Experimenting with Archlinux on Legacy Bios system

nano /etc/wpa_suppplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
   ctrl_interface=/run/wpa_supplicant
   update_config=1

wpa_supplicant -B -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

wpa_cli
   scan
   add_network
   set_network 0 ssid "home_net"
   set_network 0 psk "passphrase"
   enable_network 0
   save_config

dhcpcd wlan0

mkswap /dev/sd#
swapon /dev/sd#
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sd*
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sd*

mount /dev/sd* /mnt
mount /dev/sd* /mnt/home
mount /dev/sd^ /mnt/boot

pacstrap /mnt base
genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
arch-chroot /mnt

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Region/City /etc/localtime
timedatectl set-local-rtc 1

nano /etc/locale.gen
locale-gen
nano /etc/locale.conf
   LANG=en_SG.UTF-8
nano /etc/vconsole.conf
   KEYMAP=us-eng
nano /etc/hostname
   archlinux
nano /etc/hosts
   127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain 
   :1 localhost.localdomain
   127.0.1.1 archlinux.localdomain

passwd

pacman -S grub grub-install --target=i386-pc --debug --force /dev/sda^
chattr +i /boot/grub/i386-pc/core.img

pacman -S linux
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

pacman -S wpa_supplicant

nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
   ctrl_interface=/run/wpa_supplicant
   update_config=1
   country=SG

useradd -m $USER
passwd $USER
usermod -aG wheel $USER

pacman -S sudo
visudo
   'uncomment wheel'

nano .config/lxqt/session.conf
   [Keyboard]
   numlock=true

pacman -S lxqt
pacman -S xorg-server
pacman -S openbox obconf xterm qt5-base mesa xorg-xinit ttf-dejavu xorg-utils xorg-twm xorg-xclock
pacman -S xf86-video-fbdev xf86-input-keyboard xf86-input-mouse
pacman -S xorg-apps linux-headers
pacman -S connman liblxqt qt5-svg cmake git qt5-tools lxqt-build-tools
pacman -S cmst
#pacman -S lxqt-connman-applet

pacman -S sddm
nano /etc/sddm.conf.d/autologin.conf
   [Autologin]
   User=$USER
   Session=lxqt.desktop

nano /etc/sddm.conf.d/avatar.conf
   [Theme]
   FacesDir=/home/$USER/pictures/self.face.icon

setfacl -m u:sddm:x ~/pictures/
setfacl -m u:sddm:r ~/pictures/.face.icon

pacman -S xscreensaver-arch-logo
pacman -S xdg-utils

nano .xinitrc
   exec startlxqt

pacman -S intel-ucode
pacman -S iucode-tool
exit
umount -R /mnt

sudo systemctl start sddm
sudo systemctl enable --now sddm
startx
sudo pacman -S tmux tree ibus ibus-libpinyin

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