Follow Install Guidelines here http://wiki.archlinux.org/title/installation_guide

Get Install Medium

Check Install Signature

pacman-key -v archlinux...iso.sig

Write iso to usb use `lsblk` to find usb dev

sudo cp archlinux...iso /dev/sdx

Setup Disks

Boot into USB

On Lenvovo, hold down or press F12 at boot.

Keyboard Layout

Default (US) is fine

Verify Boot Mode

ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars

Connect to the Internet

iwctl 
device list
station wlan0 scan
station wlan0 get-networks # to get ssid
station wlan0 connect 'Homewood Farm' # will prompt for password
exit
ping google.com

Update System Clock

timedatectl status

Partition the Disks

lsblk # list devices fdisk /dev/nvme0n1 # drops into interactive fdisk utility

g # to create new empty gpt partition table n # to create new partition [enter] # to make it default partition number [1] [enter] # to accept default first sector +512M # to set last sector (e.g., size) of first partition t # to change filesystem type 1 # to select EFI type

n [enter] [enter] +64G t 19 # linux swap n [enter] [enter] [enter] # remainder of disk w # write changes to disk and exit fdisk

Format Partitions

mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/nvme0n1p1 # format EFI (p1) partition to FAT32 mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p3 # format ext4 for (p3) root partition mkswap /dev/nvme0n1p2 # format swap partition lsblk -f # to check results

Mount the filesystem

mount /dev/nvme0n1p3 /mnt # mount root partition mkdir /mnt/boot mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot # mount efi swapon /dev/nvme0n1p2

Install

Select Mirrors

vim /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist # move geographically close stuff up (within reason)

Pacstrap to install essential packages

If its an old install image/usb then may need to run

pacman-key --refresh-keys # takes a while just make a new install medium

Then install essential packages

pacstrap -K /mnt base linux linux-firmware archlinux-keyring vim sudo

Configure New System

genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab ## generate fstab using UUID
less /mnt/etc/fstab ## check results - edit if necessary

Chroot into new system

arch-chroot /mnt

Set the timezone

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern /etc/localtime
# run hwclock to generate /etc/adjtime 
hwclock --systohc

Localization

vim /etc/locale.gen
# then uncomment en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
local-gen # to generate locales
vim /etc/locale.conf
# add LANG=en_US.UTF-8

Network Configuration

vim /etc/hostname
# add line lenovoGen4Sil as my hostname (lenovoGen2Sil for backup)
# install networking software
pacman -S networkmanager net-tools inetutils iwd

Initramfs

Nothing done

Set root password

# make same as gpg
passwd

Setup Bootloader

pacman -S grub efibootmgr  

# follow instructions to install grub found in the grub artcle of the arch wiki (under UEFI Systems)
mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt # yes you are mounting under arch-chroot mounting on a mount... 
# install the grub EFI application grubx64.efi to /mnt/EFI/grub and installs its modules to /boot/grub/x86_64-efi
grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/mnt --bootloader-id=GRUB
# After the above installation completed, the main GRUB directory is located at /boot/grub/. Note
# that grub-install also tries to create an entry in the firmware boot manager, named GRUB in the
# above example – this will, however, fail if your boot entries are full; use efibootmgr to remove
# unnecessary entries.
# then generate the main configuration file (/boot/grub/grub.cfg)
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Install Microcode

pacman -S intel-ucode
# add the following to the environment
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=Y
CONFIG_MICROCODE=y
CONFIG_MICROCODE_INTEL=Y
CONFIG_MICROCODE_AMD=y
# remake grub config
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Reboot and Pray

Scripted Install (start at Post-install)

Login as `root`

Download Scripts

git clone https://github.com/jsilve24/ArchMatic.git Or use curl to get individual components

Setup Wifi

systemctl enable NetworkManager
systemctl start NetworkManager
nmtui

Run 0-setup.sh

Create a new user

pacman -S zsh sudo
useradd -m -s /usr/bin/zsh jds6696
passwd jds6696    # [then set to same as lenovo]
# add user to sudors
EDITOR=vim visudo # in environment 
# then
visudo /etc/sudoers
# then add user to wheel and sudo 
usermod -aG wheel jds6696
usermod -aG sudo jds6696

Run 1-base.sh

Setup Nvdia Drivers

#Posted Here" https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=2022500#p2022500
# Following the reverse prime directions [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PRIME#Reverse_PRIME][reverse prime directions]] was not the solution.
pacman -S fwupd # to get firmware updates
pacman -S udisks2 # to deal with this warning https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/wiki/PluginFlag:esp-not-found
pacman -S nvidia

# To avoid esp-not-found warnings also need to edit /etc/fwupd/uefi_capsule.conf and add
[uefi_capsule]
OverrideESPMountPoint=/boot   # Change according to your setup


# Then ran -- can repeat as needed -- firmware
fwupdmgr get-devices
fwupdmgr refresh
fwupdmgr get-updates
fwupdmgr update # will likely require reboot

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