My notes on learning Arch

arch.yaml

# BTW, I use Arch
setfont ter-132n
Wifi (wlan0):
  - iwctl
  -   station wlan0 connect <ssid>
  -   exit
  - ping google.com
  - pacman -Syy
  - pacman -S reflector
  - reflector --verbose -l 10 -f 5 -c US -p https --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

Disk (nvme0n1):
  Partitioning:
    - fdisk /dev/nvme0n1 : 
      [
        [p] : print
        [d] : delete
        [g] : generate new GUID
        [n] : new partition
        [t] : change partition type
          1 : UEFI
          19 : Linux Swap
          23 : Linux root x86_64
          41 : Linux home
        [w] : write
      ]
      UEFI:
      - n; 1; ^M; +512M; t; 1;
      SWAP:
      - n; 2; ^M; +16G; t; 2; 19;
      ROOT:
      - n; 3; ^M; -128G; t; 3; 23;
      HOME:
      - n; 4; ^M; ^M; t; 4; 41;
      - w;
  Format:
    - mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/nvme0n1p1
    - mkswap /dev/nvme0n1p2
    - mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p3
    - mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p4
  Mount:
    - mount /dev/nvme0n1p3 /mnt
    - mount --mkdir /dev/nvme0n1p4 /mnt/home
    - mount --mkdir /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot
    - swapon /dev/nvme0n1p2
  Generate:
    - e2label /dev/nvme0n1p3 "arch"
    - e2label /dev/nvme0n1p4 "home"
    
Install:
  - pacstrap /mnt base base-devel linux linux-firmware intel-ucode networkmanager
  - 
  - genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

CHROOT:
  - arch-chroot /mnt
  
    LOCALE:
      - timedatectl set-timezone America/Chicago
      - echo 'en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8' >> /etc/locale.gen
      - locale-gen
      - echo LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf
      - echo LANG=en_US.UTF-8
    NETWORK:
      - echo archxps > /etc/hostname
      - touch /etc/hosts
      - { 
          echo '127.0.0.1 localhost'; 
          echo '::1 localhost'; 
          echo '127.0.1.1 archxps';
        } >> /etc/hosts
    BOOTUP:
      - passwd
      - mkinitcpio -P
      - bootctl install
      - /boot/loader/loader.conf:
        {
          default arch.conf
          timeout 4
          console-mode max
          editor no
        }
      - /boot/loader/entries/arch.conf:
        {
          title Arch Linux
          nomodeset
          linux /vmlinuz-linux
          initrd /intel-ucode.img
          initrd /initramfs-linux.img
          options root="LABEL=arch" rw
        }
    FINAL:
      # Leave chroot
      - exit
      - umount -R /mnt
      - reboot
Post Install:
  - Networking:
      systemctl enable NetworkManager.service
      systemctl start NetworkManager.service
      nmcli device wifi connect <ssid> password <password>
  - More Tools:
    Modify /etc/pacman.conf:
      UNCOMMENT/SET: ParallelDownloads = 25
      UNCOMMENT: [Testing] and [Community]
      pacman -Syy
      pacman -S reflector
      reflector --verbose -l 10 -f 5 -c US -p https --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
      pacman -S nano terminus-font gnupg curl sudo bind-tools openssh git reflector
  - New User:
      useradd -m <username>
      usermod --append --groups users,wheel
  - EDITOR=nano visudo
      UNCOMMENT: %wgeel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
  - Fix terminal fonts for HiDPI screens:
      nano /etc/vconsole.conf:
        FONT=ter-128n