How To Complete the Arch Linux Challenge

To install Arch Linux, use the following code. This will include installation of a GUI, which, by default, is not enabled in Arch.
Before installing, make sure that you can access your BIOS and that you have an Arch installer drive.
All of the bolded text is the code required to install Arch Linux.
fdisk -l
fdisk /dev/-name of disk (which will be called mmcblk with a number at the end.)-
Delete first partitions (by pressing d)
Delete the next partitoon, by repeating the above.
Write the partition table by pressing w

                  
                    Go back to the second step and press t to change it.
                      
                  
                    Press 1 to change it to an "EFI system" partition."
                      
                  
                    Press w to write the changes.
                      
                  
                    Exit by pressing q.
                  
                  
                  Now, you will want to change more info about the partiotions. In the command that follows, the # is the number that goes after the mmcblk for your memory. Enter the command:
                 
                  
                    mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/mmcblk#p1
                    
                  
                  mkfs.ext4 /dev/mmcblk#p2
                
                  
                    The command that you enter next will enter the Arch Linux IWD (iNet Wireless Daemon) menu
                  iwctl
                    
                  
                  Now, you will want to conect to Wi-Fi, with the iwd menu.
                    
                  
                  device list
                    
                  
                    Select your Wi-Fi card. It will most likely be WLAN0
                    
                  
                  station wlan0 connect name-of-your-network
                    
                  
                  Enter your Wi-Fi password when prompted. It may take up to three attempts for it to work.
                    
                  
                    Now, exit the IWD menu by pressing q
                    
                  
                  Check and test your network. AN easy way to do it is by pinging a website.
                  
                  
                  ping google.com
                    
                  
                  Pinging to Google should get a list of stuff back, saying 64 bytes, if your network works properly.
                    
                  
                    Pres ctrl+c to cancel ping, and go back to the installation process.
                    
                  
                  Time to install the more important stuff. Follow the instructions (an error could be really, really bad.)
                    
                  
                  pacman -Syy
                    
                  
                  Install and update the mirror lists that are necessary to install and download programs.
                    
                  
                  pacman -S reflector
                    
                  
                  Establish Arch Linux mount points.
                    
                  
                  mount /dev/mmcblk#p2 /mnt
                    
                  
                  Install proprietary and necessary files that you cannot run Arch Linux (and the Linux kernel itself) without
                    
                  
                  pacstrap /mnt base linux linux-firmware vim nsno
                    
                  
                  Generate filesystem tables and labels for system use.
                    
                  
                  genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
                    
                  
                  Enter your chroot (Change Root) for Arch Linux system configuration
                    
                  
                  arch-chroot /mny
                    
                  
                  View timezones to use for setting 
                  
                  
                  timedatectl list-timezones
                    
                  
                  Locate and memorize your timezone and UTC offset. It is recommended to write it down.
                    
                  
                  Set system date and time (the following command is set to set for Mountain Standard Time)
                    
                  
                  timedatectl set-timezone America/Denver
                    
                  
                  Generate locales for system time and date (helps create accurate timestamps for data and helps Arch system stay updated)
                    
                  
                  locale-gen
                    
                  
                  Create hostname (how the computer is seen on the network)
                    
                  
                  echo user > /etc/hostname
                    
                  
                  Create and save host files for system
                    

                  
                  touch /etc/hosts
                    
                  
                  touch /etc/host
                    
                  
                  Set root password
                    
                  
                  passwd
                    
                  
                  Install GRUB bootloader.
                    
                  
                  pacman -S grub efibootmgr
                    
                  
                  Set Linux startup disk mount points
                    
                  
                  mkdir /boot/efi
                    
                  
                  mount /dev/mmcblk#p1 /boot/efi
                    
                  
                  Install GRUB on startup disk
                    
                  
                  grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --bootloader-id=GRUB --efi-directory=/boot/efi
                    
                  
                  Create GRUB configuration files
                    
                  
                  grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
                    
                  
                    The following processes are not necessary. You could reboot now and you could run Arch Linux as a server. To install Arch Linux as a server, follow the next set of instructions. To install it as a graphical system, scroll down to the instructions below the server installation instructions.
                    
                    
                    Arch Linux Headless Server installation
                    
                    
                      Create a new user and give the user SUDO priveleges
                    
                    
                      Replace USER_NAME with the name of the user.
                      useradd -m -g users -G wheel,storage,power -s /bin/bash USER_NAME
                    
                    
                      passwd USER_NAME
                    
                    
                      Install the sudo and bash-completion packages.
                    
                    
                      pacman -S sudo bash-completion
                    
                    
                      Edit the file using nano:
                    
                    
                      nano /etc/sudoers
                    
                    
                      Find and uncomment the %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
                    
                    
                      Install the SSH server
                    
                    
                      pacman -S openssh
                    
                    
                      Start the SSH serice
                    
                    
                      systemctl enable sshd.service
                    
                    
                      Install the OS-Prober package
                    
                    
                      pacman -S grub os-prober
                    
                    
                      Exit chroot, umount root system, and reboot
                    
                    
                      exit
                      umount -R /mnt
                      reboot
                    
                    
                      Login to SSH
                    
                    
                      Turn on your device.
                      Wait for it to boot up.
                      When it boots up and opens a terminal, enter ssh user-name@ip-of-server Replace user-name with your username and ip-of-server with an IP address (ex 192.168.1.14)
                    
                    
                      This is the end of the headless server installation segment.
                    
                    
                  Install GUI and other packages (for Graphical Installation)
                    
                  
                  pacman -S xorg gdm gnome cinnamon networkmanager systemd-networkd
                    
                  
                  After those have installed and downloaded, enable their services. Note: Not all of the following may work.
                    
                  
                  systemctl enable gdm.service
                    
                  
                  systemctl enable networkmanager.service
                    
                  
                  systemctl enable systemd-networkd
                    
                  
                  Now that you have installed all of these, you can exit chroot (type "exit") and reboot into your system (type "reboot" after you exit chroot.).
                    

                    
                    Congratulations! You have successfully installed Arch Linux on your Chromebook.
                      
                    
                    Note: Sound will, most likely, not work at all.
                    
                    

  
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