arch linux installation cheat-sheet

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# simple arch linux installation cheat-sheet
# written by armin <armin@mutt.email>

# pre installation steps
wifi-menu
lsblk
fdisk /dev/sdX
o
n
p
+15G
n
p
w
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
mkdir /mnt/home
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/home

# base installation
pacstrap -i /mnt base

# fstab
genfstab -U -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

# chroot
arch-chroot /mnt /bin/bash

# The following commands will run in the chroot environment:
nano /etc/locale.gen
locale-gen
echo LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin /etc/localtime
echo hostname > /etc/hostname
pacman -S sudo iw wpa_supplicant dialog grub
mkinitcpio -p linux
grub-install —target=i386-pc —recheck /dev/sda
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
useradd myusername
passwd myusername
passwd
pacman -S vim
visudo
exit

# post installation steps
umount -R /mnt
reboot