Installing Arch Linux on VMware Workstation Player

Download Arch ISO

https://archlinux.org/download/

VMware Workstation Setup

• Start VMware Workstation
• Create New Virtual Machine
• Installer Disk Image -> Browse to and select correct ISO
• Linux -> Other Linux 5.x and later kernel 64-bit (5.10)
• Select name and folder
• Set disk size, 20GB
• Setup machine. (Increase memory to 2GB)
• Play Virtual Machine

Setup HDD

After the live installer boots up, partition the drive using:

# cfdisk /dev/sda

sda1 –> 1M – BIOS_boot
sda2 –> 4G – Linux swap
sda3 –> 16G – Linux filesystem
Write Changes & Quit

# mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3
# mkswap /dev/sda2
# swapon -a

Install Arch on the newly created drive

# mount /dev/sda3 /mnt
# pacstrap /mnt base linux linux-firmware nano grub dhcpcd 
# genfstab /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

Boot Configuration

# arch-chroot /mnt# passwd
# grub-install /dev/sda
# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
# exit
# reboot

Package Manager Configuration

# systemctl start dhcpcd
# systemctl enable dhcpcd
# nano /etc/pacman.conf

Delete the 2 # symbols that precede:
[multilib] and
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
Save and Exit

# pacman -Syy

Your installation of Arch should now be complete, use:

# pacman -S servicename

to load your desired packages.