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Re: Arch linux installing process
by Ralf Mardorf 18 Jul '23

18 Jul '23

On Tue, 2023-07-18 at 22:57 +0600, Source Code wrote: > But I use EFI and I don’t understand what I should write where … > [snip] > Arch wiki does not tell me this secret. Hi, please reply to the mailing list! I'm sorry, I don't understand your problem. I'm _not_ using legacy BIOS boot, my Intel's GPU doesn't allow this. Grub2 handles all the EFI things for me. I only added the path to the installed microcode to grub.cfg's initrd line. initrd /boot/intel-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux.img I can't comment on secure boot, since this is disabled on my machine. You cannot use one of the ways described by https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/microcode#Loading_microcode ? "1Loading microcode 1.1Microcode built in the initramfs 1.2Early loading 1.2.1Unified kernel images 1.2.2Initrd images 1.2.2.1Enabling early microcode loading in custom kernels 1.2.2.2GRUB 1.2.2.3systemd-boot 1.2.2.4EFISTUB 1.2.2.5rEFInd 1.2.2.5.1Manual boot stanzas 1.2.2.6Syslinux 1.2.2.7LILO 1.2.2.8Limine" Have you tested anything from this? Regards, Ralf

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Re: Arch linux installing process
by Ralf Mardorf 18 Jul '23

18 Jul '23

On Tue, 2023-07-18 at 20:17 +0600, Source Code wrote: > Now I use cfdisk and I saw type of sda: Linux swap, > linux root x86-64 and Linux file system. And I wanna > know the difference between linux root x86-64 and Linux > file system. > Now I think to leave just Linux swap and Linux root x86-64. Hi, please reply to the mailing list. This is again quasi the same I already wrote before: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/partitioning#UEFI/GPT_layout_example You need a "/boot or /efi" partition. You should use a "Linux swap" and you need a "Linux x86-64 root (/)". This root directory can use different file systems, such as ext4, but maybe you want a copy on write file system. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/file_systems I'm sorry, but I don't know how to use cfdisk. If you don't want to use command line, I recommend to use a live media providing GParted. This isn't what I'm using: https://gparted.org/liveusb.php I'm using an USB stick with https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html . If I need GParted on a live media, I just run e.g. a persistent Xubuntu or any other ISO copied to the Ventoy USB stick. Regards, Ralf

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Arch linux installing process
by Source Code 18 Jul '23

18 Jul '23

I wanna ask you, that how many size I can choose for Linux x86-64 root and Linux file system?

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Installing process
by Source Code 18 Jul '23

18 Jul '23

I have started to install Arch Linux and I reached to step partitions. How I can delete the partition where my Debian Linux is located? I see only 465 GB of my disk. And use archinstall for graphical installing. And there is the point of boot loader. There I can choose GRUB as a boot loader instead systemd-boot. If I choose GRUB it will be more be easily to do shim 3.2.2? For example, I can not to rename of my boot loader or not?

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Secure_Boot
by Source Code 18 Jul '23

18 Jul '23

Hello! I wanted to ask: 1. The Arch Linux Wiki has a section 3.2 Using a signed boot loader. Can I skip the previous sections and skip subsection 3.2.1 PreLoader and go straight to section 3.2.2 Shim? 2. If I change the boot loader to grubx64.efi and then if I don't finish section 3.2.2, will everything fail? Nothing will load? And if I leave the boot loader (aka boot.efi, right?) and grubx64.efi, will it crash? 3. Section 3.2.2.1.2 shim with key has: $ openssl req -newkey rsa:4096 -nodes -keyout MOK.key -new -x509 -sha256 -days 3650 -subj "/CN=my Machine Owner Key/" -out MOK.crt $ openssl x509 -outform DER -in MOK.crt -out MOK.cer Should I write "/CN=my Machine Owner Key/" like this? Or do you need to write some sequence of characters? Tell me what to write? P.S. If I make a mistake with any item, then everything will fly for me and it will not be possible to recover?

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ANN: arch-log: a tool for quickly checking package commit logs for Arch & AUR
by René Neumann 16 Jul '23

16 Jul '23

Hey everyone, I noted that, from time to time, I want to determine the latest upstream changes in a PKGBUILD, especially when only the pkgrel has changed (i.e. not just a version bump). As it involved remembering the web interfaces and hunt down the package in question, I got tired of it and wrote a small tool to accomplish this: arch-log. I post this here, so whoever finds this interesting/noteworthy can have a look. Git: https://github.com/Necoro/arch-log AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/arch-log Best, René

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Install Arch Linux
by Source Code 14 Jul '23

14 Jul '23

Hi everyone! I am very closer than ever to install arch Linux and I have small doubts. Can you share with your experience to install arch Linux? I have read Arch wiki. And I saw a few decisions. What did you choose? As I understand disable the security boot is more simple. P.S. As I understand right you have signed your core for a long time, but now not? If it so, why?

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Install Arch Linux
by Source Code 13 Jul '23

13 Jul '23

I have installed Arch Linux ISO on USB. And In BIOS I did not disable security boot, because I thought it is not good idea. I have started to find decisions to my problem, and most popular answer was disable security boot. If I disable my security boot, it will be safe for my PC? Maybe do you have any other decisions? And why my PC require it for Arch Linux but for Debian not?

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Installing
by Source Code 12 Jul '23

12 Jul '23

I was trying to install Arch Linux from USB and got an error: image failed to verify with security violation. Why?

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Arch Linux Questions
by Source Code 12 Jul '23

12 Jul '23

Hello, I wanted to clarify something else: 1. I understand Arch Linux is absolutely free? And all the proprietary programs that are related to Arch Linux are also free, and I don't have to pay for them, right? 2. Proprietary programs are associated with programming or anything else that I can download, they may already differ in license (be paid or free), right?

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