Difference between revisions of "Linux arch install"

Revision as of 09:48, 22 June 2022

Here are my steps.

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.

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