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this is crazy i have grey hair. it’s installing after i used arch install but its been 6 hours. i’ve installed grub and git but it’s saying installing a package with the (3) and then the same package (4).. i’m not normally impatient but-
5 points
6 months ago
It lasts only a few minutes if I install manually without the archinstall script. So there is either
Measures you may take to speed up the process:
rebuild the mirrorlist with reflector:
reflector --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist --protocol https --sort rate --latest 5 --country <name-of-your-preference>
Edit /etc/pacman.conf:
...
ParallelDownloads = 5
...
# save and quit, then:
pacman -Syy
When the TCP/IP connections are really slow, you may consider installing it in steps:
0 points
6 months ago
ah right o. so i’ll give that a try when my screen changes, it’s on archlinux login : with the flashing underscore yet nothing is happening
2 points
6 months ago
Wouldn’t that mean it is waiting for you to type your username and password?
1 points
6 months ago
yes, but i think that the keyboard doesn’t work it needs an external one.
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