rp4

Cheetsheat install guide ArchLinux Raspberry Pi 4

Init from PC

Insert SD card into the computer.

sudo fdisk -l
sudo fdisk /dev/sdX
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sudo mkfs.vfat /dev/sdX1
mkdir tmp
cd tmp
mkdir boot
sudo mount /dev/sdX1 boot
sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdX2
mkdir root
sudo mount /dev/sdX2 root
wget http://os.archlinuxarm.org/os/ArchLinuxARM-rpi-aarch64-latest.tar.gz
su
bsdtar -xpf ArchLinuxARM-rpi-aarch64-latest.tar.gz -C root
sync
mv root/boot/* boot
sed -i 's/mmcblk0/mmcblk1/g' root/etc/fstab
umount boot root
exit
cd
sudo rm -r tmp

From Raspberry Pi 4

• Insert the SD card into the Raspberry Pi.
• Connect ethernet.
• Apply 5V power.
• Use the serial console or SSH to the IP address given to the board by your router.
• Default user alarm with the password alarm.
• The default root password is root.

Example

Example via SSH from PC:

ssh alarm@alarm
su

Initialize the pacman keyring and populate the Arch Linux ARM package signing keys:

pacman-key --init
pacman-key --populate archlinuxarm

Update system and install sudo

pacman -Syu
pacman -S sudo
vim /etc/sudoers

Uncomment

%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL

Change passwords

passwd
passwd alarm
exit

Some apps

sudo pacman -S base-devel gvim git

Mount usb to /home directory

Insert usb device

sudo fdisk -l
sudo fdisk /dev/sdX
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sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdX1
sudo mkdir /dev1
sudo mount /dev/sdX1 /dev1
sudo rsync -r -P ../../home/* ../../dev1
sudo cd /
sudo rm -r home/*
sudo umount /dev/sdX1
sudo mount /dev/sdX1 /home
sudo chown -R alarm:users /home/alarm
sudo chown -R alarm:users /home/alarm/.[^.]*
ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/
sudo vim /etc/fstab

#Static information about the filesystems.
# See fstab(5) for details.

# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
/dev/mmcblk1p1  /boot   vfat    defaults        0       0

UUID=enter-your-uuid-code       /home           ext4            rw,relatime
 0 1

sudo reboot