Parent Tutorial:

• https://gist.github.com/mattiaslundberg/8620837 Muktware Tutorial:
• http://www.muktware.io/arch-linux-guide-the-always-up-to-date-arch-linux-tutorial/ Arch Linux Installation Guide:
• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide

There are 2 choices:

• UEFI/GPT mode: UEFI boot mode / GPT partition table
• BIOS/MBR mode: Legacy boot mode / MBR partition table

I tried to install in UEFI mode, but my laptop (Acer E5-475-336H) had problems with it, and didn't boot after installation. This is how I installed arch linux in BIOS/MBR mode with full disk encryption (using LUKS), and LVM on LUKS.

I assume that /dev/sda is the system's disk, and /dev/sdb is usb drive.

1. Download arch iso image from https://www.archlinux.org/ and copy to a usb drive.

   # dd if=arch.iso of=/dev/sdb
   

2. Set boot mode to "Legacy" in BIOS configuration, and boot from usb.

3. Connect to internet. Useful commands:

   # supervisorctl restart dhcpcd
   # wifi-menu
   

4. Partitioning

   A drive should first be partitioned and afterwards the partitions should be formatted with a file system. Use fdisk to create MBR partitions.

   # fdisk /dev/sda
   

   First, create an empty MBR partition table (WARNING: This will erase entire disk)

   (fdisk) o
   

   We are going to create 2 main partitions (/dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2):

   Device     Boot     Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type
   /dev/sda1            2048    526335    524288   256M 83 Linux      /boot
   /dev/sda2          526336 765986815 765460480   365G 83 Linux      Encrypted with LUKS, 3 LVM partitions:
       swap  vg0 -wi-ao----   8.00g                                   swap
       root  vg0 -wi-ao----  80.00g                                   /
       anbar vg0 -wi-ao---- 277.00g
   /dev/sda3       765986816 976773167 210786352 100.5G 83 Linux      (Optional) Other partitions if you need... You can encrypt them separately with another password
   

   Create partitions:

   (fdisk) n
   (fdisk) p
   (fdisk) 1
   (fdisk) <Enter>
   (fdisk) +256M
   (fdisk) t
   (fdisk) 83
   
   (fdisk) n
   (fdisk) p
   (fdisk) 2
   (fdisk) <Enter>
   (fdisk) +365G
   (fdisk) t
   (fdisk) 83
   
   (fdisk) n
   (fdisk) p
   (fdisk) 3
   (fdisk) <Enter>
   (fdisk) <Enter>
   (fdisk) t
   (fdisk) 83
   
   (fdisk) w (Write Changes)
   

   Format Partitions:

   mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda1
   

5. Setup encryption

   # cryptsetup -c aes-xts-plain64 -y --use-random luksFormat /dev/sda2
   # cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sda2 luks
   

6. Create LVM Partitions This creates one partions for root, modify if /home or other partitions should be on separate partitions

   # pvcreate /dev/mapper/luks
   # vgcreate vg0 /dev/mapper/luks
   # lvcreate --size 8G vg0 --name swap
   # lvcreate --size 80G vg0 --name root
   # lvcreate -l +100%FREE vg0 --name anbar
   

7. Format LVM partitions

    # mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/vg0-root
    # mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/vg0-anbar
    # mkswap /dev/mapper/vg0-swap
   

8. Mount the new system

    # mount /dev/mapper/vg0-root /mnt
    # mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
    # swapon /dev/mapper/vg0-swap
   

mkdir /mnt/boot mount /dev/sdX2 /mnt/boot mkdir /mnt/boot/efi mount /dev/sdX1 /mnt/boot/efi

pacstrap /mnt base base-devel grub-efi-x86_64 zsh vim git efibootmgr dialog wpa_supplicant

genfstab -pU /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0

arch-chroot /mnt /bin/bash

ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Stockholm /etc/localtime hwclock --systohc --utc

echo MYHOSTNAME > /etc/hostname

echo LANG=en_US.UTF-8 >> /etc/locale.conf echo LANGUAGE=en_US >> /etc/locale.conf echo LC_ALL=C >> /etc/locale.conf

passwd

vim /etc/mkinitcpio.conf

mkinitcpio -p linux

grub-install In /etc/default/grub edit the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="cryptdevice=/dev/sdX3:luks:allow-discards" then run: grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

exit

umount -R /mnt swapoff -a

reboot