# Install
## Disk
Boot Arch linux.
Check your disks.
```
fdisk -l
```
Create a partition.
```
fdisk /dev/sda
```
Hit `o` (letter o) to create a new DOS disklabel.
Hit `n` to create a new partition.
Hit `p` for primary partition.
You accept the defaults then.
Hit `w` to write your changes.
Create a filesystem.
```
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
```
## Configure pacman
Check if you have internet.
```
ping google.com
```
If not, run:
```
dhcpcd
```
Sync pacman.
```
pacman -Syy
```
Install reflector.
```
pacman -S reflector
```
Backup your mirror list.
```
cp /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.bak
```
Set mirrors form your country.
```
reflector -c "US" -f 12 -l 10 -n 12 --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
```
## Install
Mount the disk.
```
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
```
Run `pacstrap`.
```
pacstrap /mnt base linux linux-firmware vim nano
```
Setup `fstab`.
```
genfstab /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
```
Chroot.
```
arch-chroot /mnt
```
List available timezones.
```
timedatectl list-timezones
```
Set your timezone.
```
timedatectl set-timezone America/Sao_Paulo
```
Setup locale.
```
locale-gen
echo LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
```
Setup your hostname.
```
echo myarch > /etc/hostname
```
Create /etc/hosts file.
```
nano /etc/hosts
```
With the following content.
```
127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost
127.0.1.1 myarch
```
Setup root password.
```
passwrd
```
Install grub.
```
pacman -S grub
grub-install /dev/sda
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
```
[Configure networking following the steps here](https://www.devops.buzz/public/arch-linux/network#connect-to-internet-on-boot).
Reboot.
```
exit
reboot
```
## References