Re: [arch-general] creating an archlinux usb key with persistence

Sounds likea good setup. What tool are you using for partitioning? I don't remember luks/btrfs as an option in fdisk, admittedly I am coming from a debian perspective just switching to arch to try it out. -Original Message- From: Mauro Santos [mailto:registo.maill...@gmail.com] Sent: T

Re: [arch-general] creating an archlinux usb key with persistence

I agree! It sounds like just what I need. -Original Message- From: Manolo Martínez [mailto:man...@austrohungaro.com] Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 3:39 AM To: General Discussion about Arch Linux Subject: Re: [arch-general] creating an archlinux usb key with persistence On 03/13/14 at 03

[arch-general] creating an archlinux usb key with persistence

Hi, Are there instructions for creating an archlinux usb key with persistence somewhere? I want to use my archlinux usb key as a diagnostic tool, and sometimes it is helpful to save files to it for later review. Any info would be appreciated. BTW: I am planning on using a 64gb usb ke

Re: [arch-general] talkingarch problems formatting partitions

] talkingarch problems formatting partitions besides you can use "badblocks" Warning because it could be data destructive. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/badblocks Regards, On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 8:44 PM, Simon Brand wrote: > Am 12.03.2014 19:38, schrieb Don Raikes: >&

Re: [arch-general] talkingarch problems formatting partitions

: [arch-general] talkingarch problems formatting partitions Am 12.03.2014 19:38, schrieb Don Raikes: > Hi Ary, > > I tried using: > > # mkfs -t ext2 /dev/sda1 > > And got the same results. > After a reboot, I tried: > # mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sda3 > > And got a lot

Re: [arch-general] talkingarch problems formatting partitions

, to see what happens? Maybe it could be a bug On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 3:07 PM, Don Raikes wrote: > Hi, > > I downloaded the talkingarch-20140203-dual.iso yesterday and want to install > it onto my desktop system. > > > > I booted into the talkingarchlinux system no prob

[arch-general] talkingarch problems formatting partitions

Hi, I downloaded the talkingarch-20140203-dual.iso yesterday and want to install it onto my desktop system. I booted into the talkingarchlinux system no problems, and used parted to create the partitions on my hard disk. When I go to format the partitions, as soon as I enter the command:

[arch-general] newbie: looking for docs

Hello, I am very new to archlinux (as of late last week, and I am struggling to find any documentation on how to create new archlinux packages, and how to setup a local repository for my packages prior to contributing them to the AUR. I have searched the wiki and forums as well as simply