Merge pull request jedi4ever#689 from anshumanb/arch-templates

Arch Linux templates update

templates/archlinux-x86_64/README.md

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+# Arch Linux
+
+
+## Tip
+
+Since this is a "net" install and all packages are downloaded, you can
+speed up the download of the base packages by getting [Pacman][] to use
+a suitable [mirror][].
+
+For example, I modified the definition to make Pacman use Australian and
+New Zealand mirrors.
+
+    @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
+       'passwd<Enter>',
+       "#{root_password}<Enter>",
+       "#{root_password}<Enter>",
+    +    "echo 'Server = http://mirror.xnet.co.nz/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch' > /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist<Enter>",
+       'systemctl start sshd.service<Enter><Wait>',
+     ],
+     :ssh_login_timeout => '10000',
+    @@ -58,6 +59,6 @@
+     ],
+     :postinstall_timeout => '10000',
+     :params => {
+    -    #:PACMAN_REFLECTOR_ARGS => '--verbose -l 5 --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist',
+    +    :PACMAN_REFLECTOR_ARGS => '--verbose -c "New Zealand" -c Australia -n 5 --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist',
+     }
+    })
+
+You can obtain a suitable mirrorlist for yourself using the [Pacman
+Mirrorlist Generator][]. The list of countries with mirrors is on that
+page too.
+
+Once the base system is installed, the template uses [Reflector][] to
+set up Pacman's mirrorlist for the remaining packages. By default, the
+arguments passed to Reflector favour up-to-date mirrors sorted by their
+download rate. As shown above, you may customize the arguments to your
+liking.
+
+
+## Note
+
+* Reflector is uninstalled by the template following the mirrorlist
+  generation
+* The template currently only supports VirtualBox provider
+
+
+[Pacman]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman
+[mirror]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mirrors
+[Pacman Mirrorlist Generator]: https://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/
+[Reflector]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Reflector