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[SOLVED] Issue installing lowmem copy

Hello! Due to the grub bug, none of the newer versions of artix are bootable on my system. When installing from the s6 lowmem version, I get the following errors:

When trying to update the clock:

https://imgur.com/a/GBwED2H
 
When trying to basestrap:

https://imgur.com/a/hSzsvd3

Thanks for yourtime. I wish you a good day.

edit: big images don't seem to load properly, sorry about the plaintext links

Re: Issue installing lowmem copy

Reply #1 –
Hello amorbts,

from the download page:
"
Testing ISO images

Images in testing or experimental phase, are posted for evaluation and feedback. Gnome works, but as hard-dependent on systemd it is still considered testing.

The lowmem ISO, intended mainly for server use (especially cheap 512MB VPS), is missing a few packages, most notably linux-firmware, easily installable afterwards.
"

Under the heading is the download for the lowmem version.  As noted in the download location, the " lowmem ISO, intended mainly for server use (especially cheap 512MB VPS), is missing a few packages, most notably linux-firmware"

You may need to install additional packages.  What "GRUB bug" are you talking about?

Re: Issue installing lowmem copy

Reply #2 –
Hello danny,

I did have to install dosfstools and glibc to use fat.

Both screenshots are after installing those packages.

As for the grub bug, I remember reading grub was kinda broken after an update, which led me to try older versions. None of the other, newer builds run for me, they don't boot.

Re: Issue installing lowmem copy

Reply #3 –
Can you try using a stable build?


As written above:
"Images in testing or experimental phase, are posted for evaluation and feedback"

This feedback may be useful, but troubleshooting it before the image is out of testing will be difficult and possibly futile.

Re: Issue installing lowmem copy

Reply #5 –
Hello again

Danny: No recent builds run on my machine
 They don't boot.

nous: Sadly, this doesn't work. Going off the error messages, I ended up adding:

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SigLevel = Optional TrustAll

To all repos on /etc/pacman.conf

Installation proceeded with relative normality after that. I'll mark this as solved when I manage to figure out why I can't run newer builds. Thanks!

Re: Issue installing lowmem copy

Reply #6 –
Solved (sort of):

Latest artix builds don't boot into UEFI mode... But they do into BIOS mode (I blame grub).

Follow the installation guide with this in mind:

-fdisk then make a new MBR table.
-Create a large extended partition and then smaller logical partitions inside it.
-When you have to, do
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# grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sdX

Everything else is the same. Thanks to everyone for the help!