[arch-general] Booting archlinux .iso to take a look

Jelle van der Waa jelle at vdwaa.nl
Mon Jun 25 04:07:34 EDT 2012


On 25/06/12 06:32, Chris Jones wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 06:15:42AM EDT, Jelle van der Waa wrote:
>> On 23/06/12 06:41, Chris Jones wrote:
> 
> [..]
> 
>> Please note that bridge-gnome is not supported by Archlinux and is not
>> recommended as installation media.
> 
> Thanks. I looked inside the bridge-gnome iso.. but I don't know enough
> about what's required to make an iso bootable from the HD.. And since
> I was never able to register on the ‘bridge’ forums to ask the folks
> there if it's even possible, I've pretty much lost interest.
> 
> Bit of a shame Archlinux does not provide a live environment that lets
> you verify you can run X11.. connect to the network.. etc.
You can connect to the network with the live-cd, since the netinstall
uses the internet to download the packages.

Btw checkout the testiso's for more recent kernels, worked fine for me
in a VM.
> 
> I guess I'll just install Archlinux to my HD when I have more time.
> 
> CJ
> 


-- 
Jelle van der Waa



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