The Arch Way

Youtube Video: https://youtu.be/ps4HL4pZj_o

- burn iso file to disc or USB
- boot from media
- press enter desired entry (64 or 32)

- wifi-menu (if wireless)
- sync Arch mirrors:
pacman -Syy
pacman -S reflector
reflector -c 'Country' -f 12 -l 12 -n 12 --verbose --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
- fdisk -l (to find empty drive)
- fdisk /dev/sdX (X is drive letter)

mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2
mkswap /dev/sda3

mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
mkdir /mnt/home
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/home
swapon /dev/sda3

pacstrap /mnt base base-devel

genfstab -U >> /mnt/etc/fstab
cat /mnt/etc/fstab (to see if correct)

arch-chroot /mnt
passwd
nano /etc/locale.gen
locale-gen
locale > /etc/locale.conf

ls /usr/share/zoneinfo
ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime
date (check if correct)

useradd -m -g users -G adm,lp,wheel,power,audio,video -s /bin/bash username
passwd username

EDITOR=nano visudo
uncomment %wheel (choose one)

echo vbox > /etc/hostname
nano /etc/hosts (change to hostname)
systemctl enable dhcpcd (if not wireless)

pacman -S wpa_supplicant wireless_tools dialog
pacman -S reflector rsync mlocate bash-completion
pacman -S xf86-video-(ati nouveau intel)
pacman -S virtualbox-guest-utils
pacman -S xorg-xinit xorg-twm xterm
pacman -S alsa-utils

pacman -S xfce4

mkinitcpio -p linux
pacman -S grub os-prober
grub-install /dev/sdX
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

exit
umount /mnt -R
reboot (or poweroff)

log in as root
pacman -Syu
exit
login as user
type:
startxfce4