notes

live usb

arch linux create live usb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaThYGr37DI

installing from vm with usb already setup

from the archiso cli:

lsblk to display devices

the first partition is the boot (efi) partition,
Command (? for help): n
Partition number (1-128, default 1): 
First sector (34-60063710, default = 2048) or {+-}size{KMGTP}: 
Last sector (2048-60063710, default = 60063710) or {+-}size{KMGTP}: +200M
Current type is 8300 (Linux filesystem)
Hex code or GUID (L to show codes, Enter = 8300): ef00
Changed type of partition to 'EFI system partition'

next create the root partition,
Command (? for help): n
Partition number (2-128, default 2): 
First sector (34-60063710, default = 411648) or {+-}size{KMGTP}: 
Last sector (411648-60063710, default = 60063710) or {+-}size{KMGTP}: 
Current type is 8300 (Linux filesystem)
Hex code or GUID (L to show codes, Enter = 8300): 
Changed type of partition to 'Linux filesystem'

no swap partition with portable install

format partitions:
mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sdb1
mkfs.ext4 -O "^has_journal" /dev/sdb2

create the boot directory:
mkdir -p /mnt/boot/efi

mount the partitions:
mount /dev/sdb2 /mnt
mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/boot/efi

install packages:
pacstrap /mnt base linux linux-firmware nano

generate fstab file using the U flag (uuid):
genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

check the fstab file:
cat /mnt/etc/fstab

arch-chroot /mnt

setup time zone:
timedatectl list-timezones |grep New_York
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime

hwclock --systohc

edit locale file:
nano /etc/locale.gen

#en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
remove the hashtag
save the file

locale-gen

nano /etc/locale.conf
LANG=en_US.UTF-8

nano /etc/hostname
arch-usb

nano /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1   localhost
::1         localhost
127.0.0.1   arch-usb.localdomain   arch-usb

add pw for root
passwd

pacman -S grub efibootmgr networkmanager network-manager-applet mtools dosfstools reflector git base-devel linux-headers bluez bluez-utils cups xdg-utils xdg-user-dirs

nano /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
HOOKS=(base udev block keyboard autodetect modconf filesystems fsck)
mkinitcpio -p linux

grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=GRUB --removable --recheck
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

systemctl enable NetworkManager
systemctl enable bluetooth
systemctl enable org.cups.cupsd *****

useradd -mG wheel pete
passwd pete

EDITOR=nano visudo
# %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL (remove hashtag)

exit

umount -a

boot into usb
sudo su
nmtui

systemd journal:
mkdir /etc/systemd/journald.conf.d
nano /etc/systemd/journald.conf.d/usbstick.conf
[[Journal]]
Storage=volatile
RuntimeMaxUse=30M