Installing arch linux on desktop

Posted on Tue 25 March 2014 in posts

created two partitions with gparted. One is a 180GB HDD the other is a 60GB SSD

use dd to create bootable usb drive

Select arch linux x64 install

change keyboard to dvorak

    loadkeys dvorak

mount the devices

    mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
    mkdir /mnt/home
    mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/home

edit the pacman mirror list

    vi /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

install base system

    pacstrap -i /mnt base

generate fstab file

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

edit fstab to make sure it looks correct

    vi /mnt/etc/fstab

chroot

    arch-chroot /mnt

edit locale.gen file to uncomment the line 'en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8'

    vi /etc/locale.gen

generate locale

    locale-gen

create /etc/locale.conf file and export LANG

    # why the hell do I do these steps!!!!!!!!!!
    echo LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf
    export LANG=en_US.UTF-8

create /etc/vconsole.conf file with keymap and font vi /etc/vconsole.conf

    KEYMAP=dvorak
    FONT=Lat2-Terminus16

set the timezone

    ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Mountain /etc/localtime

set hw clock mode

    hwclock --systohc --utc

set hostname

    echo arch-desktop > /etc/hostname

setup network

    systemctl enable dhcpcd.service

set root password

    passwd

install syslinux

    pacman -S syslinux  
    syslinux-install-update -i -a -m

Edit /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg and change to device to /dev/sda1

exit chroot environment with exit

unmount partition

    umount -R /mnt

restart with reboot

ethernet not working
    kernal driver in use: r8169
    kernel modules: r8169

    # ran command:
    dhcpcd enp5s0

installed alsa

    pacman -S alsa-utils

after running rake install on dotfiles I had to run

    git clone https://github.com/gmarik/vundle.git ~/.vim/bundle/vundle
this will get vundle setup so I could open vim and run

    :BundleInstall