrive.
A wiki will get better if more than one people is involved, therefore sharing and discussing at an early point of time is reasonable.
On the other hand you are absolutely right about the daemons line, which should be explained for a beginner (EDIT: I added a paragraph about daemons a few moments ago).
But I think differently about the natural selection. I never felt that Arch Linux aims to be an elitist distribution and that an acceptance test is needed if you want to use it...what I have seen from the community so far, Arch seems in fact to be the opposite. I like Arch for being clean, simple and logical constructed, not for being complicated. I'm too old to get self-confidence just from installing an operating system.
If users use the forum to ask the same questions again and again, our beginners guide is incomplete and we should fix it.
iphitus wrote:Things like:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arc … or_newbies
and a better FAQ, would be more useful than yet another blow by blow install tutorial that falls out of date in 6 months.
James
This may not be representative, but a better FAQ and Jargon for Newbies (damn, I really love this elite attitude ) wouldn't helped him:
Someone at my blog wrote:Thanks for the guide! I tried installing Arch over Christmas and had the worst time trying to figure that out. So I of course went back to my trusty Gentoo. I always liked Gentoo because even though its an "advanced distro" they provide you with plenty of documentation. Arch on the other hand does not and that really bothered me. But now that I have a Gentoo style guide, I think I'll try it again!
Don't get me wrong, I really appreciate your criticism because it makes me think twice about some things and will most probably lead to a better guide.

[SOLVED] The Arch Linux Handbook/Wiki

Hello, everyone.
I am new to Arch Linux; to be honest, I have not installed it yet, but I intend to do so very soon.
I am a partially blind user, and I have used Ubuntu for nearly the past five years. I want to learn more about Linux, and I want to replace my Ubuntu installation with Arch Linux. I have been reading a lot about Arch over the past few weeks, and I just really love the whole philosophy behind it.
I have a question, however, concerning the arch Beginners' Guide/ArchWiki. I have found this documentation to be VERY helpful, but my good eye (I have vision in only one eye, and it is a bit limited) cannot stand up to heavy reading as it used to be able to. I have been searching online to see if either a text document or a PDF document exists which contains all of the information which is in the Beginners' Guide. So far, I have not found any results. I am sorry, though, as my search engine skills are not too good (I am learning). The reason I ask this is because I have a portable device which has a built-in text-to-speech engine which is capable of reading text files aloud to me. If I could obtain this information in text format, or in PDF format (as I could use the pdftotext command to generate a text copy), it would make things a lot more streamlined for me.
Is there something like this in existence?
I appreciate any help which you can provide. As I stated earlier, please forgive me if something like this does exist and I missed it while searching.
Please take care, and have a great evening.
Last edited by RKCole (2011-10-11 17:41:04)

You want just the Beginners' Guide? Here is it in a ready to print format: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?ti … ntable=yes
It's html, so converting it to txt of pdf shouldn't be much of a problem.
There's also https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ar … _the_blind but I'm not sure if you find it helpful.
Another way of accessing the wiki: http://www.archlinux.org/packages/commu … wiki-lite/
Last edited by karol (2011-10-11 02:03:10)

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Hi,
I have a netbook Toshiba Satelite T110 and I have been trying to install Arch on it for a week now but to no avail. So I have come to think that may be Arch Linux is not really for netbook as opposed to being for Workstation or Laptops. I really would like to have your opinion on that.
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