exec dbus-launch startlxde Apple keyboard and trackpad ( sleep 40 & pkill dropbox & dropboxd ) & # dont start, but restart dropbox by using pkill before. # Could use xinit instead of startx #exec xinit - /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp vt7 fi Pacman -S fakeroot binutils # for AUR's makepkg Xorg # Also, install batterymon-clone from the AUR Pacman -S volwheel network-manager-applet ttf-dejavu alsa-utils Pacman -S xf86-input-synaptics xf86-video-intel # Touchpad and graphics card Pacman -S xorg-server xorg-server-utils xorg-xinit xterm Visudo # uncomment the %wheel line Install the necessary packages dhcpcd enp1s0f0 User useradd -m -g users -G wheel -s /bin/bash alexx In /boot/efi/EFI/boot/nf, set default_selection to 2. Post-installation To make Arch instad of Mac the first entry in rEFInd To permanently change to another partition, hold ‘‘ctrl’’ while selecting one from this menu. With ‘‘alt’’ pressed, you can change your startup partition. Grub-install -target =x86_64-efi -efi-directory =/boot/efi -bootloader-id =arch_grub -recheck -debug mkdir -p /boot/grub/localeĬp /usr/share/locale/en /boot/grub/locale/en.mo # I *think* you might not even need the following line, rEFInd can work without GRUB Mount -t efivarfs efivarfs /sys/firmware/efi/efivars Vi /etc/nf # enter the following two lines: # KEYMAP=de-latin1 # FONT=Lat2-Terminus16 Vi /etc/locale.gen # uncomment de and en_US, both UTF-8Įcho LANG =en_US.UTF-8 > /etc/nf Ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin /etc/localtime (leave the EFI partition intact!) Then create your Arch partition(s), set it to type “Linux”. Delete the OS X recovery partition, if you like. I’d do that from within Arch later.īoot into Arch (USB stick), run cgdisk. From within OS X, Shrink your OS X partition to like 100GB.These two guides are gold, and in the following, I just highly summarized the procedure from here:Īlso, the (long) Beginner’s guide and (condensed) Installation guide are awesome: Arch Linux (dual boot with OS X) on a MacBook Pro 9.2

Doubleclick them in OS X and enter your password a few times. It even restores your EFI NVRAM thingy, I think.ĭownload from here the files and. If you don’t, it starts a complete internet recovery ((almost?) restore factory defaults). If you have a OS X recovery partition, this is a recovery wizard (restore from time machine, reinstall OS X, disk utility). Hold cmd+R while starting to start a recovery.Hold ctrl while selecting a boot device (choose your EFI partition) to permanently boot from that one.Hold alt while booting to display the startup manager (you can select your boot device here).I thus gathered information and installed Arch on a MacBook: Some boot keycodes So my grad school gave me a free MacBook Pro 9.2, but I am a die-hard Linux fanboy.

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