Arch Linux works well as a vmd guest. Some notes about my experiences installing the system:
* The Arch installation can be started from the serial console, see: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Working_with_the_serial_console #Installing_Arch_Linux_using_the_serial_console However, the installation still tends to be unstable, due to unreliable downloads (which has been discussed earlier). Until this is fixed, the installation can be run in QEMU, or in a guest under Linux/KVM (as is currently required by distributions with graphical install). * Syslinux has to be used as bootloader, and serial console should be enabled: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Syslinux#Serial_console Moreover, the generated config has to be edited to point to the correct root device, and if Ext4 is used as root file system, it must not be 64bit (which is enabled by default when the file system is created): http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Filesystem
