We are going to Install Arch Linux from Scratch Download Arch ISO from official website Use it via VirutalBox or VMware - give around 2GB of ram & 16gb of disk space Start the VM #Check Internet Access ping archlinux.org #Set Time & Date timedatectl set-ntp true Creating a Partition #Check the partitions fdisk -l #Create partition using cfdisk cfdisk #Create a partition, allocate space & select it as bootable --> Create --> exit #you can choose to create a swap space if required to hibernate. #Creating File System, i choose /dev/sda2 as that's where i am looking to install the file system mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2 #Creating Swap Memory mkswap /dev/sda1 #Mount the drives mount /dev/sda2 /mnt swapon /dev/sda1 Installing Required Tools pacman -Sy pacman -S archlinux-keyring pacstrap -i /mnt base base-devel linux-lts linux-firmware dhcpcd vim nano iputils netctl networkmanager grub Adding drive UUID to fstab genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab cat /mnt/etc/fstab arch-
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