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Arch Linux Installation guide. This document is a guide for installing Arch Linux from the live system booted with the official installation image.

Arch Linux Installation guide

For alternative means of installation, see Category:Installation process. Before installing, it would be advised to view the FAQ. For conventions used in this document, see Help:Reading. In particular, code examples may contain placeholders (formatted in italics) that must be replaced manually. For more detailed instructions, see the respective ArchWiki articles or the various programs' man pages, both linked from this guide. Arch Linux should run on any x86_64-compatible machine with a minimum of 530 MiB RAM. Pre-installation The installation media and their GnuPG signatures can be acquired from the Download page. Verify signature It is recommended to verify the image signature before use, especially when downloading from an HTTP mirror, where downloads are generally prone to be intercepted to serve malicious images. $ pacman-key -v archlinux-version-x86_64.iso.sig # fdisk -l.

How to compile the Linux kernel. Do you want to remove bloat from your Linux installation?

How to compile the Linux kernel

Are you looking to enable extra features that aren't provided by your distro? Fancy trying some of the cutting-edge patches doing the rounds? You'll need to recompile your kernel, and while it might look like black magic if you've never done it before, it's actually pretty straightforward. Read on for everything you need to know...

(PS: along with this you might want to read the newbie's guide to hacking the kernel and how the kernel works.) There is a phrase guaranteed to strike terror into the heart of new Linux users, especially those who are wary of venturing too far from the GUI. As we'll show you in this tutorial, compiling a kernel isn't very different from compiling most other packages: first you run the configuration script, followed by make to compile the software, then you install it. Take root Although it is possible to patch, configure and compile kernel source as a normal user, you need to be root to install it. . #! Learn Linux, 101: Hard disk layout. Overview In this article, learn to design a disk partitioning layout for a Linux system.

Learn Linux, 101: Hard disk layout

Learn to: Allocate filesystems and swap space to separate partitions or disksTailor the design to the intended use of the systemEnsure the system can be bootedUnderstand the basic features of Logical Volume Manager (LVM) This article helps you prepare for Objective 102.1 in Topic 102 of the Linux Professional Institute's Junior Level Administration (LPIC-1) exam 101. The objective has a weight of 2. Note: This article deals mostly with planning the layout. Note: This article includes material for the LPI Exam 101: Objective Changes as of July 2, 2012. Prerequisites To get the most from the articles in this series, you should have a basic knowledge of Linux and a working Linux system on which you can practice the commands covered in this article.

Back to top Filesystem overview A Linux filesystem contains files that are arranged on a disk or other block storage device in directories. Table 1. Partitions. Move /home to it’s own partition. Posted by Carthik in administration, guides, ubuntu.

Move /home to it’s own partition

Trackback Having the “/home” directory tree on it’s own partition has several advantages, the biggest perhaps being that you can reinstall the OS (or even a different distro of Linux) without losing all your data. You can do this by keeping the /home partition unchanged and reinstalling the OS which goes in the “/” (root) directory, which can be on a seperate partition.

But you, like me, did not know this when you first installed Ubuntu, and have not created a new partition for “/home” when you first installed Ubuntu. Despair not, it is really simple to move “/home” to its own partition. First, create a partition of sufficient size for your “/home” directory. Next, mount the new partition:$mkdir /mnt/newhome $sudo mount -t ext3 /dev/hda5 /mnt/newhome (You have to change the “hda5″ in the above to the correct partition label for the new partition. Make sure everything copied over correctly. Cursorily verify that everything works right.