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13. Grub Boot Loader Installation and Configuration
Next we will be asked to configure GRUB Boot Loader.
We have two options:
-> to put GRUB in MBR (you are advised to do so if you don’t have a Windows installation in your system – here this is what we will do)
-> not to put GRUB in MBR (you are advised to do so if you have a Windows installation in your system)
In each case we choose in which hard disk we want the installation to be done or in which partition.
In the first case we must select our first physical hard disk drive (e.g. sda).
In the second case we choose “/boot” partition or “/” if we haven’t created “/boot”.
Then we press Enter.
14. Root Password Configuration
Here we will be asked for what the root password would be.
Be careful.
The password should have no spaces and should also be difficult. Of course you shouldn’t forget it.
At this point the installer will message us that everything is ok and will reboot the system. We will be prompted to eject the CD. Do so and press Enter for reboot.
15. Mnagement Configuration - Repositories
At this time you will need a linux live cd. You may download the Ubuntu live cd from here. Put it in your cdrom drive and reboot. Instead of this if you already have a linux installation in your computer you may use this one. One way or another you should have an internet connection available.
So, configure your network and then run Synaptic. Install the following packages.
- mc
- screen
- nano
If you use your installation make sure those packages are available. Be careful since those packages may have a different name in your distribution.
From now on for editing we will be using gedit with root privileges.
So press Run and type:
gksudo gedit
Ubuntu live cd has a blank pass so just press Enter.
Note that in order to create or copy files and directories you may use Midnight Commander from your console.
Next
Open a Gnome Terminal and get root privileges like this:
sudo -s -H
Ubuntu live cd has a blank pass so just press Enter. Then type:
screen -i -U cd /
We create mount points for the following partitions (use your previous notes not to make any mistake with the partitions).
- "/"
mkdir /mnt/arch mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/arch
- "/mnt/repos" (if we have created one)
mount /dev/sda5 /mnt/arch/mnt/repos
If you haven’t created a partition for repositories just create a temp folder inside you /mnt like this:
mkdir /mnt/arch/mnt/temp
Next:
cd /mnt/arch/mnt/repos mkdir arch-local cd arch-local
Depending on our architecture:
for amd64
mkdir amd64 cd amd64
for x86
mkdir x86 cd x86
Then:
mkdir custom mkdir custom/packages mkdir custom/list cd /
You have just finished with the structure of a local Arch repository in your hard disk. Don’t forget that your live cd also contains Firefox and Nautilus.
Now, let’s fix 5-6 files with gedit for the repositories settings.
- File /mnt/arch/etc/pacman.conf
Delete everything and paste the following:
[options] LogFile = /var/log/pacman.log NoUpgrade = etc/passwd etc/group etc/shadow etc/sudoers NoUpgrade = etc/fstab etc/raidtab etc/ld.so.conf NoUpgrade = etc/rc.conf etc/rc.local NoUpgrade = etc/modprobe.conf etc/modules.conf NoUpgrade = etc/lilo.conf boot/grub/menu.lst HoldPkg = pacman glibc SyncFirst = pacman #XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
Depending on your architecture:
for amd64
[custom] Server = file:///mnt/repos/arch-local/amd64/custom/package
for x86
[custom] Server = file:///mnt/repos/arch-local/x86/custom/packages
Continue:
[core] Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist [extra] Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist [community] Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist #[testing] #Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
Save the file and exit.
Now in folder /mnt/arch/etc/pacman.d/ there are five files.
Open them all.
You will see many lines starting like this:
Server =
Place a comment mark (#) in front of those lines apart from only one in all of those files It should the same one in each file.
These are all the Arch Repository Mirrors. Choose which one is closest to you. Just remember, only one repository in each file and the same repository in all files.
When you are finished save and exit all files.
Now we will create a new file which we will save it under the directory:
/mnt/arch/bin/
Press new file in gedit and paste the following:
#!/bin/bash REPO=$1 PLATFORM=$2 if [ "$PLATFORM" = "amd64" ] then ARCH=x86_64 elif [ "$PLATFORM" = "x86" ] then ARCH=i686 fi cd / rm -f /mnt/repos/arch-local/"$PLATFORM"/"$REPO"/packages/"$REPO".db.tar.gz repo-add /mnt/repos/arch-local/"$PLATFORM"/"$REPO"/packages/"$REPO".db.tar.gz /mnt/repos/arch-local/"$PLATFORM"/"$REPO"/packages/*-"$ARCH".pkg.tar.gz rm -f /mnt/repos/arch-local/"$PLATFORM"/"$REPO"/packages/.PKGINFO cd /
Save it as update-local-repo with Western Locale encoding.
Now let’s get back in our console and make the script executable:
cd /mnt/arch/bin chmod 755 update-local-repo cd /
From now on to run the script you must type:
update-local-repo <repository-name> <architectyre>
architecture depending on your system should be:
for amd64
amd64
for x86
x86
For now we have created only one local repo named 'custom'. So, to run the script type:
for amd64
update-local-repo custom amd64
for x86
update-local-repo custom x86
