[arch-general] Arch Linux installation only with pacman

[Thomas Bächler]

Thomas Bächler schrieb:
> Install to /mnt as root (provided you have a working pacman.conf in .)
> 
> # mkdir -p /mnt/var/lib/pacman/{local,sync}
> # ./pacman.static --root /mnt --config ./pacman.conf -Sy base
> 
> That's it, all you need to do is configure the system (you need to know 
> how) and install a bootloader. I did this recently and the system worked 
> (it was a test system though, it's not in any productive use).
> 
> There will be _some_ errors from scriptlets in the beginning, but those 
> should be fine - you can paste the output here in case you are unsure.
> 

Forgot something: It might be a good idea to run those commands before 
you start:
mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc
mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys
mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev

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