figured that one out... it was the live media I were looking at

On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 5:03 PM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 Other Packages (may be outdated): Ubuntu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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