On Sat, 30 Sep 2017 10:36:56 -0400, Pierre Thibault wrote:

I am sorry to write here about this about I would like to register on https://bbs.archlinux.org to have access to the Arch forum. The problem is that I am unable to install Arch but the registration page is asking me the result of an Arch command

Hello Robot ;) it doesn't, it is asking for "Your answer" to "What is the output of "date -u +%V$(uname)|sha256sum|sed 's/\W//g'"?" I compared two installs, an Arch Linux and an Ubuntu install, since you could run Ubuntu even from a live media. [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ grep PRETTY /etc/os-release PRETTY_NAME="Arch Linux" [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ date -u +%V$(uname)|sha256sum|sed 's/\W//g' cbcc[snip]681f [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ sudo systemd-nspawn -qD /mnt/moonstudio [sudo] password for rocketmouse: [root@moonstudio ~]# grep PRETTY /etc/os-release PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS" [root@moonstudio ~]# date -u +%V$(uname)|sha256sum|sed 's/\W//g' cbcc[snip]681f [root@moonstudio ~]# logout [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ The answer is the same, even if you would use an Ubuntu live DVD. Regards, Ralf

So the solution would be for people to note the command on paper then to boot live (if their live version is working), run the command, note the result, boot back and go back to the registration page to put the result? I think this is way too demanding. 2017-09-30 10:56 GMT-04:00 Ralf Mardorf :

On Sat, 30 Sep 2017 10:36:56 -0400, Pierre Thibault wrote:

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I am sorry to write here about this about I would like to register on https://bbs.archlinux.org to have access to the Arch forum. The problem is that I am unable to install Arch but the registration page is asking me the result of an Arch command

Hello Robot ;)

it doesn't, it is asking for "Your answer" to "What is the output of "date -u +%V$(uname)|sha256sum|sed 's/\W//g'"?"

I compared two installs, an Arch Linux and an Ubuntu install, since you could run Ubuntu even from a live media.

[rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ grep PRETTY /etc/os-release PRETTY_NAME="Arch Linux" [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ date -u +%V$(uname)|sha256sum|sed 's/\W//g' cbcc[snip]681f [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ sudo systemd-nspawn -qD /mnt/moonstudio [sudo] password for rocketmouse: [root@moonstudio ~]# grep PRETTY /etc/os-release PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS" [root@moonstudio ~]# date -u +%V$(uname)|sha256sum|sed 's/\W//g' cbcc[snip]681f [root@moonstudio ~]# logout [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$

The answer is the same, even if you would use an Ubuntu live DVD.

Regards, Ralf

On Sat, 30 Sep 2017 11:07:53 -0400 Pierre Thibault via arch-general wrote:

So the solution would be for people to note the command on paper then to boot live (if their live version is working), run the command, note the result, boot back and go back to the registration page to put the result?

If you have some basic experience with the linux command line, you don't actually have to run the command in a linux terminal. If you have no clue about it (yet), you might want to do some reading and get familiar with the linux shell basics before installing / using Archlinux, this might save you lots of trouble.

I think this is way too demanding.

If you already prepared your installation media (which you're going to do anyway) it's a matter of... 2 minutes? Good luck!

2017-09-30 10:56 GMT-04:00 Ralf Mardorf :

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On Sat, 30 Sep 2017 10:36:56 -0400, Pierre Thibault wrote:

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I am sorry to write here about this about I would like to register on https://bbs.archlinux.org to have access to the Arch forum. The problem is that I am unable to install Arch but the registration page is asking me the result of an Arch command

Hello Robot ;)

it doesn't, it is asking for "Your answer" to "What is the output of "date -u +%V$(uname)|sha256sum|sed 's/\W//g'"?"

I compared two installs, an Arch Linux and an Ubuntu install, since you could run Ubuntu even from a live media.

[rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ grep PRETTY /etc/os-release PRETTY_NAME="Arch Linux" [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ date -u +%V$(uname)|sha256sum|sed 's/\W//g' cbcc[snip]681f [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ sudo systemd-nspawn -qD /mnt/moonstudio [sudo] password for rocketmouse: [root@moonstudio ~]# grep PRETTY /etc/os-release PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS" [root@moonstudio ~]# date -u +%V$(uname)|sha256sum|sed 's/\W//g' cbcc[snip]681f [root@moonstudio ~]# logout [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$

The answer is the same, even if you would use an Ubuntu live DVD.

Regards, Ralf

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