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sudo apt install arch-install-scripts pacman

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mkdir ~/archlinux && cd ~/archlinux
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wget https://fastly.mirror.pkgbuild.com/iso/2026.01.01/archlinux-bootstrap-x86_64.tar.zst
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tar --zstd -xvf archlinux-bootstrap-x86_64.tar.zst --strip-components 1

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sudo cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/nvme0n1p3 cryptroot
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sudo mount --mkdir /dev/mapper/cryptroot ./mnt/
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sudo mount --mkdir /dev/nvme0n1p1 ./mnt/boot/

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# Copy your host DNS so the chroot has internet
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sudo cp /etc/resolv.conf etc/resolv.conf
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# Enter the temporary Arch environment
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sudo bin/arch-chroot .

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sed -i 's/^CheckSpace/#CheckSpace/' /etc/pacman.conf

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echo "Server = https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/\$repo/os/\$arch" > /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
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pacman-key --init
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pacman-key --populate archlinux
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# Updating
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pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring --noconfirm

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$ cat /etc/mkinitcpio.conf | grep -v "^#"
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MODULES=(i915)
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BINARIES=()
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FILES=()
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HOOKS=(base systemd autodetect microcode modconf kms plymouth keyboard keymap sd-vconsole sd-encrypt block filesystems fsck)
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``
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```bash
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$ cat /etc/kernel/cmdline
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rw quiet splash loglevel=3 rd.systemd.show_status=auto rd.udev.log_level=3 rd.luks.name=3bd3e154-c741-4863-942a-c93bfa43ed38=cryptroot root=/dev/mapper/cryptroot

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$ cat /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset | grep -v "#"
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ALL_kver="/boot/vmlinuz-linux"
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PRESETS=('default')
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default_uki="/boot/EFI/Linux/arch-linux.efi"