[WIP] Arch on X1 Carbon (4 gen)

Install.md

From live boot:

loadkeys it

cd /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts
setfont latarcyrheb-sun32.psfu.gz

wifi-menu

timedatectl set-ntp true

Partition the disk

UEFI with GPT (no swap): https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide#Partition_the_disks

Format partitions

(todo): system encryption EFI system

mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/nvme0n1p1

Linux filesystem

mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p2

Mount the file systems

Mount the file system on the root partition to /mnt, for example:

mount /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt

mkdir /mnt/efi
mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/efi

Install the base packages

pacstrap /mnt base base-devel iw iwd

Generate fstab and chroot into /mnt

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

arch-chroot /mnt

Time zone

Set the time zone:

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Region/City /etc/localtime

Run hwclock(8) to generate /etc/adjtime:

hwclock --systohc

Localization

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide#Localization

Network configuration

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide#Network_configuration

Root password

Set the root password:

passwd

Bootloader with microcode updates

Install grub and efibootmgr

pacman -Syu grub efibootmgr

grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/efi --bootloader-id=GRUB

Install the intel-ucode package

pacman -Suy intel-ucode

grub-mkconfig will automatically detect the microcode update and configure GRUB appropriately. After installing the microcode package, regenerate the GRUB config to activate loading the microcode update by running:

grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

...and reboot!

Post installation

Setup wifi connection iwctl Enable dhcp service

systemctl enable dhcpcd
systemctl start dhcpcd