[arch-general] How can I post on bbs.archlinux.org?

[Merlin Büge]

On Sat, 30 Sep 2017 11:07:53 -0400
Pierre Thibault via arch-general <arch-general at archlinux.org> 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 <silver.bullet at zoho.com>:
> 
> > 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$(uname)|sha256sum|sed 's/\W//g'"?"
> >
> > I compared two installs, an Arch Linux and an Ubuntu install, since
> > you could run Ubuntu even from a live media.
> >
> > [rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ grep PRETTY /etc/os-release
> > PRETTY_NAME="Arch Linux"
> > [rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ date -u +%V$(uname)|sha256sum|sed
> > 's/\W//g' cbcc[snip]681f
> > [rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ sudo systemd-nspawn -qD /mnt/moonstudio
> > [sudo] password for rocketmouse:
> > [root at moonstudio ~]# grep PRETTY /etc/os-release
> > PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS"
> > [root at moonstudio ~]# date -u +%V$(uname)|sha256sum|sed 's/\W//g'
> > cbcc[snip]681f
> > [root at moonstudio ~]# logout
> > [rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$
> >
> > The answer is the same, even if you would use an Ubuntu live DVD.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ralf
> >


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Merlin Büge <toni at bluenox07.de>