guide.txt

# Setup wireless using iwctl
station wlan0 scan
station wlan0 get-networks
station wlan0 connect <ssid>
station wlan0 show
exit

ping -c 3 google.com

# Update system clock
timedatectl set-ntp true
timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York


# List current disks and partitions
lsblk

# Partition disk : 
# no swap partition will create swap file after install
# <disk> may be: sda or nvme0n1, check using lsblk
fdisk /dev/<disk>  

/dev/nvmen1p1 -> 550M EFI
/dev/nvmen1p2 -> Linux Filesystem

# Format and mount partition
mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/nvmen1p1
mkfs.btrfs /dev/nvmen1p2

# Setup BTRFS SubVolumes
mount /dev/nvmen1p2 /mnt
cd /mnt
btrfs subvolume create @
btrfs subvolume create @home
cd
umount /mnt
mount -o noatime,space_cache=v2,compress=zstd,ssd,discard=async,subvol=@ /dev/nvmen1p2 /mnt
mkdir /mnt/{boot/efi,home}
mount -o noatime,space_cache=v2,compress=zstd,ssd,discard=async,subvol=@home /dev/nvmen1p2 /mnt/home
mount /dev/nvmen1p1 /mnt/boot/efi

# setup mirrors
pacman -Syy
pacman -S reflector
cp /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.bak
reflector -c "US" -f 12 -l 10 -n 12 --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# Install base and base development packages
pacstrap /mnt base linux linux-firmware base-devel linux-headers vim git amd-ucode

# Generate fstab file
genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

# Change root into new system
arch-chroot /mnt

# Set time zone
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime
hwclock --systohc

# Set locale
## Uncomment en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 in /etc/locale.gen
locale-gen
echo LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8

# Create hostname
echo <hostname> > /etc/hostname

edit /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1	localhost
::1		localhost
127.0.1.1	<hostname>.localdomain <hostname>

# Set root password
passwd

# create user
useradd -G wheel,audio,video -m <user>
passwd <user>

pacman -S sudo
EDITOR=nano visudo

# Install and configure grub bootloader
pacman -S grub efibootmgr dosfstools mtools dialog wpa_supplicant dhcpcd ifplugd bluez bluez-utils cups alsa-utils pipewire pipewire-alsa pipewire-pulse pipewire-jack rsync reflector 

grub-install --target=x86_64-efi –efi-directory=/efi/ –bootloader-id=Arch --recheck
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

vim /etc/mkinitcpio.conf # add btrfs to modules

exit
umount -R /mnt
reboot


# Post Install

# Setup WiFi
ip a # take note of wifi interface name like wlan0
vim /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-wlan0.conf
  ctrl_interface=/run/wpa_supplicant
su # switch to root user to run wpa_passphrase
wpa_passphrase <wifi name> <wifi password> >> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-wlan0.conf
exit # exit root
# can edit the config to remove password
systemctl enable dhcpcd.service
systemctl start dhcpcd.service
systemctl enable wpa_supplicant@wlan0.service
systemctl start wpa_supplicant@wlan0.service

# should be able to ping archlinux now
ping -c 3 www.archlinux.org