Live Setup

At this point, I assume you're already in the archiso. Make sure you are using the latest version which can be found on the official download site

Set keyboard layout

⌨️ The default keymap is US. Available layouts can be listed with:

ls /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/**/*.map.gz

Set your keymap (replace yourkeymap with your keymap e.g. de-latin1)

loadkeys yourkeymap

If you use Wi-Fi to connect to your router

📶 Use this tool to connect to your network

iwctl
device list
# your device name might be different (replace wlan0)
station wlan0 scan
station wlan0 get-networks
# replace <SSID> with your network name from the previous command
station wlan0 connect <SSID>
exit

Check internet connection

ping -c 3 archlinux.org

Sync time

🕒 Ensure the system clock is accurate

timedatectl set-ntp true

Check if booted in BIOS or UEFI

ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars

If the directory does not exist, the system may be booted in Legacy BIOS Mode. Most likely you want to do a UEFI install so please double-check if your system supports UEFI and you selected the correct entry in the boot menu (In most cases prefixed with UEFI)