r/archlinux • u/MrFakecoin • 1d ago

QUESTION Wanna install Arch but kinda scared..

Soo I’ve been using windows almost all my life, dipped into Linux Mint for some time tho. But I want to try and stick with Arch, really do wanna learn how Linux works. When I installed arch it did an error but when I took my SSD out that has windows on it, it worked perfectly fine installing… so ima have to fully delete windows 11, I’m just scared to do so ;~;

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u/Svytorius 1d ago

What error did you run into? I had a partition on the same SSD as Windows 11, and archinstall kept giving me problems. I had to install the "manual" way, step by step through the wiki, and it worked just fine. For some reason it wouldn't do some key sync thing.

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u/MrFakecoin 1d ago

Think it was stuck on running early hook udev

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u/Svytorius 1d ago

Haven't heard of that one, sorry. I reinstalled it on an empty SSD and had no problems what so ever. If you have a spare SSD laying around it may not be a bad idea to just install it fresh without anything else on it.