https://www.hongy19.net/blog/tags/archlinux/ Recent content in Archlinux on Keep It Simple, Stupid Hugo en-us Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:09:28 +0800 https://www.hongy19.net/blog/posts/2026-04-archlinux-install/ Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:09:28 +0800 https://www.hongy19.net/blog/posts/2026-04-archlinux-install/ <h1 id="laptop-hw">Laptop HW·</h1> <ul> <li>ASUS R556L</li> <li>CPU/GPU <ul> <li>CPU is I5-4210U(Haswell) which equipped with HD Graphics 4400 (Gen 7.5) according to lscpu</li> <li>Nvidia GF117M(<a href="https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/CodeNames.html#NVC0">Fermi/NVC0</a>), GeForce 820M</li> </ul> </li> <li>Screen <ul> <li>15.6inch display and resolution is 1366x768.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h1 id="basic-installation">basic installation</h1> <ul> <li>download iso and boot it.</li> <li>install according to <a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide">installation guideline</a></li> <li>close secure boot from laptop bios.</li> <li>connect wifi with iwctl</li> <li>partition <ul> <li>partition the disk with fdisk and EFI(UEFI) partition is mandatory</li> <li>format partitions</li> </ul> </li> <li>mount disk to /mnt, update pacman mirrolist</li> <li>nstall essential package: pacstrap -K /mnt base linux linux-firmware vim iwd</li> <li>genfstab -U /mnt &raquo; /mnt/etc/fstab</li> <li>arch-chroot /mnt</li> <li>ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Area/Location /etc/localtime</li> <li>hwclock &ndash;systohc</li> <li>locale-gen</li> <li>mkinitcpio -P</li> <li>passwd</li> <li>install boot loader, see <a href="#uefi">UEFI</a></li> <li>necessory package: sudo, openssh, less, fzf, mesa</li> </ul> <h1 id="network">network</h1> <ul> <li>systemd_networkd + iwd + systemd_resolved</li> <li>if only configure wifi with iwctl, there is no dhcp to assign IP. Need to update /etc/iwd.config to enable iwd dhcp.</li> </ul> <h1 id="uefi">UEFI</h1> <p>Bios + MBR is setup on 1981 by IBM and many limitation. UEFI + GPT is new boot procedure.</p>