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| * Boot from it | | * Boot from it |
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− | == Initializing the Disk== | + | == Initializing the Disk == |
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| Install/reinitialize GPT (Guid Partition Table) on the disk` | | Install/reinitialize GPT (Guid Partition Table) on the disk` |
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| </syntaxhighlight> | | </syntaxhighlight> |
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− | Now that you have a partition, it will show as /dev/vda1. Format The partition as ext4 | + | Now that you have a partition, it will show as /dev/vda1. Format The partition as ext4 |
| <syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | | <syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> |
| mkfs.ext4 /dev/vda1 -F | | mkfs.ext4 /dev/vda1 -F |
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| </syntaxhighlight> | | </syntaxhighlight> |
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− | == Change Root (chroot) to Arch == | + | == Change Root (chroot) to Arch == |
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| Switch into the arch installtion. | | Switch into the arch installtion. |
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| == Prepraring to Boot == | | == Prepraring to Boot == |
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− | Create your initial ramdisk - The initial file system before the real one boots | + | Create your initial ramdisk - The initial file system before the real one boots |
| <syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | | <syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> |
| mkinitcpio -p linux | | mkinitcpio -p linux |
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| </syntaxhighlight> | | </syntaxhighlight> |
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− | Install syslinux's GPT MBR (Master Boot Record) to the root of MBR. This will sit in the 2048 of reserved space from when we partitioned the drive. | + | Install syslinux's GPT MBR (Master Boot Record) to the root of MBR. This will sit in the 2048 of reserved space from when we partitioned the drive. |
| <syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | | <syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> |
| dd if=/usr/lib/syslinux/bios/gptmbr.bin of=/dev/vda | | dd if=/usr/lib/syslinux/bios/gptmbr.bin of=/dev/vda |
| </syntaxhighlight> | | </syntaxhighlight> |
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− | Prepare the /boot folder with syslinux's modules. The .c32 files that ship with syslinux are for systems that use a bios to boot. Symlink the bios modules into syslinux's boot folder. | + | Prepare the /boot folder with syslinux's modules. The .c32 files that ship with syslinux are for systems that use a bios to boot. Symlink the bios modules into syslinux's boot folder. |
| <syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | | <syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> |
| ln -s /usr/lib/syslinux/bios/*.c32 /boot/syslinux/ | | ln -s /usr/lib/syslinux/bios/*.c32 /boot/syslinux/ |
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| </syntaxhighlight> | | </syntaxhighlight> |
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− | By default, syslinux tries to boot /dev/sda3. Change it to boot /dev/vda1 | + | By default, syslinux tries to boot /dev/sda3. Change it to boot /dev/vda1 |
| <syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | | <syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> |
| sed -i 's#/dev/sda3#/dev/vda1#' /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg | | sed -i 's#/dev/sda3#/dev/vda1#' /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg |