mealies/minimal-arch-install

minimal-arch-install

Install script

• LVM on LUKS
• LUKS2
• systemd-boot (with Pacman hook for automatic updates)
• systemd init hooks (instead of busybox)
• SSD Periodic TRIM
• Intel microcode
• Standard Kernel + LTS kernel as fallback

Requirements

• UEFI mode
• NVMe SSD
• TRIM compatible SSD
• Intel CPU (recommended: Skylake or newer due to fastboot)

Partitions

Name	Type	Mountpoint
nvme0n1	disk
├─nvme0n1p1	part	/boot
├─nvme0n1p2	part
└─cryptlvm	crypt
├─Arch-swap	lvm	[SWAP]
└─Arch-root	lvm	/

Installation guide

1. Download and boot into the latest Arch Linux iso
2. Connect to the internet. If using wifi, you can use wifi-menu to connect to a network
3. Clear all existing partitions (see below: MISC - How to clear all partitions)
4. (optional) Give highest priority to the closest mirror to you on /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist by moving it to the top
5. wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mealies/minimal-arch-install/master/1_install.sh
6. Change the variables at the top of the file (lines 3 through 9)
   • continent_country must have the following format: Zone/SubZone . e.g. Europe/Berlin
   • run timedatectl list-timezones to see full list of zones and subzones
7. Make the script executable: chmod +x 1_arch_install.sh
8. Run the script: ./1_arch_install.sh
9. Reboot into Arch Linux
10. Connect to wifi with nmtui

Misc guides

How to clear all partitions

gdisk /dev/nvme0n1
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Set closest Mirrors

pacman -S reflector
reflector --country France --country Germany --age 12 --protocol https --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist