^ this

If you're gonna mess with Arch, or even something based on Arch, best way to go about it turns out to be to go with the official Arch documentation, the installation guide, the wiki, etc. Saves a lot of hassles down the road, too. Good luck! Arch is great once you get everything set up the way you want it.

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I also had success with the It's FOSS tutorial on installing Arch Linux.
https://itsfoss.com/install-arch-linux/

That is dated July 18 2020

Advice for the thread. Arch changes weekly sometimes. If you want to install arch, use the arch wiki. It keeps up with the changes. Not utube, not internet guides. Looks like the installer that has just been released is having teething problems.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewforum.php?id=51

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide
Follow the guide step by step, including the links on the guide. I can tell you that you can install arch with the guide. If you are having problems, then you aren't doing something right. You might need 2 machines running. One for the guide and one that you are installing arch on. Some people don't like that. If you follow the guide you can have arch installed in 30 min. I have watched television and installed arch at the same time. And it still only took 40 min. A Basic install that is.

The arch wiki is not the most intuitive thing that I have ever seen. But it does have all the info that you need. Even if you do have to scratch your head.

If you have an older install, before updating read the arch news.
https://archlinux.org/news/

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Worked fine though

^ Famous last words.

Seriously, I don't get it: there's a distro that has a flawlessly maintained wiki with the best installation instructions you will find, guaranteed to be up-to-date and reliable, yet people keep recommending those random tutorials. Why? probably has more pictures in it...

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Hey all - general reaction here for the Original poster and all on this thread ... :

• I've been using Arch since 2008 or so. It was not my first linux distro and, as others have said, I don't recommend it as a first distro for people used to Windows. There are other much more user friendly distros, both in terms of installation and usage. Ubuntu and Mint are popular places to start. I personally went that way and then had a great time with various Puppy versions on *very* old hardware, which eventually led me to try Arch. I now use Arch on all of my systems, which run the gamut from a headless server, to laptops with Gnome, LXDE (my personal favourite DE), to SBC's running Arch Linux ARM, with and without DE.
  
  
• If anyone does want to use Arch, I echo the recommendations made several times in this thread to follow the official Arch documentation, particularly the Installation Guide and Wiki. The suggestion of the 2nd computer being available while installing Arch is my own method as well. I must be up to my 100th install, at least, and it is a smooth experience every time.
  
  
• I also noticed that Arch has returned with an installation program (it once had more of an installation "script" ... years ago ... ). I have not tried this and will not be using it. One of the main characteristics (and benefits, in my opinion) of Arch, is that it does absolutely nothing for you. You must choose how you want the system to be set up and follow the appropriate steps.

Cheers all - Happy Friday

Rick

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