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
```

Partition Disk(s)
1. Create EFI partition
```
sgdisk -n "1:1m:+512m" -t "1:ef00" /dev/sda
```
2. I suggest a swap partition large enough to hold RAM (my system has 16g) contents if you intend to use hibernate
```
sgdisk -n "2:0:+16g" -t "2:8200" /dev/sda
```
3. Allocate the remainder to the ZFS pool
```
sgdisk -n "3:0:-10m" -t "3:bf00" /dev/sda
```

Create the ZFS pool

I suggest using the partition UUID for the device name.

root@archiso ~ # ls -l /dev/disk/by-partuuid|grep sda3 
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep  2 10:21 1aea6cc8-8333-4d5c-a9e6-e0a51296391d -> ../../sda3

We will be using zfsbootmenu which is currently using OpenZFS 2.3

zpool create -f -o ashift=12 \
 -O compression=lz4 \
 -O acltype=posixacl \
 -O xattr=sa \
 -O relatime=on \
 -o autotrim=on \
 -o compatibility=openzfs-2.3-linux \
 -m none zroot /dev/disk/by-partuuid/1aea6cc8-8333-4d5c-a9e6-e0a51296391d

Export / Import the ZFS pool

zpool export zroot && zpool import -NR /mnt zroot

Create the ZFS file systems including the home directory for the normal user account.

zfs create -o mountpoint=none zroot/ROOT
zfs create -o mountpoint=/ -o canmount=noauto zroot/ROOT/arch
zfs mount zroot/ROOT/arch
zfs create -o mountpoint=none zroot/homes
zfs create -o mountpoint=/root zroot/homes/root
zfs create -o mountpoint=/home/USER zroot/homes/USER

zfs mount
zroot/ROOT/arch                 /mnt
zroot/homes/root                /mnt/root
zroot/homes/USER                /mnt/home/USER

Set up EFI and swap partitions

mkfs.vfat -F32 /dev/sda1
mkswap /dev/sda2

Install the system

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

Populate the fstab

echo "$(blkid /dev/sda1|cut -d\  -f2) /boot/efi vfat defaults 0 2" >> /mnt/etc/fstab
echo "$(blkid /dev/sda2|cut -d\  -f2) none swap sw 0 0" >> /mnt/etc/fstab

Move into the install
1. ```
arch-chroot /mnt
```

Set up arch system

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

vconsole

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

hostname/hosts
1. ```
echo tas > /etc/hostname
```
set root password
```
passwd root
```

Create a normal user and add to sudoers/wheel group
1. ```
useradd -G wheel some_user
passwd some_user
```
2. edit sudoers with visudo to uncomment one of the wheel stanzas
```
EDITOR=vim visudo
```
3. create home for some_user
```
mkdir -p ~some_user && chown some_user ~some_user
```
4. su - some_user

Install paru

sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/paru.git
cd paru
makepkg -si
cd ..
rm -rf .cargo/ paru/

Install zfs support
```
paru -S zfs-utils
paru -S zfs-dkms
```
1. exit to root

finish setup

```
zgenhostid -f 0x00bab10c
```
edit /etc/mkinitcpio.conf and modify the HOOKS line
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 zfs-mount.service zfs.target zfs-volumes.target zfs-import.target zfs-zed.service NetworkManager

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