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gymophett
February 27th, 2009, 01:00 AM
I wanted to try out arch, but I can't find where to download it? I get on the page, go to downloads, then go to the http downloads, click them, and it comes up with tons of other files. Can someone give me a direct link and tell me what to do?
My computer is 32 bit btw.
SuperSonic4
February 27th, 2009, 01:03 AM
For bittorrent its the first links but for direct download click on one of the mirrors. I randomly picked one:

http://mir2.archlinuxfr.org/archlinux/iso/latest/

the iso is

http://mir2.archlinuxfr.org/archlinux/iso/latest/archlinux-2009.02-ftp-i686.iso
kidux
February 27th, 2009, 01:04 AM
You can also get it from www.linuxquestions.org under the download linux link.
kk0sse54
February 27th, 2009, 01:29 AM
I wanted to try out arch, but I can't find where to download it? I get on the page, go to downloads, then go to the http downloads, click them, and it comes up with tons of other files. Can someone give me a direct link and tell me what to do?
My computer is 32 bit btw.

I assume you came to link such as this?

http://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archlinux/iso/

or

http://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archlinux/iso/latest/

because if so you should really consider whether you really want to try out Arch or not.

Otherwise here's the latest i686 core install cd
http://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archlinux/iso/latest/archlinux-2009.02-core-i686.iso
Grant A.
February 27th, 2009, 03:10 AM
I assume you came to link such as this?

http://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archlinux/iso/

or

http://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archlinux/iso/latest/

because if so you should really consider whether you really want to try out Arch or not.

Otherwise here's the latest i686 core install cd
http://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archlinux/iso/latest/archlinux-2009.02-core-i686.iso

I would personally recommend picking the net installation CD, as Arch is known to bork if it doesn't have a nice set of fresh tools.
kk0sse54
February 27th, 2009, 03:13 AM
I would personally recommend picking the net installation CD, as Arch is known to bork if it doesn't have a nice set of fresh tools.
http://www.archlinux.org/news/434/
Grant A.
February 27th, 2009, 03:16 AM
http://www.archlinux.org/news/434/

That'll be good for about two weeks. ;)

A bit off topic, but how does the EXT4 filesystem do on Arch these days? I was considering it, but I am I bit cautious about new filesystems.
handy
February 27th, 2009, 03:22 AM
I would personally recommend picking the net installation CD, as Arch is known to bork if it doesn't have a nice set of fresh tools.

My 2nd machine won't work with the more recent versions of the Arch install disk, I had to go back to an old one to get it to install.
gymophett
February 27th, 2009, 03:39 AM
My 2nd machine won't work with the more recent versions of the Arch install disk, I had to go back to an old one to get it to install.

On 2009.2 it keeps saying some file is missing, so I'm downloading again.