Installing Arch Linux with UEFI support

arch-install.md

Requirements

• Not recommended for absolute beginners

• Sufficient disk space
• RAM atleast 500 MB
• Arch linux bootbale media

Pre-Install

• create bootable usb or cd

Post Boot

• run ping google.com to check for internet connection
• run fdisk -l to list your disk partitions
• run cfdisk to create partitions you will need for your system installation

we will create four partitions

    - /dev/sda1  
    - /dev/sda2
    - /dev/sda3
    - /dev/sda4 (esp)

/dev/sda1 /root

    - select type dos 
    - select new 
    - select primary
    - add size with G for GB and M for MB
    - select write

/dev/sda2 - swap

    - select type dos
    - select new 
    - select primary
    - add size with G for GB and M for MB (two times your ram size)

/dev/sda3 - Home partition mount point for /home

    - select type dos
    - select new
    - select primary
    - add size 
    - select write

/dev/sda4 - boot partition esp for /boot

    - select type dos
    - select new
    - select primary
    - add size 
    - select write

Formatting

• mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
• mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3
• mkfs.vfat /dev/sda4
• mkswap /dev/sda2
• swapon /dev/sda2

Mounting

• mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
• mkdir /mnt/home
• mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/home
• mkdir /mnt/boot
• mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/boot

Installing base arch - needs fast internet connection

• pacstrap /mnt base base-devel

Generate fstab

• genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

Arch Base Configuration

• arch-chroot /mnt /bin/bash
• edit /etc/locale.gen using your favorite text editor
• uncomment locale you need eg en_GB UTF-8
• run locale-gen

Network config & Hostname

• edit /etc/hostname to set your system name
• run systemctl enable dhcpcd
• run pacman -S iw wpa_supplicant broadcom-wl

Grub ** be cafeful

• run pacman -S grub os-prober efibootmgr grub
• run 'grub install --target=x86_64 --efi-directory=esp --bootloader-id= Arch`
• run os-prober to map existing systems
• run grub-mkconfig -o esp/grub/grub.cfg

optional

• run pacman -S intel-ucode nvidia nvidia-lts linux-headers dkms ntfs-3g wpa_supplicant broadcom-wl openssh git qt4 vlc gnome chromium atom wireless_tools networkmanager network-manager-applet
• run systemctl gdm enable
• run systemctl enable NetworkManager.service
• run systemctl enable wpa_supplicant.service

Finally

• run exit to exit bash
• umount /mnt
• umount /mnt/home
• reboot

** if windows ever overwrites the boot partition just reinstall grub on the boot partition