Install arch linux with zfs root

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Install arch linux with zfs root

Obtain latest ISO from archlinux.org and burn it to an ISO
Boot up and change / size \
1. mount a swap partition
2. mount -o remount,size=16G /run/archiso/cowspace

Add zfs support

curl -s https://archzfs.leibelt.de/media/setup/init | bash

```
zgenhostid -f 0x00bab10c
```

Create zfs pool
Create file systems
Export/Import pool and mount file systems

Install the system

pacstrap /mnt linux linux-headers linux-firmware base base-devel vim amd-ucode networkmanager sudo openssh rsync

Create a normal user and add to sudoers/wheel group
1. user add -G wheel toms
2. passwd toms
3. su - toms
Install paru
1. sudo pacman -S –needed base-devel git
2. git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/paru.git
3. cd paru
4. makepkg -si
Install zfs support
1. paru -S zfs-utils
2. paru -S zfs-dkms
3. exit to root

finish setup

```
zgenhostid -f 0x00bab10c
```
edit /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
1. remove fsck, add zfs resume
2. ```
mkinitcpio -P
```

set up services

systemctl disable zfs-import-cache.service
systemctl mask zfs-import-cache.service
systemctl enable zfs-import-scan.service
systemctl enable zfs-mount.service
systemctl enable zfs.target
systemctl enable zfs-volumes.target
systemctl enable zfs-import.target
systemctl enable zfs-zed.service
systemctl enable NetworkManager

Time

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime
hwclock --systohc

locale

sed -i 's/#\(en_US\.UTF-8\)/\1/' /etc/locale.gen
locale-gen
echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" > /etc/locale.conf

set root password

vconsole

echo -e "KEYMAP=us\n#FONT=latarcyrheb-sun32" > /etc/vconsole.conf

hostname/hosts

```
echo tas > /etc/hostname
```

echo -e "127.0.0.1 localhost\n::1 localhost" >> /etc/hosts

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Install arch linux with zfs root