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part II

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verifying the boot mode

  • check the UEFI bitness

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    cat /sys/firmware/efi/fw_platform_size

verifying an internet connection exists

  • ensure a network interface exists and is enabled

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    ip link

updating the system clock

  • ensure the system clock is accurate

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    timedatectl set-ntp true

creating, formatting, and mounting disk partitions

  • list disks if needed

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    fdisk -l

  • modify partition tables

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    fdisk /dev/sda

    [g] [ENTER]
[n] [ENTER] [p] [ENTER] [ENTER] [ENTER] [+1G] [ENTER]
[n] [ENTER] [p] [ENTER] [ENTER] [ENTER] [+8G] [ENTER]
[n] [ENTER] [p] [ENTER] [ENTER] [ENTER] [ENTER]
[w] [ENTER]

  • format partitions

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    mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/sda1
mkswap /dev/sda2
mkfs.btrfs /dev/sda3

  • mount partitions

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    mount /dev/sda3 /mnt
btrfs su cr /mnt/@
btrfs su cr /mnt/@home
btrfs su cr /mnt/@cache
btrfs su cr /mnt/@log
btrfs su cr /mnt/@machines
btrfs su cr /mnt/@portables
btrfs su cr /mnt/@tmp
umount /mnt
mount -o noatime,compress=lzo,subvol=@ /dev/sda3 /mnt
mkdir -p /mnt/{boot,home,var/cache,var/lib/machines,var/lib/portables,var/log,var/tmp}
mount -o noatime,compress=lzo,subvol=@home /dev/sda3 /mnt/home
mount -o noatime,compress=lzo,subvol=@cache /dev/sda3 /mnt/var/cache
mount -o noatime,compress=lzo,subvol=@log /dev/sda3 /mnt/var/log
mount -o noatime,compress=lzo,subvol=@machines /dev/sda3 /mnt/var/lib/machines
mount -o noatime,compress=lzo,subvol=@portables /dev/sda3 /mnt/var/lib/portables
mount -o noatime,compress=lzo,subvol=@tmp /dev/sda3 /mnt/var/tmp
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
swapon /dev/sda2

installing essential packages

  • refresh keyrings

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    pacman-key --init
pacman-key --populate archlinux

  • install essential packages

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    pacstrap /mnt base base-devel linux linux-firmware btrfs-progs amd-ucode

configuring the system

  • generate file system table

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

  • change root into new file system

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    arch-chroot /mnt

  • set time zone

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    ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/$TIMEZONE /etc/localtime # (1)!
    1. e.g. $TIMEZONE is America/New_York

  • set hardware clock

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    hwclock --systohc

  • set localization

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    sed -i "s/#en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/g" /etc/locale.gen
locale-gen
echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" > /etc/locale.conf

  • set hosts

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    echo -e "127.0.0.1 localhost\n::1 localhost\n127.0.1.1 $HOSTNAME.localdomain $HOSTNAME" > /etc/hosts # (1)!
    1. e.g. $HOSTNAME is smith

  • set hostname

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    echo "$HOSTNAME" > /etc/hostname # (1)!
    1. e.g. $HOSTNAME is smith

  • rebuild initramfs file

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    mkinitcpio -P

  • install & setup boot loader

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    pacman -S bluez efibootmgr git grub nano networkmanager sudo
# pacman -S vim wpa_supplicant pulseaudio pulseaudio-bluetooth gnome gnome-tweaks
grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=GRUB --recheck
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

  • setup network manager & bluetooth

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    # systemctl enable gdm
systemctl enable NetworkManager
systemctl enable bluetooth

  • setup sudo

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    sed -i "s/# %wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL/%wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL/g" /etc/sudoers

  • set root password

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    passwd

  • create user

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    useradd -m -G wheel $USER # (1)!
passwd $USER
    1. $USER is john

  • exit & unmount

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    exit
umount -l /mnt
shutdown now

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