arch_bios_install.md

Arch Linux BIOS Install Guide

• Boot from ISO

• gdisk /dev/sda

  • (n)
  • (enter)
  • (enter)
  • (+2G)
  • (enter)
  • (n)
  • (enter)
  • (enter)
  • (enter)
  • (enter)
  • (w)
  • (y)

• mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1

• mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2

• mount /dev/sda2 /mnt

• mkidr /mnt/boot

• mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot

• pacstrap /mnt base

• genfstab -U /mnt > /mnt/etc/fstab

• arch-chroot /mnt

• echo (your_hostname_here) > /etc/hostname

• ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles /etc/localtime

• (your_favorite_editor_here) /etc/locale.gen

• (uncomment at least en_US.UTF-8, and any others you want)

• locale-gen

• echo LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf

• echo KEYMAP=us > /etc/vconsole.conf

• mkinitpcio -p linux

• passwd (change root password)

• pacman -Sy base-devel sudo syslinux

  • (enter)
  • (enter)
  • (enter)
  • (enter)
  • (enter)
  • (enter)
  • (y)

• syslinux-install_update -iam /dev/sda

• sed -i 's#sda3#sda2#' /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg