Subj : Re: ArchLinux
To : ACCESS DENIED
From : GRYPHON
Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 07:20 pm
On 08/23/14, Access Denied said the following...
AD> Hello Gryphon,
AD>
AD> On 23 Aug 14 21:05, Gryphon wrote to Access Denied:
AD>
AD> Gr> My only attempt at installing Arch Linux was on my Pi. It seemed to
AD> Gr> install great, but then *after* the install it wanted to configure th
AD> Gr> swap space. But there was no more space on the drive to add it,
AD> Gr> because it was all used during the install. Is that a problem that i
AD> Gr> specific to the Pi install? Can it be worked into the initial
AD> Gr> installation, so that I don't have to configure swap after the fact?
AD>
AD> I don't have a Pi, so I can't tell you honestly if it's the Pi version
AD> specific, though I've never had a problem with anything related to swap
AD> on anything I've installed Arch wise.
AD>
AD> I've definitely never had to redo the swap configuration after the
AD> initial install. Was it maybe a typo when initially setting up your
AD> /etc/fstab? If not that, then maybe there is something odd with the Pi
AD> version. *shrug* Sorry I can't be more help on that one. :(
It has been a bit, so I don't remember the details exactly. I don't remember
setting up the fstab, and I don't remember getting the option. I suppose I
could try it again. This is one of the good things about having a pi. It can
be used to for evaluating several different OSes.
"No matter where you go, there you are!" - B. Bonzai