# My Artix/Arch Linux Installation #Notes

1. Base Install

- keyboard configuration
loadkeys us
- partitions making (It differs from persons choice)
fdisk /dev/sda
d 2 n enter +51G w
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
mkdir /mnt/home
mkdir /mnt/boot

{Ignore the Above method It just for me heres what i recommend for others}

# creating partition table - cfdisk /dev/sda
├── #create partitions according to your need
├── boot (for uefi only) - /dev/sda1 [at least 350mb]
├── root - /dev/sda1 [at least 50Gig]
├── swap - /dev/sda2 [at least 2Gig]
└── storage [optional] - /dev/sda3 [remaining disk part usually 100Gig]
# Installing filesystem on newly created partitions
For Uefi users
├── mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/sda1 <- boot [Only for uefi users]
└── fatlabel /dev/sda1 BOOT <- must be labeled as boot
For BIOS users
├── mkfs.ext4 -L ROOT /dev/sda1 <- root
├── mkswap -L SWAP /dev/sda2 <- swap
└── mkfs.ext4 -L EXTRASTORAGE /dev/sda3 <- extra for storage, optional
# Mounting partitions
├── swapon /dev/sda2 -> starting swap if created
└── mount /dev/sda1 /mnt -> mounting root
└── mkdir /mnt/home /mnt/boot -> creating needed folders

- Installing base system
basestrap /mnt base base-devel runit elogind-runit linux linux-firmware vim
- Generate fstab
fstabgen /mnt
fstabgen -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
- chrooting into installed system
artools-chroot /mnt
bash
vim /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
- configuring timezone
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/country/city/etc/localtime
hwclock --systohc
- localization
vim /etc/locale.gen
locale-gen
vim /etc/locale.conf
LANG = en_us.UTF-8
- Configure Network
pacman -S NetworkManager NetworkManger-runit
ln -S /etc/runit/sv/NetworkManager /etc/runit/runsvdir/current #before reboot
ln -S /etc/runit/sv/NetworkManager /run/runit/service # after reboot
vim /etc/hostname
desktop
vim /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost
127.0.0.1 desktop.localdomain desktop
- Installing Grub
pacman -S grub
grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sda # for bios
or grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=grub # for uefi
├── grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
│ pacman -S artix-grub-theme
│ vim /etc/default/grub
│ GRUB_THEME="/usr/share/grub/themes/artix/theme.txt
└── # reconfigure grub after installing grub theme
- Add users
passwd
useradd -m username
passwd username
usermod -a -G video,audio,input,power,storage,optical,ip,scanner,dbus,adbusers,uucp,vboxusers username
usermod -a -G log mpd network scanner power users video storage ip optical wheel username
- Installing display server
pacman -S xorg
- Installing Video Drivers
pacman -S xf86-video-intel
- Network Configuration
#after reboot command for network

2. Post Base Install
- Install GUI Desktop Enviroment or Window manager

#notes