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    # Notes for installing on Samsung Series 9
    # UEFI boot: LVM on LUKS
    #
    # See the full blog post:
    # http://jasonwryan.com/blog/2013/01/25/uefi/

    # check you are booted in uefi
    modprobe efivars
    ls /sys/firmware/efi/vars

    # zero the drive
    dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda

    # Create partition table: GPT
    install gptfdisk

    sgdisk -Z /dev/sda
    sgdisk -a 2048 -o /dev/sda

    sgdisk -n 1:0:+200M /dev/sda
    sgdisk -n 2:0:0 /dev/sda

    sgdisk -t 1:ef00 /dev/sda
    sgdisk -t 2:8300 /dev/sda

    sgdisk -c 1:bootefi /dev/sda
    sgdisk -c 2:root /dev/sda

    # encrypt sda2
    modprobe dm-crypt
    cryptsetup --cipher aes-xts-plain64 --key-size 512 --hash sha512\
    --iter-time 5000 --use-random --verify-passphrase luksFormat /dev/sda2

    cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sda2 cryptdisk

    # setup logical volumes
    pvcreate /dev/mapper/cryptdisk
    pvdisplay

    vgcreate vgroup /dev/mapper/cryptdisk
    vgdisplay

    lvcreate --size 30G --name lvroot vgroup
    lvcreate --extents +100%FREE --name lvhome vgroup
    lvdisplay

    # create filesystem
    mkfs.vfat -F32 /dev/sda1
    mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/vgroup-lvroot
    mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/vgroup-lvhome

    # Mount the partitions
    mnt /dev/mapper/vgroup-lvroot /mnt
    mkdir -p /mnt/boot/efi
    mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot/efi
    mkdir /mnt/home
    mount /dev/mapper/vgroup-lvhome /mnt/home

    ### install base system ###
    select a mirror
    pacstrap -i /mnt base base-devel

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

    # chroot time…
    arch-chroot /mnt

    # other modifications
    # vi /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
    # hooks
    …encrypt lvm2 filesystems… shutdown…
    # modules
    vfat ext4 dm_mod dm_crypt aes_x86_64 i915

    # add options to /etc/lvm/lvm.conf
    issue_discards 1

    # blacklist samsung module to prevent kernel panics
    # bug: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47121
    # /etc/modprobe.d/samsung_module.conf
    blacklist samsung_laptop

    ### bootloader ###
    pacman -S gummiboot-efi

    mkdir -p /boot/efi/EFI/gummiboot
    cp /usr/lib/gummiboot/gummibootx64.efi /boot/efi/EFI/gummiboot/gummiboot.efi
    efibootmgr -c -d /dev/sda -p 1 -w -L "Gummiboot" -l '\EFI\gummiboot\gummiboot.efi'

    # copy files across
    mkdir /boot/efi/arch
    cp /boot/vmlinuz-linux /boot/efi/EFI/arch/vmlinuz-linux.efi
    cp /boot/initramfs-linux.img /boot/efi/EFI/arch/initramfs-linux.img
    cp /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img /boot/efi/EFI/arch/initramfs-linux-fallback.img

    # create conf
    # /boot/efi/loader/loader.conf
    default arch
    timeout 5

    # create /boot/efi/loader/entries/arch.conf
    title Arch Linux
    efi \EFI\arch\vmlinuz-linux.efi
    options initrd=\EFI\arch\initramfs-linux.img cryptdevice=/dev/sda2:vgroup root=/dev/mapper/vgroup-lvroot ro

    # after successfully rebooting, create service files to update gummiboot path
    https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gummiboot#Automatic_copy_on_update