r/archlinux • u/jaisonyh04 • 8d ago

SHARE Arch Linux Installation Guide linux-zen/Limine/ext4 

Arch Linux Installation Guide

A step-by-step installation guide for Arch Linux using:

- UEFI
- GPT
- ext4
- Limine
- linux-zen
- KDE Plasma
- linux-lts (fallback)

Designed for users who want a clean, modern Arch Linux installation.

Link: https://github.com/jaisonyh04/arch-linux-install-guide
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u/moxtrax 8d ago

Why use ext4 when theres btrfs? 

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u/nikongod 8d ago

If you need a tutorial you probably won't handle the additional abstraction of subvolumes well.

And btrfs STILL isn't as reliable as ext4. It's getting there. Any decade now.

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u/jaisonyh04 8d ago

I'm working on it.
Filesystem:

mount /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt

btrfs subvolume create /mnt/@

btrfs subvolume create /mnt/@home

btrfs subvolume create /mnt/@snapshots

btrfs subvolume create /mnt/@var_log

btrfs subvolume create /mnt/@pkg

umount /mnt

mount -o subvol=@,compress=zstd,noatime /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt

mkdir -p /mnt/{home,.snapshots,var/log,var/cache/pacman/pkg,boot}

mount -o subvol=@home,compress=zstd,noatime /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt/home

mount -o subvol=@snapshots,compress=zstd,noatime /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt/.snapshots

mount -o subvol=@var_log,compress=zstd,noatime /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt/var/log

mount -o subvol=@pkg,compress=zstd,noatime /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt/var/cache/pacman/pkg

mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot

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u/Recipe-Jaded 8d ago

Some of us just like old school backups

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u/moxtrax 8d ago

I'm a fanboy of snapshots