Arch Linux

1. Test internet

   ping istaroth.org
   

2. Set time

   timedatectl set-ntp true
   

3. Create disk partitions

   Main disk is /dev/nvme0n1

   fdisk /dev/nvme0n1
   

   m <enter> (help)
   n <enter> (new partition)
   p <enter> (primary)
   <enter> (partition number 1)
   <enter> (first sector 2048)
   +1G <enter> (partition size = 1G)
   n <enter> (new partition)
   p <enter> (primary)
   <enter> (partition number 2)
   <enter> (first sector ??)
   <enter> (last sector at the end)
   w <enter> (write partition table)
   

4. Format disk partitions

   mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/nvme0n1p1
   mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p2
   

5. Mount partitions

   mount /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt
   mkdir -p /mnt/boot/efi
   mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot/efi
   

6. pacstrap magic

   pacstrap -K /mnt <packages>
   

7. Create fstab file

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

8. Chroot

   arch-chroot /mnt
   

   1. Enable Network Manager

      systemctl enable NetworkManager
      

   2. Grub install

      grub-install /dev/nmve0n1
      grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
      

   3. Locale and Timezone setup

      ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Kolkata /etc/localtime
      

      uncomment 'en_US.UTF-8' in /etc/locale.gen
      

      echo 'LANG=en_US.UTF-8' > /etc/locale.conf
      locale-gen
      

   4. Hostname

      echo archbox > /etc/hostname
      

   5. User setup

      useradd -mG wheel user
      

   6. Root and user passwords

      passwd
      passwd user
      

   7. Sudo access

      uncomment '%wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL' in /etc/sudoers
      

   8. Keyboard Setup

      localectl set-x11-keymap us "" "" ctrl:swapcaps
      

   9. Xinit

      su user
      cd
      echo exec <path-to-window-manager> > .xinitrc
      

enable multilib in /etc/pacman.conf by uncommenting or adding the following

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

ln -s /mnt/games/steam-root .local/share/Steam
ln -s /mnt/games/wine .wine