Re: [arch-general] almost got archlinux installed

2012-09-14 Thread Kyle
According to Jude DaShiell: # Failed to create secure file system message went away after I changed ro to rw in # syslinux.cfg. Should /dev/sda3 have been mentioned in syslinux.cfg where # I have /home? If so, I didn't do that and this may explain some of the # difficulties. The device mentio

Re: [arch-general] almost got archlinux installed

2012-09-14 Thread Jude DaShiell
First, the hack to force the sound card on and to be unmuted does work. I put it into /etc/profile since that should apply to the whole system. I did manage to get dmesg output saved to a file. I'll see if I can get that copied to another place where it can be shared later. I failed to crea

Re: [arch-general] almost got archlinux installed

2012-09-11 Thread Jude DaShiell
The system is only a c.l.i. system so far since I first get the command line working then get interested in g.u.i. later maybe. I'll adjust those timeouts down to about 20. The first time I got archlinux to boot it said it failed to create a secured or secure file system so it may be possible

Re: [arch-general] almost got archlinux installed

2012-09-11 Thread Kyle
According to Jude DaShiell: # When I boot the computer with the arch hard drive in it, the system waits until I hit enter to start talking. Syslinux does run a boot menu, similar to the grub boot menu. You can turn this off by adjusting the timeout setting in /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg and/o

[arch-general] almost got archlinux installed

2012-09-11 Thread Jude DaShiell
When I boot the computer with the arch hard drive in it, the system waits until I hit enter to start talking. Not a problem since it does talk but only for a few seconds then espeak turns off. If I log in very quickly, I get a root prompt. If I wait for a few seconds after that then espeak g