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*requires '''some understanding''' of a Linux system and you will need to make several decisions on your own rather than someone else has made them for you beforehand. | *requires '''some understanding''' of a Linux system and you will need to make several decisions on your own rather than someone else has made them for you beforehand. | ||
*does not provide a live environment of the resulting deskop. You will see what you get when you get it - '''WYNSIWYG''' | *does not provide a live environment of the resulting deskop. You will see what you get when you get it - '''WYNSIWYG''' | ||
In our example we will install preconfigured '''Manjaro-bspwm'''. | In our example we will install preconfigured '''Manjaro-bspwm'''. | ||
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Once you have booted the '''M-A''' ISO you will be greeted by this login screen: | Once you have booted the '''M-A''' ISO you will be greeted by this login screen: | ||
http://imgur.com/Wg8Dm40.png | |||
You can login as user '''manjaro''' or as '''root''', in both cases using the password '''manjaro'''. | You can login as user '''manjaro''' or as '''root''', in both cases using the password '''manjaro'''. | ||
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Now '''manjaro-architect-launcher''' will look for an active internet connection and then download and install the latest available version of the installer. If no network is available you will land on this screen with '''nmtui''' where you have the opportunity to connect: | Now '''manjaro-architect-launcher''' will look for an active internet connection and then download and install the latest available version of the installer. If no network is available you will land on this screen with '''nmtui''' where you have the opportunity to connect: | ||
http://imgur.com/lBAOCob.png | |||
After that you can choose between several languages for the installer. Some translations are not complete, yet, but in theory, these are available at the moment: | After that you can choose between several languages for the installer. Some translations are not complete, yet, but in theory, these are available at the moment: | ||
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Some more system checks in the background and you will reach the main menu: | Some more system checks in the background and you will reach the main menu: | ||
https://imgur.com/OPQtoj0.png | |||
where our first required step will be. | where our first required step will be. | ||
==Prepare Installation== | ==Prepare Installation== | ||
http://imgur.com/0Ty2E6K.png | |||
#'''Set Virtual Console'''<br/><!-- | #'''Set Virtual Console'''<br/><!-- | ||
-->At this point **M-A** will already have chosen a keyboard layout ('''vconsole''') for the CLI environment automatically based on your language choice. If the expected default works for you, meaning you have for example chosen German and you are using a German QWERTZ keyboard, you can skip this menu entry or just open it briefly and it will show you the current configuration so you can decide if you want to keep it. | -->At this point **M-A** will already have chosen a keyboard layout ('''vconsole''') for the CLI environment automatically based on your language choice. If the expected default works for you, meaning you have for example chosen German and you are using a German QWERTZ keyboard, you can skip this menu entry or just open it briefly and it will show you the current configuration so you can decide if you want to keep it.http://imgur.com/NW6586R.png<br/><!-- | ||
-->'''NOTE:''' The same setting will later be used for the Console configuration of the target install - it is however independent of the keyboard layout for the Desktop Environment, which is a different thing ('''xkbmap''') and will be defined in a later step. | -->'''NOTE:''' The same setting will later be used for the Console configuration of the target install - it is however independent of the keyboard layout for the Desktop Environment, which is a different thing ('''xkbmap''') and will be defined in a later step. | ||
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-->A '''/boot''' partition (if needed) should be mounted as filesystem '''vfat'''.<br/><!-- | -->A '''/boot''' partition (if needed) should be mounted as filesystem '''vfat'''.<br/><!-- | ||
-->If you decide to mount more partitions you will be asked to specify their respective mountpoints (/home /opt /var ...). | -->If you decide to mount more partitions you will be asked to specify their respective mountpoints (<code>/home /opt /var ...</code>). | ||
#'''Configure Installer Mirrorlist'''<br/><!-- | #'''Configure Installer Mirrorlist'''<br/><!-- | ||
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-->(Duplicate packages will automatically be removed from the list later, so you don't need to worry about that...)<br/><!-- | -->(Duplicate packages will automatically be removed from the list later, so you don't need to worry about that...)<br/><!-- | ||
--> | -->http://imgur.com/74PU2xh.png<br/><!-- | ||
-->Next you will see a selection of all the available '''kernel extramodules'''. Since for my wireless card I will need the '''broadcom-wl''' module, I will select that one here so the matching driver packages for both my selected kernels will be installed. The rest of the listed modules I will not need, so I can leave those deselected.<br/><!-- | -->Next you will see a selection of all the available '''kernel extramodules'''. Since for my wireless card I will need the '''broadcom-wl''' module, I will select that one here so the matching driver packages for both my selected kernels will be installed. The rest of the listed modules I will not need, so I can leave those deselected.<br/><!-- | ||
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-->Now we can relax for a little while and watch '''M-A''' doing its job. It will create a list of needed packages and download and install them for us..<br/><!-- | -->Now we can relax for a little while and watch '''M-A''' doing its job. It will create a list of needed packages and download and install them for us..<br/><!-- | ||
--> | -->http://imgur.com/bBsloIw.png<br/><!-- | ||
-->In our case the download is about 600MB. Depending on your internet connection and the available selected mirror it will take a little while to get everything we need...<br/><!-- | -->In our case the download is about 600MB. Depending on your internet connection and the available selected mirror it will take a little while to get everything we need...<br/><!-- | ||
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-->Once all our packages have been installed successfully, Manjaro's hardware detection tool '''mhwd''' will install needed network drivers automatically. After that you will see this dialog about '''video-drivers''' installation:<br/><!-- | -->Once all our packages have been installed successfully, Manjaro's hardware detection tool '''mhwd''' will install needed network drivers automatically. After that you will see this dialog about '''video-drivers''' installation:<br/><!-- | ||
--> | -->http://imgur.com/0PJY2sb.png<br/><!-- | ||
-->While options 1 and 2 will find the matching free or proprietary video-drivers for your hardware automatically, option 3 will let you choose manually exactly which driver you would like to install.<br/><!-- | -->While options 1 and 2 will find the matching free or proprietary video-drivers for your hardware automatically, option 3 will let you choose manually exactly which driver you would like to install.<br/><!-- | ||
-->Entry 4 will install mhwd's complete list of free video-drivers. This option is intended for installation on a removable drive to later be used on varying hardware. Typical use case would be when you want to create your own manjaro-architect install media as explained in detail in @Chrysostomus' [ | -->Entry 4 will install mhwd's complete list of free video-drivers. This option is intended for installation on a removable drive to later be used on varying hardware. Typical use case would be when you want to create your own manjaro-architect install media as explained in detail in @Chrysostomus' [https://forum.manjaro.org/t/wiki-creating-manjaro-architect-installation-media/24918 tutorial].<br/><!-- | ||
-->Our system is now already installed, but still there are some important things we need to do:<br/><!-- | -->Our system is now already installed, but still there are some important things we need to do:<br/><!-- | ||
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If you like you can double check the installed configuration using '''2.5. Review Configuration Files''' one level up in the menu tree, which will look for available config files in the new system and offer the opportunity to open and edit them with text editor '''nano''': | If you like you can double check the installed configuration using '''2.5. Review Configuration Files''' one level up in the menu tree, which will look for available config files in the new system and offer the opportunity to open and edit them with text editor '''nano''': | ||
http://imgur.com/nNy0auZ.png | |||
or even use '''2.7 Chroot into Installation''' to adjust or fix things in the fresh install. | or even use '''2.7 Chroot into Installation''' to adjust or fix things in the fresh install. | ||
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But now let's reboot, shall we? | But now let's reboot, shall we? | ||
http://imgur.com/W3FMSUp.png | |||
Success!! | Success!! | ||