Arch Linux Install Help

[fritata]

I have a 4 GB sd card formatted as ext2

I have an arm version of arch linux as a .gz.

In Linux, I type:

sudo tar -xvf /path/to/arch.gz /ext2/sd/card

And I get:

tar: /ext2/sd/card: Not found in archive

tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors

 

[Linux-SWAT]

sudo tar zxvf /path/to/arch.gz -C /ext2/sd/card --numeric-owner

 

[fritata]

What do you mean by --numeric-owner?

Do I type that literally?

 

[Linux-SWAT]

Yes, it's recommended.

I think it uses the UID (User id) and GID (Group id) instead of user/groups names for files/folders permissions, and it's safer.

 

[fritata]

Thanks so much, it worked, but I forgot to put the --numeric-owner at the end. I hope that didn't mess anything up. How did you know the right syntax? Nothing online helped me.

EDIT: Just now saw your above post  and am considering redoing it.

 

[fritata]

Ugh, Pandora won't boot from it.  This is file I'm using:

http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/pandora.cgi?0,0,0,0,42,483

 

[Linux-SWAT]

Well, i use that kind of command pretty often. I build some Slackware sometimes ;^).

It's on the Wiki:

http://pandorawiki.org/How_to_back_up_a_Root_File_System_(on_an_SD_Card)_to_an_SD_Card

 

[Linux-SWAT]

Maybe you have to press R when powering on ?

 

[fritata]

"Boot from SD1" doesn't show up.

My setup:

A single 4 GB sd in the left slot containing one ext2 partition with the .gz file extracted to it.

 

[Linux-SWAT]

Well, it should work.

It's a ext2-compatible card ? The root filesystem is at the root of the card ?

 

[fritata]

ext2-compatible? Since I don't know what that is I can assume that's my problem. I'll research how to make a root file system and come back.

 

[Linux-SWAT]

Not all SD cards can support other file systems that Fat32.

Check this list:

http://pandorawiki.org/SD_compatibility_list

 

[fritata]

It isn't on there, but I'd like to add that the HP Invent 4 GB SDHC card isn't compatible. Thanks for the help.

 

[Linux-SWAT]

Well don't add that right away, maybe it's not the problem...

 

[fritata]

"like to add"

 

[fritata]

I did the exact same thing on a different SD card and it booted. I just can't find the password, any ideas?

EDIT: able to login, but there's no gui?

 

[Linux-SWAT]

Try to type:

startx

 

[fritata]

Hmmm. Whole bunch of extensions were initialized, but still in terminal. 

 

[Linux-SWAT]

Check and compare with Zaxxon's /etc/xorg.conf .

 

[badcloud]

I installed and tried to upgrade using pacman, NOT GUD

Seems like there have been some changes with the filesystem https://www.archlinux.org/news/binaries-move-to-usrbin-requiring-update-intervention/, making the upgrade process a b*tch

Is there some way to install on sd via installation script, like debbootstrap for debian?