ArchLinux Installation

Check if your boot with UEFI

ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars

Check internet conection

ping -c 4 archlinux.org

Update system clock

date && timedatectl set-ntp true && date

Check the disk to partition

lsblk

Partitioning disk

cfdisk

Select the partition table type (recommended GPT) (If the disk has a partition table, this don't appear)

Partition table example

Device	Size	Type
/dev/sdx1	550M	EFI
/dev/sdx2	2xRAM	SWAP
/dev/sdx3	Remaining (at least 20GB)	Linux filesystem

When finish, select Write

Formatting partitions created

# EFI
mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sdx1

# SWAP
mkswap /dev/sdx2
swapon /dev/sdx2

# Root
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdx3

Mount filesystem

# Root
mount /dev/sdx3 /mnt

# Efi
mkdir /mnt/boot/efi -p
mount /dev/sdx1 /mnt/boot/efi

Add custom repo to mirrorlist

cat <<\EOF > /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
Server = https://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirrors.mit.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
EOF

Install base packages

pacstrap /mnt base linux linux-firmware neovim git

Generate filesystem tab

genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

Change root path

arch-chroot /mnt

Configure timezone

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Region/City /etc/localtime && hwclock --systohc && date

Example: America/Havana

Configure language

In /etc/locale.gen uncomment languages to use

locale-gen && echo LANG=lang_Country.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf

Spanish: es_ES
English: en_US

Configure hostname

echo your_hostname > /etc/hostname

Configure hosts

cat <<\EOF > /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 	localhost
::1 		localhost
EOF

Install and enable NetworkManager

Configure custom repo server again

pacman -S networkmanager && systemctl enable NetworkManager

Set a root password

passwd

Configure bootloader

pacman -S grub efibootmgr && grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi

Configure grub

neovim /etc/default/grub

# Change this key
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text"

grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Reboot

exit && umount -R /mnt && reboot