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/ replace-debian-with-arch.txt
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Instructions to replace a live Debian installation with Arch
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| # Download latest archlinux bootstrap package, see https://www.archlinux.org/download/ | |
| wget 'ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/archlinux/iso/latest/archlinux-bootstrap-*-x86_64.tar.gz' | |
| # Make sure you'll have enough entropy for pacman-key later. | |
| apt-get install haveged | |
| # Install the arch bootstrap image in a tmpfs. | |
| mount -t tmpfs none /mnt | |
| cd /mnt | |
| tar xvf ~/archlinux-bootstrap-*-x86_64.tar.gz --strip-components=1 |