Arch Linux

PXE

If you already have a PXE server, create a new entry that boots their iPXE kernel:

cd /tftpboot/images/ArchLinux/
wget https://releng.archlinux.org/pxeboot/ipxe.lkrn

The default config (or the config your computer boots off of) should contain:

LABEL ArchLinux
	MENU LABEL ArchLinux
        kernel /images/ArchLinux/ipxe.lkrn

You can customize the kernel to automate installs.

Installation

You should be asked for a mirror when booting (at least via PXE). This should set the mirrors up for you automaticall^{[citation needed]}. You can verify this by checking /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

After booting into the live image, you need to:

• Read the install.txt file
• Create a file system
• Mount the file system to /mnt
• Run pacstrap /mnt/base
• Generate fstab genfstab -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
• Chroot into the new system arch-chroot /mnt
• Set the hostname echo "hostname" >> /etc/hostname
• Set the timezone ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/zone/$zone /etc/localtime
• Set locale by editing /etc/locale.gen and then running locale-gen
• Set the default locale echo LANG=LC_? > /etc/locale.conf
• Set up networking configs ??
• Console font /etc/vconsole.conf
• Rebuild ram disk mkinitcpio -p linux
• Set the root password passwd