My old ASUS A3 laptop is bought at 2004. It CPU is Intel Celeron 1.33GHz, 490MB memory.
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Download install media: archlinux-2014.04.01-dual.iso;
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Write this ISO to USB stick with YUMI;
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Plugin a usb-netcard (because the netcard of A3000 doesn't work) and startup A3000 with this USB key;
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When "Boot> " appeared, press
, then input "pxe", then press again, input "nohave64"; -
After ArchLinux i686 startup, setup ADSL connection with
pppoe-setup
(I install ArchLinux at home via ADSL):NIC: enp0s29f7u2 Username: 100002172688 Password: k4... DNS: server
and use default values for other items.
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Install arch system. After setup hostname:
pacman -S rp-pppoe openssh grub grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck /dev/sda
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Shutdown system, unpluged USB key, restart system. A "GRUB load failed... no such partition..." error raise
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Install arch system. After setup hostname:
pacman -S rp-pppoe openssh grub grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck /dev/sda
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Using USB wireless card to replace USB wired netcard:
pacman -S iw gnome-keyring
. The USB wireless card is TP-LINK TL_WN725N, bought at jd.com 2013.2.18. -
Install video driver: the video card is Intel checked by
lspci|grep VGA
, sopacman -S xf86-video-intel
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Config SSH servive:
systemctl enable sshd
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Shutdown system, unplug USB key, restart system. A "GRUB load failed... no such partition..." error raise.
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List partition UUID with
blkid
, compare them with that in /boot/grub/grub.cfg. They dismatch. -
Startup system with USB key. After
arch-chroot
, rungrub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
to rebuild grub file; -
Restart laptop. Arch load successfully.