Archlinux custom install

A custom installation script for Archlinux

How to use

First download the current archlinux iso file from on of the mirrors listed here: https://www.archlinux.org/download/

The file needed is called archlinux-<YEAR>.<MONTH>.<DATE>_x86_64.iso.

copy on USB stick: dd bs=4M if=path/to/archlinux-version-x86_64.iso of=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-My_flash_drive conv=fsync oflag=direct status=progress

After booting the ISO follow these steps:

• make sure you have a network connection and can reach the interwebs
• curl https://codeload.github.com/tobbik/archinstall/tar.gz/master --output - | tar xz
• cd archinstall-master
• review partions.sh, then execute it. It should create partitions and mount a full system into /mnt
• review config.sh for names, passswords and modules to install
• run prepare-chroot.sh
• reboot

Running from another computer

If you like to run this from another computer, follow these steps:

• once booted, the computer should be available as archiso on the local network
• in order to ssh into the archiso image you need to set a password on the machine first: run passwd
• if you plan to login from a non standard terminal, BEFORE you login into the archiso machine run: infocmp -x | ssh root@archiso -- tic -x - from your non standard terminal. This copies over the terminfo files.