Based on the link: Installation de base (French)
As written (translated from French),
It is strongly discouraged to use tutorials when installing Arch Linux. Tutorials are rarely updated, which conflicts with the constant evolution of any rolling release.
The use of an outdated or incorrect tutorial can lead to serious malfunctions.
These notes are mine and worked during August 2019 using the ISO: "archlinux-2019.08.01-x86_64.iso"
root@archiso ~ # passwd
First, use the ip a command to see if you are connected to the network.
root@archiso ~ # ip a
...snip...
2: enp0s31f6: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether d4:81:d7:98:ae:cf brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.1.65/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global noprefixroute enp0s31f6
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
...snip...
Then, enable the SSH daemon systemctl start sshd
It will ease the copy/paste commands and avoid the keyboard layout issues.
root@archiso ~ # timedatectl set-timezone Europe/Paris
root@archiso ~ # timedatectl set-ntp true
root@archiso ~ # timedatectl
Local time: Sat 2019-08-17 20:00:00 CEST
Universal time: Sat 2019-08-17 18:00:00 UTC
RTC time: Sat 2019-08-17 18:00:00
Time zone: Europe/Paris (CEST, +0200)
System clock synchronized: no
NTP service: active
RTC in local TZ: no
I have 2 disks: 1 NVMe SSD and 1 HDD (SATA I guess)
root@archiso ~ # blkid
/dev/nvme0n1: PTUUID="f5b518ad-d6b4-6b4f-9a67-4b35a202e7ad" PTTYPE="gpt"
/dev/sda: PTUUID="4488b418-a0fe-6441-ad98-42a02dbb15f2" PTTYPE="gpt"
I'm using UEFI so I'm using this partition scheme:
root@archiso ~ # fdisk /dev/sda
Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.34).
Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
Be careful before using the write command.
Command (m for help): g
Created a new GPT disklabel (GUID: 10C217A8-7AFB-A54A-A8C8-4FC9638369B9).
Command (m for help): n
Partition number (1-128, default 1):
First sector (34-1953525134, default 2048):
Last sector, +/-sectors or +/-size{K,M,G,T,P} (2048-1953525134, default 1953525134):
Created a new partition 1 of type 'Linux filesystem' and of size 931.5 GiB.
Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered.
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
Syncing disks.
root@archiso ~ # fdisk /dev/nvme0n1
Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.34).
Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
Be careful before using the write command.
Command (m for help): g
Created a new GPT disklabel (GUID: A877DA14-A4C0-5047-917F-7E1891F5EF27).
Command (m for help): n
Partition number (1-128, default 1):
First sector (34-500118158, default 2048):
Last sector, +/-sectors or +/-size{K,M,G,T,P} (2048-500118158, default 500118158): +500M
Created a new partition 1 of type 'Linux filesystem' and of size 500 MiB.
Command (m for help): n
Partition number (2-128, default 2):
First sector (1026048-500118158, default 1026048):
Last sector, +/-sectors or +/-size{K,M,G,T,P} (1026048-500118158, default 500118158):
Created a new partition 2 of type 'Linux filesystem' and of size 238 GiB.
Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered.
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
Syncing disks.
root@archiso ~ # blkid
/dev/nvme0n1p1: PARTUUID="584bf9ab-a29e-c14a-848c-40c37bf42825" --> Will be /boot/efi
/dev/nvme0n1p2: PARTUUID="8e04317e-edbd-3440-8fdc-f83dd495ee72" --> Will be /
/dev/sda1: PARTUUID="6fbbf30a-3d3e-1548-8c32-99794b69adcd" --> Will be /home
root@archiso ~ # mkfs.vfat -F32 /dev/nvme0n1p1
mkfs.fat 4.1 (2017-01-24)
root@archiso ~ # mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p2
mke2fs 1.45.3 (14-Jul-2019)
Discarding device blocks: done
Creating filesystem with 62386513 4k blocks and 15597568 inodes
Filesystem UUID: 131c22d2-c99f-4661-b085-5d34d76ac7b9
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872
Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (262144 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
root@archiso ~ # mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
mke2fs 1.45.3 (14-Jul-2019)
Creating filesystem with 244190385 4k blocks and 61054976 inodes
Filesystem UUID: 1efd21cc-fb19-42dc-8dd0-b9c993f9fa36
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872, 71663616, 78675968,
102400000, 214990848
Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (262144 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
root@archiso ~ # mount /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt
root@archiso ~ # mkdir -p /mnt/boot/efi && mount -t vfat /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot/efi
root@archiso ~ # mkdir /mnt/home && mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/home
root@archiso ~ # pacstrap /mnt base base-devel wireless_tools wpa_supplicant dialog git openssh
root@archiso ~ # genfstab -U -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
root@archiso ~ # arch-chroot /mnt
[root@archiso /]# echo ArchLinux > /etc/hostname
[root@archiso /]# echo '127.0.1.1 ArchLinux.localdomain ArchLinux' >> /etc/hosts
[root@archiso /]# ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Paris /etc/localtime
[root@archiso /]# vi /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
...snip...
MODULES=(i915 amdgpu)
...snip...
[root@archiso /]# mkinitcpio -p linux
[root@archiso /]# passwd
New password:
Retype new password:
passwd: password updated successfully
[root@archiso /]# pacman -S --noconfirm refind-efi
[root@archiso /]# refind-install
ShimSource is none
Installing rEFInd on Linux....
ESP was found at /boot/efi using vfat
Installing driver for ext4 (ext4_x64.efi)
Copied rEFInd binary files
Copying sample configuration file as refind.conf; edit this file to configure
rEFInd.
Creating new NVRAM entry
rEFInd is set as the default boot manager.
Creating //boot/refind_linux.conf; edit it to adjust kernel options.
[root@archiso /]# cd /boot/efi/EFI/refind
[root@archiso refind]# mkdir themes
[root@archiso refind]# cd themes
[root@archiso themes]# git clone https://github.com/mireq/rEFInd-Catalina.git
[root@archiso themes]# git clone https://github.com/josephsurin/refind-theme-circle.git
[root@archiso themes]# mkdir icons fonts
[root@archiso themes]# mv refind-theme-circle/refind-theme-circle/bg.png .
[root@archiso themes]# mv refind-theme-circle/refind-theme-circle/fonts/source-code-pro-extralight-14.png fonts/
[root@archiso themes]# mv rEFInd-Catalina/refind/Catalina/icons/ .
[root@archiso themes]# rm -rf refind-theme-circle/ rEFInd-Catalina/
[root@archiso themes]# vi theme_bastien.conf
# ICONS
icons_dir themes/icons
# ICONS SIZE
big_icon_size 128
small_icon_size 48
# BACKGROUND IMAGE
banner themes/bg.png
banner_scale fillscreen
# SELECTION IMAGE
selection_big themes/icons/selection.png
selection_small themes/icons/selection_small.png
# FONTS
font themes/fonts/source-code-pro-extralight-14.png
hideui hints
showtools reboot, shutdown
[root@archiso themes]# echo 'include themes/theme_bastien.conf' >> /boot/efi/EFI/refind/refind.conf
[root@archiso themes]# vi /boot/refind_linux.conf
"Boot with standard options" "root=PARTUUID="8e04317e-edbd-3440-8fdc-f83dd495ee72 rw add_efi_memmap"
root@archiso ~ # cd && umount -R /mnt
root@archiso ~ # poweroff
Remove the CD/DVD/USB and power on the computer to boot on Arch Linux
[root@ArchLinux ~]# mkdir /home/bastien
[root@ArchLinux ~]# useradd bastien && gpasswd -a bastien users
[root@ArchLinux ~]# passwd bastien
[root@ArchLinux ~]# visudo
...snip...
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
bastien ALL=(ALL) ALL
...snip...
[root@ArchLinux ~]# ip link show
[root@ArchLinux ~]# ip link set dev enp0s31f6 up
[root@ArchLinux ~]# dhcpcd enp0s31f6
[root@ArchLinux ~]# systemctl enable dhcpcd
[root@ArchLinux ~]# echo 'PermitRootLogin yes' >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config
[root@ArchLinux ~]# systemctl start sshd
[bastien@ArchLinux ~]# sudo pacman -S --noconfirm xorg-server xorg-font-util xorg-setxkbmap xorg-xkbutils xorg-xauth xorg-xinput xorg-xinit xkeyboard-config xf86-video-amdgpu xf86-video-ati xf86-video-intel
[bastien@ArchLinux ~]$ cp /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc ~/.xinitrc
[bastien@ArchLinux ~]$ sudo pacman -S --noconfirm plasma-desktop sddm sddm-kcm kscreen
[bastien@ArchLinux ~]$ vi ~/.xinitrc
#!/bin/sh
userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
sysresources=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources
sysmodmap=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap
# merge in defaults and keymaps
if [ -f $sysresources ]; then
xrdb -merge $sysresources
fi
if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
xmodmap $sysmodmap
fi
if [ -f "$userresources" ]; then
xrdb -merge "$userresources"
fi
if [ -f "$usermodmap" ]; then
xmodmap "$usermodmap"
fi
[root@ArchLinux ~]# sddm --example-config > /etc/sddm.conf
[root@ArchLinux ~]# vi /etc/sddm.conf
[root@ArchLinux ~]# systemctl enable sddm
[root@ArchLinux ~]# systemctl set-default -f graphical.target
[bastien@ArchLinux Downloads]$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/aic94xx-firmware.git
[bastien@ArchLinux Downloads]$ cd aic94xx-firmware
[bastien@ArchLinux aic94xx-firmware]$ makepkg -sri --noconfirm
[bastien@ArchLinux Downloads]$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/wd719x-firmware.git
[bastien@ArchLinux Downloads]$ cd wd719x-firmware
[bastien@ArchLinux wd719x-firmware]$ makepkg -sri --noconfirm
[bastien@ArchLinux ~]$ sudo mkinitcpio -p linux
[bastien@ArchLinux ~]$ sudo pacman -S --noconfirm terminator firefox dolphin
theme for sddm = Sugar Dark