Arch Linux is the new distribution I’m playing with ;)
This page gathers my own personal notes as I progress and learn more about Arch.
Installation on a MacBook
Partitioning
Partition table
- 1 – EFI
- 2 – Mac OS X
- 3 – Linux
- 4 – Swap
Odd sequencing for installing the boot loader:
- GRUB — install own loader
- Reboot
- with reFIT — Fix partitions
- Boot Arch Install CD again
- grub
- root (hd0,2)
- setup (hd0,2)
- reboot \o/
Extra packages
- netcfg
- wireless_tools
Config files settings
/etc/rc.conf
MODULES += loop
HOSTNAME = "hostname"
INTERFACES = (wlan0)/etc/fstab
+= noatime (root /)for improved laptop performance… do not store access times in files
/etc/hosts
hostname 127.0.0.1/etc/locale.gen
+= en_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8 es_ES.UTF-8 UTF-8Manually enable wi-fi
ifconfig wlan0 up
wpa_passphrase WIFI_NETWORK_NAME "password" > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
wpa_supplicant -B -Dwext -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
dhcpcd wlan0
ping -c 3 www.google.comWi-fi management in Gnome
Install GNOME’s NetworkManager.
Special mac laptop keys
With pommed. It’s awesome!
