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- Add rEFInd
- Add more explaination on /efi vs /boot
- Remove GRUB
- Remove F2FS
- Remove old headings
- Change shell command presentation
- Change LUKS setup
- Use new btrfs command to create swapfile
- Generally slightly more commentary on choices or steps
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title: Arch
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Last modified: 2023-11-17
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## Keyboard layout
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[shroot]
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```
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loadkeys de_CH-latin1
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```
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[/shroot]
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## Check UEFI mode
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If the following command works, the system is booted in EFI.
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[shroot]
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```
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ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
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```
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[/shroot]
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## Verify internet connection
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[shroot]
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```
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ping wiki.exu.li
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```
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[/shroot]
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## Update system clock
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[shroot]
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```
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timedatectl set-ntp true
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```
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[/shroot]
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## Creating partitions
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[shroot]
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```
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cfdisk
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```
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[/shroot]
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Use `EFI System` for EFI partition
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Use `Linux filesystem` for other partitions
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## (LUKS) Create encrypted partition
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_Note: Do not put your /efi partition on an encrypted partition!_
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Create encrypted Partition with a label. This label will later be used to identified the bootdevice as a simpler alternative to UUIDs.
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[shroot]
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```
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cryptsetup luksFormat --label=(label) /dev/(partition)
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```
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[/shroot]
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Open the partition and specify a name
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[shroot]
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```
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cryptsetup open /dev/(partition) (name)
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```
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[/shroot]
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Check if this worked with `ls /dev/mapper/`
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The name should show up there
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## Format partitions
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Fat 32:
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[shroot]
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```
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mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/(partition)
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```
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[/shroot]
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_For EFI or BOOT partition_
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Ext4:
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[shroot]
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```
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mkfs.ext4 /dev/(partition)
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```
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[/shroot]
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_All other partitions_
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Btrfs:
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[shroot]
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```
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mkfs.btrfs /dev/(partition)
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```
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[/shroot]
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_All other partitions_
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## Mounting partitions
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Generally partitions have to be mounted where you will later use them in your system.
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BTRFS with its subvolumes is a special case, see the additional chapter below.
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Be careful in choosing you EFI mountpoint when using full disk encryption.
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Using `/efi` will lead to much longer boot times in GRUB and be completely unsupported in other bootloaders.
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See [this feature comparison](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_boot_process#Boot_loader) for details.
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For `/efi` size really doesn't matter much and can be 1 or 2 megabytes. 16MB is probably a good size.
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If you're using `/boot`, the kernel and initramfs will also be stored on this partition among others. Recommended sizes range from 256MB to 512MB
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```
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Root: /mnt
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EFI: /mnt/efi or /mnt/boot
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Home: /mnt/home
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etc...
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```
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### (BTRFS) Btrfs preparation of subvolumes and mounting
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Mount root partition
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[shroot]
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```
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mount /dev/(partition) /mnt
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```
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[/shroot]
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Root subvolume
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[shroot]
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```
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btrfs subv create /mnt/@
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```
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[/shroot]
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Home subvolume
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[shroot]
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```
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btrfs subv create /mnt/@home
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```
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[/shroot]
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Snapshots subvolume for snapper
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[shroot]
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```
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btrfs subv create /mnt/@snapshots
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```
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[/shroot]
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Var subvolume
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[shroot]
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```
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btrfs subv create /mnt/@var_log
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```
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[/shroot]
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_If you want to use a swapfile with Snapper, create a new subvolume now_
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Swap subvolume
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[shroot]
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```
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btrfs subv create /mnt/@swap
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```
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[/shroot]
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[shroot]
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```
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umount /mnt
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```
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[/shroot]
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Mount root
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`mount -o noatime,compress-force=zstd,subvol=@ /dev/(partition) /mnt`
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With /efi
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`mkdir -p /mnt/{efi,home,.snapshots,var/log,swap}`
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With /boot
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`mkdir -p /mnt/{boot,home,.snapshots,var/log,swap}`
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Mount home
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`mount -o noatime,compress-force=zstd,subvol=@home /dev/(partition) /mnt/home`
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Mount snapshots for snapper
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`mount -o noatime,compress-force=zstd,subvol=@snapshots /dev/(partition) /mnt/.snapshots`
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Mount var
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`mount -o noatime,compress-force=zstd,subvol=@var_log /dev/(partition) /mnt/var/log`
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Swap subvolume
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`mount -o noatime,subvol=@swap /dev/(partition) /mnt/swap`
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**Don't forget mounting other partitions!!**
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## Swap
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### Swapfile
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#### Normal way
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**NOT FOR BTRFS!**
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[shroot]
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```
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dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/swapfile bs=1M count=(size) status=progress
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```
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[/shroot]
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#### (BTRFS) Swapfile in btrfs
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_Use a separate subvolume to work with snapper_
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[shroot]
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```
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btrfs fi mkswapfile --size [SIZE]g --uuid clear /mnt/swap/swapfile
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swapon /mnt/swap/swapfile
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```
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[/shroot]
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## Essential packages
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Install a few essential packages using `pacstrap`.
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Additional packages might also be necessary, see the list below.
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[shroot]
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pacstrap /mnt base base-devel linux linux-firmware linux-headers vim git openssh networkmanager dialog
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```
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[/shroot]
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### Microcode
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`amd-ucode`
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`intel-ucode`
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### Filesystems
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Fat32:
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`dosfstools mtools`
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Ext4:
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`e2fsprogs`
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Btrfs:
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`btrfs-progs compsize`
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### Wifi
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`wpa_supplicant`
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### Snapper
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`snapper`
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### Certificates
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`ca-certificates ca-certificates-mozilla`
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### other
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`cups hplip xdg-utils xdg-user-dirs inetutils`
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## Generate fstab
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[shroot]
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```
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genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
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```
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[/shroot]
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**Make sure the fstab file has everything included**
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## Chroot into the system
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[shroot]
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```
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arch-chroot /mnt
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```
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[/shroot]
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## Set timezone
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`ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich /etc/localtime`
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## Set hardware clock
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`hwclock --systohc`
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## Set locale
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`vim /etc/locale.gen`
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Uncomment the locales that should be generated.
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Make sure to use a UTF-8 entry.
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`locale-gen`
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`echo "LANG=de_CH.UTF-8" > /etc/locale.conf`
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## Set keymap permanently
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`echo "KEYMAP=de_CH-latin1" > /etc/vconsole.conf`
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## Set hostname
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`echo "(hostname)" > /etc/hostname`
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Edit `/etc/hosts`
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```
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127.0.0.1 localhost (hostname)
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::1 localhost
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```
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## Change root password
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[shroot]
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```
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passwd
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```
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[/shroot]
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## Bootloader installation
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### rEFInd
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[shroot]
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```
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pacman -S refind
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```
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[/shroot]
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Use the rEFInd installation script. In most cases no specific configuration is necessary
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[shroot]
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```
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refind-install
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```
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[/shroot]
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**Manual editing of the generated configuration file is necessary when installing rEFInd from the Arch boot ISO**
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_TODO insert config here_
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### mkinitcpio with LUKS
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Some additional settings are necessary in `/etc/mkinitcpio.conf` in order to enable booting from LUKS-encrypted disks.
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Edit the `HOOKS` section in `/etc/mkinitcpio.conf` by adding `encrypt` after `block` and before `filesystems`
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Also ensure `keyboard keymap` are present before `encrypt` in order to allow the loading of the default keyboard language from `/etc/vconsole.conf` to enter the decryption password.
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Regenerate all initramfs presets
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[shroot]
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```
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mkinitcpio -P
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```
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[/shroot]
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## Networking
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`systemctl enable NetworkManager`
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## (CUPS) Printing
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`systemctl enable cups`
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## Add user
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`useradd -mG wheel (user)`
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Set password
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`passwd (user)`
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### Enable sudo
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`visudo`
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Uncomment `%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL`
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## Finishing installation
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`exit`
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`poweroff`
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Remove the installation cd
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## (Snapper) Setup
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`# umount /.snapshots`
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`# rm -r /.snapshots`
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Create snapper config
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`# snapper -c root create-config /`
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Delete unneeded volume
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`# btrfs subv del /.snapshots/`
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`# mkdir /.snapshots`
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Mount snapshots volume
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`# mount -a`
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`# chmod 750 /.snapshots`
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`# vim /etc/snapper/configs/root`
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Change these things:
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`ALLOW_USERS="(user)"`
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```
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TIMELINE_LIMIT_HOURLY="5"
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TIMELINE_LIMIT_DAILY="7"
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TIMELINE_LIMIT_WEEKLY="4"
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TIMELINE_LIMIT_MONTHLY="0"
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TIMELINE_LIMIT_YEARLY="0"
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```
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Enable snapper
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`# systemctl enable --now snapper-timeline.timer`
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`# systemctl enable --now snapper-cleanup.timer`
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Allow user to access snapshots
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`# chmod a+rx /.snapshots`
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`# chown :(user) /.snapshots`
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## Install AUR helper
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### paru
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[shuser]
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```
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cd $(mktemp -d)
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git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/paru-bin.git
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cd paru-bin
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makepkg -si
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```
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[/shuser]
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## Automatic snapshots on package changes
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[shroot]
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```
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pacman -S snap-pac
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```
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[/shroot]
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## (rEFInd) Show snapshots in bootmenu
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_WIP_
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`paru -S refind-btrfs`
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`systemctl enable --now refind-btrfs.service`
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