How do i install arch on a old laptop

Hi i may need some help with this,
I obtained the latest installation cd and tried booting it, it gives me the following output:
This kernel requires an x86-64 CPU, but only detected an i686 CPU. Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU.
How do i boot a boot the i686 kernel or should i use a old ISO?

The latest ISO should bring up a menu which lets you choose between i686 and x86_64. I just downloaded the ISO and tried it, the menu's there. Are you sure you have the latest ISO?
Last edited by Scimmia (2012-09-19 19:13:46)

Similar Messages

[SOLVED] Installed Arch on IBM A22m laptop, startx fails

I installed arch on this old laptop IBM A22m and I am trying to get XFCE4 or LXDE working on it.
When i start xfce4 i get "server terminated with error(1)" and same thing with lxde but this time i get to see panel and wallpaper for 2 seconds before it crashes.
I tried exec openbox-session and it wont crash until I open browser from terminal.
Here is xorg.0.log i get from crashed openbox-session: http://pastebin.com/SK9Vvunp
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
00:02.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1450 (rev 03)
00:02.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1450 (rev 03)
00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9/0/1 Ethernet Pro 100 (rev 0c)
00:03.1 Serial controller: LSI Corporation LT WinModem (rev 01)
00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24/30 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01)
00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Rage Mobility AGP 2x Series (rev 64)
Here is hwinfo: http://pastebin.com/wWePzduM
uname -r 3.16.4-1
I am using xf86-video-mach64 driver.
Help needed =P
Last edited by sahtimonni (2014-10-13 15:16:02)

This is a bit outside my experience - but did you follow the advice and cautions in the wiki for that driver:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mach64

How do I move pse9 from my old laptop to a new one?

How do I move pse9 from my old laptop to a new one?

I have my original disk, but I believe I need to de-ctivate the existing copy before installing on the new computer.

How do you transfer Adobe 9 from old laptop to new one

I bought a new Toshiba laptop. I need instructions on how to transfer adobe 9 from my old laptop to my new Toshiba.
Thanks
Solved!
Go to Solution.

First off what Adobe 9? Adobe is a BRAND not a product and doesn't tell us enough to provide a specific answer. But you can't simply transfer the program.
Second, are you trying to transfer the actual program or the license? To transfer the license you will probably need to call Adobe Customer Support to handle. You'll need to use the original disk it came on to install it on the new system or download the latest installer file to install from depending on what Adobe product it is. Which method you use will depend on which Adobe product it is. If it is one of the paid for programs you'll need to use the product key that accompanied the install disk. If it is one of the free Adobe programs like Adobe Acrobat Reader there is no product key required so you just need to download the latest installer from Adobe and install it.
Now here is where it get's tricky. If it is one of the paid for products like Adobe Photoshop Elements that was installed on the first laptop when you purchased it, the license might be tied to the ORIGINAL laptop and can not legally be transfered to the new one. You would need to contact Adobe Customer Support to determine that.
Third, are there files that you have created or are working on that need to be transfered as well?
If you have addditional questions or something doesn't make sense please post back and include ALL of the following information.
COMPLETE model number of the old laptop and the new laptop. If you aren't from the USA you'll need to include the part numbers for each as well.
EXACTLY which Adobe product you are referring to.
Did the Adobe product come pre-installed on the orignal laptop or was it purchased seperately.
Do you have files created with the program that you also need to transfer?
If you don't post your COMPLETE model number it's very difficult to assist you. Please try to post in complete sentences with punctuation, capitals, and correct spelling. Toshiba does NOT provide any direct support in these forums. All support is User to User in their spare time.

Install Arch with dual graphics laptop

Hey everybody,
So a few months ago I bought a new laptop, and ASUS X750JN. After I have my new laptop on my hands the first thing was install Arch Linux, but I came across an problem with graphics, probably a bad configuration and because I needed the computer for the university, I keep Windows for a while. Now that I have some time, I want to return to my beloved Arch but I have a serious question, the computer has 2 graphics cards, on-board Intel and an Nvidia and my question is, how can I install Arch and use Nvidia for some games like ETS, CS:GO and Guns of Icarus? When I tried installing before, the VGA was the Intel and not the Nvidia.
I know that Hybrid Graphics aren't full supported in Linux, but is there a way to use Arch with the Nvidia, even if only uses Nvidia.
Thanks in advance,
Have a nice Christmas and a Happy 2015,
Hugo Rodrigues.
Last edited by Hugao (2014-12-24 13:47:26)

Hey,
Sorry for the time but I'm was busy and only today I have the change to install Arch.
mrunion wrote:
Have you looked in our Wiki? We have these for starters:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bumblebee
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Optimus
When I was research I look it up on the second link but not on the first one.
So, like I said above, today I have installed Arch with Bumblebee and so far so good, but I just have a question, how I run games using optirun throw Steam?
Issa wrote:
Hey Huago, I'm not sure if will help you as I don't know too much about your configuration, but I'm also experiencing some issues while configuring arch on my lenovo T420s. I have so far succeeded in starting a simple x session after installing the drivers for intel and nvidia (xf86-video-intel xf86-video-nouveau) (see my thread here but my current problem is, that I can't start gdm
I'll work on this and opened a new thread here - maybe we can assist each other until everything is up and running.
update: I got it - maybe it works for you too? (very short description of what i did):
install drivers for integrated and discrete graphics card
launch gdm as root
I have an Asus X750JN and I just install the integrated and discrete graphics and enabled gdm service.

I have downloaded Logic Pro on to my desktop. How do I install a copy on my laptop?

I have downloaded Logic Pro onto my desktop. How do I instal a copy on my laptop?

You install it from the install DVD or redownload it for free from the Mac App Store as applicable.
(64965)

How can I install Arch Linux on a software raid?

Hi Guys, I've been at this for 3 days now and I can't get it to work. Basically I have 2 500GB SATA HDDs and I want them both on a raid1 array. I had it working on Ubuntu with no issues but the installer did all the work for me. I have attempted to follow the instructions on the wiki for Raid and LVM but I quickly get lost and I don't understand the LVM stuff. I managed to get 2 arrays up (md0 for /boot and md1 for /) but I was contently running into errors trying to install grub. In my last attempt I somehow managed to get grub installed on /dev/sda and /dev/sdb but then when I reboot the system it fails to mount /dev/md0 or /dev/md1 these raid devices don't appear in the /dev/ directory and I cannot bring them up manually. I have been all over Google and I can't find a comprehensive guide to setting up a raid 1 array and installing Arch. If anyone can direct me to useful instructions or layout the procedure for me I would really appreciate it.
Thank You.

This is genius, sheer brilliance. When I wanted to raid my Ubuntu install I specifically wanted to install a new HDD and just raid it with my existing disk but I had to download and alternate install CD and re-install the OS. I searched all over the net for an alternative and could not find anything. It's baffling that I had to start a thread to find such an insanely useful utility. Unless I'm taking the wrong approach. I mean, doesn't everybody raid if they can? Is there a better way to backup your disk? Why is it so difficult to find any useful information about raiding your disks? ... but I digress. Despite the fact that nobody else seems to know about this tool I know about it now and it seems to be the key to solving my problem. But I still have one problem. I have installed Arch on /dev/sda1. I downloaded (with wget), compiled, installed, and ran raider. I followed the on-screen instructions to the letter. When I swapped the disks and rebooted. I get pass the grub screen and get this error during boot.
Waiting 10 seconds for device /dev/md1 ...
Root device '/dev/md1' doesn't exist. attempting to creat it.
ERROR: Unable to determine major/minor number of root device '/dev/md1'.
You are being dropped to a recovery shell.
Type 'exit' to try and continue booting
/bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
[ramfs /]#
I cannot type anything at this prompt. No response from the keyboard. I'm so close to getting this to finally work. Dose anyone know what might be going wrong.
Thank you guys for all your help.

Install Arch over Mint on laptop

So I decided to dabble with Arch in Virtualbox and now I've decided that I want to install my .iso of Arch over my Mint partition. So I know there is a tutorial on the wiki on how to make my version into an .iso which shouldn't be an issue for me, but I just want to verify with you folks if I'll be doing this right on my laptop.
I have 3 partitions right now on a 750GB HDD:
500(ish)GB Windows 7 partition (sadly, it can't be shrunk anymore)
15GB to a recovery partition for Windows
then 100(ish)GB remaining for Linux Mint 16
My thoughts are to back up any data I want to keep and should I just load up my .iso from a flash drive and install Arch like I would have in a VM? Would cfdisk show all my partitions and give me the chance to just erase my current Linux partition? Not sure how I should go about all of this...or would it be best just to redo the process from scratch? All I have installed really is the base Arch install, alsa, and XFCE.
EDIT:
Edited to avoid confusion on my 100GB Linux partition
Last edited by stratacast1 (2014-01-06 23:00:38)

karol wrote:You can just use the stock Arch iso.
How are you expecting to have 2 Linux systems on one partition? I don't recall our wiki saying you could do anything like this :-) Create a new partition, format it and install arch in there.
Okay I'll do that! I meant to say that I'll be reformatting my Linux Mint partition and putting Arch there instead I could have sworn I read something like that, or at least somewhere on the internet..but either way, I think I'll just do what you said! I think it'd be great to try installing Arch for the 4th time haha! Helps me memorize how to use the OS better!
Since I'll be running Arch on the actual machine rather than a VM, will I eventually have to install drivers for my wireless NIC? I was thinking I'd install Arch on a wired connection so I didn't have to worry about my slow download speeds

Can I install Lion on my old laptop if it came pre-installed on my new laptop?

Hi everyone,
I recently purchased a macbook pro which came pre-installed with Lion. I was informed that I could use the lion mac os x installer app, save it onto a USB, and install it on all other home macs. Since I have last year's white macbook (with snow leopard), I wanted to install lion on it as well before giving it as a gift to my sister. However, I can't seem to find the Lion OS X installer on my new macbook pro.
My question is, is it only possible to install lion on all other home computers if you had downloaded lion from the app store? Can I somehow make a copy of the lion os x which came pre-installed on my macbook pro and install it on my old white macbook without having to pay for it again?
Thanks for all your help!

My question is, is it only possible to install lion on all other home computers if you had downloaded lion from the app store?
That's correct.
Can I somehow make a copy of the lion os x which came pre-installed on my macbook pro and install it on my old white macbook without having to pay for it again?
No. That's both technically and legally impossible. The copy of Lion that came on your new Mac is licensed only for that machine. If you buy Lion as an upgrade, it's licensed for all Macs that you personally own.

How do i transfer itunes from my old laptop which is broken on to my new laptop. i have set up itunes on my new laptop but not able to access my hot favourites and various apps so want to be able to transfer all info on to new laptop.mark aberdeen.

how do i transfer my itunes account which has hot favourites and various apps from my old laptop on to my new laptop. my old laptop recently broke down and has since been repaired but i am having trouble accessing my itunes. my daughter has set up itunes on the new laptop but we are not able to access all the original details i.e favourites/apps.

Welcome to the discussions and Merry Christmas!
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=797534&#797534
The link should do the trick.
JC

How do I transfer files from my old laptop with a broken screen to my new macbook pro?

I recently purchased a new macbook pro and would like to tranfers files such as music and documents from my old sony vaio laptop. The problem is that the screen on my old laptop is broken so the image is distorted and I cannot see a thing, which means I probably wont be able to use Windows Migration Assistant. Does anyone know of another easy way I can transfer my files to my new macbook pro? Thanks

http://pondini.org/OSX/Setup.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2518
Manually migrating
If you prefer to move your files one by one between a Mac and a PC, consider the following options. Some are easier than others, and some require more computer experience, equipment, or resources.
Generally, you can migrate your files to the Mac by:
Copying the files from your PC onto external or removable storage media and then use that media in your Mac to transfer the files to your hard drive.
Sending files over the Internet. If you have an email account, just send the files to yourself from the PC and then pick the mail up on your Mac and save the attached files to your Mac hard drive. You may want to compress larger groups of files first.
Connecting the Mac and PC together through a network to use file sharing to move the files.
Tip: If you're moving files over manually, you'll save yourself some time down the road if you organize your files during the process from the get-go. For example:
Move your PC My Pictures photos to your Mac’s Home folder Pictures folder
Move your PC My Music song files to the Music folder on your Mac
Move your PC My Videos files to the Movies folder on your Mac
Move PC text and PDF files to your Mac Documents folder
Export PC contacts to vCards, and import them into your Mac Contacts
Use external or removable media
If your Windows PC has a CD or DVD drive, or a USB port:
Copy the files from the PC to an external hard drive or storage device, then reconnect the drive to your Mac and transfer the files to your Mac hard drive.
Burn files to a CD or DVD on your PC, and then use the discs in your Mac to transfer the files to your Mac hard drive.
If you don't have many files, transfer them over email, create zip files for larger groups of files. Mail your files from the PC to yourself, and then pick them up using Mail on the Mac.
Use a network connection
Connect your old PC to your Mac—either directly or over a network. Before you start moving files over, you should install any Mac software that is needed to open the files. Once you're done, use one of the following migration methods:
Direct connect
To move files by connecting your Mac directly to your PC (if both have an Ethernet port):
Connect your Mac to your PC using a standard Ethernet cable.
Make sure that both computers are turned on.
In the Finder on your Mac, choose Connect to Server from the Go menu to open the window.
Type your PC's network address in the Server Address text box using one of these formats:
smb://DNSname/ShareName
smb://IPaddress/ShareName
Click Connect.
Follow the onscreen instructions to enter your PC's workgroup name, user name, password, and the volume or folder you wish to access.
Your PC volume should appear in the Shared section of your Finder window on your Mac.
Open the volume and drag and drop files directly from it to anywhere on your Mac.
When finished, click the eject button to right of your PC volume to unmount it.
Network connection
To move files by connecting your Mac to your PC on the same network:
Make sure that both computers are turned on and connected to the Internet.
In the Finder on your Mac, choose Connect to Server from the Go menu to open the window.
Type your PC's network address in the Server Address text box using this format: smb://ServerName/ShareName, or select the name of your PC in this window (if it appears).
Click Connect.
Enter your PC's workgroup name, your user name, and your password when prompted, then select the volume or folder you wish to access.
Your PC volume should appear in the Shared section of your Finder window on your Mac.
Open the volume and drag and drop files directly from it to anywhere on your Mac.
When finished, click the eject button to right of your PC volume to unmount it.
Alternative methods
Copy files to a shared file server.
Purchase PC Data Transfer service at your local Apple retail store.

How do l move iTunes library from old laptop to Mac without losing content?

How do I move my downloaded iTunes form my old laptop to my new Mac?

MacWorld - Move an iTunes library from a Windows PC to a Mac
iTunes- How to move the library to an EHD
iTunes- How to re-create your iTunes library and playlists

TS4124 how do I transfer my library from old laptop to new one

I am having a problem understanding how to transfer my library from old laptop to new, can anyone tell me - simply - how to do it?

Type "move itunes library" into the google search bar

How do you install Adobe photoshop when your laptop doesn't have a CD drive?

Hi, I have a Lenovo Ultrabook Thinkpad (X1 Carbon) which doesn' have a CD drive. How can I install my copy of Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 which I have on CD-rom?
Thanks

Carolyn,
Does your Lenovo have a USB 2.0, or 3.0, or a FireWire port?
If so, then I see two methods, but they will involve other equipment, at some point:
Curt's suggestion should work just fine. However, you will need a computer WITH a multi-drive (either internal, or external). With that other computer (maybe even one on display in a computer/electronics store, or at a friend's house), just Copy the full installation disc(s) to a USB thumbdrive, and insert that into the USB port on the Lenovo.
Borrow, or buy, an external USB 2.0, or 3.0, or FireWire multi-drive, and use that to install from. If you borrow, I think that I would do it very slightly differently, and would Copy the installation disc(s) to my internal HDD, and install from there.
Possibility would be to download the program's installation file(s) for the trial (say from ProDesignTools - be sure to read ALL instructions carefully), install, then plug in your S/N to convert that trial to the full-paid version, and Activate. Obviously, you will need an Internet connection for this method. However, since you are posting here, it is very likely that you have an Internet connection available somewhere. This would probably be the way to go, if your Lenovo does not have USB, or FW.
Good luck,
Hunt

How to speed up boot process on old laptop?

I have an old laptop which is being used as offline info-center (kiosk mode), i.e. if someone needs information the laptop is being switched on and off. It's an old HP OmniBook XE3L Laptop with a Celeron 746 MHz, 128 MB Ram, 10 GB HD and a S3 Savage/IX-MV Graphics card.
First I used Mandriva 2007, and the total boot time from switching on the computer until the webpage showed up on Firefox (using KDE) was 1:50 (min:sec). Arch 0.8 with the same configuration boots in 1:25, and with IceWm and Opera it boots in 1:10. The startup is automatic, no passwords are needed.
Is there a way to further shorten the boot time? Especially as my laptop 'hangs' approx. 17 seconds on "Loading UDev events".

Did you disable the services you don't need?
Also try backgrounding some services. This is my daemons array for example:
DAEMONS=(@syslog-ng @network @cpufreqd portmap @fam @hal @avahi-daemon !iptables @alsa !hplip !cups @crond @openntpd)
My laptop boots in 30s tops - it's a Turion, but with a 4200 RPM HD - damn you Fujitsu-Siemens!
I still have the Uevents that keep it up, so...

How do i install arch on a old laptop

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for