Arch works kinda

Operating Systems & Open Source Linux
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As a for note i would like to say that i have learned alot about linux and have realized that frustration is non productive in the slightest.

but as for my query I'm having some issues with networking and i have to set the ip address and gateway manually every boot which is a pain and for some reason NetworkManager isn't working.

Another issue is I (in my idiocy) can't figure out how to use the web browser in arch it comes up with select default browser but there is non and i can't seem to find how to install one though terminal as there doesn't seem to be any documentation.

The one I have no idea about is how to you add a drive once arch is installed? it enters emergency shell  apon boot as the ntfs drive is also /dev/sda2. As it's emergency shell i can't use gdisk or fdsik so what do i do?

Regards zweigar

 

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https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Network_configuration#Configure_the_IP_address

That will help you with your IP address problem. Enable DHCP.

Also, have you installed a web browser at all? Arch does not come with one..

Use

sudo pacman -S firefox for firefox, or

sudo pacman -S chromium for chrome.

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That's the first time I see a quote saying Arch has no documentation, honestly Arch and Gentoo have maybe the most helpful Wiki / Documentation / Forums / IRC Channels around.. Ok you might get the (more than) occasional RTFM on the forums, but you really have access to a lot there, just start from the beginner's guide on the arch wiki and go from there when installing it will help you setup everything