Arch Linux VM Setup

Beginner's Guide

set font
```
setfont Lat2-Terminus16
```
set up locale
```
vi /etc/locale.gen
```
- un comment line with "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8"
test network
```
ping -c 3 www.google.com
```
check interface
```
ip link
```
- copy down name of interface (enp0s3)
partition drive
```
cgdisk /dev/sda
```
format partition
```
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
```
mount partiton
```
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
```
install the base
```
pacstrap -i /mnt base
```

Generate an fstab

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

Chroot and configure the base system

arch-chroot /mnt /bin/bash

vi /etc/locale.gen

un comment line with "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8"

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

vi /etc/vconsole.conf

Add FONT=Lat2-Terminus16

ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/CST6CDT /etc/localtime

hwclock --systohc --utc