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Arch Linux VM Setup

Beginner's Guide

Following the steps found on the Arch wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_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
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