Install Arch Linux (EFI)

After Downloading the ISO and writing it on a DVD or Pendrive (or using Ventoy), just boot into the installation media and follow these commands.

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reflector -c cl --sort score --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

Change cl for your ccTLD of choice

#	`nano /etc/pacman.conf`
33	`Color`
37	`ParallelDownloads = 5`

pacman -Syy

tip: if you have troubles with the file table, use this command to overwrite it

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda count=100 status=progress

cfdisk /dev/sda

use gpt

mkfs.fat -F32 -n "ESP" /dev/sda1

mkfs.btrfs -L "Root" -f /dev/sda2

mkswap -L "swap" /dev/sda3

swapon /dev/sda3

mount /dev/sda2 /mnt

mkdir /mnt/boot

mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot

genfstab -U /mnt > /mnt/etc/fstab

pacstrap /mnt base base-devel

pacstrap /mnt linux-zen linux-firmware dkms linux-zen-headers

pacstrap /mnt btrfs-progs dosfstools mtools refind efibootmgr

pacstrap /mnt ntp iptables-nft networkmanager dnsmasq reflector

pacstrap /mnt pipewire-alsa wireplumber qpwgraph

arch-chroot /mnt

Goes without saying, but if you speak another language, change these two commands.

echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" > /etc/locale.gen

echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" > /etc/locale.conf

locale-gen

Same with the time, if you live in another time zone, use that instead.

ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Chile/Continental /etc/localtime

hwclock --systohc --utc

systemctl enable ntpd

You can use any hostname, this is just an example.

echo awa > /etc/hostname

systemctl enable NetworkManager

#	`nano /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/dns.conf`
1	`[main]`
2	`dns=dnsmasq`

dnsmasq settings are now in /etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.d/ due to NetworkManager.

passwd

You probably want to use your own nickname for the username.

useradd -m -g users -G wheel -s /bin/bash uwu

passwd uwu

#	`EDITOR=rnano visudo`
85	`%wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL`

reflector -c cl --sort score --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

Change cl for your ccTLD of choice

#	`nano /etc/pacman.conf`
33	`Color`
37	`ParallelDownloads = 5`

pacman -Syy

refind-install --usedefault /dev/sda1 --alldrivers

mkrlconf

cd /boot

#	`nano refind_linux.conf`
1	“Minimal” “rw root=/dev/sda2”

This is a very small setup, a more complete one looks like this:

#	`nano refind_linux.conf`
1	“micro Code” “rw root=/dev/sda2 initrd=amd-ucode.img initrd=initramfs-linux-zen.img”
2	“Minimal” “rw root=/dev/sda2”
3	“Regular” “rw root=/dev/sda2 initrd=initramfs-linux-zen.img”
4	“Fallback” “rw root=/dev/sda2 initrd=initramfs-linux-zen-fallback.img”

These files assume you installed linux-zen and are using an AMD CPU, change those accordingly.

exit

sync

umount -R /mnt

reboot

remember to remove your installation media!