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78 lines
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Microsoft Surface Pro 3 with Arch Linux and i3
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(Dual) Booting Arch Linux (and Windows) with UEFI and Secure Boot
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- Download Arch Linux ISO [archlinux-yyyy.mm.dd-dual.iso] [arch] via HTTP Direct Downloads or BitTorrent Download
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[arch]: https://www.archlinux.org/download/ "Arch Linux Downloads"
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- Create UEFI bootable USB device with [Rufus] [rufus] with default settings
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[rufus]: https://rufus.akeo.ie/ "Rufus"
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- Disable Secure Boot [\[Source: Windows\]] [win:sb]
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1. Shut down your Surface.
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2. Press and hold the volume-up button on your Surface and at the same time, press and release the power button.
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3. When you see the Surface logo, release the volume-up button.
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The UEFI menu will display within a few seconds.
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4. Disable *Secure Boot Control*
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[win:sb]: https://www.microsoft.com/surface/en-us/support/warranty-service-and-recovery/how-to-use-the-bios-uefi?os=windows-10&=undefined "Windows"
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- (Disable Windows Fast Boot — to switch between operating systems)
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# Installing the Linux distro
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Insert the live USB and boot by holding volume down, then the power button.
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Optionally set the keyboard layout (default is US)
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$ loadkeys de-latin1
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Increase font size
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$ setfont latarcyrheb-sun32
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Connect to the Internet
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$ iw dev # list wireless devices
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$ iw dev wlp1s0 link # Print information about the current link
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$ wifi-menu -o wlp1s0 # -o hides the password
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Update the system clock
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$ timedatectl set-ntp true
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$ timedatectl status
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$ timedatectl set-timezone Europe/Berlin
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## Partitioning
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Note: Using `parted` with `mkpart` defines partitions via a *from* and a *to* argument.
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$ lsblk # list devices /dev/sda?
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$ parted /dev/sdx # could be /dev/sda
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(parted) mklabel gpt # for UEFI
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(parted) mkpart ESP fat32 1MiB 513MiB # EFI System Partition
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(parted) set 1 boot on
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(parted) mkpart primary linux-swap 513MiB 9GiB # for 8GB DRAM
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(parted) mkpart primary ext4 9GiB 40% # Linux partition
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(parted) mkpart primary ntfs 40% 60% # Shared partition
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(parted) quit
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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.
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## Formatting
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$ mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sdx1 # UEFI boot must be fat32
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$ mkswap /dev/sdx2
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$ swapon /dev/sdx2
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$ mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdx3 # Linux root
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$ mkfs.ntfs -f /dev/sdx4
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## Mount
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Mount the root partition on `/mnt` and for the boot partition first create directory and then mount it also.
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$ mount /dev/sdx3 /mnt
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$ mkdir -p /mnt/boot
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$ /dev/sbx1 /mnt/boot
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