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ARCHLINUX(7)							  ARCHLINUX(7)

NAME
       archlinux - basic configuration

SYNOPSIS
       Overview of the basic configuration of Arch Linux.

DESCRIPTION
       Arch Linux exposes the user to the system without hiding any details.
       This man page gives a brief overview of the configuration files that
       should be set up on a fresh install.

SYSTEM SERVICES
       System services to be started at boot can be enabled using systemctl
       enable <name>. To view available services, use systemctl
       list-unit-files.

HOSTNAME
       The hostname of the machine can be set using hostnamectl set-hostname
       <hostname>. It will then be written to /etc/hostname.

LOCALIZATION
       Various locales may be enabled in /etc/locale.gen and are generated by
       locale-gen. The system-wide locale to be used can be configured in
       /etc/locale.conf. These settings can be overridden on a per-user basis
       by keeping a user-specific locale.conf in $HOME/.config/locale.conf.
       The user-specific file will take precedence if it exists.

VIRTUAL CONSOLE
       The virtual console is configured in /etc/vconsole.conf. It allows you
       to set a font and a keyboard layout, among other things. Note that
       these settings only apply to the console and do not apply if you use X.

TIME
       The local time zone is configured by calling timedatectl set-timezone
       <Region/City>. A relative symlink is then created from /etc/localtime
       to the correct zoneinfo file under /usr/share/zoneinfo/. For example,

	   /etc/localtime -> ../usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Paris

       The real-time clock, which keeps track of time when the computer is
       off, can be configured to either be in UTC or in local time by calling
       timedatectl set-local-rtc <false|true>. The default is UTC.

FILE SYSTEMS
       File systems are configured in /etc/fstab, and encryption mappings are
       configured in /etc/crypttab.

INITRAMFS
       The initramfs is generated by mkinitcpio -p <preset>. The default
       preset is "linux". The initramfs can be configured in
       /etc/mkinitcpio.conf and must be regenerated after making configuration
       changes.

PACKAGE MANAGER
       The package manager, pacman, is configured in /etc/pacman.conf.

BOOT LOADER
       GRUB’s configuration is generated from /etc/default/grub by
       grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg. Syslinux is configured in
       /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg.

MODULES
       Most modules should be loaded on-demand. Modules to be unconditionally
       loaded at boot can be specified in /etc/modules-load.d/, and modules to
       be blacklisted from automatically loading can be configured in
       /etc/modprobe.d/.

SEE ALSO
       systemctl(1), hostnamectl(1), hostname(5), locale.conf(5),
       vconsole.conf(5), timedatectl(1), timezone(3), hwclock(8), fstab(5),
       crypttab(5), mkinitcpio(8), pacman(8), pacman.conf(5),
       grub-mkconfig(8), syslinux(1), modules-load.d(5), modprobe.d(5),
       systemd(1)

AUTHORS
       Written by Tom Gundersen.

				  05/31/2013			  ARCHLINUX(7)
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