[lake99]

> If someone made an Arch installer that automatically set up networking and persisted the setup, as well as partitioning/mounting, I would be on board.

Netctl gets bundled in the install images because it is small. But after you have finished your installation, you can abandon it. No distro that I have come across handles partitioning and mounting automatically. I have come across a few that offer to wipe the entire disk and install themselves the way the distros prefer.

> it takes like an hour to read through the entire wiki page

I have installed Arch a few times on my machines, and I can't remember all those steps. The idea is to print it out (or open it on another screen) and follow it step-by-step. Arch is meant for people who are willing to do a lot more than execute some 10 commands to set up partitions and networking. After the initial effort, it is the least painful distro that I have used.

[techdragon]

But isn't offering to wipe the disk handling some of the partitioning work for you. It may just not be offering you the layout you like. Some installers offer to let you manually partition the disk and specify the various parts you care about, not many but some.