## install qemu on host machine & launch it

```
sudo apt install qemu-system-x86
sudo apt install libsdl2-dev

qemu-img create -f qcow2 test.qcow2 16G

qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 2048 -boot d
    -nic user,model=virtio
    -drive file=test.qcow2,media=disk,if=virtio
    -cdrom archlinux-2019.05.02-x86_64.iso
```

## install arch from the cd

- select "boot arch linux" to boot from the cd.

- verify the network is online. **ping will not work from inside the VM.** it's really complex to setup so don't worry about it. just make sure you can ssh somewhere.

- turn on ntp

```
timedatectl set-ntp true
```

- partition and format the qcow2 disk

```
fdisk /dev/vda
    (n, enter a few times, w)
mkfs.ext4 /dev/vda1
mount /dev/vda1 /mnt
```

- instal the base image

```
pacstrap /mnt base
```

## configure the new machine

```
genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
arch-chroot /mnt
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles /etc/localtime
hwclock --systohc
vi /etc/locale.gen
    -- uncomment "en_US.UTF-8" line
locale-gen
echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" > /etc/locale.conf
echo "greyworm" > /etc/hostname
passwd
    -- set it to "root"
```

## install the boot loader (grub)

```
pacman -S grub
grub-install /dev/vda
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
```

- reboot into your new system

## set up networking

- copy /etc/netctl/examples/ethernet-dhcp to /etc/netctl/dhcp
- edit the network interface to "ens3"

```
netctl start dhcp
netctl enable dhcp
```

## install vital things!!!

```
pacman -S openssh fish git sudo
useradd -m robey
passwd robey
vi /etc/sudoers
    -- robey ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
chsh robey
    -- /usr/bin/fish
```

- login as robey and get a copy of dotfiles

```
scp -r batou.local:projects/dotfiles .
cd dotfiles
./install.sh
```

- reboot to get coder-dvorak