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[–] 21 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Resize your partitions so you can use the empty space.

Then install to the new position.

Update grub.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    The real question is: Why?

    Here's some answers to your question:

    1. Backup your data, nuke the drive, start again.
    2. chroot is the tool for the job. Backup your data before you accidentally nuke your drive.
    3. Shrink the partition and write a new one in the empty space, but backup your data before you accidentally nuke your drive.
    4. Connect an external drive, install on it, but backup your data before you accidentally nuke your drive.

    Finally, the reason that the wiki didn't help is that the question is asked by either a person with not enough experience, or one who doesn't need the wiki. This is a non trivial process and you should backup your data before you proceed, lest you accidentally nuke your drive.

    Edit:

    Also, anything you break can be fixed .. but only if you have a backup.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Option (4) is safer in the long run because it prevents boot loaders overwriting each other.

    Also, dual-booting and accessing the same data in /home IS ONLY SAFE IF YOU DO A FULL SHUTDOWN ON EACH BOOT OF THE OTHER SYSTEM. No hibernate, because hibernate does not unmount file systems.

    If you want to keep both running, a VM (for example running in GNOME Boxes) is both safer and much more convenient.

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  • [+] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
    [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I think it's a messy idea, you will be getting conflicts on files already present in the system. You've been warned ;)

    With that out of the way, I guess just download the image and start from https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide#Installation

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It's easier with endeavourOS or Cachy OS if you don't want vanilla. As someone who's an Arch user, endeavourOS is better.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    OK. Guess i'm installing EndeavourOS alongside my current distro. (Fedora)

    But i still have one more question: When i tried to install EOS alongside Fedora in a VM, EOS's GRUB did not find fedora and vice versa. How do i fix that? (Sure, i could spam [ESC] each boot to select the os but that's just inconvenient.)

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    You can reinstall grub using a grub2disk usb if something goes wrong. It might go better with real hardware than in a VM. I could be wrong though. Sorry I can't be more helpful in that regard, I don't use grub anymore.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Resize your drive so you habe enough space for arch. Then boot into the live USB, partion the empty space into the typical boot/swap/root and then install arch as normal.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    resize2fs or a bootable gparted stick will help. And yes, it's all on the Arch Wiki.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    You have to create a second partition or use a Virtual Machine. Look for dual booting instructions, if you want to install alongside your current distro.

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