Arch Base

Created søndag 23 oktober 2016

This will be a simple step-by-step guide. With an unserious attempt to put the process into categories,

# Editor
$ nano

Create the bootable USB

# Download your favorite Arch distro^ You can use dd to create the bootable USB
$ dd if=/path/to/arch_image.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M && sync

Boot

# Boot the USB as UEFI

Pre-installation

# Set the keyboard layout
$ loadkeys dk-latin1

# Connect to the internet
$ wifi-menu

# Update the system clock
$ timedatectl set-ntp true

Prepare the disk

# Partition the disk :
# Use the gdisk package (for GPT disks). Consult with ? for commands.
# Once you start gdisk it'll ask for device. Provide it with your disk /dev/sda
# Create 4 partitions.

Format the partitions

# Get partition information with
$ lsblk -f

# EFI partition
$ mkfs.vfat /dev/sdaX

# Linux Filesystem
$ mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdaX

# Home partition
$ mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdaX

# Swap partition
$ mkswap /dev/sdaX

Mount the partitions

# First initialize the swap partition
$ swapon /dev/sdaX

# Then mount your Linux Filesystem
$ mount /dev/sdaX /mnt

# Create mount-point (folders) for the remaining partitions
$ mkdir /mnt/boot
$ mkdir /mnt/home

# And mount the remaining partitions
$ mount /dev/sdaX /mnt/boot # The EFI boorable partition
$ mount /dev/sdaX /mnt/home # The Home partition

Installation

# You can Edit /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist and move preferred mirrors to the top, if you like.

# Install the Arch Base
$ pacstrap /mnt base

Post installation

# Generate the fstab file
$ genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

# Change root into the newly installed system
$ arch-chroot /mnt

# Set the time zone
# This will generate /etc/adjtime
$ ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Copenhagen /etc/localtime
$ hwclock --systohc

# Locale
# Edit /etc/locale.gen and uncomment BOTH en_US.UFT-8 and da_DK.UTF-8

da_DK.UTF-8 UTF-8
en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 	

# And generate locale
$ locale-gen

# Set the LANG variable in /etc/locale.conf

LANG=en_US.UTF-8	

# Make the keyboard layout persistent in tty within /etc/vconsole.conf

KEYMAP=dk-latin1

# Create a desired hostname in /etc/hostname

dinnabo

# And add the entry to /etc/hosts

127.0.0.1	localhost.localdomain	localhost
::1			localhost.localdomain	localhost
127.0.1.1	dinnabo.localdomain		dinnabo

# Network tools
$ pacman -S iw wpa_supplicant dialog

# Remember to install the base-devel as well
$ pacman -S base-devel

# Set the root password
$ passwd

Boot Loader

# Grub will be used for this example.

# Install the grub, Intel-ucode and efibootmgr packages.
# If dual-booting, also install the os-prober package.
# Intel Microcode (ucode) provides system stability and is detected automatically by mkconfig.
# efibootmgr is needed for our EFI system.
$ pacman -S grub intel-ucode efibootmgr

# If dual-booting, also install this package
$ pacman -S os-prober

# Install to /boot partition
$ grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=grub

# Generate configuration file
$ grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Reboot

# Exit the chroot environment and Unmount the partitions
$ exit
$ umount -R /mnt
$ reboot