Arch setup - Selecting packages

[dan653]

just trying to get my head around the rather involved install procedure (http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners_Guide#Select_Packages)

is it okay just to install all the packages from the core .iso? unsure as this just seems to go against everything else i've read in the referenced guide, how do i know whats needed or rather how this will help me learn whats needed? or will that be just too much like jumping in at an extra-specially deep-end as opposed to just the deep-end

 

[dan653]

ok thanks

having a little trouble using either of the text editors for editing the system configuration files, can anyone point to me to a beginners guide to using these editors

secondly the arch wiki mentions looking up the available options as stated in /etc/rc.conf just press Alt+F2 to get a shell, look it up, and switch back to the installer with Alt+F1, how do i do this, i understand the basics of browsing the filesystem but dont know where to look for the available options

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners_Guide#Configure_The_System

 

[dan653]

cheers, for the second question i'd overlooked the part of the guide which tells you where to look for each variable