pacstrap.md

Install

pacstrap /mnt base base-devel

Officially supported kernels

linux linux-hardened linux-lts linux-zen

file system

mkfs.btrfs btrfs-progs mkfs.fat dosfstools mkexfatfs exfat-utils mkfs.xfs xfsprogs

partition.md

Partition Disk Layout

UEFI/GPT example layout

Mount point on the installed system	Partition	Partition type GUID
/boot or /efi	/dev/sda1	C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B: EFI system partition
/	/dev/sda2	4F68BCE3-E8CD-4DB1-96E7-FBCAF984B709: Linux x86-64 root (/)
[SWAP]	/dev/sda3	0657FD6D-A4AB-43C4-84E5-0933C84B4F4F: Linux swap
/home	/dev/sda4	933AC7E1-2EB4-4F13-B844-0E14E2AEF915: Linux /home

BIOS/MBR example layout

Mount point on the installed system	Partition	Partition type ID	Boot flag
/	/dev/sda1	83: Linux	Yes
[SWAP]	/dev/sda2	82: Linux swap	No
/home	/dev/sda3	83: Linux	No

BIOS/GPT example layout

Mount point on the installed system	Partition	Partition type GUID	Partition attributes
None	/dev/sda1	21686148-6449-6E6F-744E-656564454649: BIOS boot partition1
/	/dev/sda2	4F68BCE3-E8CD-4DB1-96E7-FBCAF984B709: Linux x86-64 root (/)	2: Legacy BIOS bootable
[SWAP]	/dev/sda3	0657FD6D-A4AB-43C4-84E5-0933C84B4F4F: Linux swap
/home	/dev/sda4	933AC7E1-2EB4-4F13-B844-0E14E2AEF915: Linux /home

BTRFS - BIOS MBR

TYPE 1

Mount point	Label	FileSystem
/dev/sdx1	ROOT	Btrfs
/dev/sdx2	SWAP	Linux Swap

• BTRFS Subvolumes (grub-install /dev/sdx)

Label	File System
@	/
@home	/home
@log	/var/log
@pkg	/var/cache/pacman/pkg
@snapshots	/.snapshots

TYPE 2

Mount point	Label	FileSystem
/dev/sdx1	ROOT	Btrfs
/dev/sdx2	HOME	Xfs
/dev/sdx3	SWAP	Linux Swap

• BTRFS Subvolumes (grub-install /dev/sdx)

Label	File System
@	/
@log	/var/log
@pkg	/var/cache/pacman/pkg
@snapshots	/.snapshots

BTRFS - UEFI System GPT Partionable

Mount point	Label	FileSystem
/dev/sdx1	EFI	EFI
/dev/sdx2	ROOT	Btrfs
/dev/sdx3	HOME	Xfs
/dev/sdx4	SWAP	Linux Swap

• BTRFS Subvolumes

grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=grub

Label	File System
@	/
@log	/var/log
@pkg	/var/cache/pacman/pkg
@snapshots	/.snapshots

Partition_Type1.md

Single Partition or With Swap

Mount point	Label	FileSystem
/dev/sdx1	ROOT	Btrfs
/dev/sdx2	SWAP	Linux Swap

• BTRFS Subvolumes (grub-install /dev/sdx)

Label	File System
@	/
@home	/home
@log	/var/log
@pkg	/var/cache/pacman/pkg
@snapshots	/.snapshots

mkfs.btrfs -L ROOT /dev/sdx1
mkswap -L SWAP /dev/sdx2

mount /dev/sdx1 /mnt
btrfs sub cr /mnt/@
btrfs sub cr /mnt/@home
btrfs sub cr /mnt/@log
btrfs sub cr /mnt/@pkg
btrfs sub cr /mnt/@snapshots

umount /mnt
mount -o relatime,space_cache=v2,compress=lzo,subvol=@ /dev/sdx1 /mnt
mkdir -p /mnt/{boot,home,var/log,var/cache/pacman/pkg,btrfs}
mount -o relatime,space_cache=v2,compress=lzo,subvol=@home /dev/sdx1 /mnt/home
mount -o relatime,space_cache=v2,compress=lzo,subvol=@log /dev/sdx1 /mnt/var/log
mount -o relatime,space_cache=v2,compress=lzo,subvol=@pkg /dev/sdx1 /mnt/var/cache/pacman/pkg/
// this will optional
mount -o relatime,space_cache=v2,compress=lzo,subvolid=5 /dev/sdx1 /mnt/btrfs