LEAD ME DOWN ANOTHER RABBIT HOLE WITH OBTUSE NON-EXPLANATIONS, I DARE YOU MOTHERFUCKERS

oh you just gotta append some initrd= options to the boot loader or whatever, tehee :troll:

WELL HOW THE FUCK DO I DO THAT?? I WILL FIND YOU

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Most people use a text editor but we all know that person who uses cat and pipes for everything.

Does the arch install even have you pivot root?

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The arch install has me aneurysm exploding is what it has.Spent the whole day on it and I feel like I’ve learned nothing. Also it won’t boot.

pivot_root() changes the root mount in the mount namespace of the calling process. More precisely, it moves the root mount to the directory put_old and makes new_root the new root mount. The calling process must have the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability in the user namespace that owns the caller’s mount namespace.

pivot_root() changes the root directory and the current working directory of each process or thread in the same mount namespace to new_root if they point to the old root directory. (See also NOTES.) On the other hand, pivot_root() does not change the caller’s current working directory (unless it is on the old root directory), and thus it should be followed by a chdir(“/”) call."

:jesse-wtf:

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Pivoting root would be the step where you chroot into the new installation partition that you just mounted. You use arch_chroot for that if I remember right.

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Is that the same as chrooting? Seems similar in which case it is indeed in the arch install guide.

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Ngl, I never learned much from jumping in the deep end either.

Found out from a swimming instructor friend that it’s not the accepted way to teach now.

Why are you installing arch?

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Been running manjaro for some time, and I got a new ssd so I figured I’d give it a shot. Was hoping AUR might work better there, it has been kinda glitchy for me.

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