tldr arch linux installation guide #4
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| 5. If needed: Change rotation |
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Isn't obvious: rotation of what?
Also I've never had an issue with wrong rotation before. Is this something you've experienced?
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| 7. Connect to the internet | ||
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| 1. Select and join a wireless network with `wifi-menu` |
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Need instructions for non-wireless too :P
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Formatting: you probably didn't want backticks around the comments here
| # decrypt drive and expose as /dev/mapper/cryptroot | ||
| cryptsetup open /dev/mmcblk0p2 cryptroot | ||
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| # make journaled ext4 partition in decrypted root device |
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wait... why are we recommending ext4?
btrfs is a much better choice for most people I can imagine reading things.
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| pacman -Sy reflector |
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Introducing pacman -Sy to a new user is dangerous. I would recommend you separate it into pacman -Syu and then pacman -S reflector
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| pacstrap /mnt base sudo dialog wpa_supplicant iw vim git \ | ||
| pcsclite libu2f-host chromium arandr compton i3-wm i3status \ dmenu kitty nitrogen slock xorg xorg-xinit xf86-video-intel \ ccid opensc openssh haveged pulseaudio pulseaudio-alsa \ pulsemixer |
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manual line wrapping is off here
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| sudo `# "super user do": run commands as root` \ |
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| 21. Create a user with super user rights | ||
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| echo "%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL" >> /etc/sudoers |
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could just uncomment existing line rather than appending.
| # Create the hostname file | ||
| hostnamectl set-hostname computername | ||
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| # Specify new hostname for the network |
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FWIW I don't bother with this.
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Why not just echo 'HOSTNAME' > /etc/hostname?
| 1. Shutdown | ||
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this seems to be indented differently
| mkfs.ext4 -j /dev/mapper/cryptroot | ||
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| 10. Mount the file systems |
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Let's expand on this a little. Do more of the ELIA5. I had someone run through this and /dev/mmcblk0p1 tripped them up a bit. Maybe put an example above with a breakdown of /dev/mmcblk0 and /dev/mmcblk0p1. Since these strings are a little long, someone may not catch that immediately.
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| pacman -S \ |
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the command above for installing packages is pacstrap but the explanation uses pacman
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| # Get name of wireless device | ||
| ip addr # Usually starts with wl such as "wlp1s0" | ||
| systemctl enable netctl-auto@wlp1s05 |
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Either needs a sudo or a clarification that you should be root at this point. maybe do step 25 first as the user then escalate back to root then run this command or just add sudo here and on 26
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Why? systemctl should attempt elevation if you're not root. But also, most things in this guide require/assume root.
WIP Do Not Merge. Comments welcome.