Greetings Ajay. Thanks. Wished to check which one in below, you have selected? *OpenRC* based or *systemd* based image
*stage3-amd64-openrc-20210722T...tar.gz* *stage3-amd64-systemd-**20210722T**...tar.gz* I am referring to https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Installation/Stage page Warm Regards, Deepak Warm Regards, Deepak On Sun, 25 Jul 2021 at 09:19, Ajay kumar Gaddam <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > After Installing Virtual box and creating a new vm for archlinux. > start the vm and follow these steps > > *To check the internet connectivity run commands * > 1) ip link > 2) ping archlinux.org > > > it can be partitioned into three > > /boot /dev/sda 83 384MB Linux > swap /dev/sda2 82 512MB SWAP > / /dev/sda3 83 remaining space Linux > > *Partition steps* > fdisk /dev/sda > m Enter -- help > o Enter --- to change disk label type to dos > p Enter --- to print the details of partitioned > > n Enter --- new partition > Enter --- to select partition type like primary or secondary > Enter ---- to select start of the memory > +384M Enter --- size > p Enter > > n Enter > p Enter > Enter > Enter > +512M Enter > > t Enter > Enter > L Enter -- to list > 82 Enter -- Linux swap > p Enter > > n Enter > Enter -- partition type > Enter > Enter -- to give remaining size for root partition > > p Enter > w Enter --- to write the changes to disk > > *boot flag steps* > fdisk /dev/sda Enter > p Enter > m Enter > a Enter --- set boot flag > 1 Enter --- select boot partition number like 1 or 2 > p Enter > w Enter > > > --> mkswap /dev/sda2 > --> mkswap -L SWAP /dev/sda2 > --> swapon /dev/sda2 > --> mkfs.ext3 -L BOOT /dev/sda1 > --> mkfs.ext3 -L Root -j /dev/sda3 > --> mount -v /dev/sda3 /mnt > --> mkdir /mnt/boot > --> mount -v /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot > --> pacstrap /mnt base base-devel linux linux-firmware net-tools > bind-tools grub nano dhcpcd os-prober ifplugd openssh openresolv --- you > can add any other packages you want to install > --> genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab > --> arch-chroot /mnt > --> ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Kolkata /etc/localtime > --> locale-gen > --> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 >> /etc/locale.conf > --> echo arch >> /etc/hostname -- I gave "arch" as my hostname > --> hostnamectl hostname arch -- to set hostname > --> echo '127.0.0.1 arch.localdomain arch' >> /etc/hosts > --> passwd -- setting password for root user > --> useradd -m normalUser -g wheel -- to create other user, you can > replace the normalUser with the name you want to create > --> passwd normalUser -- to set password for normalUser > --> grub-install /dev/sda > --> grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg > --> umount -R /mnt > --> exit > --> reboot > > After reboot select boot into existing OS > login: root > password: your password > > as the enp0s3 is down, to enable and start it have to run following > commands > --> *systemctl enable dhcpcd --- *if you are logged in as non-root user > prefix sudo > -->*systemctl start dhcpcd* > now check *ping *to confirm internet is connected and continue using OS > > Regards > Ajay Kumar Gaddam > > On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 7:07 AM Deepak Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Greetings Ajay. I think you are referring Oracle virtualbox? >> >> Please share steps. It will help all of us. >> >> Warm regards, >> Deepak >> >> On Sat, 24 Jul 2021 at 18:49, Ajay kumar Gaddam < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Jul 24, 2021, 6:09 PM Deepak Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Greetings Ragini/Saifi. >>>> Is it possible to do setup in my Laptop? or I need cloud account? >>>> Others also should have similar questions >>>> >>>> Kindly provide the guide for setup need. >>>> >>> >>> I am using arch linux in virtula box. If you want to do the same. I can >>> share the installation steps. >>> >>> Regards >>> Ajay kumar G >>> >>>> >>>>
