User:Meskarune/Installation checklist

This page is an install checklist meant to be printed out or referred to by experienced users who do not require a detailed install guide.

Step [Live CD]	Article	Man Page	Configuration files	Shell commands
Boot the installation medium	Getting and installing Arch
Set the keyboard layout (1)	Keyboard_configuration_in_console	loadkeys(1)		`ls /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/*/.map.gz` `loadkeys us`
Check internet connectivity	Network configuration	ping(8)		`ping www.archlinux.org`
Update system clock (1)	systemd-timesyncd	timedatectl(1)		`timedatectl set-ntp true`
Partition the disks	Partitioning, LVM, RAID			`lsblk` `cgdisk /dev/sdx`
Format the partitions	File systems, Swap	mkfs.ext4(8) mkswap(8)		`mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdxY` `mkswap /dev/sdxY`
Mount the partitions	Mount	mount(8) swapon(8)		`mount /dev/sdxY /mnt` `swapon -L /dev/sdxY`
Select mirrors	Mirrors		`/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist`
Install base packages				`pacstrap /mnt base base-devel <grub,...>`
Generate fstab	fstab	fstab(5)	`/etc/fstab`	`genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab`
Step [Chroot]	Article	Man Page	Configuration files	Shell commands
Change root	Chroot	chroot(1)		`arch-chroot /mnt /bin/bash`
Set the hostname	Network configuration	hostname(5) hosts(5)	`/etc/hostname` `/etc/hosts`
Configure the locale	Locale	locale.conf(5)	`/etc/locale.gen` `/etc/locale.conf`	`locale-gen` `locale`
Set the keyboard layout (2)	Keymap, Fonts	vconsole.conf(5)	`/etc/vconsole.conf`	`loadkeys us`
Update system clock (2)	System time	localtime(5)	`/etc/localtime`	`tzselect` `hwclock --systohc --utc`
Generate initramfs	mkinitcpio	mkinitcpio(8)	`/etc/mkinitcpio.conf`	`mkinitcpio -p linux`
Configure a boot loader	Boot loaders, Grub		`/etc/grub.d/40_custom`	`grub-install /dev/sdxY` `grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg`
Configure the network	Category:Networking		`/etc/systemd/network` `/etc/netctl` `/etc/resolv.conf`
Set the root password	Users and groups	passwd(8)	`/etc/passwd`	`passwd root`
Exit and reboot				`exit` `umount -R /mnt` `reboot`

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