HowTo Install Arch Linux: Difference between revisions
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== Initializing the Disk== | == Installation Media == | ||
* Get the latest Arch install disk from https://www.archlinux.org/download/ | |||
* Boot from it | |||
== Initializing the Disk == | |||
Install/reinitialize GPT (Guid Partition Table) on the disk` | Install/reinitialize GPT (Guid Partition Table) on the disk` | ||
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Create partition | 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 | sgdisk --new 1:2048: /dev/vda | ||
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Now that you have a partition, it will show as /dev/vda1. | 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 | mkfs.ext4 /dev/vda1 -F | ||
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Install Arch to /mnt | Install Arch to /mnt | ||
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pacstrap /mnt | pacstrap /mnt base | ||
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== Change Root (chroot) to | == Change Root (chroot) to Arch == | ||
Switch into the arch installtion. | Switch into the arch installtion. | ||
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== Prepraring to Boot == | |||
Create your initial ramdisk - The initial file system before the real one boots | |||
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mkinitcpio -p linux | |||
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Install syslinux | |||
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pacman -S 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. | |||
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dd if=/usr/lib/syslinux/bios/gptmbr.bin of=/dev/vda | |||
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Prepare the /boot folder with syslinux's | 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/ | ln -s /usr/lib/syslinux/bios/*.c32 /boot/syslinux/ | ||
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Run the syslinux extlinux installer. | |||
* extlinux is the filesystem variant of syslinux | |||
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extlinux --install /boot/syslinux | |||
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By default, syslinux tries to boot /dev/sda3. | 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 | sed -i 's#/dev/sda3#/dev/vda1#' /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg | ||
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* You setup the syslinux boot loader correctly. | * 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: | |||
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pacman -S salt-zmq | |||
systemctl start salt-minion | |||
salt-call state.highstate | |||
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=== 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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net ads join -U <your user name> | |||
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