User:Pww/Beginners' guide
< User:Pww
This document will guide you through the process of installing Arch Linux on T460S and Custom-Desktop, for C Programming Language development environment in 2022 as "Attempt 3".
First the method
Due to at least 3 attempts with no satisfaction, I'll redefine the method to give more chance the next time:
- First define the clear goal - lack of clear goal is the first reason of failure, as there is no direction to go
- Focusing on the goal - rather than the next step to take is pointless and consumes energy without giving any result,
- Too large steps - taking small steps gives the satisfaction of success and allows to carry on, unattainable goals are only a source of frustration, and though pointless.
Attempt 1: Asus F5SL Laptop in 2018
ASUS F5SL Intel Core2 Duo T5550 ATI Radeon HD 3470
Legacy Boot, no encryption, quite a lot of fighting with bringing up the graphic driver to work.
Goal: misty, setup everyday use operating system
Status: too step learning curve, machine too weak, no goal defined no goal reached
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.o+` root@Asus-Arch
`ooo/ OS: Arch Linux
`+oooo: Kernel: x86_64 Linux 4.18.16-arch1-1-ARCH
`+oooooo: Uptime: 15m
-+oooooo+: Packages: 692
`/:-:++oooo+: Shell: bash 4.4.23
`/++++/+++++++: Disk: 8.4G / 168G (6%)
`/++++++++++++++: CPU: Intel Core2 Duo T5550 @ 2x 1.826GHz
`/+++ooooooooooooo/` GPU: AMD/ATI RV620/M82 [Mobility Radeon HD 3450/3470]
./ooosssso++osssssso+` RAM: 222MiB / 1993MiB
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Disk /dev/sda: 149.1 GiB, 160041885696 bytes, 312581808 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes vSector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: gpt Disk identifier: 85AB9087-FF2B-6347-BD2F-BC506FC341A4
Device Start End Sectors Size Type /dev/sda1 2048 4095 2048 1M BIOS boot /dev/sda2 4096 1052671 1048576 512M Linux filesystem /dev/sda3 1052672 18853887 17801216 8.5G Linux swap /dev/sda4 18853888 312581774 293727887 140.1G Linux filesystem
Attempt 2: Lenovo Thinkpad T460S in 2018
Lenovo ThinkPad T460s i7-6600U/8GB/256SSD
UEFI Boot, Dm-crypt/Encrypting_an_entire_system#LVM_on_LUKS, brough up to configuring i3wm.
Goal: misty again, encrypted sdd setup for everyday use, dual boot with windows
Status: too step learning curve, afraid of lossing HDD encrypted while windows running side by side, no goal defined no goal reached
.o+` root@PWW-ARCH
`ooo/ OS: Arch Linux
`+oooo: Kernel: x86_64 Linux 4.20.7-arch1-1-ARCH
`+oooooo: Uptime: 7m
-+oooooo+: Packages: 0
`/:-:++oooo+: Shell: sudo
`/++++/+++++++: Resolution: 1920x1080
`/++++++++++++++: WM: i3
`/+++ooooooooooooo/` CPU: Intel Core i7-6600U @ 4x 3.4GHz [30.0°C]
./ooosssso++osssssso+` GPU: HD Graphics 520
.oossssso-````/ossssss+` RAM: 202MiB / 11864MiB
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NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sda 8:0 1 28.9G 0 disk └─sda1 8:1 1 28.9G 0 part /mnt/usb nvme0n1 259:0 0 477G 0 disk ├─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 549M 0 part ├─nvme0n1p2 259:2 0 127.3G 0 part ├─nvme0n1p3 259:3 0 609M 0 part ├─nvme0n1p4 259:4 0 100M 0 part ├─nvme0n1p5 259:5 0 550M 0 part /boot └─nvme0n1p6 259:6 0 347.9G 0 part └─cryptlvm 254:0 0 347.9G 0 crypt ├─PwwVolGroup-swap 254:1 0 36G 0 lvm [SWAP] ├─PwwVolGroup-root 254:2 0 32G 0 lvm / └─PwwVolGroup-home 254:3 0 279.9G 0 lvm /home
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 477 GiB, 512110190592 bytes, 1000215216 sectors Disk model: SAMSUNG MZVKW512HMJP-000L7 Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: gpt Disk identifier: 0E1AD23A-2BF9-11E9-9410-448500AD0D7B Device Start End Sectors Size Type /dev/nvme0n1p1 2048 1126399 1124352 549M Windows recovery environment /dev/nvme0n1p2 1126400 268106331 266979932 127.3G Microsoft basic data /dev/nvme0n1p3 268107776 269355007 1247232 609M Windows recovery environment /dev/nvme0n1p4 269357056 269561855 204800 100M EFI System /dev/nvme0n1p5 269561856 270688255 1126400 550M EFI System /dev/nvme0n1p6 270688256 1000215182 729526927 347.9G Linux filesystem Disk /dev/mapper/cryptlvm: 347.9 GiB, 373513592320 bytes, 729518735 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk /dev/mapper/PwwVolGroup-swap: 36 GiB, 38654705664 bytes, 75497472 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk /dev/mapper/PwwVolGroup-root: 32 GiB, 34359738368 bytes, 67108864 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk /dev/mapper/PwwVolGroup-home: 279.9 GiB, 300496715776 bytes, 586907648 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk /dev/sda: 28.9 GiB, 31042043904 bytes, 60628992 sectors Disk model: USB DISK 3.0 Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0x3456ad5b Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/sda1 8064 60628991 60620928 28.9G c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
Attempt 3: ANTEC ISK300 Intel Atom in 2022
ANTEC ISK300 Intel Atom CPU D525 @ 1.80Ghz 2GB RAM
Goals: Remote server
- automation script for installation
- graphical server and interface + window manager KDE Plasma
- greeter
- internet connection with ethernet and fallback wifi connection DHCP Client
- SSH access,
- remote file-server/accessible storage SFTP + RSYNC,
- and also C/C++/Python development environment with VIM.
Next step: Attempt 4: i7 based custom desktop in 2022
UEFI Boot, targeting probably Dm-crypt/Encrypting_an_entire_system#LUKS on a partition, and KDE.