From 6fc790a418f0d80ded2eefb90a8349d66d5cfe3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dieter Plaetinck Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 23:06:56 +0200 Subject: updated copyright and instructions re: recent changes like dual architecture and isohybrid support --- doc/official_installation_guide_en | 37 ++++++++----------------------------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/official_installation_guide_en') diff --git a/doc/official_installation_guide_en b/doc/official_installation_guide_en index 15a71d5..01688f6 100644 --- a/doc/official_installation_guide_en +++ b/doc/official_installation_guide_en @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Arch Linux and scripts are copyright 2002-2007 Judd Vinet -2007-2009 Aaron Griffin +2007-2010 Aaron Griffin and are licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). @@ -49,15 +49,9 @@ you should decide which installation method you would like to use. ## Available images -Arch Linux provides bootable images for: +Arch Linux provides isofiles which can be written to CD-roms or to disks and usb sticks -* CD-rom drives ( ISO format): works on almost any machine with a CD-ROM drive -* USB disk images (raw format): works on any system capable of booting - from a usb drive. - -The GRUB bootloader is used, but for those having problems with GRUB -not loading with certain CD-rom drives, ISO images with the ISOLINUX -bootloader are offered as well. +The Isolinux bootloader is used. There are two variants of each installation medium which only differ in terms of supplied packages. @@ -83,6 +77,9 @@ If there's something else you happen to need at runtime, just get your Internet connection up and install it using pacman. A short pacman command reference is available at the end of this document. +All images are available in a i686, x86_64 or dual variant. The latter contains both and lets you choose +an architecture at boot. + ## AIF, the installation tool Arch Linux uses AIF aka 'Arch Linux Installation Framework' to perform @@ -149,9 +146,7 @@ and have it shipped anywhere in the world. ## Preparing the Installation Media -**CD-ROM** - - * Download iso//archlinux-XXX.iso + * Download your chosen medium through torrent (preferred) or from your favorite mirror. * Download iso//sha1sums.txt @@ -163,23 +158,7 @@ and have it shipped anywhere in the world. archlinux-XXX.iso: OK - * Burn the ISO image to a CD-R or CD-RW using any software of your choice. - -**USB** - - * Download iso//archlinux-XXX.img - - * Download iso//sha1sums.txt - - * Verify the integrity of the .img image using sha1sum: - - - sha1sum --check sha1sums.txt - - archlinux-XXX.img: OK - - - * Write the disk image to a USB mass storage device, such as a thumb drive, + * Burn the ISO image to a CD-R or CD-RW using any software of your choice, or if using a USB mass storage device, such as a thumb drive, using dd or similar raw-write software: -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf