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    Install archlinux
Set the keybord layout

Connect to the internet

Update the system clock

timedatectl set-ntp true

Partition

See detail
Indentify the device and partition, don't forget to mark bootable.
lsblk
fdisk xxx

Formating
lsblk /dev/sdx
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdxy

# if there is swap partition
mkswap /dev/sdxy
swapon /dev/sdxy

Mount the partitions

mount /dev/sdxy /mnt

# if there is a /boot partition
mkdir -p /mnt/boot
mout /dev/sdxy /mnt/boot

Installation

Select the mirros in /ect/pacman.d/mirrorlist
Install the base packages
pacstrap -i /mnt base base-devel

Configuration

Genrate the fstab file
genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

chroot
arch-chroot /mnt /bin/bash

Locale
# uncomment `en_US.UTF-8`
vi /etc/locale.gen

locale-gen

# add `LANG=en_US.UTF-8`
vi /etc/locale.conf

Time
tzselect

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Shanghai /etc/localtime

hwclock --systohc --utc

Initramfs
mkinitcpio -p linux

Boot loader

Install grub
pacman -S grub

Install boot files to disk
grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sdx
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

see also arch wiki grub
Network config

Root password

passwd

Ummout the partitions and reboot

Ctrl + D to exist the chroot environment
Then
umount -R /mnt
reboot

Post installation

pacman -S vim openssh