installarchminimal.txt

1 : List your machines NICs
-> ifconfig

2 : Check internet connectivity, you dont want to format all your partitions
and wonder why internet isnt working.
-> ping -c2 google.com

3 : If using wifi then connect using wifi-menu
-> wifi-menu # repeat step 2 to check internet

NOTE : The resulting configuration file is stored in /etc/netctl. Now you can enable your wireless connection by netctl start <config_filename>. Hint: ls /etc/netctl to see available configuration files.
-> ls /etc/netctl
-> netctl start my_accesspoint

4 : Verifying EFI mode is enabled
-> efivar -l

5 : List your machines partitions issuing the following commands
-> cat /proc/partitions
-> lsblk
-> fdisk -l

6 : Configure harddisk partitions you can use cfdisk. cgdisk, parted or gdisk
utility

>>> Create the following partitions for EFI with refined as boot manager.
1 - EFI System /dev/sda1 (fat32|1G) type=EFI SYSTEM
2 - BIOS Grub partition /dev/sda2 (unformatted|1G)
3 - Swap partition /dev/sda3 (2xRAM|linux-swap) type=linuxswap
4 - Root partiton /dev/sda4 (atleast 20G|ext4)
5 - Home partition /dev/sda5 (rest of hdd|ext4)

-> cfdisk -z /dev/sda # use cfdisk to create partitions.
   # Select gpt partition scheme when cfdisk asks.

WRITE CFDISK CHANGES.

7 : Format the partitions.
-> mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sda1
-> mkswap /dev/sda3
-> mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda4
-> mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda5

8 : Enable Swap
-> swapon /dev/sda3

9 : MOUNT partitions
-> mount /dev/sda4 /mnt && ls /mnt # check the contents of / partition
-> mkdir /mnt/home
-> mount /dev/sda5 /mnt/home

10 : Mount ESP partition
-> mkdir /mnt/esp
-> mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/esp

11 : Fetch the fastest mirrors.
-> git clone https://github.com/pavanjadhaw/fetchmirrors
-> cd fetchmirrors
-> ./fetchmirrors.sh -v -c IN

12 : Instal base system
-> pacstrap /mnt base

13 : Generate fstab file for your new Arch Linux system
-> genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
-> cat /mnt/etc/fstab # inspect it for any unusual occurences.

NOTE : Add netctl config for later use
-> cp /etc/netctl/my_accesspoint /mnt/etc/netctl


14 : CHROOT in newly installed system.
-> arch-chroot /mnt/

15 : Assign hostname.
-> echo "spiritualcraft" > /etc/hostname

16 : Configure system language.
-> vi /etc/locale.gen # uncomment your languages

eg . en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
     en_US ISO-8859-1


17 : Generate your system language layout.
-> locale-gen
-> echo LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf
-> export LANG=en_US.UTF-8

18 : Set timezone (use ls /usr/share/zoneinfo to find yours)
-> ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Kolkata /etc/localtime

19 : Configure hardware clock to use UTC
-> hwclock --systohc --utc

20 : Comment out multilib from pacman.conf (/etc/pacman.conf)

21 : Install required packages
pacman -S dialog iw wpa_supplicant refind-efi

22 : Configure refined
-> cp /usr/share/refind/refind_x64.efi /esp/EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi
-> cp -r /usr/share/refind/drivers_x64/ /esp/EFI/Boot/
-> echo 'extra_kernel_version_strings linux-git,linux-lts,linux;' > /esp/EFI/Boot/refind.conf

23 : Set passwd
-> passwd

24 : add new user 
-> useradd -m -G wheel -s /bin/bash pavan
-> passwd pavan

25 : add pavan to sudoers
-> perl -i -pe 's/#(%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL)/$1/' /etc/sudoers

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