new-install

Notes on OS intalls
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commit 41b02eca0c6c59b6b9c58ecefed4456869b9cf42
parent 6f5cb2dd69cb7264be8b17531583902c3f6432e8
Author: Chris Bracken <chris@bracken.jp>
Date:   Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:52:02 -0700

Added Arch Linux install instructions.

Arch with UEFI boot and full-disk encryption.

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diff --git a/arch_install_uefi_cryptfs.txt b/arch_install_uefi_cryptfs.txt @@ -0,0 +1,209 @@ +Arch Linux Install with UEFI Boot & Full-disk Encryption +-------------------------------------------------------- +Detail: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_Guide + +# boot up off Arch CD ISO +loadkeys us +vi /etc/locale.gen +# uncomment en_CA, fr_CA, en_US, ja_JP +locale-gen +export LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 + +-- partition disk +cgdisk /dev/sda +# for UEFI boot on 2T drive: +# +# sda1 1G type=ef00 /boot/efi +# sda2 255M type=8300 /boot +# sda3 1.8T type=8e00 / + +-- set up luks full-disk crypto +# https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dm-crypt_with_LUKS +cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/sda3 +cryptsetup open --type luks /dev/sda3 sda3_crypt + +-- create LVM physical vol, vol group, logical vols +# https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LVM +pvcreate /dev/mapper/sda3_crypt +vgcreate arch-vg /dev/mapper/sda3_crypt +lvcreate -L 100G arch-vg -n root +lvcreate -L 1.7T arch-vg -n home +lvresize -L +5G /dev/arch-vg/home # ...and adjust up cause I don’t need 20G swap +lvcreate -L 15.96G arch-vg -n swap + +-- create filesystems +mkfs.vfat -F32 /dev/sda1 +mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2 +mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/arch--vg-root +mkswap /dev/mapper/arch--vg-swap +swapon /dev/mapper/arch--vg-swap + +-- mount filesystems +mount /dev/mapper/arch--vg-root /mnt +mkdir /mnt/boot +mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/boot +mkdir /mnt/boot/efi +mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot/efi +mkdir /mnt/home +mount /dev/mapper/arch--vg-home /mnt/home + +-- install base system +pacstrap -i /mnt base + +-- generate fstab based on what we’ve got mounted now +genfstab -U -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab +cat /mnt/etc/fstab # check it! + +-- chroot ourselves under mnt dir +arch-chroot /mnt + +-- configure our locale +vi /etc/locale.gen +# uncomment en_CA, fr_CA, en_US, ja_JP +locale-gen +echo LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf +export LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 + +-- set the console keymap +vi /etc/vconsole.conf +KEYMAP=us +FONT=Lat2-Terminus16 # if you want a fancy terminal font + +-- set up timezone & hardware clock +ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Vancouver /etc/localtime +hwclock --systohc --utc + +-- set hostname +echo myawesomehostname > /etc/hostname + +-- read up on systemd (next-gen init) +# https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd + +-- enable dhcpcd daemon on boot +systemctl enable dhcpcd.service + +-- create initial boot ramdisk env +# https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/mkinitcpio +vi /etc/mkinitcpio.conf +# modify the HOOKS line to add “encrypt lvm2” *before* “filesystems” +# HOOKS=" ... keymap encrypt lvm2 filesystems ..." +mkinitcpio -p linux + +-- set root passwd +passwd + +-- install fsck.vfat since the UEFI ESP partition is FAT32 +pacman -S dosfstools + +-- install udisks2 for auto-mounting USB devices +pacman -S udisks2 + +-- install EFI bootloader +# https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface +pacman -S grub efibootmgr +grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi \ + --bootloader-id=arch_grub --recheck --debug +vi /etc/default/grub +# tell grub that /dev/sda3 is encrypted by modifying GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX +# GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="cryptdevice=/dev/sda3:arch-vg +grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg + +-- exit chroot environment, unmount filesystems and reboot +exit # exit chroot +umount -R /mnt +reboot +# log back in as root + +-- install yaourt package manager to make working with AUR easier +# https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR +# https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Yaourt +pacman -S --needed base-devel +pacman -S yajl # since it turns out we need this in two seconds... +cd /tmp +curl -o package-query.tar.gz \ + https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pa/package-query/package-query.tar.gz +curl -o yaourt.tar.gz \ + https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ya/yaourt/yaourt.tar.gz +tar zxvf package-query.tar.gz +tar zxvf yaourt.tar.gz +cd package-query +makepkg +pacman -U package-query<tab> # ends with .xz I think +cd ../yaourt +makepkg +pacman -U yaourt<tab> # same deal + +-- install essentials +yaourt -S zsh sudo vim openssh git tmux + +-- create users +useradd -m -g users -G wheel -s /bin/zsh chris +passwd chris + +-- add members of wheel group to sudoers +vi /etc/sudoers +# enable wheel + +-- enable audio +yaourt -S alsa-utils +alsamixer # sset Master unmute +speaker-test -c 2 + +-- install gnome +# https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GNOME +yaourt -S gnome gdm gnome-tweak-tool seahorse +systemctl enable gdm.service + +-- install radeon driver +# https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ATI +# https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AMD_Catalyst +yaourt -S xf86-video-ati +# if using the catalyst driver, enable webgl support. Go to chrome://flags, +# check "override software rendering list", verify in chrome://gpu + +-- install infinality font rendering +# https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Font_Configuration +yaourt -S freetype2-infinality +yaourt -S fontconfig-infinality +sudo infctl setstyle + +-- install fonts +yaourt -S otf-source-code-pro otf-takao otf-ipafont + +-- install windows8 fonts +# https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/MS_Fonts +# pull down MS fonts +curl -o ttf-ms-win8.tgz \ + https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxQqjcVVn0shNGpqdDZYUjdaNUU +tar zxvf ttf-ms-win8.tgz +cd ttf-ms-win8.tgz +makepkg -if + +-- install en/fr spell-checkers +yaourt -S apsell-en aspell-fr + +-- install Japanese input/font support +yaourt -S mozc + +-- install chromium with chrome’s flash + pdf viewer +yaourt -S chromium chromium-pepper-flash-stable chromium-libpdf-stable +# in chrome://plugins ensure they're enabled + +-- install jabber chat support for Empathy +yaourt -S telepathy-gabble + +-- install VLC and transmission +yaourt -S vlc transmission-gtk + +-- install HP printer/scanner support +# https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CUPS +yaourt -S cups hplip +vi /etc/sane.d/dll.conf +# uncomment or add hpaio +systemctl enable cups.service +sudo hp-setup -i # PPD files under /usr/share/ppd/HP/ + +-- install Java, Scala dev tools +yaourt -S jdk7-openjdk +yaourt -S sbt eclipse-scala-ide +