Installing Arch 2021 UEFI KVM

install-arch.md

Arch Installation 2021, UEFI boot KVM

This guide shows how to install arch linux with UEFI boot in KVM.

Requirements

Things you need before starting:

1. Properly installed libvirtd, qemu w/ KVM
2. In arch install, edk2-ovmf
3. Install virt-manager

Creating VM

Create a VM, in last step make sure to configure before beginning installation. Change boot to use UEFI, instead of BIOS. Menu for EFI will appear in virt-manager when edk2-ovmf is installed.

Installing Arch

Creating drives, using gdisk:

$ gdisk /dev/vda

> gdisk
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$ mkfs /dev/vda2
$ mkfs.vfat /dev/vda1

Mounting:

$ mount /dev/vda2 /mnt

Packages:

$ pacstrap /mnt base base-devel linux linux-firmware net-tools dhcpcd man man-db man-pages texinfo neovim zsh