Today I installed an Arch VM on my Synology NAS (AMD Ryzen R1600) and ran into a couple of things that I wanted to document and share. The following is a video going through all of the steps to get Arch up and running on your NAS. Below, you'll see the code as well as links that might be helpful along the way.
Thanks for watching/reading! Be sure to comment if you have any questions and also subscribe to my YouTube channel 'Linux Tutorials' where i'll be posting a lot more in the near future!
Note: This was a fresh OBS install and obv don't have it set to record high quality - i'll fix that up for the next one haha.
Helpful links:
Arch download page: https://archlinux.org/download/
Arch Installation wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/installation_guide
My notes:
Thanks for watching/reading! Be sure to comment if you have any questions and also subscribe to my YouTube channel 'Linux Tutorials' where i'll be posting a lot more in the near future!
Note: This was a fresh OBS install and obv don't have it set to record high quality - i'll fix that up for the next one haha.
Helpful links:
Arch download page: https://archlinux.org/download/
Arch Installation wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/installation_guide
My notes:
Code:
# Download arch linux
- save it somewhere the nas can see it
# Go to synology -> vm -> create
- fill in stuff
# Set console keyboard layout (skip)
# Verify boot mode (skip)
# Verify internet
ping google.com
# Update system clock
timedatectl status
# Partition the disk - make sure sda is your drive
fdisk -l
fdisk /dev/sda
# Format the new partition(s)
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
# Mount the new filesystem
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
# Select the mirrors:
vim /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
# Install essential packages
pacstrap -K /mnt base linux linux-firmware vim grub
# Generate fstab
genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
# Enter chroot
arch-chroot /mnt
# Set your timezone
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime
# Run hwclock to set /etc/adjtime
hwclock --systohc
# Edit /etc/locale.gen and uncomment en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 and other needed locales.
# Then run
locale-gen
# Edit/create /etc/locale.conf
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
# Edit/create /etc/hostname
archie
# Set root's password
passwd
# Set up grub
grub-install /dev/sda
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
# Set up your network - type this to see what your network device is called
ip a
# Edit/Create /etc/systemd/network/ens3.network
[Match]
Name=ens3
[Network]
DHCP=yes
# exit
exit
# Unmount /mnt
umount /mnt
# reboot
reboot
################
# After stuff
# Add a regular user
useradd -m rob
passwd rob
# Install ssh server
pacman -Sy
pacman -S openssh
systemctl start sshd
systemctl enable sshd
# Add regular user to sudo
# fix default editor pointing to vi
ln -s /usr/bin/vim /usr/bin/vi
visudo
# Then towards the bottom:
rob ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL
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or is there also a Rob channel?
