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 - (Disable Windows Fast Boot — to switch between operating systems)
 
+
 # Installing the Linux distro
-Insert the live USB and boot by holding volume down, then the power button.
+Insert the live USB and boot by holding volume down, then the power button.
+
+Optionally set the keyboard layout (default is US)
+
+    $ loadkeys de-latin1
+
+Increase font size
+
+    $ setfont latarcyrheb-sun32
+
+Connect to the Internet
+
+    $ iw dev                # list wireless devices
+    $ iw dev wlp1s0 link    # Print information about the current link
+    $ wifi-menu -o wlp1s0   # -o hides the password
+
+Update the system clock
+
+    $ timedatectl set-ntp true
+    $ timedatectl status
+    $ timedatectl set-timezone Europe/Berlin
+
+
+## Partitioning
+Note: Using `parted` with `mkpart` defines partitions via a *from* and a *to* argument.
+
+    $ lsblk                                         # list devices /dev/sda?
+    $ parted /dev/sdx                               # could be /dev/sda
+    (parted) mklabel gpt                            # for UEFI
+    (parted) mkpart ESP fat32 1MiB 513MiB           # EFI System Partition
+    (parted) set 1 boot on
+    (parted) mkpart primary linux-swap 513MiB 9GiB  # for 8GB DRAM
+    (parted) mkpart primary ext4 9GiB 40%           # Linux partition
+    (parted) mkpart primary ntfs 40% 60%            # Shared partition
+    (parted) quit
+
+That last entry is for a shared NTFS filesystem that both operating systems (Linux and Windows) can use, e. g. for a cloud service like Dropbox, email, downloads, etc. The Windows section is left unallocated, it will be formatted by the windows installer.
+
+
+## Formatting
+
+    $ mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sdx1            # UEFI boot must be fat32
+    $ mkswap /dev/sdx2
+    $ swapon /dev/sdx2
+    $ mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdx3                # Linux root
+    $ mkfs.ntfs -f /dev/sdx4
+
+## Mount
+Mount the root partition on `/mnt` and for the boot partition first create directory and then mount it also.
+
+    $ mount /dev/sdx3 /mnt
+    $ mkdir -p /mnt/boot
+    $ /dev/sbx1 /mnt/boot