Talk:Installation guide

Notice for editors

systemd tools such as hostnamectl, timedatectl and localectl do not work in the installation chroot environment, so please do not propose to use them in the guide unless you can prove that they have been made to work also in that case. See [1], [2], [3], [4] and [5] for some past discussions about this issue.
Due to the wide variety of available boot loaders, the installation guide refers to Arch boot process#Boot loader instead of making a specific recommendation for the installed system. See [6], [7], [8], [9], [10] for some past discussions on this topic.
While Category:Installation process lists additional installation methods (e.g. archinstall or systemd-firstboot), the installation guide does not reference them due to their specific nature. Install Arch Linux with accessibility options is an exception. See [11] for a past discussion on this topic.

-- The ArchWiki Administrators 22:17, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

Update arch-chroot step

Latest comment: 14 February5 comments3 people in discussion

The last release of arch-install-scripts has introduced a cleaner way to handle mounts in the arch-chroot step. Since the installation medium provides the right version of systemd, I think there's no downsides to switch to using the -S flag in the guide?

-- Erus Iluvatar (talk) 11:51, 1 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

👍 -- nl6720 (talk) 05:47, 2 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

I'll wait until the next release to be extra cautious, there's an edge case that we should not hit as the guide does not show it being used with relative paths, but I'd rather be safe. Erus Iluvatar (talk) 18:12, 15 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

May we close this topic? At least, I can't find anything related… — Andrei Korshikov (talk) 19:29, 13 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

I'd like to keep this open until there is a new release cut for arch-install-scripts.

--Erus Iluvatar (talk) 09:45, 14 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

Add a note at § 1.10 to mention Dm-crypt/Encrypting_an_entire_system#Preparing_non-boot_partitions.

Latest comment: 12 April2 comments2 people in discussion

Dm-crypt/Encrypting an entire system#Preparing non-boot partitions already mentions our page's 1.10, but if we could mention at our 1.10 that "if you would like to encrypt the root partition at this stage, see this page" etc etc. » Like an autumn leaf, her fading golden grace as the tree withered. « — NinetailedTori (talk) 18:06, 28 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

To me, the mention in Installation guide#Partition the disks feels sufficient, but I'll let others chime in.

-- Erus Iluvatar (talk) 08:01, 12 April 2026 (UTC)Reply