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Verify signature
gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve --verify archlinux-version-x86_64.iso.sig
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Boot the live environment
The live environment can be booted from a USB flash drive, an optical disc or a network with PXE
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Set the keyboard layout
ls /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/**/*.map.gz
loadkeys us |
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Set the console font
ls /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts
setfont Lat2-Terminus16 |
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Verify boot mode
ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
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Connect to the Internet
ping archlinux.org
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Update the system clock
timedatectl set-ntp true
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Partition the disk
fdisk -l
fdisk /dev/sda |
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Format the partitions
mkswap /dev/sda1
swapon /dev/sda1 mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2 |
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Mount the file systems
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
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Select the mirrors
pacman -Sy
pacman -S pacman-contrib curl -s "https://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/?country=IN&protocol=http&protocol=https&ip_version=4&use_mirror_status=on" | sed -e 's/^#Server/Server/' -e '/^#/d' | rankmirrors -n 5 - > /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist |
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Install the base packages
pacstrap /mnt base base-devel
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Fstab
genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
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Chroot
arch-chroot /mnt
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Time zone
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Kolkata /etc/localtime
hwclock --systohc |
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Localization
vi /etc/locale.gen
locale-gen echo 'LANG=en_US.UTF-8' > /etc/locale.conf echo 'KEYMAP=us' > /etc/vconsole.conf echo 'FONT=Lat2-Terminus16' >> /etc/vconsole.conf |
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Network configuration
echo 'localhost' > /etc/hostname
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Initramfs
mkinitcpio -p linux
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Root password
passwd
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Boot loader
pacman -S grub
grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sda grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg |
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