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Install ArchLinux on Old ASUS A3000 Laptop


My old ASUS A3 laptop is bought at 2004. It CPU is Intel Celeron 1.33GHz, 490MB memory.

  1. Download install media: archlinux-2014.04.01-dual.iso;

  2. Write this ISO to USB stick with YUMI;

  3. Plugin a usb-netcard (because the netcard of A3000 doesn't work) and startup A3000 with this USB key;

  4. When "Boot> " appeared, press , then input "pxe", then press again, input "nohave64";

  5. 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.

  1. Install arch system. After setup hostname:

    pacman -S rp-pppoe openssh grub grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck /dev/sda

  2. Shutdown system, unpluged USB key, restart system. A "GRUB load failed... no such partition..." error raise

  3. Install arch system. After setup hostname:

    pacman -S rp-pppoe openssh grub grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck /dev/sda

  4. 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.

  5. Install video driver: the video card is Intel checked by lspci|grep VGA, so pacman -S xf86-video-intel;

  6. Config SSH servive: systemctl enable sshd;

  7. Shutdown system, unplug USB key, restart system. A "GRUB load failed... no such partition..." error raise.

  8. List partition UUID with blkid, compare them with that in /boot/grub/grub.cfg. They dismatch.

  9. Startup system with USB key. After arch-chroot, run grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg to rebuild grub file;

  10. Restart laptop. Arch load successfully.



Published

Aug 17, 2014

Last Updated

Aug 17, 2014

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