That’s the way it should be.Īfter creating the partition /dev/sda1, run the following command toįormat the partition as an ext4 filesystem: mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1 Parted skipped 1049kB at the start of the disk.ĭon’t worry. Partition doesn’t actually start at the beginning of the disk, even If you paid attention to the print output, you will see that your We then make the partition bootable.įinally run the print command to see if all is well before we Then we create a “primary” partition which willįill up 100% of the disk, and indicate that we will later format itĪs an “ext4” file system type. (parted)), run the following commands: mklabel msdos mkpart primary ext4 0% 100% set 1 boot on print quitįirst we select “msdos” partition type, which is another name for the Once you are in parted (you know it because the prompt changes to Understanding of what a disk partition is. Skim through the documents to getĪn idea of what it’s talking about. These sections point you to two other long documents,ĭon’t really tell you what to do. Partition the disks / Format the partitions / Mount the file Verify that the VM is connected to the Internet using the ping In case you’re curious, we are booting in BIOS They areĬlarifications and additional help on the Arch Linux Installation guide Note that what follows is NOT the whole instruction. Have listed below some additional info and directions on some of the – is detailed and comprehensive, but sometimes it’s a bit confusing. The Arch Linux Installation guide – we’ll call it the Guide from now on Ready to install Arch onto your virtual hard disk. Once the VM boots successfully into the Arch Live CD image, you are
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