archlinux kvm guest install cheatsheet

arch_kvm_install.md

• partitions
  • use the tool of your choice (fdiks/gdisks/parted)
  • gdisk p1 +1M EF02 (bios boot)
• filesystems
  • mkfs -t <fs-type> /dev/<partition>
• mount partitions on /mnt
• setup network
  • ip address add <IP>/<CIDR> dev eth0
  • ip route add default via <GW>
  • add dns in /etc/resolve.conf
• select pacman mirror
  • /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
• select repositories
  • /etc/pacman.conf
• pacman -Syy
• pacstrap /mnt base base-devel
• genfstab -U -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
• check/edit the generated fstab
• install GRUB
  • arch-chroot /mnt pacman -S grub-bios
• chroot arch-chroot /mnt /bin/bash
• set locale
  • edit /etc/locale.gen
  • run locale-gen
• edit basic system properties
  • /etc/locale.conf
  • /etc/vconsole.conf
  • /etc/hostname
  • ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/<Zone>/<SubZone> /etc/localtime
  • edit /etc/mkinitcpio.conf and add the required KVM modules
    • MODULES="virtio virtio_blk virtio_pci virtio_net"
• rebuild image
  • run mkinitcpio -p linux
• users setup
  • set root password with passwd
  • create new user
    • useradd -m -g users -s /bin/bash <username>
    • passwd <username>
• configure GRUB 2:
  • modprobe dm-mod
  • grub-install --target=i386-pc --grub-setup=/bin/true --recheck --debug /dev/vda
  • mkdir -p /boot/grub/locale
  • cp /usr/share/locale/en@quot/LC_MESSAGES/grub.mo /boot/grub/locale/en.mo
  • grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
  • check/edit grub.cfg
• reboot