Arch Linux USB flash installation media.

archlinux_USB_flash_installation.md

Arch Linux EFI Install Guide

Arch Linux USB flash installation media.

Reference: USB_flash_installation_media

BIOS and UEFI bootable USB

0. Download the Arch Linux ISO image, see https://www.archlinux.org/download/

1. Identify the USB device:

df -h

2. UEFI bootable USB:

Linux:

sudo dd bs=4M if=/home/joseluisq/Downloads/archlinux-2018.03.01-x86_64.iso of=/dev/sdb1 status=progress

Note: /dev/sdb1 is my connected USB device.

Windows:

https://rufus.akeo.ie/

Installation

Note: Before installation, You should have partitioned your hard drive. See https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Partitioning

3. Internet connection via WPA:

iw dev
iw dev wlan0 link
ip link set wlan0 up
wpa_supplicant -B -i interface -c <(wpa_passphrase MYSSID passphrase)
dhcpcd wlan0

4. Formatting partitions

mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sda1
mkswap /dev/sda2
swapon /dev/sda2
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3

5. Mounting partitions

mount /dev/sda3 /mnt
mkdir /mnt/boot
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot

6. Configure pacman mirrorlist

cp /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.bak
sed -i "s/^#Server/Server/" /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.bak
rankmirrors -n 6 /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.bak > /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

7. Install base system

pacstrap -i /mnt base base-devel

8. Create fstab file

genfstab -U -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

9. Enter to system

arch-chroot /mnt

10. Configure language and time

# Uncomment the system language
nano /etc/locale.gen
locale-gen
echo LANG=es_ES.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf
export LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin > /etc/localtime
hwclock --systohc --utc
systemctl enable fstrim.timer

11. Add a host name

echo quintana > /etc/hostname

12. Enable pacman package repositories

nano /etc/pacman.conf

Go to the end of the file and add or update like:

- #[multilib]
- #Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

+ [multilib]
+ Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

+ [archlinuxfr]
+ SigLevel = Never
+ Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/$arch

Update packages database

pacman -Sy

13. Create users

Add root user password:

passwd

Add custom user:

useradd -m -g users -G wheel,storage,power -s /bin/bash username_here
passwd username_here

Enable sudo:

EDITOR=nano visudo

Add or edit the following lines:

- # %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
+ %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL

+ Defaults rootpw

14. Check if EFI variables are mouted

mount -t efivarfs efivarfs /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/

15. Install bootloader

bootctl install

16. Bootloader configuraton file

nano /boot/loader/entries/arch.conf

and add the following lines:

title Arch Linux
linux vmlinuz-linux
initrd /initramfs-linux.img

17. Verify partitions

lsblk

18. Append root partition as the booteable drive to Bootloader configuraton file

echo "options root=PARTUUID=$(blkid -s PARTUUID -o value /dev/sda3) rw" >> /boot/loader/entries/arch.conf

19. Intel configuration (for Intel processors only)

pacman -S intel-ucode

and add the following lines:

title Arch Linux
linux vmlinuz-linux
+ initrd /intel-ucode.img
initrd /initramfs-linux.img

20. Active Network Manager

ip link
systemctl enable dhcpcd@YOUR_DIVICE_NAME.service
pacman -S networkmanager
systemctl enable NetworkManager.service

21. WI-FI tools (optional)

pacman -S iw ip wpa_supplicant rfkill

refs:

• https://donnutcompute.wordpress.com/2014/04/20/connect-to-wi-fi-via-command-line/
• https://linuxcommando.blogspot.de/2013/10/how-to-connect-to-wpawpa2-wifi-network.html

22. Finishing

exit
umount -R /mnt
reboot