arch_efi_install.md

Arch Linux EFI Install Guide

• Boot from ISO

• gdisk /dev/sda

  • (n)
  • (enter)
  • (enter)
  • (+512M)
  • EF00
  • (n)
  • (enter)
  • (enter)
  • (enter)
  • (enter)
  • (w)
  • (y)

• mkfs.vfat /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

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

• bootctl install

• cp /usr/share/systemd/bootctl/arch.conf /boot/loader/entries

• (your_favorite_editor_here) /boot/loader/entries/arch.conf

  • (change root=PARTUUID=XXXX to your root partition UUID, replace add_efi_memmap with the following: rootfstype=ext4 add_efi_memmap rw quiet splash)

• (your_favorite_editor_here) /boot/loader/loader.conf

  • (populate with the following...)
    • default arch
    • timeout 3
    • editor no
    • auto-entries 1
    • auto-firmware 1
    • console-mode keep

• bootctl status

  • (check that it looks good)

• groupadd -r sudo

• sed -i 's/# %sudo/%sudo/' /etc/sudoers

• useradd -m -G sudo (username_here)

• passwd (username_here)

• exit

• umount /dev/sda1

• umount /dev/sda2

• reboot