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Archboot Guide Archboot Guide
Jujy, 24th 2012 July, 26th 2012
Tobias Powalowski <tpowa@archlinux.org> Tobias Powalowski <tpowa@archlinux.org>
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4. Common Installation Procedure 4. Common Installation Procedure
1. Running Setup 1. Running Setup
2. Set Keyboard And Console Font 2. Set Keyboard And Console Font
3. Set Time And Date 3. Set up Network
4. Prepare Hard Drive 4. Set Time And Date
5. Prepare Hard Drive
1. Auto-Prepare 1. Auto-Prepare
2. Partition Hard Drives 2. Partition Hard Drives
3. Create Software Raid, Lvm2 or Luks encryption 3. Create Software Raid, Lvm2 or Luks encryption
4. Set Filesystem Mountpoints 4. Set Filesystem Mountpoints
5. Select Source 6. Select Source
6. Select Packages 7. Select Packages
7. Install Packages 8. Install Packages
8. Configure System 9. Configure System
9. Install Bootloader 10. Install Bootloader
10. Exit Install 11. Exit Install
5. System Configuration 5. System Configuration
6. Useful links 6. Useful links
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Use this menu to change your keyboard to your desired keymap Use this menu to change your keyboard to your desired keymap
and console font. and console font.
Set up Network
Use this menu to configure your network.
Set Time And Date Set Time And Date
Use this menu to change time and date of your running system. Use this menu to change time and date of your running system.
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or any other medium you could mount at this stage, this is the only viable or any other medium you could mount at this stage, this is the only viable
method of installing Arch Linux. method of installing Arch Linux.
Setup Network (FTP/HTTP method)
Setup Network will allow you to install and configure your network device.
Wireless drivers are available in install environment, but you have to
configure those devices with the standard Linux tools by hand,
or the Arch Linux way by using the netcfg scripts.
You can skip setup network then and go straight ahead to selecting mirror.
A list of all currently available network devices is presented to you.
If no ethernet device is available yet, or the one you wish to use is
missing, either hit OK and go on to probe for it, or switch to another
console and load the module manually.
If you still can't configure your network card, make sure it's physically
been properly installed, and that it is supported by the Linux kernel.
When the correct module is loaded, and your desired network card is
listed, you should Select the ethernet device you want to configure
and you will be given the option to configure your network with DHCP.
If your network uses DHCP, hit YES and let the installer do the rest.
If you select NO, you will be asked to enter the networking information
manually. Either way, your network should be successfully configured,
and if you're of the skeptical kind, you may check connectivity using
standard tools like ping on another console.
As automatisms are not perfect, you may not be able to successfully
use the installer to set up your network. In these rare cases, don't
bother, and set up you network device manually in one of the consoles.
All the installer needs is a transparent connection to the FTP/HTTP server
you are going to select later during the installation.
Choose Mirror (FTP/HTTP method) Choose Mirror (FTP/HTTP method)
You need to select a mirror for installing the packages, else the FTP/HTTP You need to select a mirror for installing the packages, else the FTP/HTTP