kyoukaya · January 14, 2020 18:44 · Jan 14, 2020 · Jan 14, 2020 · Jan 14, 2020 · May 31, 2019
diff --git a/test.md b/test.md
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ Update the system clock.
 ```
 Installing the base packages
 ```
-# pacstrap /mnt base wpa_supplicant efibootmgr
+# pacstrap /mnt base linux linux-firmware nano wpa_supplicant efibootmgr
 ```
 Change root into the new system
 ```

diff --git a/test.md b/test.md
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ Uncomment en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 and other needed locales in `/etc/locale.gen`, and g
 ```
 # locale-gen
 ```
-Create the locale.conf(5) file, and set the LANG variable accordingly: 
-/etc/locale.conf
+Create the locale.conf file, and set the LANG variable accordingly in
+`/etc/locale.conf`:
 ```
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 ```

diff --git a/test.md b/test.md
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ Set the time zone
 # ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Australia/Sydney /etc/localtime
 # hwclock --systohc
 ```
-Uncomment en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 and other needed locales in /etc/locale.gen, and generate them with:
+Uncomment en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 and other needed locales in `/etc/locale.gen`, and generate them with:
 ```
 # locale-gen
 ```

diff --git a/test.md b/test.md
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ Allow wheel group to use sudo by changing /etc/sudoers
 
 ```
 DE: xfce4
+DM: ly(AUR)
 Audio: pulseaudio pavcontrol
 Network: networkmanager network-manager-applet
 Browser: firefox

diff --git a/test.md b/test.md
@@ -215,5 +215,5 @@ Candy: neofetch steam(multilib)
 Dev: python git htop go 
 Comms: discord(AUR) hexchat
 Sync: syncthing dropbox(AUR)
-Ftp: lftp vsftpd
+Ftp: lftp vsftpd gvfs
 ```
diff --git a/test.md b/test.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ List devices with:
 ```
 # iw dev
 ```
-Activate the interface (You shouldn't need to, but just incase!)
+Activate the interface
 ```
 # ip link set YOUR_INTERFACE up
 ```
@@ -37,15 +37,8 @@ At this point you should be connected to the internet, verify that everything wo
 # ping archlinux.org
 ```
 
-### Uniwide setup
+#### Uniwide setup
 ```
-# Connect to a WPA2 Enterprise network with wpa_supplicant with this .conf file.
-# I used this to connect to my university's wireless network on Arch linux.
-# Here's the command I used:
-#
-#   wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c ./wpa_supplicant.conf
-# 
-
 network={
   ssid="YOUR_SSID"
   scan_ssid=1
@@ -167,7 +160,7 @@ Update the system clock.
 ```
 Installing the base packages
 ```
-# pacstrap /mnt base base-devel wpa_supplicant
+# pacstrap /mnt base wpa_supplicant efibootmgr
 ```
 Change root into the new system
 ```
@@ -185,20 +178,42 @@ Uncomment en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 and other needed locales in /etc/locale.gen, and gen
 Create the locale.conf(5) file, and set the LANG variable accordingly: 
 /etc/locale.conf
 ```
-LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
+LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 ```
 Set the root password:
 ```
 # passwd
 ```
 Time to setup the boot loader. Since we're going with a UEFI BIOS... We have to install `efibootmgr` to set it up.
-```
-# pacman -Syu efibootmgr
-```
 Get the PARTUUID of the EFI partition you created earlier.
 ```
 blkid /dev/sda2
 ```
 Run, it's a mouthfull, but bear with it! `root=PARTUUID=` needs to contain the PARTUUID of the root partition, `sda2` in our case. While the argument for --disk and --part 1 refer to the EFI
 ```
-# efibootmgr --disk /dev/sda1 --part 1 --create --label "Arch Linux" --loader /vmlinuz-linux --unicode 'root=PARTUUID=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX rw initrd=\initramfs-linux.img' --verbose```
+# efibootmgr --disk /dev/sda1 --part 1 --create --label "Arch Linux" --loader /vmlinuz-linux --unicode 'root=PARTUUID=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX rw initrd=\initramfs-linux.img' --verbose
+```
+
+New user
+```
+useradd -m -G wheel username
+```
+
+Allow wheel group to use sudo by changing /etc/sudoers
+
+```
+DE: xfce4
+Audio: pulseaudio pavcontrol
+Network: networkmanager network-manager-applet
+Browser: firefox
+Security: keepassxc
+pacman wrapper: yay
+Fonts: ttf-fantasque-sans-mono noto-fonts ttf-freefont
+Editor: vscode(AUR)
+Terminal: tmux alacritty
+Candy: neofetch steam(multilib)
+Dev: python git htop go 
+Comms: discord(AUR) hexchat
+Sync: syncthing dropbox(AUR)
+Ftp: lftp vsftpd
+```
diff --git a/test.md b/test.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ List devices with:
 ```
 # iw dev
 ```
-Activate the interface:
+Activate the interface (You shouldn't need to, but just incase!)
 ```
 # ip link set YOUR_INTERFACE up
 ```
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ Create the GPT table with `g`.
 Command (m for help): g
 ```
 Following that we'll be setting up the partitions according to this table:
+
 | Mount point | Partition   | Partition Type | Size         |
 |-------------|-------------|----------------|--------------|
 | `/mnt/boot` | `/dev/sda1` | EFI System     | 512MB        |
@@ -149,22 +150,55 @@ Now the swap partition
 ```
 Mounting all the filesystems we've created
 ```
-# mount /dev/sda1 /boot
 # mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
+# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
 # swapon /dev/sda3
 ```
 
 ### Preparing for the install
 Generate an fstab file (use -U or -L to define by UUID or labels, respectively).
 ```
 # mkdir /mnt/etc
-# genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
+# genfstab -t PARTUUID /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
 ```
 Update the system clock.
 ```
 # timedatectl set-ntp true
 ```
 Installing the base packages
 ```
-# pacstrap /mnt base base-devel
-```
+# pacstrap /mnt base base-devel wpa_supplicant
+```
+Change root into the new system
+```
+# arch-chroot /mnt
+```
+Set the time zone
+```
+# ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Australia/Sydney /etc/localtime
+# hwclock --systohc
+```
+Uncomment en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 and other needed locales in /etc/locale.gen, and generate them with:
+```
+# locale-gen
+```
+Create the locale.conf(5) file, and set the LANG variable accordingly: 
+/etc/locale.conf
+```
+LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
+```
+Set the root password:
+```
+# passwd
+```
+Time to setup the boot loader. Since we're going with a UEFI BIOS... We have to install `efibootmgr` to set it up.
+```
+# pacman -Syu efibootmgr
+```
+Get the PARTUUID of the EFI partition you created earlier.
+```
+blkid /dev/sda2
+```
+Run, it's a mouthfull, but bear with it! `root=PARTUUID=` needs to contain the PARTUUID of the root partition, `sda2` in our case. While the argument for --disk and --part 1 refer to the EFI
+```
+# efibootmgr --disk /dev/sda1 --part 1 --create --label "Arch Linux" --loader /vmlinuz-linux --unicode 'root=PARTUUID=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX rw initrd=\initramfs-linux.img' --verbose```
diff --git a/test.md b/test.md
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+# Arch Install
+
+### Creating The Installation Media
+1. Download the ISO from https://www.archlinux.org/download/ through HTTP/Bittorent.
+2. Copy the image to a thumbdrive using dd (linux) or [rufus](https://rufus.ie/) (windows)
+3. Boot into Arch!
+
+#### dd Instructions
+blah
+
+### Connecting to the internet
+If you have a wired connection to the internet. You shouldn't need to do anything. The steps below are for setting up a wireless connection to a home network secured with WPA.
+
+List devices with:
+```
+# iw dev
+```
+Activate the interface:
+```
+# ip link set YOUR_INTERFACE up
+```
+Scan for wireless access points, piping the output into `less`:
+```
+# iw dev YOUR_INTERFACE scan | less
+```
+Noting your wireless AP's SSID from the previous step.
+This pipes the output of `wpa_passphrase` which produces prints a barebones configuration file, into `wpa_supplicant`.
+```
+# wpa_supplicant -B -i YOUR_INTERFACE -c <(wpa_passphrase SSID PASSPHRASE)
+```
+Obtain an IP address after connecting to the AP.
+```
+# dhcpcd YOUR_INTERFACE
+```
+At this point you should be connected to the internet, verify that everything works as it should by pinging a website.
+```
+# ping archlinux.org
+```
+
+### Uniwide setup
+```
+# Connect to a WPA2 Enterprise network with wpa_supplicant with this .conf file.
+# I used this to connect to my university's wireless network on Arch linux.
+# Here's the command I used:
+#
+#   wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c ./wpa_supplicant.conf
+# 
+
+network={
+  ssid="YOUR_SSID"
+  scan_ssid=1
+  key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
+  identity="YOUR_USERNAME"
+  password="YOUR_PASSWORD"
+  eap=PEAP
+  phase1="peaplabel=0"
+  phase2="auth=MSCHAPV2"
+}
+```
+
+https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_network_configuration#iw
+
+### Partitioning the disk
+List the connected storage devices.
+```
+# fdisk -l
+```
+Run `fdisk` on the drive you want to install Arch on.
+```
+# fdisk /dev/YOUR_DRIVE
+```
+This will launch the `fdisk` prompt, further commands for formatting and partitioning the drive will be executed inside the fdisk prompt.
+
+Create the GPT table with `g`.
+```
+Command (m for help): g
+```
+Following that we'll be setting up the partitions according to this table:
+| Mount point | Partition   | Partition Type | Size         |
+|-------------|-------------|----------------|--------------|
+| `/mnt/boot` | `/dev/sda1` | EFI System     | 512MB        |
+| `/mnt/`     | `/dev/sda2` | Linux Filesystem| Rest of disk |
+| `SWAP`      | `/dev/sda3` | Linux Swap     | 2GB          |
+
+Creating the EFI System partition. 
+Some text to the left of the `:` has been ommitted for brevity.
+```
+Command (m for help): n
+Partition number (1-128, default 1): 1
+First sector (default 2048): 
+Last sector, +/-sectors or +/-size{K,M,G,T,P}: +512M
+
+Created a new partition 1 of type 'Linux filesystem' and of size 512MiB.
+```
+This will have created it as a Linux Filesystem partition, to change that into an EFI System partition, we execute the following command.
+```
+Command (m for help): t
+Selected partition 1
+Partition type (type L to list all types): 1
+Changed type of partition 'Linux filesystem' to 'EFI System'.
+```
+Creating the swap partition.
+```
+Command (m for help): n
+Partition number (1-128, default 1): 3
+First sector: 
+Last sector, +/-sectors or +/-size{K,M,G,T,P}: +2G
+
+Created a new partition 3 of type 'Linux Filesystem' and of size 2GiB.
+
+Command (m for help): t
+Partition number (1,3, default 3): 3
+Partition type (type L to list all types): 19
+Changed type of partition 'Linux filesystem' to 'Linux swap'.
+```
+Finally, creating the main filesystem partition. The size argument here leaves 20KB of disk unpartitioned to allowe converting between MBR and GPT if necessary. If wasting 20KB bothers you, leave it empty to default to using the rest of disk.
+```
+Command (m for help): n
+Partition number (2,4-128, default 2): 2
+First sector: 
+Last sector, +/-sectors or +/-size{K,M,G,T,P}: -20K
+
+Created a new partition 2 of type 'Linux filesystem' and of size 486.6GiB.
+```
+Verify all partitions are as they should be and write them to the disk.
+```
+Command (m for help): p
+...
+Command (m for help): w
+```
+Verify that the partitions have been written to your disk with
+```
+# fdisk -l /dev/YOUR_DRIVE`
+```
+It should show the 3 partitions we've just created.
+
+### Formatting the partitions
+First off we'll format the EFI partition as FAT32. Note: it MUST be formatted as a FAT filesystem.
+```
+# mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sda1
+```
+Format the main linux filesystem with whatever you'd like, I'll just be formatting it with the tried and true `ext4` fs.
+```
+# mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2
+```
+Now the swap partition
+```
+# mkswap /dev/sda3
+```
+Mounting all the filesystems we've created
+```
+# mount /dev/sda1 /boot
+# mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
+# swapon /dev/sda3
+```
+
+### Preparing for the install
+Generate an fstab file (use -U or -L to define by UUID or labels, respectively).
+```
+# mkdir /mnt/etc
+# genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
+```
+Update the system clock.
+```
+# timedatectl set-ntp true
+```
+Installing the base packages
+```
+# pacstrap /mnt base base-devel
+```