https://ponyofshadows.com/categories/systemsoftware/ Recent content in System&Software on Shadows' Feelings https://ponyofshadows.com/images/og-default.jpg https://ponyofshadows.com/images/og-default.jpg Hugo -- 0.152.2 en Wed, 30 Jul 2025 15:53:17 +0800 https://ponyofshadows.com/posts/s/quick_note_of_archlinux_installation/ Wed, 30 Jul 2025 15:53:17 +0800 https://ponyofshadows.com/posts/s/quick_note_of_archlinux_installation/ <p><a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide">Official Installation guide</a></p> <h2 id="pre-installation">Pre-installation</h2> <h3 id="acquire-an-installation-image">Acquire an installation image</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://archlinux.org/download/">Download</a></li> <li><a href="https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/archlinux/iso/latest/">中科大镜像源Archlinux ISO</a></li> </ul> <h3 id="verify-signature">Verify signature</h3> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span class="line"><span class="cl">pacman-key -v archlinux-version-x86_64.iso.sig </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="c1">## or</span> </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">gpg --keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve --verify archlinux-version-x86_64.iso.sig </span></span></code></pre></div><p>If the output is <code>Good signature</code>, it is unchanged</p> <h3 id="prepare-an-installation-medium">Prepare an installation medium</h3> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span class="line"><span class="cl">dd <span class="nv">bs</span><span class="o">=</span>4M <span class="k">if</span><span class="o">=</span>path/to/archlinux-version-x86_64.iso <span class="nv">of</span><span class="o">=</span>/dev/disk/by-id/usb-My_flash_drive <span class="nv">conv</span><span class="o">=</span>fsync <span class="nv">oflag</span><span class="o">=</span>direct <span class="nv">status</span><span class="o">=</span>progress </span></span></code></pre></div><h3 id="boot-the-live-environment">Boot the live environment</h3> <p>You need to <a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface/Secure_Boot#Disabling_Secure_Boot">disable Secure Boot</a> to boot the installation medium.</p> <h3 id="modify-the-mirrorlist">modify the mirrorlist</h3> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="c1">## Stop the automatic update of the mirror list</span> </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">systemctl stop reflector.service </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="c1">## edit it yourself</span> </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">vim /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist </span></span></code></pre></div><p>These should be placed at the beginning of the list:</p>