Note: If you are going to do dual boot with Windows, then you should first install Windows and then archlinux just without creating an EFI partition.

0. Setup pacman-key (fixing this problem)

   • pacman-key --init
   • pacman-key --populate
   • pacman-key --refresh

1. Ping some site on the Internet to verify connection:

   • ping archlinux.org

2. Update system clock:

   • timedatectl set-ntp true
   • timedatectl set-timezone Zone/SubZone (America/Los_Angeles, Canada/Eastern, etc.)
   • timedatectl status

3. Download mirrorlist:

   • curl -o /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist https://archlinux.org/mirrorlist/all/
   • Uncomment the mirrors you need (the higher, the higher the priority of the mirror)

4. Create EFI partition:

   • fdisk /dev/sda
     • g (to create a new partition table)
     • n (to create a new partition)
     • 1
     • enter
     • +300M
     • t
     • 1 (for EFI)
     • w

5. Create /root partition:

   • fdisk /dev/sda
     • n
     • 2
     • enter
     • +30G
     • w

6. Create /home partiton:

   • fdisk /dev/sda
     • n
     • 3
     • enter
     • enter
     • w

7. Create the filesystems:

   • mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sda1
   • mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2
   • mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3

8. Mount the /root and /home directories:

   • mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
   • mount --mkdir /dev/sda3 /mnt/home

9. Install Arch linux base packages:

   • pacstrap -i /mnt base linux linux-firmware

10. Generate the /etc/fstab file:

    • genfstab -U -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

11. Chroot into installed system:

    • arch-chroot /mnt
    • timedatectl set-ntp true

12. Set the timezone:

    • ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Moscow /etc/localtime

13. Update the Hardware clock:

    • hwclock --systohc

14. Install some packages:

    • pacman -S nano sudo networkmanager refind gdisk

15. Setup hostname

    • nano /etc/hostname (write you PC name)

16. Setup host:

    • nano /etc/hosts
    • And write this:
    • 127.0.0.1 localhost
    • ::1 localhost
    • 127.0.1.1 pcname.localdomain pcname

17. Setup users:

    • useradd -m username
    • usermod -aG audio,video,wheel,storage username
    • passwd (Change the password for root)
    • passwd username (Change the password for username)

18. We allow the wheel group to execute commands via sudo

    • EDITOR=nano visudo (uncomment %wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL)

19. Enabling NetworkManager

    • systemctl enable NetworkManager

20. Set and generate a locale:

    • nano /etc/locale.gen (uncomment en_US.UTF-8)
    • locale-gen

21. Create swap file:

    • fallocate -l 2G /swapfile
    • chmod 600 /swapfile
    • mkswap /swapfile
    • echo '/swapfile none swap sw 0 0' | tee -a /etc/fstab

22. Install refind

    • refind-install

23. Edit refind.conf

    • nano /boot/efi/EFI/refind/refind.conf
    • Press Ctrl+W and find "Arch Linux", then replace this line:
    • options root=PARTUUID=someuuid rw add_edi_mcmmap
    • on this:
    • options root=PARTUUID=/dev/sda2 rw add_edi_mcmmap

24. Edit refind-linux.conf

    • nano /boot/refind-linux.conf Delete the first two lines that mention "archiso"

25. Exit, unount and reboot:

    • exit
    • umount /mnt -l
    • reboot