![]() ![]() Then you can create a new partition by typing n. This can be done by typing d in fdisk prompt, until no partitions are remaining. If there are any existing partitions, I suggest you to delete them. Other than loop/rom (which can be ignored), you must only see a disk /dev/sda and select it for partitioning: fdisk /dev/sda Use this command to list all the disk and partitions on your system: fdisk -lĪlternatively, you can also use to list the partitions: lsblk Alternatively, you can also use cfdisk, an interactive version of fdisk. We will be using the command line based partition manager fdiskfor this purpose. ![]() It means we need to create only a single partition - a root partition, no EFI partition required. VMs usually boot in Legacy Mode which is an important point to remember. Select Boot Arch Linux and wait for the terminal to appear with root user automatically logged in.Once you do that and the system boots, you should see a screen like this: Power it on and in the Select start-up disk menu, click on Add and select the previously downloaded ISO image to boot from. Then select the virtual disk size - 8 GB recommended minimum (10 GB if you’re installing a GUI) and then click on Create. Also select whether the storage should be dynamically allocated(recommended) or should be of a fixed size. For the hard disk, select Create a virtual hard disk now and then select any of the disk file types you would prefer.If you wanna stick to the CLI, then a minimum of 512 MB would suffice. ![]() If you plan on installing a GUI desktop environment (which I recommend you should), then a minimum of 2 GB of RAM is required. In our case Type is Linux and Version is Arch Linux (64-bit). Give a name to it, select a storage folder and select the Type & Version of the OS. There are both torrent links and HTTP direct download links available. Head over to the official downloads page of Arch Linux to download the ISO image. ![]()
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