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Basic Arch linux guide for uefi installation

Internet connection

Use

iwctl

to connect your network. If you using LAN probably you don't need to do anything.

    $ iwctl

Partitioning

Show current partitions and disk.

    $ lsblk

We need to create

ESP

and

Linux filesystem partition

If you have already installed other system for EFI then, you don't need to create *ESP*, also check which partition is empty for linux, if you dont have, you need to resize ntfs by for example gparted if it's windows.

Prtitioning, replace sdx with your lsblk output disk

    $ gdisk /dev/sdx

Create GPT partition table

    Command: o

Create new partition

    Command: n

Creating first partition as *ESP*

    Partition number: 1

Set where is partition start, leave default press enter

    First sector:

set size of the *ESP*

    Last sector: +512M

Set partition type to *ESP*

    Hex code or GUID: EF00

Create partition to Linux filesystem

    Command: n

Create second partition

    Partition number: 2

Leave default

    First sector:

Set size of main partition, press enter for whole lefted space

    Last sector:

Set partition type to Linux filesystem (you can leave that if you will use EFISTUB)

    Hex code or GUID: 8300

Print your partition configuration

    Command: p

Write your partition configuration (save)

    Command: w

Create filesystems to our partitions

Format *ESP* to FAT32 (if you have this ESP from other os, dont do this step)

    $ mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/sdx1

Format Linux filesystem partition to Fourth Extended File System

    $ mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdx2

Mounting

Mount Linux filesystem to /mnt directory for prepare to install packages

    $ mount /dev/sdx2 /mnt

Create directory for *ESP*

    $ mkdir /mnt/boot

Mount *ESP* to /boot directory

    $ mount /dev/sdx1 /mnt/boot

Installing packages

We will install the

package,

kernel and firmware,

. Use reflector to auto set servers

    $ pacstrap /mnt linux linux-firmware base base-devel networkmanager vis efibootmgr

Configure system

Generate

fstab

file.

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

Show disk and partitions with filesystems

    $ lsblk -fs

Show fstab file for check of proprly done task

    $ cat /mnt/etc/fstab

Change root to new file system

    $ arch-chroot /mnt

Edit /etc/locale.gen and uncomment en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 and other needed locales. Generate the locales by running:

    $ locale-gen

Create the /etc/locale.conf file, and set the LANG variable accordingly:

    LANG=en_US.UTF-8

Create the hostname file:

/etc/hostname

    myhostname

Enable network manager:

    $ systemctl enable NetworkManager

Create user with home directory:

    $ useradd -m username

Set passwords:

Create root password

    $ passwd

Create username password

    $ passwd username

Add your user to wheel group

    $ usermod -aG wheel username

Make user usefull:

edit /etc/sudoers and uncomment

    #%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL

Boot loader. There is many options. I recommend two of them

efistub

and

systemd-boot

. EFISTUB boot kernel directly, but systemd-boot is kinda better and more minimalistic grub replacement.

EFISTUB

prepare for create boot entry, print lsblk for view on partitions

if you would not replace drives places you can replace root=UUID=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX rw by root=/dev/sdxY.

now create boot entry:

    $ efibootmgr --disk /dev/sdX --part Y --create --label "Arch Linux" --loader /vmlinuz-linux --unicode 'root=UUID=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX rw initrd=\initramfs-linux.img'

/dev/sdXY is ESP and root is your Linux file system partition

systemd-boot

$ bootctl --path=/boot install

Create and edit file /boot/loader/entries/arch.conf

    title        Arch Linux

    linux       /vmlinuz-linux

    initrd      /initramfs-linux.img

    options root=UUID=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX rw

This options should be in one column, here you can also replace root=UUID=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX rw by root=/dev/sdxY rw

Edit

/boot/loader/loader.conf

    default arch

    timeout 4

    console-mode max

    editor no

And update systemd-boot:

    $ bootctl --path=/boot update

This should be enough to turn on your own arch

After reboot to end configuration you need to set timezone:

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

    $ timedatectl set-timezone Region/City

Set hardware clock to UTC time

    $ hwclock --systohoc

Set keyboard layout

    $ localectl list-keymaps
    $ localectl set-x11-keymap us

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