Loading...

​​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