Preparations

This is a shortened version of the Arch Wiki installation guide.

1. CreateDownload and create a live boot USB with the image
2. Windows: Use either of win32diskwriter or etcher to write the image to a USB drive

macOS:

# determine the path to the drive
sudo diskutil list

# flash the image
dd bs=4M if=path/to/image.iso Easy.of=/path/to/drive conv=fsync oflag=direct status=progress

Boot the thing Set keyboard layout (e.g. German)

loadkeys de-latin1

If installing remotely via SSH

1. Set the root password with passwd. Doesn't need to be a good password as it's only active in the install environment.
2. connect with ssh -o PreferredAuthentications=password root@archiso

Verify boot mode (if there is output, we're in UEFI and good to go)

ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars

List network devices

ip link

Connect to the internet

• LAN: Just plug in a cable
  and
• Verifyverify withIP obtainment

  ip a s # short version of `ip address show`
  

WiFi:

# run$PASS: your password
# $NDEV: the network device in your machine you want to use
# $SSID: the network name you're connecting to
iwctl --passphrase MY_PASSPHRASE$PASS station MY_DEVICE$NDEV connect MY_SSID$SSID

Test connection

ping archlinux.org

Update Systemsystem time via NTP

timedatectl set-ntp true