Dell XPS 9370 Arch Install

xps_arch_install.txt

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# Dell XPS 9370 Arch Install
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# Arch Official Wiki - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide
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# Most of it follows the official guide and a few others
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# heavily follows this guide for file system setup - https://pastebin.com/5gGCTchX
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# Starting from USB Boot

# Set large font
> setfont latarcyrheb-sun32

# Connect to Internet
# If you don't have access to a direct connection via ether cable you can use wifi
> wifi-menu

OR

# Get internet from your Android by plugging in your cable and turning on tethering
> ip link
> dhcpcd enp...

# Partition the disk
> lsblk
# get the name of the partition. It should look something like /dev/nvme0n1

> cgdisk /dev/nvme0n1

# delete anything you don't want. Don't worry about the free space at the bottom or the free space at the top
# all creations will use default first sector
# Create 1 for the EFI boot - code is ef00 - size is 512M, or 750M, or 1024MB
# Create a second one for root and will take up the rest of the free space, use default code
# Then you [Write], type "yes", and then [Quit]

# Make the file system for EFI boot partition
> mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/nvme0n1p1

# Encrypt the root partition
> cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/nvme0n1p2
  YES
  ( Type a passphrase and hit enter. Enter it a second time to verify )

> cryptsetup open --type luks /dev/nvme0n1p2 archlv
  ( Enter your passphrase )

> ls /dev/mapper/archlv

# Create the volumes
> pvcreate /dev/mapper/archlv
> vgcreate archvg /dev/mapper/archlv
 
> lvcreate -L2G archvg -n swap
> lvcreate -L10G archvg -n root
> lvcreate -l 100%FREE archvg -n home
 
> mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/archvg-root
> mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/archvg-home
> mkswap /dev/mapper/archvg-swap
 
> mount /dev/mapper/archvg-root /mnt
> mkdir /mnt/home
> mount /dev/mapper/archvg-home /mnt/home
> mkdir /mnt/boot
> mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
> swapon /dev/mapper/archvg-swap

# Install the base arch system

## Setup the base packages
### This part I did not follow the arch wiki, I prefered this better

> pacman -S reflector
 
> reflector -c "United States" -f 12 -l 12 --verbose --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
 
> pacstrap /mnt base base-devel sudo vim
 
> ls /mnt

## Configure the filesystem table
> genfstab -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

## Chroot
> arch-chroot /mnt

## Set the timezone
> ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles /etc/localtime

> hwclock --systohc --utc

# Generate required locales
> vim /etc/locale.gen                 # Uncomment desired locales, e.g. "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8"

> locale-gen
> locale > /etc/locale.conf

## Set desired keymap and font
> echo 'KEYMAP=us' > /etc/vconsole.conf
> echo 'FONT=latarcyrheb-sun32' >> /etc/vconsole.conf

## Set the hostname
> echo '<hostname>' > /etc/hostname

> vim /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1	localhost
::1		    localhost
127.0.1.1	<hostname>.localdomain	<hostname>

## Set root password
> passwd

## Configure mkinitcpio
> vim /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
HOOKS=(base udev autodetect modconf block filesystems keyboard encrypt lvm2 fsck)

> mkinitcpio -p linux

# Configure systemd bootloader
> bootctl --path=/boot/ install

> vim /boot/loader/loader.conf
    clear
    default arch
    timeout 5
    editor 0

> vim /boot/loader/entries/arch.conf
    title Arch Linux ENCRYPTED
    linux /vmlinuz-linux
    initrd /initramfs-linux.img
    options cryptdevice=UUID=:archlv root=/dev/mapper/archvg-root quiet rw
        # vim magic: :read ! blkid /dev/nvme0n1p2
        # enter UUID above

# Reboot
> exit
> umount -R /mnt
> reboot

# Congratulations you now have Arch installed.
# Now go continue to https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide#Post-installation