Hey guys,
I'm really inexperienced with Linux in general but I somehow managed to install Arch Linux on my old Toshiba Satellite laptop (or almost managed..).
I created 4 partitions
sda1 for bios boot (512KiB),
sda2 for Linux swap (1024 MiB)
sda3 for Linux filesystem (512MiB)
sda4 for Linux filesystem (remaining space)
I set them up to be able to install the necessary packages using
.
Then I installed Grub like this:
Code:
# pacstrap /mnt grub
# grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sda
# arch-chroot /mnt
# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
# exit
I generated fstab:
Code:
genfstab -U -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/ftab
Last but not least I wanted to set up a password. So I followed the steps in the tutorial:
Code:
# arch-chroot /mnt
# passwd
And it asks me to specify a password. But when I want to type, I can't!?
I won't let me input any characters (no letters, no number), the only key that works is the Return key. And when I press that it asks me to retype my password to confirm it...
But I really need to set a password (don't I?) in order to reboot without the installation disk and log in.
I don't know what's going on... Help would really be appreciated! ^^