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Install Archlinux with media 2012.08.04


basic net-installation


  • without any menu installer
  • without any automate script

this is an unofficial guide – plz blame only me



DownLoad iso & files


wget -c http://ftp.otenet.gr/linux/archlinux/iso/latest/archlinux-2012.08.04-dual.iso
wget -c http://ftp.otenet.gr/linux/archlinux/iso/latest/archlinux-2012.08.04-dual.iso.sig
wget -c http://ftp.otenet.gr/linux/archlinux/iso/latest/md5sums.txt
wget -c http://ftp.otenet.gr/linux/archlinux/iso/latest/sha1sums.txt

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Verify iso & Signature


# md5sum archlinux-2012.08.04-dual.iso 
83f3b08a58ce7397ec760817de05d8cb  archlinux-2012.08.04-dual.iso
 
# sha1sum archlinux-2012.08.04-dual.iso
d5fb2364f9967e458984b8050724c749213152b2  archlinux-2012.08.04-dual.iso
 
# pacman-key -v archlinux-2012.08.04-dual.iso.sig 
gpg: Signature made Sat Aug  4 03:25:33 2012 EEST using RSA key ID 9741E8AC
gpg: Good signature from "Pierre Schmitz <pierre@archlinux.de>"

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Write iso to usb


# dd if=archlinux-2012.08.04-dual.iso of=/dev/sdb
786432+0 records in
786432+0 records out 402653184 bytes (403 MB) copied, 5.35343 s, 75.2 MB/s

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Boot from usb 




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Make partitions

GUID Partition Table (GPT)

Using gdisk


if you want a GUID Partition Table (GPT)
take a look on the below url if you would like to use gdisk:


https://balaskas.gr/wiki/archlinux/gdisk


Using parted


if you want a GUID Partition Table (GPT)
take a look on the below url if you would like to use parted:


https://balaskas.gr/wiki/archlinux/parted


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MS-DOS/MBR Partition Table

Using cfdisk


cfdisk /dev/sda



Using fdisk


find your disk


fdisk -l | grep '^Disk'


Fdisk your disk and print the partitions


fdisk /dev/sda
 
p


Create your rootfs partition and make it bootable


n
Primary/extended : [enter]
Partition number : [enter]
First sector : [enter]
Last sector : +25G

a
Partition number : 1


Create your swap partition :


n
p 2
[enter]
[enter]

change type :


t
2
82


Verify your partition table and write table to disk:


p
w


confirm it via listing :


fdisk -l /dev/sda


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Format partitions


mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1 -L rootfs


mkswap /dev/sda2 -L swapfs


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Mount root partition


mount /dev/sda1 /mnt


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Configure network


With the new 2012.08.04 archlinux installation media, you dont even need to configure your network if you are using dhcp.


ip a  
ip r


But you are not using dhcp, the below commands must be applied
Find a free IP address, before continue


ip addr add 10.0.2.15/24 dev eth0
 
ip a  
ip route add default via 10.0.2.2 dev eth0
 
ip r


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Prepare RootFS


mkdir -pv /mnt/var/lib/pacman


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Install Archlinux


pacman -r /mnt -Sy base


Select all packages


Packages are being downloaded


Finished



CacheDir to disk


if you have problems with the 130Mb size of download packages
then you have to create cachedir to your new environment


mkdir -pv /mnt//var/cache/pacman/pkg/

and use an alternative installation command:


pacman -r /mnt --cachedir /mnt//var/cache/pacman/pkg/ -Sy base


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Pacman Keys


Signing Keys


rsync -rav /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/ /mnt/etc/pacman.d/gnupg/


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Chroot to your new enviroment


mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev
mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys
mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc
 
chroot /mnt /bin/bash


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Edit your fstab


vi /etc/fstab

/dev/sda1    /    ext4   defaults    0    1
/dev/sda2    none    swap    defaults    0    1



If you are want to use UUID instead, run 


blkid

before configure your /etc/fstab file


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HostName


Configure your hostname by this:


echo myarch > /etc/hostname


TimeZone


Configure your timezone


ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Athens /etc/localtime


Locale


vi /etc/locale.gen

eg.

grep -E -v '^#|^$' /etc/locale.gen
el_GR.UTF-8 UTF-8
en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8

and then


locale-gen
 
Generating locales ...
    el_GR.UTF-8 ... done
    en_US.UTF-8 ... done


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Build initial RAM disk


mkinitcpio -p linux



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Install Grub2


exit from your chroot


grub-install --boot-directory=/mnt/boot /dev/sda

Create grub.cfg


grub-mkconfig -o /mnt/boot/grub/grub.cfg


Create Menu List


vi /mnt/boot/grub/grub.cfg

menuentry "Archlinux" {
    set root=(hd0,1)
    linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/sda1
    initrd /boot/initramfs-linux.img
}



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Reboot




Login



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Beginners' Guide


https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_Guide


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