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Nah. Format the disk, bootstrap your root partition, edit some config files, install your packages, done. If you know what you're doing and have a fast internet
by coldpie 11y ago
Nah. Format the disk, bootstrap your root partition, edit some config files, install your packages, done. If you know what you're doing and have a fast internet connection, you're talking about 10 minutes to a working OS. Unlike Gentoo, which has a days-long compilation step.
- krick 11y agoYou missed setting up a bootloader, which often is the most tricky part, sometimes due to some funny update in the freshest version of the ArchLinux which wasn't fixed yet. Bleeding edge and all.
- semi-extrinsic 11y agoNo, bootloader is easy: # pacman -S syslinux # syslinux-install_update -i -a -m # vim /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg # ensure path to kernel etc. is correct.