INSTALL LINUX ON USB TECMINT HOW TO

Timedatectl set-timezone America/Toronto # replace America/Toronto with your location Verify that cat /mnt/etc/fstab includes ext4 and swap.

Mount your partitions on boot automatically.Pacstrap /mnt base base-devel linux linux-firmware nano git #(add any other packages you want installed here) Reflector -c 'CA' -f 12 -l 10 -n 12 -save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist #(replace CA with your country) Get the fastest mirror to install your system and packagesД¬p /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.bak.Mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p3 #(will take a minute or two) The following is what I did it may not be what you want: Boot the laptop, holding down the F11 key, and select your USB drive to boot from it.Get the Arch ISO flashed onto your live USB.Disable secure boot in BIOS (or you won't even be able to boot the live image).Enable advanced BIOS using this secret key combo: R_Shift + R_Ctrl + L_Alt + F2 (Thanks to u/toazd for the tip!).Verify that your BIOS and EC are the latest version from the System Info section in BIOS.Make sure that you actually flash once it reboots into recovery mode (it's right there on the screen, took me a while to figure out). Plug in your USB and power on the laptop, holding the DEL key.(To disable fast bootup and other nasty stuff). Unzip the BIOS to a USB and press shutdown while holding shift.Also the laptop comes with a pretty cool wallpaper and this utility to check everything MSI. It's very hard to get your retailer to accept a laptop you've already installed Arch on for a refund. (Spoiler: if you did you wouldn't be here.) It also gives you the opportunity to test that everything with the hardware is working and verify you got the correct chips and amount of storage/RAM before you destroy the factory state. This is required (for EC updates) unless you know what you are doing. However, I'm not responsible for anything you do.

INSTALL LINUX ON USB TECMINT HOW TO

How to Install Arch Linux on an MSI Bravo A4DDR By Raymo111Дisclaimer: I have personally tested every step of this.

Install linux on usb tecmint