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Faun

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Re: The Dark Side :Arch Linux

MetalheadGautham said:
installed
booted
text mode
damn
where do I find the install guide and beginners guide ?

or atleast tell me someplace on the net where I can get the text versions of both. I intend to place them in my root directory and open them.
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seriously dude have some hardcopy or use ur metaaaal head to remember these pesky little things.:rolleyes: It aint no rocket science :!:

I did the install with just 2 pages filled with certain notes, now I dont even need to read'em to install again on my new HDD.
 
MetalheadGautham

MetalheadGautham

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Re: The Dark Side :Arch Linux

hell, I know the damned guide is in the install media. But the problem is that I already installed it. I forgot the mount commands to mount a CD rom drive. I don't remember most such things. So I need the beginners guide and the install guide.

I am currently on Myah OS Box Edition Live CD

Anyway, I think I need to reinstall or do something like that since I goofed up with the optimisation part, by enabling things I never will need.

As for those laughing about my ability with the text mode, let me tell you that since I was familiar with ubuntu apt-get commandline, I had absolutely NO difficulty in bringing Debian Lenny to a perfectly usable state from bare minimum text install :p
 
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FilledVoid

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Re: The Dark Side :Arch Linux

As for those laughing about my ability with the text mode, let me tell you that since I was familiar with ubuntu apt-get commandline, I had absolutely NO difficulty in bringing Debian Lenny to a perfectly usable state from bare minimum text install
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If you performed all the steps to the configuration of rc.conf then the only remaining steps are basically installing xorg and an Environment. Which could be Gnome , xfce , kdemod. Whatever.

After that you can install the rest.

I seriously doubt anyone here is measuring your "skill" to install a computer from scratch. However in the long run it would help you better if you actually opened up the beginner guide. Either email yourself a copy , put it in your cellphone or write down the basic steps. not the whole guide just the steps to get you a GUI which you seem comfortable with. Which is why I tell everyone to install Fluxbox or xfce since it sonly a small download compared to others.

To install something use pacman -S whatever_my_name_is .
 
Faun

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Re: The Dark Side :Arch Linux

@Gautham
first as root do
fdisk -l
then mount
mount /dev/<cddevice> /media/<cdrom>
where <cddevice> will be found in the output of fdisk -l and <cdrom> is a directory in /media made by "mkdir /media/cdrom" as root
 
MetalheadGautham

MetalheadGautham

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Re: The Dark Side :Arch Linux

looool... I copied the wiki via myah and pasted to /home/gautham.

arch is much more easier to configure than ubuntu and debian :D

I reinstalled it just for the heck of it.

I ONLY need a good mirror to download repo software.

help welcome.
 
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FilledVoid

FilledVoid

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Re: The Dark Side :Arch Linux

I haven't changed whatever the defaults were as far as the mirrors were concerned. I get speeds from 35kbps - 250 kbps. If I do my downloads in the evening its always slow. However if I do it in the early morning I get lightning fast speeds. Don't know why though.
 
MetalheadGautham

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Re: The Dark Side :Arch Linux

@kalpik: Unixheads sucks even more than windows me :mad:
isn't there ANY mirror which can help me download at 200KBPS ? :cry:

I use BSNL H500 internet and OpenDNS servers and connect via DHCP from my Type-I modem, which itself is configured within to use OpenDNS as DNS servers.

I miss Debian's IIT Madras. :cry:
 
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FilledVoid

FilledVoid

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Re: The Dark Side :Arch Linux

*www.filledvoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/screenshot-terminal.png
These are the speeds I get y using the default mirrors. As I said try installing stuff in the morning and not night.
 
gary4gar

gary4gar

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Re: The Dark Side :Arch Linux

My HDD is dead again, this time in just 3months.
It seems i would also try Arch in a week for so when the new HDD arrives

Ontopic:
i see in Arch we have to download a lot, is there any way where i can download everything required in night time 200hrs-800hrs. and do the config later. waking up at midnight isn't best thing to do.
i have a BSNL Home 500
 
MetalheadGautham

MetalheadGautham

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Re: The Dark Side :Arch Linux

FilledVoid said:
*www.filledvoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/screenshot-terminal.png
These are the speeds I get y using the default mirrors. As I said try installing stuff in the morning and not night.
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but your speed is still too low, compared to the 240kbps I am used to :cry:

isn't there a script/command to auto select fastest mirror ?
 
MetalheadGautham

MetalheadGautham

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Re: The Dark Side :Arch Linux

gary4gar said:
Use windows Dude:p
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thats what I am currently being forced to use.:mad:
but you know me... I hate looong boot times of windows, and the usual security protocols I am always forced to follow. and windows lacks features like triple click to select a line, a solid commandline (which I use in linux to save time), etc.

Infact, in my current state, maan chahta hai ki Linux Mint install as a temporary measure.

gautham needs a fast arch mirror :cry:
 
CadCrazy

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Re: The Dark Side :Arch Linux

MetalheadGautham said:
thats what I am currently being forced to use.:mad:
but you know me... I hate looong boot times of windows, and the usual security protocols I am always forced to follow. and windows lacks features like triple click to select a line, a solid commandline (which I use in linux to save time), etc.
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Wtf dude use Windows. life is not all about happiness. You should also face horror terror and torture :razz: :D :razz:
 
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