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Following the [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide guide] is mostly ok ; | Following the [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide guide] is mostly ok ; | ||
| + | ==Yes, but== | ||
- '''No need to partition''' if ''there's no need to!'' (esp EFI) You'll run into a permissions nightmare on your /home, but that's better than loosing data : | - '''No need to partition''' if ''there's no need to!'' (esp EFI) You'll run into a permissions nightmare on your /home, but that's better than loosing data : | ||
When the /home partition is mounted to /mnt/home at 'pacstrap' time, just '''chmod -r 777''' the entire contents of the previous /home folder ; | When the /home partition is mounted to /mnt/home at 'pacstrap' time, just '''chmod -r 777''' the entire contents of the previous /home folder ; | ||
| − | when you make your new user, be sure to give it another name | + | when you make your new user, be sure to give it another name. |
| − | - '''Only format your system / partition''' (or root partition) with makefs.<type of filesystem> | + | - '''Only format your system / partition''' (or root partition) with makefs.<type of filesystem>. |
- It's ok to mount the EFI partition to /boot/efi so as to not fill that small partition with everything in /boot, especially numerous kernels | - It's ok to mount the EFI partition to /boot/efi so as to not fill that small partition with everything in /boot, especially numerous kernels | ||
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ergo, it wouldn't fit, with just 4 kernels + the windows stub | ergo, it wouldn't fit, with just 4 kernels + the windows stub | ||
| − | + | ==Default install through pacstrap needs a lot more stuff, you'll probably want== | |
| − | + | - base-devel linux-lts os-prober pacman-contrib | |
| − | + | - grep rsync nano tar git iwd - snapper ? | |
| − | + | - gdm gnome networkmamager gedit - or any of your logon manager and desktop evironement you choose | |
| − | + | - bluez bluez-utils | |
| − | + | - firefox vlc smplayer gimp | |
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| − | + | When you chroot in, it's normal for os-prober to ''not'' see the M$ partition, even if it is mounted ; you should re-run it, and grub-mkconfig, when you did reboot into the actual system | |
| − | + | ==don't forget to enable some systemd services, duh== | |
| − | - | + | - gdm.service |
| − | - | + | - NetworkManager.service |
| − | + | - bluetooth.service | |
| − | + | with systemctl enable <name of unit>.service | |
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| + | ==And make a basic user== | ||
| + | Then create a basic user with | ||
useradd -m <name of user> | useradd -m <name of user> | ||
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EDITOR=nano visudo | EDITOR=nano visudo | ||
| − | Now you can reboot. Have you installed some network software ? Have you | + | ''Now'' you can reboot. Have you installed some '''network software'''? Have you '''enabled a graphic shell''' ? That's the core needs for a ''functional, fresh'' install to be tuned further as needed. |
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| + | Set up aur or flatpak for dropbox and ungoogled-chromium ; add python-gpgme for dropbox. | ||
| − | + | Good luck with btrfs, and snapper, and snap-pac, and grub-btrfs, and don't forget to [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Snapper#Booting_into_read-only_snapshots hack mkinitcpio] as described. | |
Revision as of 16:01, 25 November 2023
Following the guide is mostly ok ;
Contents |
Yes, but
- No need to partition if there's no need to! (esp EFI) You'll run into a permissions nightmare on your /home, but that's better than loosing data :
When the /home partition is mounted to /mnt/home at 'pacstrap' time, just chmod -r 777 the entire contents of the previous /home folder ; when you make your new user, be sure to give it another name.
- Only format your system / partition (or root partition) with makefs.<type of filesystem>.
- It's ok to mount the EFI partition to /boot/efi so as to not fill that small partition with everything in /boot, especially numerous kernels
On my fresh install, the EFI partition is 260MB which is a factory default - and my /boot partition is already 268MB ; ergo, it wouldn't fit, with just 4 kernels + the windows stub
Default install through pacstrap needs a lot more stuff, you'll probably want
- base-devel linux-lts os-prober pacman-contrib
- grep rsync nano tar git iwd - snapper ?
- gdm gnome networkmamager gedit - or any of your logon manager and desktop evironement you choose
- bluez bluez-utils
- firefox vlc smplayer gimp
When you chroot in, it's normal for os-prober to not see the M$ partition, even if it is mounted ; you should re-run it, and grub-mkconfig, when you did reboot into the actual system
don't forget to enable some systemd services, duh
- gdm.service
- NetworkManager.service
- bluetooth.service
with systemctl enable <name of unit>.service
And make a basic user
Then create a basic user with
useradd -m <name of user>
Add it to sudoers with
EDITOR=nano visudo
Now you can reboot. Have you installed some network software? Have you enabled a graphic shell ? That's the core needs for a functional, fresh install to be tuned further as needed.
Set up aur or flatpak for dropbox and ungoogled-chromium ; add python-gpgme for dropbox.
Good luck with btrfs, and snapper, and snap-pac, and grub-btrfs, and don't forget to hack mkinitcpio as described.
