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Arch Linux

Installation procedure (lvm, mbr):

  1. Use wifi-menu to connect to network

  2. Visit https://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/ on another computer, generate mirrorlist

  3. Edit /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist on the Arch computer and paste the faster servers

  4. Update package indexes: # pacman -Syyy

  5. Partition disk, create lvm partition:

    # fdisk /dev/sda

     * o
 * enter
 * n
 * p
 * 1
 * enter
 * enter
 * t
 * 1
 * 8E
 * w

  6. Create lvm:

    • Non-SSD: # pvcreate /dev/sda1
    • SSD: # pvcreate --dataalignment 1m /dev/sda1
    • # vgcreate volgroup0 /dev/sda1
    • # lvcreate -l 100%FREE volgroup0 -n root
    • # modprobe dm_mod
    • # vgscan
    • # vgchange -ay

  7. # mkfs.ext4 /dev/volgroup0/root

  8. # mount /dev/volgroup0/root /mnt

  9. # pacstrap -i /mnt base base-devel

  10. # genfstab -U -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

  11. # arch-chroot /mnt

  12. # pacman -S nano openssh grub-bios linux-headers linux network-manager-applet mkinitcpio networkmanager networkmanager-openvpn wireless_tools wpa_supplicant

  13. Edit /etc/mkinitcpio.conf and add lvm2 in between block and filesystems

  14. # mkinitcpio -p linux

  15. # nano /etc/locale.gen (uncomment en_US.UTF-8)

  16. # locale-gen

  17. # ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Kolkata /etc/localtime

  18. # hwclock --systohc --utc

  19. # passwd (for root)

  20. # grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck /dev/sda

  21. # cp /usr/share/locale/en\@quot/LC_MESSAGES/grub.mo /boot/grub/locale/en.mo

  22. # grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

  23. Create swap file:

    • # fallocate -l 2G /swapfile
    • # chmod 600 /swapfile
    • # mkswap /swapfile
    • # echo '/swapfile none swap sw 0 0' | tee -a /etc/fstab

  24. $ exit

  25. # umount /mnt/home

  26. # umount /mnt

  27. # reboot