commit a4c52a42dbd4b4cea62149735b605aebc62b2a0c
parent e1a4e36dbb373a54e16437e0a9afddba50c63e82
Author: Chris Bracken <chris@bracken.jp>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2021 09:52:46 -0700
arch: update dhcpcd and ntpd instructions
Moves installation of dhcpcd and ntpd earlier in the install process.
Diffstat:
| M | arch_install.md | | | 76 | ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------------- |
1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch_install.md b/arch_install.md
@@ -284,6 +284,49 @@ The file contents should just contain the IPv4 and IPv6 entries for localhost:
127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost
+
+### Configure DHCP
+
+Arch, and most Linux distributions these days, use [systemd][systemd_guide] to
+manage running daemons and logging. Now would be a good time do read up on it.
+
+Install [dhcpcd][dhcpcd_guide]:
+
+ pacman -S dhcpcd
+
+Edit the configuration in `/etc/dhcpcd.conf` to add the interface to configure at the top of the file:
+
+ interface eno1
+
+Enable the service:
+
+ systemctl enable dhcpcd.service
+
+
+### Configure NTP
+
+Install [ntpd][ntpd_guide]:
+
+ pacman -S ntp
+
+Then edit the `/etc/ntpd.conf`. It's recommended to add the `iburst` option at
+the end of every `server` line in the config file. This triggers a burst of
+packets only if it cannot obtain a connection on the first attempt. Do not use
+the `burst` option, which sends a burst of packets on _all_ attempts and can
+get you blacklisted.
+
+Finally, enable the service:
+
+ sudo systemctl enable ntpd.service
+
+
+Enable and start the NTP service:
+
+ sudo systemctl enable ntpd.service
+ sudo systemctl start ntpd.service
+
+
+
### Initramfs
The initial ramdisk is a very small environment which loads various kernel
@@ -440,38 +483,6 @@ First, we install core packages we can't live without:
sudo pacman -S openssh
-### Configure DHCP
-
-Arch, and most Linux distributions these days, use [systemd][systemd_guide] to
-manage running daemons and logging. Now would be a good time do read up on it.
-
-First, we'll enable [dhcpcd][dhcpcd_guide], the system DHCP client:
-
- sudo systemctl enable dhcpcd.service
-
-
-### Configure NTP
-
-To ensure the system clock remains synchronized to network time, we install
-the `ntp` network time daemon:
-
- sudo pacman -S ntp
-
-Once installed, we edit the config file:
-
- sudo vi /etc/ntpd.conf
-
-It's recommended to add the `iburst` option at the end of every `server` line
-in the config file. This triggers a burst of packets only if it cannot obtain a
-connection on the first attempt. Do not use the `burst` option, which sends a
-burst of packets on _all_ attempts and can get you blacklisted.
-
-Enable and start the NTP service:
-
- sudo systemctl enable ntpd.service
- sudo systemctl start ntpd.service
-
-
### Configure auto-mounting USB devices
Next, we'll set up automounting USB disks. Since many of these are FAT32
@@ -647,6 +658,7 @@ These instructions are out-of-date and probably a bad idea:
[lvm_guide]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LVM
[systemd_guide]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd
[dhcpcd_guide]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dhcpcd
+[ntpd_guide]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Network_Time_Protocol_daemon
[mkinitcpio_guide]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/mkinitcpio
[uefi_guide]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface
[cups_guide]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CUPS
