Interesting: I wanted to label the partition arch was installed on (makes
it easier to mount as the device label changes <so far> between sdb and
sdc) but discovered that arch isn't installed on a partition and as far as
I can tell there isn't a file system on it. At least I loaded gparted to
inspect it and the box that shows the partition/size/filesystem type is
grayed out and when I go to the partition pull down everything in it is
grayed out

On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 4:44 PM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:

> Okay Alex....... I got arch to install. I am assuming just getting the
> command prompt is what I want. Before I head over there is there anything I
> should do from the host computer before I leave the world of gui (like
> maybe I should download something and put it onto the USB) and enter the
> land of archlinux?
>
> On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 4:18 PM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I figured that is what you wanted me to do so I am burning it to the USB
>> drive now. Strange... we still call ot burning though that is what you do
>> to a dvd/cd.<about an hour later><there was a power outage>
>> even stranger I got an error when installing to the USB but upon
>> restarting my computer (and forgetting to disconnect the USB) arch booted.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 2:39 PM Snyder, Alexander J <
>> alexander@snyderfamily.co> wrote:
>>
>>> Or, if you want a pre-compiled app for your distro:
>>>
>>> Other Packages (may be outdated): Ubuntu
>>> <http://launchpad.net/~gezakovacs/+archive/ppa> Debian
>>> <http://packages.debian.org/search?suite=all&keywords=unetbootin> Fedora
>>> <http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/search/unetbootin> Suse
>>> <http://software.opensuse.org/search?baseproject=ALL&p=1&q=unetbootin>
>>> Arch <http://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/i686/unetbootin/>
>>> Gentoo <http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sys-boot/unetbootin>
>>> --
>>> Thanks,
>>> Alex.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 11:38 AM Snyder, Alexander J <
>>> alexander@snyderfamily.co> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Use "Unetbootin" a classic that I used for Years on LInux:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://github.com/unetbootin/unetbootin/releases/download/702/unetbootin-linux64-702.bin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Alex.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 11:36 AM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> rufus won't work... I have run linux since 98
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 2:22 PM Snyder, Alexander J <
>>>>> alexander@snyderfamily.co> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Okay, from your existing desktop (Windows) download the ISO image,
>>>>>> and then download Rufus:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Arch ISO (mirror):
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/archlinux/iso/2021.09.01/archlinux-2021.09.01-x86_64.iso
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rufus (*only available for Mac/Windows*):
>>>>>> https://rufus.ie/en/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Follow those steps and let me know once you have created the bootable
>>>>>> USB drive.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Alex.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 11:19 AM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> well, that is kinda what I want. I want to build a package in a
>>>>>>> directory that is in the path  so I don;t have to edit anything
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 1:40 PM Snyder, Alexander J <
>>>>>>> alexander@snyderfamily.co> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Type:  echo "$PATH"
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> to view the folders in your user path. Root will have a different
>>>>>>>> PATH.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You can add to it by typing:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> export PATH="$PATH:/your/new/directory"
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> To append to the end.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Put that at the bottom of your "~/.bashrc" file.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>> Alexander.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sent from my Samsung S20+ 5G
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 8, 2021, 10:32 Michael via PLUG-discuss <
>>>>>>>> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> What directory is in the path that is also accessible by the user?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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