just migrated (+ a few notes)

25 December 2020, 10:36:23

hi guys!

as the title suggests, i just got myself a shiny new artix build (openrc) via the migration steps as per https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Main/Migration, which went relatively painless, and i'd like to give a few notes on where it wasn't just like so.

at section Remove systemd removing /etc/resolv.conf before installing (well, trying to, really) the desired Init system in the next step left hostnames unresolved, so i had to create /etc/resolv.conf with the dummy

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nameserver 1.1.1.1

before actually installing my init and the packages.

under Restore the Artix mirrorlist, deleted by the previous operation:

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cp -vf pacman.d/mirrorlist.artix pacman.d/mirrorlist

should be

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cp -vf /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.artix /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

just for consistency's sake and to make it ctrlc+ctrlv-perfect.

at Update the bootloader and the kernel initramfs the instruction says to copy the files /etc/mkinitcpio.pacnew and /etc/default/grub.pacnew. except.. i never had those files. maybe just me, idk. so i went ahead and issued

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mkinitcpio -P

and

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grub-update

without a worry and all went fine.