curl -LO https://mirror.clarkson.edu/archlinux/iso/2023.01.01/archlinux-2023.01.01-x86_64.iso
shasum -a 256 archlinux-2023.01.01-x86_64.iso
compare against checksum from https://archlinux.org/download/
use lsblk to find usb drive
sudo dd if=archlinux-2023.01.01-x86_64.iso of=/dev/sda status=progress
Boot from USB
Standard/default installation option
HP EliteBook
Boot F12 to enter the network boot menu esc bios setup Advanced Boot Options
- Make sure USB Storage Boot is checked. if not check and save Secure Boot Configuration
- Legacy Support Disable and Secure Boot Disable
Plug USB into right USB port
exit BIos menu and save changes
restart and f12 boot menu UEFI - (USB Device)
Opens GNU Grub Menu Select "Arch Linux install medium (x86_64, UEFI)" Enter
Confirm booted into UEFI mode if files are present in
ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
If not, return to bios boot options
connect an ethernet cord or set up wifi with
iwctl
Ensure you have a wireless device available
device list
Scan for a WiFi network.
station wlan0 scan
station wlan0 get-networks
Connect to the wifi
station wlan0 connect [WiFi SSID]
Enter the wifi password if required
Exit the iwctl menu
exit
Verify you're connected to the wifi. The wireless network interface should show as "UP".
ip link
Synchronize the system clock
timedatectl set-ntp true
cfdisk /dev/sda
or
cfdisk /dev/nvme0n1
if converting from a windows machine, you'd see
/dev/sda1 .... EFI System
/dev/sda2 .... Microsoft reserved
/dev/sda3 .... Microsoft basic data
/dev/sda4 .... Windows recovery environment
Free Space ........
Delete all /dev/sda#
Should see
Free Space ..... (size of hard drive)
Create the new partition table.
- New -> size 600MB
- Type -> EFI System
Scroll down to Free Space
- New -> size 1G
- Type -> Linux swap
Scroll down to Free Space
- New -> (just enter to accept the remains of the free space)
- Type -> Linux filesystem
Confirm the 3 entries look correct
/dev/sda1 .... EFI System
/dev/sda2 .... Linux swap
/dev/sda3 .... Linux filesystem
Select "Write"
Are you sure you want to write the partition table to disk? yes
"Quit"
Confirm the block storage has been set up and the 3 partitions show on sda
lsblk
Format the partitions:
Set up the EFI system partition
mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/sda1
Set up the swap partition
mkswap /dev/sda2
Set up the root partition
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3
mount /dev/sda3 /mnt
swapon /dev/sda2
lsblk shows the new mount and swap partitions
...
sda
-sda1 ....
-sda2 .... [SWAP]
-sda3 .... /mnt
Install linux
pacstrap /mnt base linux linux-firmware
If not able to install, check the iwctl settings above.
Now chroot into the base system in /mnt to complete more installation
arch-chroot /mnt
pacman -S networkmanager wpa_supplicant wireless_tools netctl
Enable the network manager on boot
systemctl enable NetworkManger
Create a new initramfs by running the following command for normal Linux:
mkinitcpio -p linux
Set localization. Uncomment the location you want (en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8) in
pacman -S nano
nano /etc/locale.gen
locale-gen
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime
Create a non-root user
useradd -m -g users -G wheel dan
passwd dan
Escalate to sudo privs
pacman -S sudo
EDITOR=nano visudo
Uncomment the line %wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL and save.
Install a boot manager
pacman -S grub efibootmgr dosfstools os-prober mtools
mkdir /boot/EFI
mount /dev/sda1 /boot/EFI
lsblk shows
sda
-sda1 .... /boot/EFI
-sda2 .... [SWAP]
-sda3 .... /
Install grub
grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --bootloader-id=grub_uefi --recheck
To configure the locale of the grub boot screen run the following command
cp /usr/share/locale/en\@quot/LC_MESSAGES/grub.mo /boot/grub/locale/en.mo
Generate the grub config
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
exit and reboot remove the usb drive
Log in as user dan with password entered above.