Remote Arch linux install prep.

Installed arch linux on an i686 (aka pentium II). Installed linux many a time, but this is a new experience using arch as an os on a desktop. One thing that was different was to use the secure shell to remotely connect to the install machine. That way I could cut and paste commands as needed and save a lot of typing. There were some issues, that really were not issues. Had to use a search engine to rectify things I did not understand. Allegedly the live cd makes it easy to install. I had to do it the old fashion way. Having linux experience already made things easier. If I had been a novice, it would not have been installed.  Will probably take the several instruction sheets I used to make my own install procedure.  Kde seemed to work ok and the command line was very zippy.



I am assuming you know how to download and burn the arch linux cd.

 https://www.archlinux.org/download/

 http://mirrors.gigenet.com/archlinux/iso/2014.01.05/

Index of /archlinux/iso/2014.01.05

[ICO]NameLast modifiedSizeDescription
[DIR]Parent Directory-
[DIR]arch/05-Jan-2014 03:26 -
[ ]archlinux-2014.01.05-dual.iso05-Jan-2014 03:41 528M
[ ]archlinux-2014.01.05-dual.iso.sig05-Jan-2014 03:41 287
[ ]archlinux-2014.01.05-dual.iso.torrent05-Jan-2014 03:41 30K
[ ]archlinux-bootstrap-2014.01.05-i686.tar.gz05-Jan-2014 03:42 75M
[ ]archlinux-bootstrap-2014.01.05-i686.tar.gz.sig05-Jan-2014 03:42 287
[ ]archlinux-bootstrap-2014.01.05-x86_64.tar.gz05-Jan-2014 03:44 77M
[ ]archlinux-bootstrap-2014.01.05-x86_64.tar.gz.sig05-Jan-2014 03:44 287
[TXT]md5sums.txt05-Jan-2014 03:44 220
[TXT]sha1sums.txt05-Jan-2014 03:44 244
Apache Server at mirrors.gigenet.com Port 80

Of course I had already installed arch linux on the pogoplug a while back.
Boot the arch minimal iso in the target machine.
At the root prompt change the password

# passwd
root@archiso ~ # passwd
Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: password updated successfully

root@archiso ~ #

See if you have an internet connection

root@archiso ~ # ping -c 1 www.google.com
PING www.google.com (74.125.198.106) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from og-in-f106.1e100.net (74.125.198.106): icmp_seq=1 ttl=44 time=20.5 ms
--- www.google.com ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 20.597/20.597/20.597/0.000 ms
root@archiso ~ #

See what the name of your nic card is to the system

root@archiso ~ # dmesg | grep eth
[   37.369974] systemd-udevd[178]: renamed network interface eth0 to enp0s12



Get the ip address of the nic.

# ip addr show dev enp0s12
2: enp0s12: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
link/ether 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.8.127/24 brd 192.168.8.255 scope global enp0s12
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 fe80::210:5aff:fe19:fd88/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

Start the ssh session

# systemctl start sshd

Go to a remote machine and log in (since root is the only user, you have to log in as root with the password you just chose)

$ ssh root@192.168.8.127

The authenticity of host '192.168.8.127 (192.168.8.127)' can't be established.
ECDSA key fingerprint is (a bunch of hex numbers).
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added '192.168.8.127' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.
root@192.168.8.127's password:
Last login: Fri Jan 10 03:27:12 2014 from remotecomputer
root@archiso ~ #

Now you can turn off the monitor to the machine to be installed to save a bit of power. From here you can follow any number of arch linux command line install pages:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_Guide/Installation
Skip past the network install since it is already working.



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