- Disable Windows Fast-Startup
- Disable Secure Boot
Before:
Partition | Location | Size | File system |
---|---|---|---|
ESP | sda1 | 500 MB | fat32 |
DIAGS | sda2 | 40 MB | fat32 |
OEM 1 | sda3 | 128 MB | ? |
WINRETOOLS | sda4 | 750 MB | ntfs |
WINDOWS 8 | sda5 | 913.878 GB | ntfs |
PBR | sda7 | 8.25 GB | ntfs |
OEM 2 | sda6 | 8 GB | ? |
After:
Partition | Location | Size | File system |
---|---|---|---|
ESP | sda1 | 500 MB | fat32 |
DIAGS | sda2 | 40 MB | fat32 |
OEM 1 | sda3 | 128 MB | ? |
WINRETOOLS | sda4 | 750 MB | ntfs |
WINDOWS 8 | sda5 | 200 GB | ntfs |
/boot | sda8 | 200 MB | ext2 |
swap | sda9 | 8.5 GB | swap |
/ | sda10 | 705.18 GB | ext4 |
PBR | sda7 | 8.25 GB | ntfs |
OEM 2 | sda6 | 8 GB | ? |
$ loadkeys la-latin1
$ iw dev # Get the interface name
$ wifi-menu <wifi_interface_name>
$ mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda8
$ mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda10
$ mkswap /dev/sda9
$ swapon /dev/sda9
$ mount /dev/sda10 /mnt
$ mkdir /mnt/boot
$ mount /dev/sda8 /mnt/boot
Set the preferred mirror first. To find the best mirrors:
$ rankmirrors -n 6 /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist > mirrorlistbest
In my case, the best one at the moment was: http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
$ vi /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
$ pacstrap /mnt base base-devel
$ genfstab -U -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
$ arch-chroot /mnt /bin/bash
$ passwd
$ echo miguelarch >> /etc/hostname
$ vi /etc/hosts
/etc/hosts should look like:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost miguelarch
::1 localhost.localdomain localhost miguelarch
$ echo "America/Mexico_City" >> /etc/timezone
$ ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Mexico_City /etc/localtime
$ vi /etc/locale.gen
$ locale-gen
$ echo LANG=es_MX.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf
$ export LANG=es_MX.UTF-8
On /etc/locale.gen
I uncommented es_MX.UTF-8 UTF-8
and en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
$ vi /etc/vconsole.conf
It should look like:
KEYMAP=la-latin1
FONT=
FONT_MAP=
hwclock --systohc --utc
$ mkinitcpio -p linux
$ pacman -S dosfstools grub efibootmgr
$ mkdir /boot/efi
$ mount /dev/sda1 /boot/efi
Edit /etc/default/grub
, set DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=30
.
$ grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=grub --recheck
$ grub-mkconfig -o boot/grub/grub.cfg
Now, let's add Windows to the GRUB menu. Edit /boot/efi/EFI/grub/grub.cfg
and add the following menuentry after the Arch Linux menuentries:
menuentry "Microsoft Windows 8.1" {
insmod part_gpt
insmod fat
insmod search_fs_uuid
insmod chain
search --fs-uuid --set=root $hints_string $fs_uuid
chainloader /EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
}
Now change:
-
$hints_string
by the output of$ grub-probe --target=fs_uuid /boot/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
-
$fs_uuid
by the output of$ grub-probe --target=hints_string /boot/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
$ pacman -S iw wpa_supplicant networkmanager
I chose to use NetworkManager since I like how it integrates with Gnome3 via NetworkManager-Applet. Disable all network services before using NetworkManager.
$ systemctl enable NetworkManager
$ exit # If still on arch-chroot mode
$ umount -R /mnt
$ reboot
$ nmcli nm wifi on
$ nmcli dev wifi connect <network ssid> password <password>
$ pacman -S zsh
$ useradd -m -g users -G wheel -s /bin/zsh miguel
$ passwd miguel
$ chfn miguel
Laptop trackpad support: $ pacman -S xf86-input-synaptics
$ pacman -S xorg-server xorg-server-utils xorg-xinit
In /etc/pacman.conf
, uncomment:
[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
$ pacman -S intel-dri xf86-video-intel nvidia bbswitch bumblebee lib32-nvidia-utils lib32-intel-dri
$ gpasswd -a miguel bumblebee
$ systemctl enable bumblebeed
Edit /etc/default/grub
, set GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet rcutree.rcu_idle_gp_delay=1"
.
Edit /etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia
, set BusID "PCI:4:0:0"
. Where the PCI should be the one shown for the Nvidia card in lspci
.
To turn on Nvidia graphics card:
$ tee /proc/acpi/bbswitch <<< ON
$ modprobe nvidia
To turn it off:
$ modprobe -r nvidia
$ tee /proc/acpi/bbswitch <<< OFF
To get information about PCI devices (Shows if Nvidia card is activeted or deactivated and the driver it's using):
$ lspci -v
$ lspci -k
$ lspci
Test if Bumblebee is working:
$ pacman -S xorg-twm xorg-xclock xterm mesa-demos
$ startx
$ optirun glxgears -info
$ pacman -S gnome network-manager-applet
$ systemctl enable gdm.service
Add ILoveCandy
under Misc options
in /etc/pacman.conf
Install AUR packages.
$ curl -O https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pa/package-query/package-query.tar.gz
$ tar zxvf package-query.tar.gz
$ cd package-query
$ makepkg -si
$ cd ..
$ rm -rf package-query*
$ curl -O https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ya/yaourt/yaourt.tar.gz
$ tar zxvf yaourt.tar.gz
$ cd yaourt
$ makepkg -si
$ cd ..
$ rm -rf yaourt*
Protect disk.
$ pacman -S hdapsd
$ systemctl enable hdapsd
To see the battery levels, add acpi_osi=Linux
to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT
in /etc/default/grub.cfg
. If the backlight service fails after that, add acpi_backlight=vendor
too (didn't happen to me, but this thread claims that it can happen).
$ grub-mkconfig -o boot/grub/grub.cfg
$ yaourt -S rbenv ruby-build
$ rbenv install 2.1.2
$ echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
$ echo 'eval "$(rbenv init -)"' >> ~/.zshrc
$ gem install bundler
$ pacman -S ttf-dejavu wget acpi vim rfkill ctags tree gimp nodejs infinality-bundle gnome-tweak-tool gloobus-preview terminator viewnior synapse openssh
$ yaourt -S google-chrome spotify sublime-text python-markdown retext gnome-shell-extension-topicons
$ mkdir $HOME/.config/terminator
$ curl -o $HOME/.config/terminator/config https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ghuntley/terminator-solarized/master/config
$ curl -L http://install.ohmyz.sh | sh
$ wget -qO- https://toolbelt.heroku.com/install.sh | sh
- Arch Linux Wiki: Beginners Guide
- Arch Linux Wiki: GRUB
- Arch Linux Wiki: Installation
- Arch Linux Wiki: Windows and Arch dual boot
- Arch Linux Wiki: General Recommendations
- Arch Linux Wiki: Users and Groups
- Arch Linux Wiki: NVIDIA
- Arch Linux Wiki: Bumblebee
- Arch Linux Wiki: NVIDIA Optimus
- Arch Linux Wiki: Xorg
- Arch Linux Forums: Bumblebee problem
- Arch Linux Wiki: GNOME
- Arch Linux Wiki: NetworkManager
- Arch Linux Forums: No battery after boot. Dell 7537
- Arch Linux Wiki: Yaourt
- Arch Linux Wiki: HDAPS