Minimum Arch install BIOS no encryption

fdisk or cfdisk /dev/sdX
mkfs.ext2 /dev/sdX1     #boot Max 500M  
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdX2     #root max 20Gig
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdX3     #home the leftovers
mkswap    /dev/sdX4

mount /dev/sdX2 /mnt
mkdir /mnt/boot
mkdir /mnt/home
mount /dev/sdX1 /boot
mount /dev/sdX3 /home

edit the /etc/pacman.conf # to your liking
also edit the /etc/pacman.d/mirrorslist # to what is fastest for you

pacstrap -i /mnt base base-devel
genfstab -Up /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
edit the /mnt/etc/fstab # add in the tmpfs I also make the size large so not to run into problems compiling 
tmpfs	/tmp	tmpfs	defaults,noatime,mode=1777,size=6G	0	0
arch-chroot /mnt

edit /etc/locale.gen
run locale-gen
echo LANG=en_US.UTF-8 >> /etc/locale.conf
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime
hwclock --systohc --utc
useradd -m -g users -G wheel,adm,storage,power -s /bin/bash dustin
passwd
passwd dustin
EDITOR=nano visudo
pacman -S grub
grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck /dev/sdX
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
ip a # to see what your wired interface is, if you have one...
systemctl enable dhcpcd@interfacename
exit
umount -R /mnt
reboot

Will update this soon, I also have a EFI install doc locally I need to clean up and post