Archlinux_SD_card_boot_on_MBA.md

a hint for Archlinux install on SD cards

(for booting on MacBookAir)

Environment

• My card: Transcend 32GB SDHC Class10
• a USB stick (for Archlinux bootable USB)
• A MacBook Air, of course

Prepare

• dd the latest Archlinux ISO image to the USB stick, reboot your Mac, hold the Option key and wait for around 30 sec.

• Choose the USB disk and boot to a Live Archlinux system.

• Archlinux installation

• Note: if you use OS X to dd the USB stick, you need to use diskutil to unmount the USB drive.

• Ref

partition

    /boot 100M, ext4 (grub doesn't support f2fs)
    / 
    swap
    /home
    
    
    /mnt
    /mnt/boot
    /mnt/home

Notes

• you can use use wifi-menuor other wireless tools (remember, you only have wifi connection XD)

• mkfs

  • use mkfs.f2fs instead of ext4 for home and root

• before mkinitcpio

  vi /etc/mkinitcpio.conf

  • add f2fs in MODULES

  • remove fsck from HOOKS

  • Reference for f2fs

• postinstall

  • remember to install dialog and wicd in chroot env

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Boot

Just use the native bootloader in Mac.

Hold Option (alt) key during boot, wait for around 30 seconds, choose your bootable device.