Hey, On 16 April 2016 at 22:22, bill . <billwx@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > New member here and new Arch user having come over from arch-based > Manjaro. I admit i installed with Architect and am thankful for it as i > don't know that i would have been able to do so without it. So far my > experience has been a good one, but i know i have much to learn. > Welcome to Arch. Always nice to see new faces. One thing that puzzles me is with every other linux i've used i formatted a > usb flash drive with the command sudo mkdosfs -n xxxx -I /dev/sdx where x's > are specific to file names and disk drives. This does not work in my Arch > (the development version and lxqt. Is there a different way specific to > Arch, or something i need to download to get this function? > mkdosfs in part of the dosfstools package. In general, if you're looking for a specific tool (or other file) you can search the repositories for it using pkgfile. You first have to install pkgfile though, it's in the pkgfile package ;) Also, usually when i first install a linux there are updates, sometimes > tons of them. When i use pacman -Syu it says there is nothing to update. Is > this common/ correct? > That is correct, arch installs by downloading the latest packages from a mirror, so you always install a fully up-to-date system. I must admit I don't know what Architect is, but I imagine this is still true. I appreciate Arch for its up to date repository, among many other things. > There are just a few things i need to know in order to use it better. Good > to be a part of the real deal. Many thanks for your time! > peace > -bill > I hope this helps. Cheers, Maarten
