archinstall.txt

#wipe disk
dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda bs=4k 'status=progress'
#gdisk for gpt UEFI or fdisk for regular bios
#if you're going to use an older BIOS machine, just use mbr/dos, but you still need to make a /boot partition
#if you're going to use an older BIOS machine but you still want to use GPT because you have a really big disk you need to run
#parted /dev/disk set partition-number bios_grub on
#after you make all your partitions. The partition number corresponds to the /boot partition number in fdisk
#make gpt partition table
fdisk -> g -> w
#make efi partition
fdisk -> n -> 300mb efi partition
#change from linux filesystem to type EFI
fdisk -> t -> 1
#make boot partition
fdisk -> n -> 400mb boot partition
#make lvm partition
fdisk -> n -> full size
#change to type lvm
fdisk -> t -> 31
# write to filesystem with w
#format EFI partition
mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sda1
#format boot partition
mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda2
#setup sda3 for encryption
cryptsetup -v -y -c aes-xts-plain64 -s 512 -h sha512 -i 2000 --use-urandom luksFormat /dev/sda3
#if distro has sane defaults, CHECK BEFORE RUNNING SERIOUSLY
cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/sda3
#open the now encrypted partition
cryptsetup open /dev/sda3 cryptdisk
#it's now open in /dev/mapper
#setting up LVM - first setup physical volume
#data aligment is apperently better for SSDs
pvcreate --dataalignment 1m /dev/mapper/cryptdisk
#make volume group inside the new physical group
vgcreate vg0 /dev/mapper/cryptdisk
#make logical volumes inside the volume group
#make a root partition with 40 gigs of space
lvcreate -L 40GB vg0 -n root
#make a home partition with the rest of the space on the disk, do this last after all the other logical volumes you want to make
lvcreate -l 100%FREE vg0 -n home
#activate the lvm
modprobe dm_mod
vgscan
vgchange -ay
#format the logical volumes
mkfs.ext4 /dev/vg0/root
mkfs.ext4 /dev/vg0/home
#mount everything. make directories if they don't already exist
mount /dev/vg0/root /mnt
mount /dev/vg0/home /mnt/home
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/boot
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot/EFI
#connect to the internet with wifi-menu
#sort your mirrors with reflector
pacman -Sy
pacman -S reflector
reflector --sort rate --protocol https --number 100 --fastest 50 --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
#install the base distro with pacstrap, use linux-lts for the "stable" kernel
pacstrap /mnt base base-devel vim linux-lts linux-lts-headers
#generate your fstab, -U is for UUID
genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
#chroot into your install
arch-chroot /mnt
#install bootloader packages etc. ignore efibootmgr for BIOS install
pacman -S intel-ucode grub efibootmgr dosfstools openssh os-prober mtools wpa_supplicant dialog
#set your timezone
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo /etc/localtime
hwclock --systohc --utc
#enbale ntp
timedatectl set-ntp true
#set hostname
echo cirno > /etc/hostname
#configure your locale, either uncomment your locales in /etc/locale.gen or echo it with the below commands
echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" >> /etc/locale.gen
echo "ja_JP.UTF-8 UTF-8" >> /etc/locale.gen
locale-gen
echo LANG=en_US.UTF-8 >> /etc/locale.conf
#set a root password
passwd
#setup init hooks
vim /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
#edit the HOOKS line
HOOKS=(base udev autodetect modconf block encrypt lvm2 filesystems keyboard fsck)
#generate the init script, linux for the regular kernel, linux-lts for the lts one
mkinitcpio -p linux-lts
#edit the grub config
vim /etc/default/grub
#add this before quiet on the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT line, leave a space between it and quiet
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="cryptdevice=/dev/sda3:vg0 quiet"
#obviously change /dev/sda3 to whatever device has the physical group of your root logical volume, and chage vg0 to the corresponding volume group
#install grub in efi mode
grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --bootloader-id=grub_uefi --recheck
#or install grub in bios mode
grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck /dev/sda
#generate the grub config file
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
#Base system is now installed unmount and exit/reboot, below are some userspace things to do
#setup sudo
pacman -S sudo
#uncomment the wheel group so any user in wheel can use sudo
visudo
#neworking
#on a wired network just run dhcpcd, use something like ip addr to find device names
ip link set dev enp3s0 up
systemctl start dhcpcd
#for wifi use wpa_supplicant until you install a gui client, this is a pain in the ass
vim /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
#add
ctrl_interface=/run/wpa_supplicant
update_config=1
#start wpa_supplicant
wpa_supplicant -B -i interface -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
#start the interface
wpa_cli
#find the networks around you
scan
scan_results
#add a network
add_network
0
set_network 0 ssid "MYSSID"
set_network 0 psk "PASSWORD"
#if it's an open network use
set_network 0 key_mgmt NONE
save_config
#run dhcpcd
#add a user, you can replace bash with whatever shell
useradd -m -g users -G wheel -s /bin/bash reimu
passwd reimu
#install xorg, just install all of it
sudo pacman -Syu
pacman -S xorg
#install graphics drivers for AMD
sudo pacman -S xf86-video-amdgpu mesa mesa-libgl lib32-mesa-libgl mesa-vdpau lib32-mesa-vdpau
#use the correct amount of threads when compiling, this will slow shit down while doing so though
ehco 'MAKEFLAGS="-j$(nproc)"' >> ~/.makepkg.conf
#install an AUR helper
sudo pacman -S git
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/cower.git
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/pacaur.git
cd cower && makepkg -si --skippgpcheck --noconfirm
cd ~/pacaur && makepkg -si --noconfirm
rm -rf ~/cower && rm -rf ~/pacaur
#backup your luks header
sudo cryptsetup luksHeaderBackup /dev/sda3 --header-backup-file /wherever/you/want
#install the rest of your shit