Archlinux Install

Installing ArchLinux

Install Prep

Review the documentation and download the boot media

Before getting started you'll probably want to review the ArchLinux install guide and download the latest iso image. I copied the image to a USB drive mounted as /dev/sdf:

$ sudo dd if=Downloads/archlinix_install_image.iso of=/dev/sdf

After this, the USB was inserted into the motherboard, the system powered and the USB selected as the boot device via BIOS. After startup of the live image, Arch offers up a root prompt.

Confirm networking

Confirm you have network access by pinging google or something else. Use ifconfig to determine the local IP.

Enable ssh daemon

There is really no need to do an install by typing out command after command, so an ssh session is necessary and sufficient. In order to get this set up, the first step is to set the root password

# passwd

And then start the sshd service

# systemctl start sshd

You can then ssh into the system from another computer on your network, preferably one with internet access so you can copy-and-paste commands from the install guide or this wiki.