Base Arch Linux installation

I installed Arch Linux in my new laptop, an Slimbook Executive 14".

I followed the official installation guide, however, I had to quite a lot of more to installed on the way that I want.

My requirements were:

• Encrypt the full disk with dm-crypt.


• Use LVM to manage disk partitions.


• Use ext4 file system.

Creating disk partitions

I've mostly followed dm-crypt/Encrypting an entire system, but I summarize here my process with the options that I chose.

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