basic arch setup script. download it with `wget tinyurl.com/simplearchsetup`

archSetup.sh

#!/bin/bash

# description: basic arch setup script, pass in the a part eg: ./archSetup.sh p1
# assumptions:
# UEFI + GPT
# partitions: esp root swap (no lvm)
# alert: dont format esp partition if dual booting the system
# argument: #1: p1 or p2

# init
ESPDEVICE=/dev/nvme0n1p1
SWAPDEVICE=/dev/nvme0n1p7
ROOTDEVICE=/dev/nvme0n1p3
HOSTNAME=hps
WORKINGMIRROR=https://arch.mirror.square-r00t.net # grab this from an existing working /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
FULL_MIRROR_STR="Server = $WORKINGMIRROR/archlinux/\$repo/os/\$arch"


function pause(){
   echo "$* (enter to continue)"
   sleep 1
   read
}

lsblk
echo ESPDEVICE: $ESPDEVICE 
echo SWAPDEVICE: $SWAPDEVICE
echo ROOTDEVICE: $ROOTDEVICE

pause "did you fill in all the configuartions?"

if [ $1 == p1 ]; then
   # cleanup
   umount -R /mnt

   pause "did you gdisk/parted partiotions ? formatting $ESPDEVICE $ROOTDEVICE $SWAPDEVICE"

   mkfs.ext4 $ROOTDEVICE
   mkswap $SWAPDEVICE
   mkfs.fat -F32 $ESPDEVICE

   mount $ROOTDEVICE /mnt
   mkdir /mnt/boot
   mount $ESPDEVICE /mnt/boot
   swapon $SWAPDEVICE

   pause 'You should have partitioned and mounted everything by this point (esp swap root .. ) gdisk parted'

   echo $FULL_MIRROR_STR > /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
   curl -o /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist https://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/all/
   timedatectl set-ntp true
   pacman -S wget --noconfirm
   echo $FULL_MIRROR_STR > /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
   pacman -Syy
   pacstrap /mnt base base-devel
   genfstab -U /mnt > /mnt/etc/fstab
   arch-chroot /mnt

elif [ $1 == p2 ]; then
   ### moved into a new root!
   echo $FULL_MIRROR_STR > /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
   ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Chicago /etc/localtime
   hwclock --systohc
   echo en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 > /etc/locale.gen
   locale-gen
   echo LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf
   echo $HOSTNAME > /etc/hostname
   echo "127.0.0.1	$HOSTNAME.localdomain	$HOSTNAME" > /etc/hosts
   pacman --noconfirm -S iw wpa_supplicant dialog vim tree os-prober ranger openssh git intel-ucode mkinitcpio dhcpcd dhclient man
   # mkinitcpio -p linux # not necessary..
   passwd

   # setup wifi
   echo setting up wifi
   echo "ctrl_interface=/run/wpa_supplicant
   update_config=1" > /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
   # update wlan0 name to match wireless interface
   wpa_supplicant -B -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

   echo "setup bootloader now. Depending on your setup, probably UEFI + GPT . ( grub or systemd-boot"
   pause "Enter to installing systemd-boot "
   echo "here is your root PARTUUID"
   blkid -s PARTUUID -o value $ROOTDEVICE
   bootctl --path=/boot install
   echo "title          Arch Linux
   linux          /vmlinuz-linux
   initrd         /initramfs-linux.img
   options        root=PARTUUID=$(blkid -s PARTUUID -o value $ROOTDEVICE) rw" > /boot/loader/entries/arch.conf

   echo "default  arch
   timeout  2
   editor   0" > /boot/loader/loader.conf

elif [ $1 == p3 ]; then
   echo installing xorg server
   pause "make sure logged in as a normal user and not root"
   dhcpcd
   pacman -S reflector
   reflector --verbose --latest 50 --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
   pacman -S xorg-server xorg-xinit exa xorg-fonts-alias xorg-fonts-encodings xorg-fonts-misc
   pacman -S awesome

   echo install yay
   git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
   cd yay
   makepkg -si
   echo "you can do the rest yourself.."

fi

tinyurl.com/simplearchsetup
install wget and connect to net using netctl or ethernet

TODO:

• add gpt uefi example
  parted
• add description about p1 and p2
• can't makepkg as root!