MBR


lsblk

ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
If states no files carry on
If files are here then install via UEFI

Ping to check internet connection
use wifi-menu to connect to wireless connection

PARTITION DRIVE

fdisk /dev/name of drive


d = delete parition

BOOT PARTITION
n = new partition
 - p primary partition
-- 1
-- enter
-- +250M
-- Y if asks for signiture

Press P to confirm created partition
SWAP PARTITION
- p
- 2 or enter
- First sector: enter
- Last Sector: 4G
P

ROOT PARTITION - At least 25GB
- p
- 3 or enter
- First sector: enter
- Last Sector:

HOME PARTITION  - Rest of the drive
- p
- 4 or enter
- First sector: enter
- Last Sector: enter

w = Writes these partitions to the hard drive and reformats everything

Make the file systems

Boot: mkfs.ext4 /dev/name of boot parition
Root: mkfs.ext4 /dev/name of root parition
Home: mkfs.ext4 /dev/name of home parition

Setup SWAP Partition
mkswap /dev/name of swap partition
swapon /dev/name of swap partition

Mount drives

mount /dev/name of root /mnt

mkdir /mnt/boot
mkdir /mnt/home

mount /dev/name of boot/boot
mount /dev/name of home/home

INSTALL ARCHLINUX

pacstrap -i /mnt base vim
installs other packages and vim

CREATE FSTAB FILE

genfstab -U /mnt
genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

make it bootable

arch-chroot /mnt

Next, create the locale files by running:

LOCALE

vim /etc/locale.gen
uncomment en_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8
echo LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf
export LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
locale-gen

TIME

ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC /etc/localtime
hwclock --systohc --utc

NETWORK SETUP

pacman -S networkmanager
systemctl enable NetworkManager

Install boot loader

pacman -S grub
grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/name of drive
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg



Set the name of your computer
vim /etc/hostname


Step Five: Configure Your Package Manager

vi /etc/pacman.conf
uncomment
[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
pacman -Sy

root password
passwd

visudo
uncomment the following like
%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL

exit to USB and unmount
exit
unmount -R /mnt
reboot

USER

useradd -m -g users -G wheel,storage,power -s /bin/bash darkeve
passwd darkeve

pacman -S sudo

FONTS

default for now
pacman -S noto-fonts

Set fonts manually at ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf

UK Keyboard Layout

localectl set-keymap uk

GRAPHICS

# intel graphics
$ pacman -S xf86-video-intel libva-intel-driver

pacman -S xorg-server xorg-xinit

TRACKPAD

sudo pacman -S xf86-input-synaptics