Backing up things is always important and while it can be done manually here is a neat way to organize folders/files and transform them to become iso images.
First you need to install a program called genisoimage. (Debian family: apt-get genisoimage / Arch: pacman -S genisoimage / Gentoo: emerge genisoimage) Continue reading
Here is a short guide on how to install Arch Linux. You should use a live cd/dvd instead of the minimal ipxe image: I had some considerable problems downloading material with the minimal image – the problems were absent on the bigger image. Backup your important files before you continue. You can get Arch images from here: https://www.archlinux.org/download/ Continue reading
If you want to create a new user in a terminal client you can easily do so with the useradd command. To use useradd you will need to be a root user (which is a result of typing su root OR sudo su inside a terminal).