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Although I am working with VDX.TV, I do a lot of pet projects in my spare time. It can include anything. In these works, I gain a lot of experience. Links to such recent experiences are given below.
Installation
Prepare disk
Follow the exact commands provided at the archwiki Installation guide
Install require software
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First need to install the required packages. Here we assume that linux is mounted at the /mnt
# pacstrap /mnt base base-devel linux linux-firmware vim man-pages networkmanager grub efibootmgr sbctl -
Follow arch guide to install and setup fstab and chroot to mnt
# genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
# arch-chroot /mnt -
Install grub and config for uefi
# grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi/ --bootloader-id="Red Hat Enterprise Linux" --recheck --debug
# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
# systemctl enable netowrkmanager
# systemctl enable NetworkManager
# systemctl start NetworkManager -
Secure boot
# grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=esp --bootloader-id=GRUB --modules="tpm"
Now follow https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface/Secure_Boot#Implementing_Secure_Boot -
Add user and make it admin
# useradd -m abhijit -s /bin/bash -c "Abhijit Mondal, email@gmail.com"
# passwd abhijit
# usermod -aG sudo abhijit
Installation on ACER S1002
Booting iso
Find 32bit grub (bootia32.efi) somewhere and put inside /EFI/Boot/ in the iso
- Disable secure boot
- Boot from the flush drive
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In the grub shell type the followings:
linux (hd0)/arch/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz archisobasedir=arch archisolabel=ARCH_202003
initrd (hd0)/arch/boot/intel_ucode.img
initrd (hd0)/arch/boot/amd_ucode.img
initrd (hd0)/arch/boot/x86_64/archiso.img
bootReplace ARCH_202003 with iso label
Configure git with gnome-keyring
- Install
libsecret - Fire
$ git config --global credential.helper /usr/lib/git-core/git-credential-libsecret