No.1332
>be me.
>know very little about GNU+Linux, a total GNU+Linux noob.
>First timer installing Arch GNU+Linux into pc using the Live cd.
>removed MSR(System Reserved) partition from HD that are currently used for Win7 boot, and replace it with GNU+Linux /boot partition (200mb of total size).
>mount everything.
>didn't detect UEFI, don't know what it is anyway.
>installed grub, hoping for dual boot to work.
>installed the rest of GNU+Linux on another new ext4 partitions in the same HD, each partitioned consist of "/", "/var", "/home".
>install finished, reboot.
>grub dual boot screen appears, listed arch GNU+Linux and win8, wtf.
>choose arch GNU+Linux option.
>pc loads.
>then get error massage, "Thermal reporting for required devices not enabled, aborting".
>reboot.
>goes to grub dual boot screen again then choose win8.
>pc loads.
>booted into win7 recovery partition instead of win7 os.
>can't boot into win7 ever again.
>don't know how to fix the bootloader and GNU+Linux, don't have anymore. unallocated partition left.
>kill me please.
tfw you'll never be able to use superior FOSS os on main hard drive.
tfw you'll never be Arch GNU+Linux lesbian.
No.1333
>>1332 why the fuck are you installing weird OS's you found on the internet just use windows like a normal person
(USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) No.1334
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OP, Arch is not the easiest distro to install, espically if your new to GNU+Linux. Don't give up if you want to learn it. This is what I would recommend:
Get your Windows fixed. Throw your Win7 disk in, try the repair option. If you don't know what I'm talking about, do a search for Win7 repair.
After your Windows is back up and running, download and install VirtualBox. In VB, install your GNU+Linux distro of choice to check it out. You might want to try something a little easier to start with. Maybe just straight Debian, or CentOS, or FreeBSD / OpenBSD. You can mess around in your VirtualBox without worrying about messing up your Win OS. After you get it GNU+Linux figured out and want to switch over, then go and wipe your computer and install GNU+Linux on it. Then install VirtualBox in your GNU+Linux environment and install Windows in there if you need it. Don't mess with dual boot, you'll probably find you'll get bored or tired of messing with it after awhile, and you'll just be booting into Windows all the time. Plus it's more of a pain in the ass if you want to change stuff, having to repartition drive layouts and shit.
This is just my 2 cents, from a guy who just finally switched completly over to GNU+Linux after like 10+ years when I first found it and started working in it. But when you get there OP, Arch is a pretty kickass distro. It's not for beginners. Pic related, screenshot.
No.1335
>>1334But I don't have a win7 disc with me. The closes thing to recovery that I can do right now is to boot into my win7 recovery partition. It leads me into its GUI and there is a recovery option I can select. But I kind of reluctant to do the operation since I don't have anymore empty partition left. The only way to clear up my full harddisk is to delete my GNU+Linux partion that i just installed.
Once I click the win7 recovery operation, it might create a new MRS boot partition for it I think.
No.1336
>>1335btw, I'm currently using ubuntu live cd right now.
No.1340
No.1355
>>1332you know more than I've ever dared to try. good job OP
No.1357
Yay! win7 is fixed, apparently that system reserved partition is actually quite unnecessary at all. I thought the repair cd is gonna recreate that particular partition but no.
Its time to continue the Arch GNU+Linux installation adventure until I got it right.
No.1369
>>1357Maybe try in a virtual machine this time. It's easy to fuck up your install, and/or other arch partitions if you don't know what you're doing. Arch is not designed with GNU+Linux noobs in mind.
If you stick with it, you'll learn a lot, but don't feel ashamed to switch to something easier first to get comfortable first - you're really going in balls deep by starting with arch.
No.1427
Just an update, I managed to install geenu arch liinux on my pc though. The problem that stalled my pc when booting into geenu arch liinux was because of the ISO I downloaded was actually broken. What ironic was I got it from the official website. Later then I found the latest update of it from sourceforge, and then everything went alright.
Now here's come another problem I'm facing. From what I learn from youtube, my current grub's dualboot setup need to be edited so that my Windows should be on the default boot priority. This is important because if I do windows update with non default windows boot setup, my windows file system will get screwup.
I tried to fix the order of default boot by using boot-repair from ubuntu livecd but failed because it said my arch GNU+Linux needs a grub2 repository update. Then I realized there's a lot of other things i need to install on my arch GNU+Linux. I didn't even have a text editor and web browser on archGNU+Linux cinnamon desktop enviroment. Could this be the LTS kernel that I'm using which gave a limited options for me to fix this?
Also I need to install AUR, (yougurt) and still learning to do it.
No.1439
Update
-my boot order is fixed, Windows is now a default boot then archGNU+Linux is secondary OS boot. I used boot customizer to fix this on ubuntu livecd.
-managed to install firefox and gedit on geenu arch liinux
Welp that was quite an advanture, now how the hell do I get my program shortcuts on desktop and my new installed program listed in the start menu?
Also I need to get youurt next!
No.1457
hehe, life gets a lot more easier when I got actopi
No.1459
Currently installing icecat browser, It is compiling things and I wonder why it takes so damn long to finish?
No.1464
I seriously can't believe this is my first GNU+Linux distro. Its so AWESOME!
No.1564
Currently trying to find a way how to use kvm booting on my other real windows partition. I tried typing qemu-kvm and get command not found. I already install qemu though. This gonna be hard I think.
No.1568
OK!
I can only boot into iso file using qemu launcher, or maybe into some other image file which is not what I really want. I believe there's alot more things I need to do for me to boot into my real physical windows partition using this qemu thing. I don't even know whether the KVM was activated in the fistplace since it doesn't mention anything. What do?
No.1579
>>1564KVM is built into the kernel
if you don't know wtf you're doing just install libvirtd and virt-manager and use that.
No.1621
>>1332Anon, you didn't go wrong with Arch, the problem was that you didn't lurk a bit more.
Arch is one of the best distros, but it's installation can be a bit stressing,
I suggest you try Manjaro, Still Arch but a bit greenish but a an easy to use install interface similar to fedora or suse, gives you option to install alongside windows and some other shit.
No.1635
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>>1621I already have my Arch installed already, haven't you fully read my thread yet. Is just that I kind of envious that some users can do this on their Gnu Arch Liiinux
No.1745
>>1635wish there was a guide to do this with all sorts of
hardware. If If I could get 99.9% performance out of a
windows VM inside loonix I would fully make the switch
over to a free os.
It would be even cooler if I could have the same hard
drive and folder contain all my steam shit so i can use it
on both OS's
No.1749
It's really cool that you got arch running with no GNU+Linux experience, but could you stop memeing and spouting that "haha if I say GNU+Linux funny, everyone will think I'm cool". It's just obnoxious.
But good job and good luck getting everything set up, it's probably too late to tell you but arch comes with nano as a text editor. Just type "nano pathtofile" in the terminal as root.
No.2740
Manjaro is like the Ubuntu of arch based distros btw, better for conplete noobs
No.2743
>>1635
Is KVM gpu-passthrough useable on linux guests?
Arch is the host, Kubuntu is the guest. I kinda want to use kde in a VM, and since it's heavy then vga-passthrough would keep cpu usage down.