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diff --git a/instructions b/instructions new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5998788 --- /dev/null +++ b/instructions @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ + Arch Linux + Installation and Live-CDs + ---------------------------- + +All images give you a live console environment in which you can do +a manual or automatic installation and which can be used as maintenance and rescue systems. + +All iso files can also be written to hard disks/usbkeys. + +Flavors: +-------- +Netinstall images are the preferred install media for Arch Linux. +You can always get up to date packages using these media. +Core images contain a snapshot of the core repository, which makes them ideal +for offline installations when no Internet access is available +to install the base system. (you can do a netinstall with these also) + +Both come in i686, x86_64 or dual variant. The latter contains both and lets you choose +an architecture at boot. + +How to obtain and use these installation images: +------------------------------------- +Torrents are preferred (they are webseed enabled), but you can also just get the images +from an Arch mirror. + +The Official Arch Linux Install Guide gives you more info: + http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Official_Arch_Linux_Install_Guide + +More info / getting in touch: +---------------------------- +http://bugs.archlinux.org/ +http://mailman.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch-releng + +Happy installing! +Happy ARCHing! +- Arch Linux Release Engineering team |