《Installing Arch Linux on a USB key1111 - ArchWiki》.pdf

Home Packages Forums Wiki Bugs AUR Download Install from Existing Linux From ArchWiki This guide is intended to combine and update the three previously existing and highly similar alternative install guides on this wiki. This guide is intended for anybody who wants to install Arch Linux from any other running Linux -- be it off a LiveCD or a pre-existing install of a different distro. Contents 1 Overview 2 Setup the host system 2.1 Get the required packages 2.2 Install the required files onto the host system 2.3 Configure the host system 3 Setup the target system 3.1 Prepare a partition for Arch 3.2 Install the core 3.3 Prepare /dev nodes 3.4 Chroot 3.5 Install the rest 3.6 Configure the target system 3.7 Setup Grub 3.7.1 Manual recovery of GRUB libs 3.8 Finishing touches 4 Troubleshooting 4.1 Kernel Panic 4.2 Root device /dev/sd?? doesnt exist 5 Another Method: Installing from Existing Linux with Archs Image 5.1 Preparing the Installation Environment 5.2 Install from New Environment 5.3 Update and Install packages from host system via chroot Overview Arch Linuxs pacman can be configured (-r) to perform operations in any directory you like, using that as the context of root while running. This is useful for building up new Arch Linux systems from scratch from another distros LiveCD or existing installation. Its also useful for creating new chroot environments on a host system, maintaining a golden-master for development distribution, or other fun topics like rootfs-over-NFS for diskless machines. In the case of an x86_64 host, it is even possible to use i686-pacman to build a 32- bit chroot environment. See Arch64 Install bundled 32bit system. Throughout this guide,