ArchLinux install steps

arch_setup.md

ARCH LINUX

This is a simple guide with un-encrypted volumes.

• setup the time
  • timedatectl set-ntp true
• rank your packman mirrors
  • cp /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.bak
  • rankmirrors -n 3 /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.bak > /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
• update pacman
  • pacman -Syy
• view the available disks
  • fdisk -l
• partition your disk for UEFI boot
  • cgdisk /dev/sda
• create the efi partition
  • new
  • default alignment
  • size
    • 100M
  • hex code
    • ef00
  • name
    • EFI
• create the boot partition
  • new
  • default alignment
  • size
    • 250M
  • hex code default
  • name
    • Boot
• create the main partition
  • new
  • default alignment
  • size
    • remaining
  • hex code
    • default
  • name
    • Main
• write the partition to disk
  • write
• verify the partitions
  • fdisk -l
• format the partitions
  • mkfs.vfat -F32 /dev/sdX1
  • mkfs.ext2 /dev/sdX2
  • mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdX3
• mount the partition
  • mount /dev/sdX3 /mnt
  • mkdir /mnt/boot
  • mount /dev/sdX2 /mnt/boot
  • mkdir /mnt/boot/efi
  • mount /dev/sdX1 /mnt/boot/efi
• prep the system
  • pacstrap -i /mnt base base-devel grub-efi-x86_64 efibootmgr
• generate the fstab file
  • genfstab -U -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
• move into our filesystem
  • arch-chroot /mnt /bin/bash
• update the locale
  • nano /etc/locale.gen
• uncomment the preferred locales
  • en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
• update the local
  • locale-gen
• update the timezone
  • replace REGION and TIMEZONE with values suitable to your zone
  • ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/REGION/TIME_ZONE /etc/localtime
  • hwclock --systohc --utc
• set the hostname
  • echo MY_DESIRED_HOSTNAME > /etc/hostname
• setup the root password
  • passwd
• create the user
  • useradd -m -g users -G wheel -s /bin/bash USERNAME
    • replace USERNAME with desired username
• set the users password
  • passwd USERNAME
  • replace USERNAME with desired username
• give user sudo access
  • export EDITOR=YOUR_EDITOR_OF_CHOICE
  • visudo
    • uncomment %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
• configure grub
  • grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=ArchLinux
  • grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
• exit the chroot
  • exit
• if running in VirtualBox tell the EFI loader where to find grub EFI
  • nano /mnt/boot/EFI/startup.nsh
  • add the following on two seperate lines
    • fs0:
    • \EFI\BOOTLOADER_NAME_FROM_INSTALL\grubx64.efi' > startup.nsh
• un-mount the filesystem
  • umount -R /mnt
• reboot the system
  • reboot
• login via the user you created earlier
• enable internet via dhcp for your eth if its not enabled
  • sudo systemctl enable dhcpcd
  • sudo reboot now