Arch Linux
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)```
<h4>/etc/fstab</h4>
+= 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-8```Manually 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.com
Wi-fi management in Gnome
Install GNOME's NetworkManager.
Special mac laptop keys
With pommed. It's awesome!