Create a FAT32 file system on it using the mkfs command: mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sda1 So, you have two disk partitions and the first one is EFI type. Follow the steps for your system Creating filesystem for UEFI system Now that you have your disk partitions ready, it’s time to create filesystem on it. When you are done with the disk partitioning, enter w command to write the changes to the disk and exit out of fdisk command. This time keep on pressing enter to allocate entire remaining disk space to the root partition. It will automatically give it partition number 2. While you are in the fdisk command, press n to create a new partition. So, in this approach, we’ll have a single root partition, no swap, no home. You may just create a single root partition and create a swapfile and home under the root directory itself. The common partitioning practice was/is to create root, swap and home partitions separately. You need to create root partition for both UEFI and legacy systems. Change Type of EFI System Partition Create root partition Enter L to see all the partition types available and then enter its corresponding number to the EFI system. One important steps is to change the type of the EFI partition to EFI System (instead of Linux system).Įnter t to change type. Stay with the default block size, when it asks for the partition size, enter +512M. When you enter n, it will ask you to choose a disk number, enter 1. If you have a UEFI system, you must create an EFI partition at the beginning of your disk. Create an ESP partition (For UEFI systems only) The steps that differ are clearly mentioned. You should follow the steps for UEFI system. If this directory exists, you have a UEFI enabled system. Use this command: ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars Some steps are different for UEFI and non-UEFI systems.You should verify if you have UEFI enabled system or not. Once you have the entire disk space free, it’s time to create new partitions with command n. I suggest that you delete any existing partitions on the disk using command d. I am using /dev/sda because that’s more common.įirst, select the disk you are going to format and partition: fdisk /dev/sda Please use the appropriate disk labeling for your system. Your hard disk should be labelled /dev/sda or /dev/nvme0n1. The next steps include partitioning the disk, creating the filesystem and mounting it. For example, if you want a German keyboard, this is what you’ll use: loadkeys de-latin1 If you face difficulty, you can list out all the supported keyboard layout: ls /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/**/*.map.gzĪnd then change the layout to the an appropriate one using loadkeys command. While most English language keyboards will work just fine, the same cannot be true for French, German and other keyboards. The default keyboard layout in the live session is US. After various checks, Arch Linux will boot to the login prompt with the root user. Once you do that and the system boots, you should see an option like this: Arch Linux Boot Screen Here, select to boot from USB or removable disk. While booting keep pressing F2, F10 or F12 key (depending upon your system) to go into boot settings. Once you have created a live USB for Arch Linux, shut down your PC. If that’s the case with you, disable the secure boot first. Step 3: Boot from the live USBĭo note that in some cases, you may not be able to boot from live USB with secure boot enabled. Stick to balenaEtcher if you are comfortable with a GUI. dd bs=4M if=/path/to/archlinux.iso of=/dev/sdx status=progress & sync You can get your drive information using lsblk command. Replace /path/to/archlinux.iso with the path where you have downloaded the ISO file, and /dev/sdx with your USB drive in the example below. Using Etcher to create Arch Linux live USBĪlternatively, if you are on Linux, you can use the dd command to create a live USB. It is available for both Windows and Linux. You may use the Etcher GUI tool to create the live USB. You will have to create a live USB of Arch Linux from the ISO you just downloaded. Download Arch Linux Step 2: Create a live USB of Arch Linux
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