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-====== Information ======
-  * Arch Linux Installation
-====== Download ======
-  * https://www.archlinux.org/download
-====== Installation Notes ======
-  * https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide
-====== Initial ======
-===== EFI Entry Wipe =====
-  * Repeat ''-b'' for every entry that appears with ''-v''
-  efibootmgr -v
-  efibootmgr -b 0000 -B
-  efibootmgr -b 0001 -B
-  efibootmgr -O
-===== Drive Wipe =====
-  * See [[distros:arch_linux_install#hdparm_secure_erase | hdparm Secure Erase]] for thorough erase
-  * Change ''/dev/sda'' to match environment
-  * Run the ''dd'' command for a few seconds or so just to wipe out any surviving disk/partition information at the beginning of the drive
-  lsblk
-  sgdisk --zap-all '/dev/sda'
-  dd if='/dev/zero' of='/dev/sda'
-  reboot
-===== Test Internet =====
-****
-  ping 'archlinux.org'
-===== Wireless Connection =====
-  * ''iw dev'' is used to find the wireless interface name
-  * If single wireless interface exists, no need to specify it
-  iw dev
-  wifi-menu -o 'wlp3s0'
-===== Enable SSH =====
-  * Allows installation over SSH
-  * ''ifconfig'' shows the IP address
-  * Connect with the username ''root''
-  ip addr
-  passwd
-  systemctl start 'sshd'
-===== Synchronize Time =====
-****
-  timedatectl set-ntp 'true'
-====== Disk Partitioning ======
-  * See [[information:partitioning | Partitioning]]
-====== Install ======
-===== Update Mirrorlist =====
-  * Uncomment the commented Server URLs
-  wget 'https://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/?country=US&protocol=https&ip_version=4' -O '/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist'
-  nano '/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist'
-==== Easy Update Mirrorlist ====
-  * Useful for copy/paste over SSH
-  wget 'https://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/?country=US&protocol=https&ip_version=4' -O '/tmp/mirrorlist' && sed -i 's/#Server/Server/g' '/tmp/mirrorlist' && mv '/tmp/mirrorlist' '/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist'
-===== Install =====
-****
-  pacstrap -i '/mnt' 'base' 'base-devel'
-====== Configuration ======
-===== fstab =====
-****
-  genfstab -L '/mnt' >> '/mnt/etc/fstab'
-===== chroot =====
-****
-  arch-chroot '/mnt'
-===== Time Zone =====
-  ln -s '/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York' '/etc/localtime'
-  hwclock --systohc --utc
-===== Locale =====
-==== Set locale.gen ====
-  * Uncomment ''en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8'' in ''locale.gen''
-  nano '/etc/locale.gen'
-==== Set locale.conf ====
-  echo LANG='en_US.UTF-8' > '/etc/locale.conf'
-==== Easy .conf and .gen Set ====
-  * Useful for copy/paste over SSH
-  * This can be used instead of the two commands above
-  sed -i 's/#en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/g' '/etc/locale.gen' && echo LANG='en_US.UTF-8' > '/etc/locale.conf'
-===== Generate =====
-****
-  locale-gen
-===== Hostname =====
-  * Change ''x'' to desired hostname
-  echo 'x' > '/etc/hostname'
-===== Pacman =====
-  * Uncomment ''Color'' and ''TotalDownload''
-  * Uncomment ''[multilib]'' and its following ''Include'' line on 64-bit installs if multilib is desired
-  * Add ''ILoveCandy'' under Misc options
-  nano '/etc/pacman.conf'
-  pacman -Syyuu
-===== NetworkManager =====
-  pacman -S 'networkmanager'
-  systemctl enable 'NetworkManager'
-===== F2FS =====
-  * If root partition is **F2FS**, this is mandatory
-  pacman -S 'f2fs-tools'
-===== OpenSSH =====
-  * This is needed for both the service and client
-  pacman -S 'openssh'
-===== Intel Microcode =====
-****
-  pacman -S 'intel-ucode'
-===== Root Password =====
-****
-  passwd
-===== Create User =====
-  * Change ''espionage724'' to desired username
-  useradd -m -G 'wheel' -s '/bin/bash' 'espionage724'
-  passwd 'espionage724'
-  chfn 'espionage724'
-===== Enable SSH =====
-  pacman -S 'openssh'
-  nano '/etc/ssh/sshd_config'
-  PermitRootLogin no
-  systemctl enable 'sshd.socket'
-===== sudo =====
-  * Uncomment ''%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL''
-  EDITOR='nano' visudo
-  %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
-===== Nano as default editor =====
-  nano '/etc/sudoers.d/nano'
-  Defaults editor = /usr/bin/nano
-==== Easy Defaults editor ====
-  * Useful for copy/paste over SSH
-  echo 'Defaults editor = /usr/bin/nano' > '/etc/sudoers.d/nano'
-===== Allow nano text wrapping =====
-  nano '/etc/nanorc'
-  set nowrap
-==== Easy set nowrap ====
-  * Useful for copy/paste over SSH
-  sed -i 's/# set nowrap/set nowrap/g' '/etc/nanorc'
-====== Initramfs ======
-  * Modules line is needed only if root partition is F2FS
-  * Add ''lvm2'' between ''block'' and ''filesystems'' hooks if using LVM
-  * Add ''encrypt'' between ''block'' and ''filesystems'' hooks, but before ''lvm2'' for encrypted root partition
-  * Add ''COMPRESSION=cat'' to disable image compression
-===== Options =====
-  nano '/etc/mkinitcpio.conf'
-  MODULES="f2fs crc32 libcrc32c crc32c_generic crc32c-intel crc32-pclmul"
-  HOOKS="base udev autodetect modconf block encrypt lvm2 filesystems keyboard fsck"
-  COMPRESSION=cat
-===== Generate =====
-****
-  mkinitcpio -P
-====== Boot Loader ======
-===== systemd-boot =====
-  * For GPT/EFI set-ups
-==== Install ====
-****
-  bootctl install
-==== Entry ====
-  * Add ''cryptdevice=/dev/sda2:lvm'' to options if encrypted
-  * Change ''root='' to ''/dev/mapper/arch-root'' if using LVM
-  * Remove ''initrd /intel-ucode.img'' if not using an Intel processor
-  nano '/boot/loader/entries/linux-kernel.conf'
-  title Arch Linux (linux-kernel)
-  linux /vmlinuz-linux
-  initrd /initramfs-linux.img
-  initrd /intel-ucode.img
-  options root=/dev/sda2 rw quiet
-==== Loader ====
-  nano '/boot/loader/loader.conf'
-  timeout 2
-  default linux-kernel
-  editor 0
-===== GRUB =====
-  * For MBR/Legacy set-ups
-==== Install ====
-  pacman -S 'grub'
-  grub-install --target='i386-pc' '/dev/sda'
-==== Settings ====
-  nano '/etc/default/grub'
-  GRUB_TIMEOUT 2
-==== Finalize ====
-****
-  grub-mkconfig -o '/boot/grub/grub.cfg'
-===== Finalize =====
-  sync
-  exit
-  umount -R '/mnt'
-  poweroff
-====== Continue ======
-  * [[distros:arch_linux_plasma | Arch Linux (Plasma)]]
-====== Notable Folders and Commands ======
-===== Show CPU Frequency =====
-  grep 'MHz' '/proc/cpuinfo'
-  watch -n 0.1 grep \'cpu MHz\' '/proc/cpuinfo'
-===== Partition Information =====
-****
-  df -hT
-===== hdparm Secure Erase =====
-  lsblk
-  hdparm -I '/dev/sda' | grep 'not'
-  hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass 'x' '/dev/sda'
-  hdparm --user-master u --security-erase 'x' '/dev/sda'