On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 12:12:54AM +0000, 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 if you are careful when partitioning the disk, then this will not happen. > 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 I think yes. if not please email me at alex19ep@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > 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? no. but I recommend to read archwiki page about 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? sure you can. if you have efi, then it will be very simple. > 5. Was there ever a consensus on how often to do a pacman -Syyu in Arch? as often as you need it. the only problem is that if you do not update system for a very long time (for example, a year), then later it can be a little more difficult to do. -- Sincerely, Alexander _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list