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ArchLinux installation guide
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| # Boot into Live CD/USB | |
| # Use UK keyboard | |
| loadkeys uk | |
| # Check partitions available | |
| fdisk -l | |
| # Use fdisk to format partitions | |
| # o to overwrite the disk | |
| # n to create new partition | |
| # a to make partition bootable | |
| fdisk /dev/sda | |
| # Create 3 partitions | |
| # 1. Boot partition 10G | |
| # 2. Swap partition 500M | |
| # 3. Home partition Remaining | |
| # Check if partitions are correct, they should show | |
| # /dev/sda1 Bootable 10G | |
| # /dev/sda2 Swap 500M | |
| # /dev/sda3 Linux Remaining | |
| fdisk -l | |
| # Format partition 1 and 3 to use ext4 | |
| mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1 | |
| mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3 | |
| # Initialise swap | |
| mkswap /dev/sda2 | |
| swapon /dev/sda2 | |
| # Mount bootable drive | |
| mount /dev/sda1 /mnt | |
| # Mount home drive | |
| mkdir /mnt/home | |
| mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/home | |
| # Run pacstrap to initialise ArchLinux | |
| pacstrap /mnt base base-devel | |
| # Generate fstab | |
| genfstab -pU /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab | |
| # Change any Linux drive from realtime to noatime for SSD drives | |
| vi /mnt/etc/fstab | |
| # Change root into the new system | |
| arch-chroot /mnt | |
| # Link local time | |
| ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/London /etc/localtime | |
| # Sync clock | |
| hwclock --systohc --utc | |
| # Install software | |
| pacman -S git vim linux-headers linux-lts linux-lts-headers grub-bios | |
| # Uncomment en_GB.UTF-8 | |
| vim /etc/locale.gen | |
| # Generate locale information, set language, and set keyboard layout | |
| locale-gen | |
| echo LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 >> /etc/locale.conf | |
| echo KEYMAP=uk >> /etc/vconsole.conf | |
| # Set root password | |
| passwd | |
| # Install GRUB (does not matter if it's i386 or x86_64) | |
| grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sda | |
| # Exit and unmount new ArchLinux installation | |
| exit | |
| unmount -R /mnt | |
| # Turn swap off before reboot | |
| swapoff -a | |
| # Restart computer. Should continue boot to GRUB when computer restarts | |
| reboot |
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