On Jul 16, 2012 11:53 AM, "mike cloaked" <mike.cloaked@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Given the significant changes to key packages in recent times as well > as the main AIF developer leaving I thought I would start looking at > how to do a clean install without reference to AIF. There are new > isos now available which have dropped AIF in favour of the > arch-install-scripts but as yet I have not seen much documentation > with guidance on installs from scratch that would be easy to follow > without leaving out key steps. > > Does anyone know of any new wiki entries or other step by step guides > available that would allow someone like me with 10 years of linux > experience, but with only experience of arch in the past year, to run > a standard arch base install for a laptop or desktop, which has BIOS > boot (no UEFI) but using grub2 (since that looks like the standard in > the future) rather than grub, with standard old style partitioning > (i.e. not GPT), and ending up with a dual boot system with its > original Windows XP bootable as well as the base arch system bootable, > and ready to then configure as a usable customised system later? This should be a start: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Install_Scripts -t
