Install Arch linux on Razer Blade Stealth

boot loader

The boot loader is responsible for loading the kernel and initial ramdisk before initiating the boot process.

Image boot

Boot from arch installation image

Set Kernel Mode nomodeset

Since screen blackout could happen without this.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=244609

To avoid black screen, nomodeset has to be set.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd-boot#Kernel_parameters_editor_with_password_protection

Hot to set nomodeset
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/kernel_mode_setting#Disabling_modesetting

Partition disk

check current partition

gdisk -l /dev/nvme0n1

partition swap disk
we allocate 8GB for swap

gdisk /dev/nvme0n1

format swap

mkswap /dev/nvme0n1p6
swapon /dev/nvme0n1p6

check swap is on

free -m

format /

gdisk /dev/nvme0n1

allocate rest of disk for linux system

format disk

mkfs.ext4 -L "Arch Linux" /dev/nvme0n1p7

since last time I got black screen after mounted partition and in the middle of installation process, I format disk again

mount the disk

 mount /dev/nvme0n1p7 /mnt

Setup network

Wireless network setup

• show network cards
  • ip link
• setup netctl config
  • ls /etc/netctl
  • cp /etc/netctl/examples/wireless-wpa /etc/netctl
  • Edit copied config
  • netctl start wireless-wpa
  • check network is connected
    • ping -c 3 google.com

Install arch linux base

pacstrap /mnt base

mount efi partition

mkdir /mnt/boot/efi
mount /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt/boot/efi

generate fstab

# genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

chroot

arch-chroot /mnt

change password

passwd root

set timezone

set locale

set network

hostname: y4suyuki-razer-arch

127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost
127.0.0.1 y4suyuki-razer-arch.localdomain y4suyuki-razer-arch

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Network_configuration

install bootloader

install grub

install intel-ucode

pacman -Syu intel-ucode

pacman -Syu grub efibootmgr

grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=boot/efi --bootloader-id=GRUBb
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

reboot

After Installation

network

Man! I forgot to install wpa_supplicant so I can use wifi with netctl

swapon /dev/nvme0n1p6
mount /dev/nvme0n1p7 /mnt
mount /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt/boot/efi
arch-chroot /mnt
pacman -Syu wpa_supplicant
umount -R /mnt
reboot

Now, I can use wifi with netctl

Desktop Environtment

Display Manager

I choose LightDM

pacman -Syu lightdm lightdm-gtk-greeter
systemctl enable lightdm

LightDM failed on start. I don’t know why.
Switch to gdm

pacman -Syu gdm
systemctl enable gdm

Desktop Environment

pacman -Syu xfce4

General recommendation

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