Comments on: Full Arch Linux System Installation Guide in 29 Steps https://phoenixts.com/blog/arch-linux-system-installation-guide-in-29-steps/ The Training & Certification Experts Tue, 21 Jan 2020 18:50:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: William Ruddy https://phoenixts.com/blog/arch-linux-system-installation-guide-in-29-steps/#comment-33 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 16:23:28 +0000 http://www.phoenixts.com/?p=6283#comment-33 In reply to Robert.

Thanks for the details of your installation process.

]]> By: Robert https://phoenixts.com/blog/arch-linux-system-installation-guide-in-29-steps/#comment-32 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 16:17:55 +0000 http://www.phoenixts.com/?p=6283#comment-32 This is how I do it:

fdisk -l
mkdir /mnt
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
mkdir /mnt/home
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/home
pacstrap -i /mnt base
genfstab -U -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
nano /mnt/etc/fstab
arch-chroot /mnt
echo LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf && export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Amsterdam /etc/localtime
hwclock –systohc –utc
pacman -S wireless_tools wpa_supplicant wpa_actiond dialog networkmanager
systemctl enable net-auto-wireless.service
nano /etc/pacman.conf
add the following lines to the bottom of the config file:
[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
Set root passwd:
passwd
useradd -m -g users -G wheel,storage,power -s /bin/bash johndoe
passwd johndoe
pacman -S sudo
EDITOR=nano visudo
Uncomment: %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
pacman -S grub-bios
grub-install –target=i386-pc –recheck /dev/sda
cp /usr/share/locale/en@quot/LC_MESSAGES/grub.mo /boot/grub/locale/en.mo
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
exit
umount /mnt/home
umount /mnt
reboot
systemctl enable NetworkManager.service
sudo pacman -S alsa-utils xorg-server xorg-xinit xorg-server-utils mesa xorg-twm xorg-xclock xterm ttf-dejavu kde kdeplasma-applets-plasma-nm
laptop: sudo pacman -S xf86-input-synaptics
hostnamectl set-hostname myhostname
sudo systemctl enable kdm.service
pacman -Syu
reboot

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