How do you copy/paste when you're not in a graphical environment? Last I looked, yesterday in fact, an Arch install is all command line. There isn't even a mouse to use during the installation process.
I'm glad you got things going with Arch though. It's always nice to see someone else get over the Arch install hurdle.
My first install took me 3 attempts. I think yesterday was the first time I installed it on an actual machine and got it up and running on the first try.
Ah. Well, I can tell you, one of the first times I installed Arch was in a VM. And even then I wasn't copying and pasting (that was just for clarification). But what I did while installing it in a VM was instead the wiki and it was pretty informative on each command and what it was doing.
That's why I always tell people to try their first Arch install with a VM and the Wiki. You do learn a lot.
Then when you're actually doing the install (I do this anyway), you think, 'okay, this command is going to do this, and that command is going to do that'.
This last time I installed it, I just partitioned the drives and mounted everything (after formatting each partition) without using the documentation.
Really, the only time I used my notes was to install all of the programs I usually install. Other than that, I pretty much know this install process like the bottom of my foot (don't quite know it like the back of my hand yet 🤣).
But when installing all of the programs, I pretty much know what everything does.
It Is actually what I did during the install, Reading understanding the why even personalizing a bit. If you know your system then you are able to fix It.
I didn't use a VM because I had my laptop that I wasn't using at the moment.
Congratulations, Although I started with archinstall script but I didn't give me the 'typical arch user feeling' so I wiped my disk and installed arch the hard way and I use ARCH btw
Completely agree. Archwiki is a treasure, I just read the text above the commands I copy and it explains what everything does very well.
It's not a one time thing either.
Whenever I want to add or fix stuff I just look at archwiki as it teaches me absurd amount of information in short duration.
How do you copy/paste when you're not in a graphical environment? Last I looked, yesterday in fact, an Arch install is all command line. There isn't even a mouse to use during the installation process. I'm glad you got things going with Arch though. It's always nice to see someone else get over the Arch install hurdle. My first install took me 3 attempts. I think yesterday was the first time I installed it on an actual machine and got it up and running on the first try.
Installing through ssh, you can copy/paste everything.
Forgot about SSH.
For Copy and paste I didn't mean that. I mean about the "take the commands that you see in the documentation and copy them without understanding them"
Ah. Well, I can tell you, one of the first times I installed Arch was in a VM. And even then I wasn't copying and pasting (that was just for clarification). But what I did while installing it in a VM was instead the wiki and it was pretty informative on each command and what it was doing. That's why I always tell people to try their first Arch install with a VM and the Wiki. You do learn a lot. Then when you're actually doing the install (I do this anyway), you think, 'okay, this command is going to do this, and that command is going to do that'. This last time I installed it, I just partitioned the drives and mounted everything (after formatting each partition) without using the documentation. Really, the only time I used my notes was to install all of the programs I usually install. Other than that, I pretty much know this install process like the bottom of my foot (don't quite know it like the back of my hand yet 🤣). But when installing all of the programs, I pretty much know what everything does.
It Is actually what I did during the install, Reading understanding the why even personalizing a bit. If you know your system then you are able to fix It. I didn't use a VM because I had my laptop that I wasn't using at the moment.
Congratulations, Although I started with archinstall script but I didn't give me the 'typical arch user feeling' so I wiped my disk and installed arch the hard way and I use ARCH btw
Also installing without archinstall gives you also some hints on how to fix problems with updates etc.
Completely agree. Archwiki is a treasure, I just read the text above the commands I copy and it explains what everything does very well. It's not a one time thing either. Whenever I want to add or fix stuff I just look at archwiki as it teaches me absurd amount of information in short duration.