Hello,
Tried to install artix-xfce-openrc-...-x86.iso on an old dektop computer (ASUS chassis, Intel CORE i3, 4GB RAM, 2HD in Linux RAID1) and failed. The log is at https://termbin.com/5mtk
The Live session worked fine, detected Wi-Fi, sound card, etc.
The computer has installed a Debian based distro and the RAID was created with their tool.
Artix partition tool detects the 2 disks and a RAID, but fails to replace the old installation.
I'm hesitant to create a new table partition or a new volume having no tutorial for the iso install.
I like the distro, but don't want to take risks because I'm really not experienced on this subject.
Can you help me, please?
Best,
arquiviva
Perhaps a partition from /dev/sda was mounted by the live environment? Post sudo lsblk -f (from within the live XFCE). If so, you need to unmount it first and/or stop the LVM service.
Thank you for your answer.
artix-live:[artix]:~$ sudo lsblk -f
NAME FSTYPE FSVER LABEL UUID FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
loop0
squash 0 100% /run/artix/sfs/livefs
loop1
squash 0 100% /run/artix/sfs/rootfs
sda
├─sda1
│ │ linux_ q4os-desktop:0 7d7b2fc7-b898-20c0-ef20-e8d7dd55f16b
│ └─md127
│ ext4 56036d9c-ba42-403c-afff-3ede23fe342f
├─sda2
│
└─sda5
│ linux_ q4os-desktop:1 3438d43c-79f2-0261-86d6-c5c09feb97da
└─md126
swap 2a67543d-899e-4619-978d-64b30ab5d495
sdb
├─sdb1
│ │ linux_ q4os-desktop:0 7d7b2fc7-b898-20c0-ef20-e8d7dd55f16b
│ └─md127
│ ext4 56036d9c-ba42-403c-afff-3ede23fe342f
├─sdb2
│
└─sdb5
swap 46863520-4b92-46d0-8c4d-11e84488975b
sr0 iso966 ARTIX_202503 2025-03-17-07-38-44-00 0 100% /run/artix/bootmnt
artix-live:[artix]:~$ sudo lsblk -M
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
loop0 7:0 0 316.9M 1 loop /run/artix/sfs/livefs
loop1 7:1 0 1.4G 1 loop /run/artix/sfs/rootfs
sda 8:0 0 465.8G 0 disk
┌┈▶ ├─sda1 8:1 0 464.8G 0 part
┆ ├─sda2 8:2 0 1K 0 part
┆ └─sda5 8:5 0 975M 0 part
┆ └─md126 9:126 0 974M 0 raid1
┆ sdb 8:16 0 465.8G 0 disk
└┬▶ ├─sdb1 8:17 0 464.8G 0 part
┆ ├─sdb2 8:18 0 1K 0 part
┆ └─sdb5 8:21 0 975M 0 part
└┈┈md127 9:127 0 464.7G 0 raid1
sr0 11:0 1 1.8G 0 rom /run/artix/bootmnt
___
'499 GB Volume' is mounted
'WDC WD5000AAKX-001CA0.drive' and 'WDC WD5000AAKX-001CA0-1.drive' are shown in Computer-Thunar but they don't appear to be active
note: I'm new to artix; how do I stop a service?
[Edited by a mod: code tags]
The '499 GB Volume is mounted' line is concerning, please re-try after issuing:
sudo rc-service lvm stop
Time to report back. Freely I recieved, freely I give.
I removed the RAID 1 created with the previous OS on this computer, created another RAID with the CLI, Artix installed on md0 to the end, but when restarted failed to boot and presented an 'emergy shell'.
I don't think the problem was Artix, because I repeated the install attempt using Manjaro and the result was the same. In my ignorance I believe the problem is Calamares installer.
Best,
arquiviva
P.S.: The only thing we really have in life is time. I tried Artix on another machine and I knew it's time to give up when I installed Network Manager in order to replace Connman and the outcome was to see disppear the options Suspend and Shut Down from the Log out menu. I cannot even imagine what one thing has to do with the other. (Learned to shutdown using 'sudo openrc-shutdown -p now'.) ;D
Since time is precious commodity, let me save you a couple of seconds daily: you can use the poweroff and reboot aliases instead, they should work in all our inits.