• @AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.mlOPM
      4•3 years ago

      Edit: tar -xvf archive.tar.gz . maybe?

      But then you have to hope you can find a tar file, and that it’s valid, you have enough space on the drive, etc.

      Better to just go with tar --help.

      • Lionel C-RA
        3•3 years ago

        If by valid we mean with a 0 return code, then that’s technically true

  • @toneverends@lemmy.ml
    3•3 years ago

    Trouble is, I did an install - once. Like 8 years ago. Never been a need to do an install since.

    I think even through major hardware upgrades I just moved or rsync’d the filesystems and adjusted fstab as necessary.

    Has the procedure changed? Not that I remember it anyway.

    tar xzf base-install-thingy.tar.gz to / and edit mirrorlist? Then just the generic Linux things like edit fstab, add a user with sudo privs, grub install. Nah, I’d have to at least read --help docs of these various tools.

  • @OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
    2•3 years ago

    There’s a script called archinstall or whatever that comes by default with the images now. Find that and you’re gold.