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Arch Linux Install
Personal Install Guide/Notes. May be useful for you if you are experienced w/ Linux
Create a USB Boot Stick
Download ISO
From:
https://www.archlinux.org/download/
Directly:
https://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/iso/latest/
Check Signature
gpg --verify archlinux-xxx.iso.sig archlinux-xxx.iso
Write to USB stick
lsblk -l
dd bs=4M if=archlinux.iso of=/dev/sdb && sync
run as root
/dev/sdb
should be USB drive
you can double check device w/
fdisk -l
Docs:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/USB_flash_installation_media#In_GNU.2FLinux
Initial Boot and Getting into New System
See Reference
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide
High level, bare bones
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_guide
More detailed, but lots of links
http://www.cdavis.us/wiki/index.php/Arch_Linux_Install_Guide
A complete personal guide
Get a network connection
ip link
to get device
systemctl restart dhcpcd.service
for hardline
wifi-menu
for wifi or iwctl
See:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_guide#Establish_an_internet_connection
Make sure your clock is OK
timedatectl set-ntp true
timedatectl status
Figure out your storage devices
Blah blah blah:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_guide#Prepare_the_storage_devices
lsblk -f
fdisk -l
cfdisk
Make File Systems and Mount
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2
mkswap /dev/sda3
swapon /dev/sda3
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
mkdir -p /mnt/boot
mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sda1
(make
sure partition type is set to EFI System in cfdisk)
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
EFI partition
Make sure your arch key ring is up to date
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Create a USB Boot Stick
Initial Boot and Getting into New System