Arch Linux Laptop Install - E6430

arch-install-laptop.md

Arch Install

Boot from Archlinux ISO on USB

1. IF Wireless # wifi-menu
2. timedatectl set-ntp true
3. parted /dev/sda
4. mklabel gpt - YES
5. mkpart efi fat32 1MiB 1025MiB
6. mkpart root ext4 1025MiB 31GiB
7. mkpart home ext4 31GiB 100%
8. Format partitions
9. mkfs.vfat -F32 /dev/sda1
10. mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2
11. mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3
12. Mount partitions
13. mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
14. cd /mnt; mkdir boot home
15. mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
16. mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/home
17. vim /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist # I normally use the Berkley mirror, most of the other mirrors are dog slow in the US.
18. pacstrap /mnt base base-devel vim zsh dialog efibootmgr wpa_supplicant iw
19. genfstab -pU /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
20. cat /mnt/etc/fstab # Make sure it's actually not broken.
21. arch-chroot /mnt /bin/bash
22. echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" >> /etc/locale.gen
23. locale-gen
24. echo LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf
25. echo KEYMAP=us >> /etc/vconsole.conf
26. ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Chicago /etc/localtime
27. hwclock --systohc --utc
28. echo "oire.home.local" > /etc/hostname
29. vim /etc/hosts
30. passwd
31. bootctl --path=/boot install
32. ``pacman -S intel-ucode
33. vim /boot/loader/entries/arch.conf - Fix UUID from fstab

title Archlinux
linux /vmlinuz-linux
initrd /intel-ucode.img
initrd /initramfs-linux.img
options root=UUID=XXXXDRFSDFDFSDFSDFXXXX rw

23. systemctl enable systemd-networkd.service; systemctl enable systemd-resolved.service; systemctl enable systemd-timesyncd.service; systemctl enable gpm
24. vim /etc/systemd/network/mydhcp.network

[Match]
Name=en*

[Network]
DHCP=v4

25. nano /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf

[Time]
NTP=tick.greyware.com tock.greyware.com

26. nano /etc/systemd/resolved.conf

[Resolve]
DNS=205.171.2.65 68.238.96.12 206.124.64.253

27. ln -sf /run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf