lk/distros/arch/basic-install.md

title	tags
basic-install	Documentation arch

Keyboard layout changed.

ls /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/**/*.map.gz

loadkeys uk.map.gz

Check if boot mode is UEFI

ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars

Without efivars, the system must boot with BIOS.

Check network's up

ping archlinux.org

Set system clock properly

timedatectl set-ntp true

Check disks

lsblk

Make partition

parted -s /dev/sda mklabel gpt

parted -s /dev/sda mklabel msdos

parted -s /dev/sda mkpart primary ext4 512 100%

parted -s /dev/sda set 1 boot on

mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1

Use pacstrap to get the base install.

mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/

pacstrap /mnt base base-devel vim linux linux-firmware

Make fstab notes for new system.

genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

arch-chroot /mnt

echo 'en_GB.UTF-8' > /etc/default/locale

pacman -Sy networkmanager grub

For legacy:

grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sda

For EFI:

sudo pacman -S efibootmgr

mkdir /boot/efi

grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=GRUB --remmovable

grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

set local time

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Belgrade /etc/localtime

Find the desired locale's and uncomment them.

vi /etc/locale.gen

locale-gen

Make your keyboard changes permenent with:

vi /etc/vconsole.conf

Then set: KEYMAP=uk.map.gz unsure about this bit - is this name just for the loadkeys function?

Make a hostname

echo pc > /etc/hostname

Set hostnames for network, or at least your own.

vi /etc/hosts

This should have the following, at least:

127.0.0.1 localhost ::1 localhost 127.0.1.1 [hostname].localdomain [hostname]

If the system has a permanent IP address, it should be used instead of localhost.

Ping some sites to make sure the network's working

passwd

exit

umount -R /mnt

Remove that awful beep sound:

rmmod pcspkr

...and make the change permanent:

sudo echo "blacklist pcspkr" >> /etc/modprobe.d/nobeep.conf