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-== Initializing the Disk==
+== Installation Media ==
+* Get the latest Arch install disk from https://www.archlinux.org/download/
+* Boot from it
-Install GPT (Guid Partition Table) on the disk`
+== Initializing the Disk ==
+Install/reinitialize GPT (Guid Partition Table) on the disk`
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-sgdisk -z /dev/vda
+sgdisk --zap /dev/vda
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-Create partition one, leave 2048 sectors blank for the syslinux bootloader, and consuming the rest of the drive.
+Create partition 1, leave 2048 sectors blank for the syslinux bootloader, and don't specify an end size, so that it takes the rest of the drive.
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 sgdisk --new 1:2048: /dev/vda
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-Now that you have a partition, it will show as /dev/vda1.  Format The partition as ext4
+Now that you have a partition, it will show as /dev/vda1. Format The partition as ext4
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 mkfs.ext4 /dev/vda1 -F
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 == Install Arch ==
-* Also install base-devel: compiler programs
+Install Arch to /mnt
-* openssh: remote access
-* syslinux: bootloader
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-pacstrap /mnt base base-devel openssh syslinux
+pacstrap /mnt base
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-== Change Root (chroot) to  Arch ==
+== Change Root (chroot) to Arch ==
 Switch into the arch installtion.
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+== Prepraring to Boot ==
-Set dhcpd to start at boot
+Create your initial ramdisk - The initial file system before the real one boots
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-systemctl enable dhcpcd
+mkinitcpio -p linux
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-Set sshd to start at boot.
+Install syslinux
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-systemctl enable sshd
+pacman -S syslinux
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-== Prepraring to Boot ==
+Install syslinux's GPT MBR (Master Boot Record) to the root of MBR. This will sit in the 2048 of reserved space from when we partitioned the drive.
-Create your initial ramdisk -  The initial file system before the real one boots
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-mkinitcpio -p linux
+dd if=/usr/lib/syslinux/bios/gptmbr.bin of=/dev/vda
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-Prepare the /boot folder with syslinux's init stuff.
+Prepare the /boot folder with syslinux's modules. The .c32 files that ship with syslinux are for systems that use a bios to boot. Symlink the bios modules into syslinux's boot folder.
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 ln -s /usr/lib/syslinux/bios/*.c32 /boot/syslinux/
-extlinux --install /boot/syslinux
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-Install syslinux's GPT MBR (Master Boot Record) to the root of MBR.  This will sit in the 2048 of reserved space from when we partitioned the drive.
+Run the syslinux extlinux installer.
+* extlinux is the filesystem variant of syslinux
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-dd if=/usr/lib/syslinux/bios/gptmbr.bin of=/dev/vda
+extlinux --install /boot/syslinux
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-By default, syslinux tries to boot /dev/sda3.  Change it to boot /dev/vda1
+By default, syslinux tries to boot /dev/sda3. Change it to boot /dev/vda1
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 sed -i 's#/dev/sda3#/dev/vda1#' /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg
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 * You setup the syslinux boot loader correctly.
-== Flavor ==
+== PS:One Flavor ==
+=== Salt ===
+Some settings common to most of the computers at PS:One can be applied by running the following commands:
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
+pacman -S salt-zmq
+systemctl start salt-minion
+salt-call state.highstate
+</syntaxhighlight>
+=== Network Logins ===
+Enable Network logins by joining the domain server.
+After this command is run, the machine will support network authentication.
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-pacman -Sy
+net ads join -U <your user name>
-pacman -S --noconfirm salt-zmq
-systemctl enable salt-minion
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