Download latest ISO from https://www.archlinux.org/download/ & burn it to a CD
If using in VM then boot from ISO directly.
For detailed guide refer official Installation guide - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide
Note - Internet connectivity required for installation.
After booting the installation image, the following steps are required to initialize the installation process.
Partition the disks via fdisk or cfdisk & then format the partitions using mkfs.ext3, mkfs.ext4 & mkswap command appropriately.
For demonstration I have created the below partitions of an 100 GB HDD assuming it as /dev/sda
File System Type Partition Size
/dev/sda1 ext3 /boot 200 MB
/dev/sda2 swap swap 2 GB
/dev/sda3 ext4 /home 50 GB
/dev/sda4 ext4 / 47 GB
Mount the root partitions on /mnt & rest of the partitions under that
File System Mounted on
/dev/sda4 /mnt
/dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
/dev/sda3 /mnt/home
Activate swap partition - swapon /dev/sda2
# Install the base packages
pacstrap /mnt base
# Generate an fstab file
genfstab -p /mnt
# Change root to new system
arch-chroot /mnt
# Set the hostname (in the below command replace example_hostname with your actual hostname)
echo example_hostname /etc/hostname
# Set the time zone:
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/zone/subzone /etc/localtime
# Uncomment the needed locales in /etc/locale.gen, then generate them with:
locale-gen
# Create a new initial RAM disk
mkinitcpio -p linux
# Set the root password:
passwd
# Install bootloader
pacman -S grub-bios
grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck /dev/sda
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
# Exit from chroot, reboot the System
exit
reboot
# Enjoy minimal Arch Linux now.
