Linux arch install

Here are my steps. These steps are for bios, NOT uefi

1. Boot in to Arch ISO.

2. Update date time.

 # timedatectl set-ntp true

3. Setup Partitions

3.a Use lsblk or fdisk -l to find the path of the harddisk.

 /dev/sda

3.b Start up fdisk to format a harddisk.

 # fdisk /dev/sda

 Remember to change the type for swap to hex '82' or swap

 sda1 - primary - Linux - boot - 1gb
 sda2 - primary - Linux swap - swap - 1.5 x memmory
 sda3 - primary - Linux - root - The rest.

3.c When all the partitions are setup use 'w' to apply the changes.

# w

4. Format the new partitions.

 # mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda1
 # mkswap /dev/sda2
 # mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3

5. Mount the new file partitioned file systems and turn swap on.

 # mount /dev/sda3 /mnt
 # mount --mkdir /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
 
 swapon /dev/sda2

6. Use pacstrap in install arch.

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

7. Generate the fstab file to define the partitions and filesystems

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

8. Sudo login in to the system

 # arch-chroot /mnt

9. Set the timezone.

 # ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Chicago /etc/localtime

Update the time in /etc/adjtime

 # hwclock --systohc

10. Localization - Edit the file

 vim /etc/locale.gen

Uncomment out

 en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
 en_US ISO-8859-1

Generate language file by running the following file.

 # locale-gen

11. Create and edit the locale.conf.

 # vim /etc/locale.conf

Add the following

 LANG=en_US.UTF-8

12. Set the hostname.

 # echo "archlinux" > /etc/hostname

13. Set the root password

 # passwd

14. Install Grub - This is the bootloader

 # pacman -S grub
 # grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sda
 # grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

15. Enable NetworkManager - To make sure you have internet upon startup.

 # systemctl enable NetworkManager

15. Done. Now exit, remove the IOS, and restart.

 # exit

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