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Use wifi-menu to connect to network
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Visit https://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/ on another computer, generate mirrorlist
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Edit /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist on the Arch computer and paste the faster servers
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Update package indexes:
# pacman -Syyy -
Create root partition:
# fdisk /dev/sda* o (to create an empty DOS partition table) * n * 1 * enter * +50G (Storage for root) * w -
# mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1 -
# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt -
# pacstrap -i /mnt base base-devel -
# genfstab -U -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab -
# arch-chroot /mnt -
# pacman -S nano grub-bios network-manager-applet networkmanager networkmanager-openvpn wireless_tools wpa_supplicant linux-headers linux mkinitcpio -
# mkinitcpio -p linux -
# nano /etc/locale.gen(uncomment en_US.UTF-8) -
# locale-gen -
# ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Kolkata /etc/localtime -
# hwclock --systohc --utc -
# passwd(for setting root password) -
# grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck /dev/sda -
# cp /usr/share/locale/en\@quot/LC_MESSAGES/grub.mo /boot/grub/locale/en.mo -
# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg -
Create swap file:
# fallocate -l 2G /swapfile# chmod 600 /swapfile# mkswap /swapfile# echo '/swapfile none swap sw 0 0' | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab
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# exit -
# umount -a -
# reboot