Installing Arch Linux 2012 - PART 1 HD

Not for the tame.

ROUND ONE:
- Creating a virtual machine in Virtualbox
- Setting default language with Locale
- Partitioning hard disk with CFDISK
- Generate filesystem with MKFS
- Mounting partitions into /mnt
- Installing OS essentials with Pacstrap
- Generating an fstab file with GENFSTAB

[Rood]

Absolutely fantastic video. From this one, I've subscribed. Now, I'm looking forward to the rest of this playlist series and to see what else you've done.

[SunBePraised]

Working on it. Should be done by tomorrow evening.

Thanks for your interest and patience.

[williambryant]

One of the best arch guides I've seen. Thanks a lot - Arch seems a bit easier than gentoo?

[SunBePraised]

Yes and no.

Pacman is used to install stuff onto your current system. Pacstrap is used to install packages to another system (for example, we're using it *from* the "live" Arch disc *to* install packages in our mounted partitions).

[SunBePraised]

MSCE? Congrats. I've yet to take that exam . . . not sure if I want to.

Arch is certainly a bear, and it certainly has a steep learning curve (Im certainly still learning). Careful if you decide to install Awesome as your Window Manager later on - I have not yet figured out how to migrate 3.4 settings (the version I did these vids on) to 3.5 (current).
If you like Mint's GUI, definitely check out the Cinnamon Desktop Environment. A little on the resource-intensive side, but very nice.

[Jorafa]

What modifications should I do for a non-VBox environment? In other words as my main OS? Awesome videos. You should <strong>Be Praised</strong>.

[SunBePraised]

That depends on whether or not you plan on Suspending/Hibernating the machine and especially if you have low RAM.

[EvgeniyNosov]

What is the music playing in the background?

[veloxsouth]

Was sudo not part of base-devel back last year?

[CubeTuber]

Thanks!!
Btw, do you think it's worth switching from mac to arch??
I used ubuntu for a while but i just switched back to mac and now i'm bored of it...

[SunBePraised]

I tried Gnome 3 for a half hour and decided I hated it.
Gnome 2 is still one of my favorites, though. At least XFCE4 is Gnome-ish without the compiz stuff.

[crankylucifer]

just one question, why not just use "ping -c google.com"?
since it will redirect you to one of the servers they have up, or have I missed something here?
other than this, it is a really, I mean it, really good guide :3
now I might actualy be able to actually install the X-server and make it work... (never works completely properly for me).

[nathanwilliams]

what is it that makes your directory tree display as you type?

[crankylucifer]

understandable about that IP part.

hmm...
thank you for explaining ^.^

[HeyItsWez]

Don't I need to create a SWAP partition as well?

[crankylucifer]

also;
is pacman and pacstrap generally the same thing?

[SunBePraised]

Sometimes I get the "network inaccessible" error.
It's a habit of mine to just use an IP address.

[nobazter]

so how much partition space should i make my bootable primary if i have 500gb hard drive

[williambryant]

When I did /mnt/etc/fstab, I didn't have the top line you have:
tmpfs            /tmp        tmpfs    nodev.nosuid    0      0

But I had everything else in the file. Is that bad? Did I miss something?
- Thanks

[TheToastyManToaster]

For the life of me i cannot get my wireless up. I have a Broadcom BCM4312 and forums say that it should be compatible.