Install Arch Linux in Virtualbox
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide
$ fdisk /dev/sda
boot
> n
> return (default primary)
> return (default partition 1)
> return (default first sector)
> +250M
swap
> n
> return (default primary)
> return (default partition 2)
> return (default first sector)
> +2G
/
> n
> return (default primary)
> return (default partition 3)
> return (default first sector)
> +2G
> return
/home
> n
> p (make primary)
> return (default first sector)
> return (default last sector)
make /dev/sda1 bootable
> a
> 1
make /dev/sda1 to swap type partition
> t
> 2
> 82
write table to disk and exit fdisk
> w
format partitions
$ mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
$ mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3
$ mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda4
make swap
$ mkswap /dev/sda2
mount swap
$ swapon /dev/sda2
$ mount /dev/sda3 /mnt
$ cd /mnt
$ mkdir boot home
$ mount /dev/sda1 boot
$ mount /dev/sda4 home
$ cd /
rankmirrors to make this faster (though it takes a while)
mv /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.orig
rankmirrors -n 6 /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.orig \>/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
pacman -Syy
# install base packages (take a coffee break if you have slow internet)
pacstrap /mnt base base-devel
Generate an fstab file
$ genfstab -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
Change root into the new system
$ arch-chroot /mnt
Set the hostname
$ echo [archlinux] > /etc/hostname
Set the time zone
$ ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Australia/Sydney /etc/localtime
uncomment the needed locales in /etc/locale.gen
, then generate them with
$ locale-gen
Set locale preferences in /etc/locale.conf
and possibly $HOME/.config/locale.conf
$ echo LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf
Set the root password (root account ,not your account, we will create that later)
$ passwd
$ pacman -S grub-bios
$ grub-install /dev/sda
Create a new initial RAM disk
$ mkinitcpio -p linux
$ grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
$ exit
$ umount /mnt/home
$ umount /mnt/boot
$ umout /mnt
$ reboot
Until not, we finish installing archlinux, then we are going to setup the system.
After reboot, you might not be able to connect to innternet, run command to get ip address
$ dhcpcd
run it automatically when system starts
$ systemctl enable dhcpcd
turn on multi lib to install 32bit applications
$ vi /etc/pacman.conf
uncomment
[multilib](#)
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
update packages
$ pacman -Syy
$ pacman -Su
install x environment
$ pacman -S xorg-server xorg-xinit xorg-server-utils
intall mesa for 3d
$ pacman -S mesa
install virtualbox guest packages
$ pacman -S virtualbox-guest-utils
$ modprobe -a vboxguest vboxsf vboxvideo
create
$ vi /etc/modules-load.d/virtualbox.conf
add
vboxguest
vboxsf
vboxvideo
$ reboot
$ pacman -S xorg-twm xorg-xclock xterm
$ startx
create user to login
$ useradd -m -g users -G storage,power,wheel -s /bin/bash jma
$ passwd jma
$ visudo
allow user to run sudo
command
find Uncomment to allow members of group wheel to execute any command
and uncomment %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL