On 22 June 2012 20:34, Chris Jones <cjns1989@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am a long-time debian user. > > Is there an Archlinux live environment available anywhere so I can take > a look round without installing AL to my hard drive..? > > I created a grub menu entry for ‘archlinux-2011.08.19-core-dual.iso’ and > booted successfully.. but afaict.. it only lets me run the installer. > > I must be missing something.. > > CJ You're not missing a thing, archlinux doesn't have that kind of liveCDs, just the installer. At least officially. Can't remember right now any live-cd aside from archbang ( but that is the livecd of an arch based distro, not just arch IIRC) PS: If you're looking into installing arch, don't use a core installation, or at least grab the lattest. It is better to use a netinstall.