Following the steps found on the Arch wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_Guide
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set font
setfont Lat2-Terminus16
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set up locale
vi /etc/locale.gen
- un comment line with "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8"
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test network
ping -c 3 www.google.com
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check interface
ip link
- copy down name of interface (enp0s3)
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partition drive
cgdisk /dev/sda
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format partition
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
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mount partiton
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
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install the base
pacstrap -i /mnt base
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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
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Hostname
echo arch-vm > /etc/hostname
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Configure the network (Wired using netctl)
#systemctl enable dhcpcd.service systemctl enable [email protected] #cd /etc/netctl #cp examples/etherenet-static my-network #vi my-network # didn't need anything #netctl enable my-network
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Create an initial ramdisk environment
mkinitcpio -p linux
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Set the root password
passwd
- (1 to 2)
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Install and configure a bootloader
pacman -S gptfdisk syslinux syslinux-install_update -i -a -m
- Above causes "FAILED to set attribute Legacy BIOS Bootable on /dev/sdaX" unless gdisk is installed.