On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Keith Hinton <keithint1234@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi. > I've recently seen threads on this list pertaining to interesting issues with the Arch Linux core isos. > I haven't had that problem in my primary tests of those Isos in particular. > Is there any reason why a successful installation may occur in one environment over another? Or is this a common Linux problem. > Thanks for answering my question. > I hope that the rest of you folks have successful Core installations, however a net-install is the only real way to isntall Arch Linux. > I do not see the point of the core installer media, personally. Why would one wish to use that? A snapshot will become outdated in a flash, and all of you archers know this. As soon as a newer package version is available the entire snapshot is outdated instantly. Or will be, given a few weeks/months/years/whatever. > I therefore have always installed from what I believe to be the Arch-Way, wich is installing via the Internet alone to have an updated system. > Does anyone agree/disagree with my idea on the proper way to install Arch? :D > Regards, --Keith > I disagree. Some of us do not have fast/reliable internet connections, and would rather postpone the search for reliable download speeds till after the machine is bare-bones working (can boot, has network, basically has all of core) instead of in between the install process.
