[SOLVED] Following Beginners Guide, do I make /root bootable?

Hey guys!
I am trying to follow the Arch Linux Beginners Guide, but I seem to be stuck at one thing. When making my partitions manually, which of the four sda partitions do I make bootable? I can't seem to write on the partitions unless I make one bootable.
They only seem to have a /var, /root, swap, and a /home partition! Thank you!
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_Guide
Last edited by mag1strate (2011-07-02 14:36:57)

bwat47 wrote:
mag1strate wrote:I wanted ext4 instead of ext2. Or is there no reason why I should be using ext4?
You can use ext4 with auto prepare. It prompts you for the fs type for your root and home partitions.
I just realized I pressed enter too quick and skipped that option! I am sorry about that! Hope I didn't waste you guy's time!

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[Solved] Mounting Partitions from Beginners Guide

Hi everyone. I've setup Arch before, but I see that the installer has been removed. I had a question on some of the documentation from the Beginners Guide...
From the section "Prepare the storage drive" it states to setup the partitions like so:
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
sda1 Boot Primary Linux 15440
sda2 Primary Linux swap / Solaris 1024
sda3 Primary Linux 133000*
In the section below it ("Mount the partitions ") it explains to "mount any other separate partition" like so:
# mkdir /mnt/home
# mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/home
# mkdir /mnt/boot
# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
However, I set my partitions up just how it was above, when I put in the syntax "mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/home" I receive an error that sda4 doesn't exist. Using my best judgement I put in "mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/home" as I set my partitions exactly the way from the storage drive section (minus some storage space for sda3). I'd just like to be sure that I set this up right and not doing anything extremely wrong. For some reason, Arch won't boot after I have the system setup in virtualbox, and I'm trying to narrow down the issue.
Thanks.
Last edited by Quill (2012-09-01 04:16:22)

Trilby wrote:
It says to do that if you have any additional partitions. You do not.
Sda3 should not be mounted as home, it should be your root partition right? You should have already done
mount /dev/sda3 /mnt
You should not remount sda3 as something else (in fact I suspect it should give an error).
That partition scheme does not have a separate home parition.
Cool, thanks for the info. Yeah, sda3 is set as my root partition. It's solved.

[SOLVED] Beginners' Guide stumped on pacman -Syyu curl

I'm a total green noob on Arch and am going through the Beginners' Guide. I'm on the section about rankmirrors and am at pacman -Syyu curl and am getting the following:
Is this normal? Is this the part where I continue to edit my mirrorlist and comment and uncomment servers until I don't get the Unauthorized error any longer?
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Last edited by EdTheUniqueGeek (2012-04-27 23:53:53)

EdTheUniqueGeek wrote:I'm a total green noob on Arch [...] I'm on the section about rankmirrors [...]
If you're new to Arch don't you think that sticking to basic bulletproof setup would be wise and then learn new stuff? If you try all things that are not necessary there is high risk of breaking system and you wont even have a clue where start to look for solution. Back in my first days with Arch I didn't even consider such things like mirror rank - goal was to setup working system. My advice is - choose manually mirror that have low sync delay from http://www.archlinux.org/mirrors/status/ and focus on major things. Good luck and feel welcome on the forum
EdTheUniqueGeek wrote:I am in the process I trying the shell script from adamrehard suggestion.
Again - pick rit or kernel.org mirror - you can be pretty sure they are working right now, for troubleshooting you can even choose archlinux.org (but change it for real usage) find out if it's not the http/ftp thing like people earlier noticed and work the problem with your configuration, the problem is not mirror choosing
Last edited by masteryod (2012-04-27 14:53:33)

[SOLVED] Configure The System (Beginners Guide) Question

Hello!
I'm currently working my way through the beginners guide, from the wiki. All going ok so far and I've reached the Configure The System section. Which is where I'm a bit stuck.
Beginners Guide wrote:You will be presented with a menu including the most important configuration files for your system. If you want to look up the available options as stated in /etc/rc.conf just press Alt+F2 to get a shell, look it up, and switch back to the installer with Alt+F1.
The problem I have is looking up the available options. For example, to find my locale it states I should run locale -a, however when I hit Alt+f2 and enter the command at the bash shell ([Arch Linux: /]# ) I get the following error
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When I attempt to lookup other items I'm also unable to find those (such as timezone in /usr/share/zoneinfo).
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Last edited by Laatia (2008-03-23 08:56:38)

dyscoria wrote:
I wouldn't skip all of the steps, particularly adding your hostname to /etc/hosts. Just fill in as much as you can, and edit the rest after you've finished installing, though I think the defaults are safe enough to have a running system.
If you typed in 'km' and chose your locale before you ran the /arch/setup command to start the installation, it should automatically enter in the locale you selected earlier (if you press yes in the dialog box that pops up).
Confirm this as that's what happended in this location on 2 recent install.

Intepreting the beginners guide on UEFI

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perhaps someone could clarify for me the meaning on the following text on the beginners guide.
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followed by the command line:
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regards
malcolm
I further suspect that this install isn't going too well....
regards

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we will get there in the end and whilst it may not be the walk in the park I'd like it to be .. I will hopefully get a linux OS running that uses all the hardware available and has just the nec configuration to run the programs and local server set up I want...
back to square one in the morning...

Beginners guide to PowerPivot data models

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Beginners Guide sound installation -- OSS and ALSA objective features

Beginners Guide sound installation -- OSS and ALSA objective features needed
Hi,
In most wiki pages i just edit the things that i think need editing. Just look at the oss history
In all those cases i didn't really saw a need to ask for permission.. that would kinda destroy the wiki idea.
However i want to change the sound instructions in the beginners guide so i made a copy of the entire guide and the part that i changed there is: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Use … ling_Sound now i have a slight issue there. As you can see i'm in favor of OSS and because you can spot that it's not objective. Now i would ask 2 things.
1. Could you all post your features of OSS and ALSA
2. Once that's done can i have permission to place that section in the beginners guide? that will also include removing the sound installation from the beginners guide which i already did in my version
My personal reason to do this. i've read this and am since then pro OSS and against the ALSA/PulseAudio combo. i think that combo needs to get out of linux (most notably Fedora and Ubuntu) ASAP. and oss needs to go back into the linux kernel
Thank you for your time,
Mark

ngoonee wrote:
I'm an alsa/pulse user, so I'll give a bit of the 'other side'.
Alsa/pulse
Pros:-
network sound
advanced connection of sink/source (including merging sinks)
bluetooth support!
highly supported by existing apps, either through directly supporting Pulse or through its alsa plugin (you should not need to recompile properly-written apps which do not assume they should write audio data directly to hardware, I think I only needed to recompile mpd on my system)
Cons:-
Setup isn't the easiest. Can't comment vs OSS4 because I haven't tried it
OSS4
Pros:-
Everyone seems to say sound quality is better. I guess that's because they're comparing it with dmix alsa. Use pulse with alsa and you should not notice any difference in sound quality though.
Cons:-
Most apps nowadays default output to alsa. Meaning OSS plays them using an alsa plugin.
USB support is admittedly skimpy.
EDIT: Having read the sound article you referred to, my only comment is that the writer really has it in for Pulse... 3 seconds latency, where'd he get that from? I use pulse for audio recording (when I'm lazy to fire up JACK) and while there IS latency, its definitely in the ms range.
Thanx for the input
Gen2ly wrote:
Gen2ly wrote:...As a side note, do you need libflashsupport here???...
markg85, libflashsupport isn't needed. [1]
pacman -Ql oss | grep flash
If you don't know, please don't put in wiki, this could cause unnecessary problems. As for the mms section:
If your stream sounds ugly in totem like it did with me then you could try to play it with another codec like ffmpeg (mplayer). That "fixed" the issue for me. This will not fix the issue that somehow pops up in gstreamer when playing MMS streams but it will give you the option to play it with good sound quality. Playing it in mplayer is simple:
# mplayer mmsh://yourstreamurl
Could you fix this? ffmpeg is not a codec . Also define ugly, and what is somehow?
markg85 wrote:Thanx a lot for your feedback. i will certainly use it when i make more edits.
As for the things you didn't know. As soon as i fully understand how i can get a microphone working in OSS i will add that to the wiki as well. Unless you already know it.. in that case, feel free to add it.
For the mic, I did get mine going. Can't remember just how I did mine (sorry, think I had to disable one of the inputs), but do remember to prevent it from passing through the speakers had to disable "Misc Microphone".
# ossmix
Selected mixer 0/High Definition Audio ALC888
Known controls are:
jack.green.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently front)
jack.green [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB)
jack.green.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.black.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently center/LFE)
jack.black [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB)
jack.black.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.orange.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently rear)
jack.orange [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB)
jack.orange.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.gray.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently pcm4)
jack.gray [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB)
jack.gray.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.pink.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently input)
jack.pink [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 19.9:19.9 dB)
jack.pink.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.fp-pink.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently front)
jack.fp-pink [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB)
jack.fp-pink.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.blue.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently input)
jack.blue [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB)
jack.blue.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.fp-green.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently front)
jack.fp-green [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB)
jack.fp-green.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.mic1 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.fp-mic1 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.linein1 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.fp-headphone1 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.green1 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.black1 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.orange1 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.gray1 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.input-mix1 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix1 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB)
record.mix.mute.mic2 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.fp-mic2 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.linein2 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.fp-headphone2 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.green2 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.black2 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.orange2 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.gray2 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.input-mix2 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix2 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 4.4:2.9 dB)
misc.mic [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 0.0:0.0 dB)
misc.fp-mic [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 46.4:37.4 dB)
misc.linein [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB)
misc.fp-headphone [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 34.4:34.4 dB)
misc.green [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 34.4:38.9 dB)
misc.black [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB)
misc.orange [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB)
misc.gray [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 40.4:41.9 dB)
misc.input-mix <mic|fp-mic|linein> (currently mic)
misc.front-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
misc.input-mix-mute1 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
misc.front1 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 43.4:43.4 dB)
misc.front2 <front|input-mix> (currently front)
misc.rear-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
misc.input-mix-mute2 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
misc.rear1 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 4.4:4.4 dB)
misc.rear2 <rear|input-mix> (currently rear)
misc.center/lfe-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
misc.input-mix-mute3 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
misc.center/lfe1 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 41.9:41.9 dB)
misc.center/lfe2 <center/LFE|input-mix> (currently center/LFE)
misc.side-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
misc.input-mix-mute4 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
misc.side1 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 35.9:35.9 dB)
misc.side2 <side|input-mix> (currently side)
misc.pcm4-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
misc.input-mix-mute5 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
misc.pcm41 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.4:25.4 dB)
misc.pcm42 <pcm4|input-mix> (currently pcm4)
vmix0-enable ON|OFF (currently ON)
vmix0-rate <decimal value> (currently 48000) (Read-only)
vmix0-channels <Stereo|Multich> (currently Stereo)
vmix0-src <Fast|Low|Medium|High|High+|Production|OFF> (currently Medium)
vmix0-outvol <monovol> (currently 25.0 dB)
vmix0-invol <monovol> (currently 25.0 dB)
vmix0.pcm8 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 19.9:19.9 dB) ("knotify4")
vmix0.pcm9 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB)
vmix0.pcm10 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB)
vmix0.pcm11 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB)
For libflashsupport on the same page you linked it clearly states:
# Flash V9 and V10 require libflashsupport to output sound via OSS. Typically a 32-bit version of the library is required.
# Flash V10 has a 64-bit version which requires a 64 bit libflashsupport.
Also i tested it with and without libflashsupport. On archlinux (x64 running here) there most certainly is a need for libflashsupport when you want to have sound in your flash. And yes i tested the archlinux OSS version and the mercurial version (running now) bith need it installed manually! On my pc sound in flash didn't work without it but did with it. So, no not removing from the wiki as it's needed. But i see you removed it for me! please do NOT do that if you didn't even verified it. I use flash 10 x64 and i need it!
As for the ffmpeg "codec" changed it to backend.
And i did get the microphone working near perfect: http://www.4front-tech.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=13192
Now for some news you all might like.
On my school i need to do an investigation to whatever i want and i'm heavily thinking about investigating the pros/cons of alsa compared to oss (or oss compared to alsa). That investigation will take from monday next week till next mondey till friday 23 of oktober. In that investigation i'm going to do some in depth look of alsa and oss and that will include the usability as well.
Following up on that investigation i will spend another 8 weeks on my school making a volume control application that can be used with alsa and oss and easily expandable with other sound systems. The goal of this is to make one sound application that can manage (in the first place) alsa and oss. oss is going to be implemented and alsa is probably going to be dummy implemented because it's likely way to much for me to implement both.
Before you get to exited, both projects (investigating and making the application) are just made up today and i just don't know if both will get accepted by my school. I asked one teacher and he liked the idea a lot and could potentially have a value for the sound management under linux. Once i do get this started i will involve the community (YOU!) with this since this project can't be done without the community specially the investigation.
And once i start and have something to tell/ask i will blog about it on http://blog.mageprojects.com
edit::
And this idea already got dumped. read more a few posts down or click: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 34#p612634
Last edited by markg85 (2009-09-03 17:51:45)

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.

Promote unetbootin on the beginners guide?

Hi All,
In the beginners guide, there are instructions to make a bootable USB drive.
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beg … #USB_stick
Would it be a good idea to add instructions for unetbootin?
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
The only problem I have encountered using unetbootin is that it has an outdated version of arch in it's distribusion list:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/unetbootin/+bug/318724
The work around is to download the .iso file manually and feed it to unetbootin.
Sorry for my language, I'm tired
Best regards,
Cedric

karol wrote:http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Tal … Unetbootin
Strange, I have installed arch just fine using netbootin and an iso image.
I will test and report back.
Anyway, I think we better fix the issue than removing netbootin, it's a good way to make a bootable usb drive
Regards,
Cedric

Beginners Guide

Hi all!
First off, I'd like to congratulate the Arch team on doing a superb job in creating this distribution.
I've installed Archlinux for the first time following the Beginners Guide and thought it might be helpful to point out a few mistakes (to me its a mistake - if not - then I'm sorry)
In section 2.4 - documentation it says
Change to vc/2 with <ALT>+F1 and invoke /usr/bin/less
I believe it should have read
Change to vc/2 with <ALT>+F1 and invoke /bin/less
basically - take out "/usr" part.
In section 2.10.4 - /etc/fstab where it gives you the code to list partitions by uuid
As per the documentation - it gives
ls -lF /dev/disk/by-uuid/
to me - it should have said
ls -lF /dev/disk/by-id
That's it! Other than the above - excellent documentation and I look forward to learning more and hopefully be able to contribute to Arch by helping others.
Crackerjack

Duologic wrote:crackerjack: I think it was with ALT + F2, and if you think there is a mistake in the guide, then edit it on the wiki. :-)
I don't think beginners should be encouraged to change the Beginners Guide before the "mistake" has been confirmed by other users. I think crackerjack's idea to double-check first on the forum is a very sensible idea.
Let us not forget this incident either.

Beginners Guide Improvement

I just installed Archlinux and stumbled over two issues following the Beginners Guide.
No big deal, but still worth to mention, i think.
I don't feel comfortable as a new user to edit the Beginners Guide myself and therefore
discuss these issues here first.
I did read the Beginners Guide while installing. When it came to configure the Xserver,
i chose the Nvidia driver and configured it immediadiately. It complaint that there was
no xorg.conf. The xorg.conf will be generated later, following the tutorial. I think this
should be rearranged somehow.
The second issue is that after executing nvidia-xconfig, it suggests to start the xserver
to see if everything works properly, which it didn't, because hal wasn't installed nor
configured yet, follwing the Beginners Guide. This let me to fiddle around with it a bit
and several annoying restarts, before i decided to just go on with the Guide, to find
a good reason why it didn't just worked then. I think there should be a warning not
to start X after nvidia-xconfig.

MickeyKnox wrote:
I just installed Archlinux and stumbled over two issues following the Beginners Guide.
No big deal, but still worth to mention, i think.
I don't feel comfortable as a new user to edit the Beginners Guide myself and therefore
discuss these issues here first.
I did read the Beginners Guide while installing. When it came to configure the Xserver,
i chose the Nvidia driver and configured it immediadiately.
Could you explain this further?
It complaint that there was
no xorg.conf. The xorg.conf will be generated later, following the tutorial.
It sounds like you failed to follow the guide, but I am having a difficult time understanding what you want changed. If you followed the order of the guide, wouldn't it have worked out properly?
The second issue is that after executing nvidia-xconfig, it suggests to start the xserver
to see if everything works properly, which it didn't, because hal wasn't installed nor
configured yet, follwing the Beginners Guide. This let me to fiddle around with it a bit
and several annoying restarts, before i decided to just go on with the Guide, to find
a good reason why it didn't just worked then. I think there should be a warning not
to start X after nvidia-xconfig.
Perhaps a note, explaining not to test the server at that point would be appropriate.

A few doubts in the 'beginners guide'

Hello, I'm trying out arch (still with virtualbox), and I'm following the 'beginners guide' on the wiki.
I managed to install it but ended up with a few doubts, about some parts of the installation.
On the "Partition Hard Drives" part, it says that there are 3 types of disk partitions (primary, extended, logical), but when I'm creating the partitions with cfdisk, I can only choose between primary and logical. Does the extended gets created automatically when I create some logical partitions?
When I have to set the filesystem mountpoints, I think that I don't do anything to the /dev/sda (I only set the ones with numbers at the end - the partitions), but I don't think the wiki is clear on this, the only thing I see there is this part: "Recall that partitions end in a number. Therefore, sda is not itself a partition, but rather, signifies an entire drive" which is easily overlooked when you don't understand much.
When you need to choose the mirrors (/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist), the wiki doesn't tell much. For example, what is the difference between choosing ftp or http servers? do you choose both? In the beginning there's a server that has as a comment #any, does this mean it will choose automatically which server it will use?
that's it... for now :)

moosie wrote:For the hard drive part, someone correct me if I'm wrong, but sda refers to the whole drive where as sda# refers to a partition, one might say portion, of this drive; i.e sda1 would be the first partition sda2 the second and so on. As for the mirrors for the difference between ftp and http refer to this link: http://daniel.haxx.se/docs/ftp-vs-http.html I haven't read this but it seems to be a good source of knowledge. Also for the mirrors and the install as a whole I recommend watching this youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjTTl_9aUXc in the video the reflector and curl are used to come up with the fastest mirrors based on your location and he goes through the whole installation process all the way to the point where he installs gnome.
In general, if you're not sure of something, better not to post it. Also, don't do googling for someone else, Arch users are expected to be competent to do their own research. Else you end up feeding help vampires (not necessarily saying the OP is one).

Can anyone tell me where I can find a beginners guide to the filing system?

Can anyone tell me where I can find a beginners guide to the filing system on the Macbook Air iOS 10.9.4?

So, does this mean you have given up and decided to return to the MS Windows (PC) embrace?
The link that dominic23 provided has parts 1, 2, and 3 — did you review all of these? What remaining question(s) do you have about the Apple file system?
Videos that you may find on the Apple site are not updated regularly, and steps/techniques shown in them may be outdated, or not work as shown on the current operating system release.
Did you look into the Apple Retail Store One to One learning assistance?
Did you consider either of the following books as a learning aide?
Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Mavericks Edition
OS X Mavericks: The Missing Manual

[Tips & Tricks] Beginners guide to Bloodborne

There is no doubt Bloodborne will be a difficult game. But do not fear, it's not unbeatable and as long as we stand together as a community we will manage it!
Let's use this guide to help all the beginners and newbies, especially those who have never played a Demon Souls or Dark Souls game.
We will collect all your tips and add them to the:
*BEGINNERS GUIDE*
To BLOODBORNE
#1 Learn how to parry by firing your gun at the right moment! - @LordRoss &
This can not be stressed enough. It is the most important skill to master if you wish to boss this game so it needs to reiteration. A well-timed parry will open up your opponent for a vicious riposte. This comes in most handy against large opponents who you can take out with very few killer blows rather than chipping away at his health with pin-pricks.
#2 Learn to chain attacks.
Due to the new trick weapon system, where each weapon has two functions, you can now chain moves in a way you never could in any Souls game. When you press L1 your weapon will switch from one combat style to another, usually from a quick, short-range attack to a slow, long-range attack.
The thing is if you press L1 while in the middle of a combo the transition from one style to another itself becomes an attack which will link one style to another. Try start off with two, short range R1 (weak) attacks, press L1 to switch style, adding damage, and follow through into a long-range R2 (strong) attack.
Remember that on two-handed and dual-wield styles R2, your usual button for firing your gun, now also becomes an attack instead of that button becoming idle.
#3 Charge attacks to drop enemies from behind. - JynXten
In the Souls games back-stabbing was a simple matter of getting behind the enemy and stabbing him in the back. Now you need to charge your attack by holding R2 for a couple of seconds 'til your weapon gives off a glint at which point you let go to deliver a powerful blow which will drop your enemy to his knees so you can ram your blade between his shoulder blades.
Press forward lightly on the left stick to sneak up on opponents.

#3 Learn to chain attacks.
Due to the new trick weapon system, where each weapon has two functions, you can now chain moves in a way you never could in any Souls game. When you press L1 your weapon will switch from one combat style to another, usually from a quick, short-range attack to a slow, long-range attack.
The thing is if you press L1 while in the middle of a combo the transition from one style to another itself becomes an attack which will link one style to another. Try start off with two, short range R1 (weak) attacks, press L1 to switch style, adding damage, and follow through into a long-range R2 (strong) attack.
Remember that on two-handed and dual-wield styles R2, your usual button for firing your gun, now also becomes an attack instead of that button becoming idle.

Backup of DVD, getting error following arch guide

The guide I am using: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mak … _DVD_Video
I have copied my dvd in question to the disk:
dvdbackup -i/dev/sr0 -t1 -o /storage2/dvdfolder
The next step is posing a problem, it says to create IFO and .BUP files. I follow the guide meticulously, typing:
[reploid@archcomputer VIDEO_TS]$ dvdauthor -o /storage2/dvdcopy *.VOB
It just results in an error message.
ERR: Must first specify -t, -m, or -x.
Now where on that line shall I put them t's and m's???
[reploid@archcomputer VIDEO_TS]$ dvdauthor -o -t/storage2/dvdcopy *.VOB
[reploid@archcomputer VIDEO_TS]$ dvdauthor -o -t /storage2/dvdcopy *.VOB
[reploid@archcomputer VIDEO_TS]$ dvdauthor -o /storage2/dvdcopy *.VOB -t
Nothing works and I am stuck...

It's telling you that you need to make a table of contents (-t). Try this without the *.VOB:
dvdauthor -o /storage2/dvdcopy/ -T
--EDIT--
EEEEK! I told a lie. -t is the title, -T is the table of contents. The table of contents may have been created in the step you did before this. Take a look at the following page:
http://da.gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Create_a_DVD:Filesystem
and for any other questions, check the links on the above's referring page:
http://da.gentoo-wiki.com/Index:HOWTO_Create_a_DVD
Last edited by skottish (2008-09-21 01:56:01)

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