When running the archinstall script on bare metal, you have to choose the drive onto which archlinux is installed. The archinstall script only uses the drive you choose. Before you get to the archinstall script, on booting archlinux you hit down arrow once then hit enter and you get to choose your sound output. I have no usb headphones so won't answer that question any further. On Thu, 20 Jan 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > So, as it says. I very much like my Arch VM. > > And I've done a ton of installs on a qemu VM, though I'm now thinking of > switching to bare metalso I can tweak my system how I want. > > > So....before I do this. > > 1. I'm worried something'll go wrong in the archinstall script, or the manual > install and nuke my (currently working) system > > > 2. Will my USB headphones be connected out of the box or not? On a VM they are > but that doesn't mean a thing when it comes to bare metal > > > 3. I have two machines, one's /dev/sda, which I'm assuming will likely install > fine, hopefully > > > THe other, a laptop, is /dev/nvme, which is what I'm worried about. Anything > special I need for Arch to install on an NVME? > > > 4. Can I with two HDD, /dev/sda (my current Solus system)wor and /dev/sdb (a > 2.7T drive), install Arch on /dev/sdb and pick and choose which distro to > boot? I remember way to do a console command to reboot and have Grub select > which to boot up, but I'm not sure if that's still a thing? > > > 5. Was there ever a consensus on how often to do a pacman -Syyu in Arch? > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list