Arch Linux Install: January 2021 ISO With BTRFS & Snapshots

CORRECTION: the fsck hook can be left in the hooks, as it does not "corrupt" the btrfs file system, but can be safely removed from btrfs file systems in the fstab file as it does not provide any benefit to the file system itself.

NOTE 2: the var_log sub volume should be mounted on var/log.

NOTE: at 41:00 there is a typo (ustr instead of usr). I edited it immediately after so the result on the tutorial is correct.

This is the installation of Arch Linux with the January 2021 ISO. I am going to install it with btrfs, snapper, and I am going to build it to take snapshots on system upgrades.

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[harryvendryes]

I like the fact that you frequently revisit subjects. There's always improved methods and software. The rolling disto never sleeps. Keep them coming.

[minjung]

I like how you not only show the commands, but explain for what they stand!

[ricardo]

I was following every minute of this... it's 1:20am now but I ended up with an impressive, new, clean, badass Arch Linux installation with KDE Plasma... Thanks a lot Ermanno..!! I appreciate your hard work.

[moonskter]

I literally just finished installing arch with the help of one of your videos (MBR version) thank you so much !

[rabbitphluff]

Worked perfectly thank you! Having the pre and post snapshots automatically added as grub entries is super convenient.

[aldyreal]

The fact that this tutorial still works till this date is amazing! For anyone who wanna try this, there's a couple suggestions for you: Check for the corrections in the description (typos and stuff), also use the current wiki version of bootbackup hooks since it is a bit different now

I personally installed it with EPS mounted to "/efi" instead of "/boot" since I'm doing dual boot and it is recommended to do so in wiki, however it's not stated clearly in the wiki. For me it goes like this: mounting stuff goes to /efi. Grub cfg however still goes to /boot/grub. --efi-directory goes to /efi.

[renegade_]

I decided to wipe my Arch install and rebuild with BTRFS. Mainly because I want to learn btrfs. This video was very informative and resulted in a perfectly running system. It went beyond "just type these commands". I felt like I was back in college. You have make a subscriber out of me. I am considering typing up a text version of your instructions. BTW I noticed that typo and corrected it.

[beardedgeek]

This video inspired me to install Arch the Arch Way for the first time since 2018 (an avid EndeavourOS user, normally, these days). Since I don't have two computers I took notes from this and used those and my memory from previous installs to do a dual boot setup with W10 and I made it up and running in with Xfce, btrfs and snapshots (lazy version: timeshift, not snapper) in 20 minutes (fast internet ;) ). Thank you.

[bobruddy]

This is by far the best walk through I’ve seen.

I had gotten most of the way by myself, but found your video researching what wasn’t working. Your tutorial cleared up all my issues.

Thank you!!!!

[MarcoMoretti]

You're phenomenal, I successfully made my first arch installation with this video today!! Thanks

[elidrissii]

Great walk-through.
I initially did my install without any Btrfs subvolumes (just root volume), because the Arch wiki was vague about things, so I couldn't set up Timeshift.
So I just scrapped the whole installation and followed your steps now.

By the way, there is a way to have a swapfile with Btrfs now, so you don't need a swap partition.

[taidee]

Complements of the season Master 🙏🏾. I’ve saved this video on Linux playlist because I know that in the coming months I’m going to be trying out BTRFS in this way.

[xyicre]

Absolutely the best guide available on youtube! Thank you

[act..]

I used this, along with a couple of your other videos to get a fresh setup of Arch/btrfs/kde-minimal going today. I am tweaking it now. Thank you for the hard work you put into these videos. It does not go un-noticed.

[dxrbkn]

Hello
I want to say, thank you!
Your video was great, good pace and detail explanation to understand everything that is happening on the installation
Cheers from Mexico

[amarmisra]

Thanks Ermanno for keeping us updated, now this will reduce chance to breaking the system and enjoying Archlinux forever.Garudalinux has also implemented the same..But you have shown the whole process guite nicely..Keep it up....

[luckless]

Really solid guide. It's always recommended to follow the arch wiki, but using this video in tandem with the wiki may help with understanding some commands/concepts better.

This still holds up a couple years later, but do make sure to cross reference the arch wiki as some parts of the installation have changed, such as the bootbackup.hook file.

[farhazulislam]

19th viewer :) YES~
I WILL INSTALL ARCH AGAIN TOMORROW MORNING.
IT'S 11 30 PM HERE...
MUCH LOVE FROM BANGLADESH, SIR.

[rtwg]

Awesome video. It got me running Arch on the 1st try with BTRFS. Now to rewatch your i3 videos and set that up. THANK YOU!

[thesergey]

Thank you so much! I spent the whole day thinking about how to create and mount the partitions correctly. Now I am able to use Timeshift.