On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 12:35 AM, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Creation of a separate /boot partition helped. I did it with syslinux, > and have partition structure of /dev/sda1 /boot 50MB /dev/sda2 swap 1024MB > /dev/sda3 /mnt 15440MB and /dev/sda4 /home remainder of the disk. Since > in this configuration, /dev/sda3 correctly points to /root I left it alone > but edited syslinux.cfg to point at linux-lts and also changed ro to rw at > the end of those append lines. I did that after booting the machine and > waiting an hour then hitting enter to get anything going. I heard > archlinux start talking but also heard message failed to create secure > directory again. So the rw on those append lines has if only temporarily > enabled this system and disk writes to work. I don't have authority to > edit the beginner's guide, and do have to question if anyone really did > follow those instructions to the letter and come out of it with a working > system. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > jude <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Adobe fiend for failing to Flash > > > Hey congratz, it's a sweet moment when one have finally the ball rolling =) Regarding the wiki... well, it's just a wiki, providing you put enough care with the final result I don't think there's any issue at all - on the contrary, the only way to strengthen a community is when it's members are involved.
