On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 11:24:26AM -0400, Chris Jones wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 04:07:34AM EDT, Jelle van der Waa wrote:
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> [..]
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> > > Bit of a shame Archlinux does not provide a live environment that lets
> > > you verify you can run X11.. connect to the network.. etc.
>
> > You can c
On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 04:07:34AM EDT, Jelle van der Waa wrote:
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> > Bit of a shame Archlinux does not provide a live environment that lets
> > you verify you can run X11.. connect to the network.. etc.
> You can connect to the network with the live-cd, since the netinstall
> uses the inter
> you verify you can run X11.. connect to the network.. etc.
You can run X11 easily as long ass you don't have some relic from 70s or
some arm system, even then basic vesa driver should work.
On 25/06/12 06:32, Chris Jones wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 06:15:42AM EDT, Jelle van der Waa wrote:
>> On 23/06/12 06:41, Chris Jones wrote:
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> [..]
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>> Please note that bridge-gnome is not supported by Archlinux and is not
>> recommended as installation media.
>
> Thanks. I looked inside
On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 06:15:42AM EDT, Jelle van der Waa wrote:
> On 23/06/12 06:41, Chris Jones wrote:
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> Please note that bridge-gnome is not supported by Archlinux and is not
> recommended as installation media.
Thanks. I looked inside the bridge-gnome iso.. but I don't know enough
about
On 23/06/12 06:41, Chris Jones wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 12:10:05AM EDT, Chris Jones wrote:
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> [..]
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>> Downloading.. thanks..
>
> Duplicated the grub entry for the Arch iso:
>
> | menuentry "bridge-gnome-2012.5-x86_64.iso" {
> | set isofile="/iso/bridge-gnome-2012.5-x86_64.iso"
>
On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 12:10:05AM EDT, Chris Jones wrote:
[..]
> Downloading.. thanks..
Duplicated the grub entry for the Arch iso:
| menuentry "bridge-gnome-2012.5-x86_64.iso" {
| set isofile="/iso/bridge-gnome-2012.5-x86_64.iso"
| loopback loop (hd0,7)$isofile
| linux (loop)/arch
On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 12:09:41AM EDT, David Benfell wrote:
> On 06/22/12 20:48, Chris Jones wrote
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> >
> > I never bork my existing system(s).. ;-)
> >
>
> s/never/have not yet/
>
hehe..
Actually, I once did end up with an unbootable system on a couple of
occasions.. one time it was cau
On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 07:16:17PM EDT, C Anthony Risinger wrote:
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> Or yet-another-option -- my personal favorite thanks to unusual levels
> of utility and awesome -- you can "dynamic netboot" Arch from a 1/2
> MiB PXE image:
>
> http://releng.archlinux.org/pxeboot/
>
> ... as linked on th
On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 06:55:22PM EDT, David Benfell wrote:
> > You could try archboot[1]. tpowa has been doing a great job at
> > providing unofficial up-to-date install/live images. They provide
> > the same as the official install images (but up-to-date :p) so don't
> > expect any fancy guis.
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On 06/22/12 20:48, Chris Jones wrote
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> I never bork my existing system(s).. ;-)
>
s/never/have not yet/
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On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 03:30:13PM EDT, Paul Gideon Dann wrote:
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> Also, I'd highly suggest rolling out VirtualBox and playing with an
> installation. This will 1) mean you won't bork your existing system,
I never bork my existing system(s).. ;-)
CJ
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On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 02:38:48PM EDT, Alexandre Ferrando wrote:
> On 22 June 2012 20:34, Chris Jones wrote:
> > I am a long-time debian user.
[..]
> You're not missing a thing, archlinux doesn't have that kind of
> liveCDs, just the installer. At least officially. Can't remember right
> now a
On Jun 22, 2012 5:55 PM, "David Benfell" wrote:
> On 06/22/12 15:10, Mauro Santos wrote:
> >
> > You could try archboot[1]. tpowa has been doing a great job at
> > providing unofficial up-to-date install/live images. They provide
> > the same as the official install images (but up-to-date :p) so
>
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On 06/22/12 15:10, Mauro Santos wrote:
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> You could try archboot[1]. tpowa has been doing a great job at
> providing unofficial up-to-date install/live images. They provide
> the same as the official install images (but up-to-date :p) so
> don't expe
On 22-06-2012 19:34, Chris Jones wrote:
> I am a long-time debian user.
>
> Is there an Archlinux live environment available anywhere so I can take
> a look round without installing AL to my hard drive..?
>
> I created a grub menu entry for ‘archlinux-2011.08.19-core-dual.iso’ and
> booted succes
On Friday 22 Jun 2012 21:43:06 Jesse Juhani Jaara wrote:
> Just login as root and start bagging in sed and awk clauses to the
> console ^_^ should work.
Also, I'd highly suggest rolling out VirtualBox and playing with an
installation. This will 1) mean you won't bork your existing system, and 2)
On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 02:34:06PM -0400, Chris Jones wrote:
> I am a long-time debian user.
>
> Is there an Archlinux live environment available anywhere so I can take
> a look round without installing AL to my hard drive..?
>
> I created a grub menu entry for ‘archlinux-2011.08.19-core-dual.iso
On 23 June 2012 02:34, Chris Jones wrote:
> I am a long-time debian user.
>
> Is there an Archlinux live environment available anywhere so I can take
> a look round without installing AL to my hard drive..?
You are already in a "live" environment. It is console-based and
provides only a minimal s
pe, 2012-06-22 kello 14:34 -0400, Chris Jones kirjoitti:
> I created a grub menu entry for ‘archlinux-2011.08.19-core-dual.iso’ and
> booted successfully.. but afaict.. it only lets me run the installer.
What do you mean it only lets you run the installer? Our isos are full
livecds. Once you boot
On 22 June 2012 20:34, Chris Jones wrote:
> I am a long-time debian user.
>
> Is there an Archlinux live environment available anywhere so I can take
> a look round without installing AL to my hard drive..?
>
> I created a grub menu entry for ‘archlinux-2011.08.19-core-dual.iso’ and
> booted succe
I am a long-time debian user.
Is there an Archlinux live environment available anywhere so I can take
a look round without installing AL to my hard drive..?
I created a grub menu entry for ‘archlinux-2011.08.19-core-dual.iso’ and
booted successfully.. but afaict.. it only lets me run the installe
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