On Sat, 30 Sep 2017 11:07:53 -0400 Pierre Thibault via arch-general <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > So the solution would be for people to note the command on paper then > to boot live (if their live version is working), run the command, > note the result, boot back and go back to the registration page to > put the result? If you have some basic experience with the linux command line, you don't actually have to run the command in a linux terminal. If you have no clue about it (yet), you might want to do some reading and get familiar with the linux shell basics before installing / using Archlinux, this might save you lots of trouble. > I think this is way too demanding. If you already prepared your installation media (which you're going to do anyway) it's a matter of... 2 minutes? Good luck! > > 2017-09-30 10:56 GMT-04:00 Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet@xxxxxxxx>: > > > On Sat, 30 Sep 2017 10:36:56 -0400, Pierre Thibault wrote: > > >I am sorry to write here about this about I would like to register > > >on https://bbs.archlinux.org to have access to the Arch forum. The > > >problem is that I am unable to install Arch but the registration > > >page is asking me the result of an Arch command > > > > Hello Robot ;) > > > > it doesn't, it is asking for "Your answer" to "What is the output of > > "date -u +%V$(uname)|sha256sum|sed 's/\W//g'"?" > > > > I compared two installs, an Arch Linux and an Ubuntu install, since > > you could run Ubuntu even from a live media. > > > > [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ grep PRETTY /etc/os-release > > PRETTY_NAME="Arch Linux" > > [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ date -u +%V$(uname)|sha256sum|sed > > 's/\W//g' cbcc[snip]681f > > [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ sudo systemd-nspawn -qD /mnt/moonstudio > > [sudo] password for rocketmouse: > > [root@moonstudio ~]# grep PRETTY /etc/os-release > > PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS" > > [root@moonstudio ~]# date -u +%V$(uname)|sha256sum|sed 's/\W//g' > > cbcc[snip]681f > > [root@moonstudio ~]# logout > > [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ > > > > The answer is the same, even if you would use an Ubuntu live DVD. > > > > Regards, > > Ralf > > -- Merlin Büge <toni@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
