Setup ArchLinux Linux

BASH Script

...Create with

nano ~/.bashrc

...Copy + Paste

export PS1='[\033[0;35m]\h[\033[0;33m] \w[\033[00m]: '    
alias free="free -m"
alias update="sudo pacman -Su"
alias install="sudo pacman -S"
alias upgrade="sudo pacman -Syu"
alias remove="sudo pacman -R"
alias search="sudo pacman -Q"
alias clean="sudo pacman -Scc"

...Activate with

source ~/.bashrc

IPTables

nano /etc/iptables/iptables.new.rules

Copy & Paste this

nano /etc/conf.d/iptables

# Configuration for iptables rules

IPTABLES=/usr/sbin/iptables

IPTABLES_CONF=/etc/iptables/iptables.new.rules
IPTABLES_FORWARD=0  # disable IP forwarding!!

Save

/etc/rc.d/iptables save

Add to DAEMONS

nano /etc/rc.conf

DAEMONS=(... iptables network ...)

RAID

raid setup with 3 disks

cfdisk /dev/sdb ..2st disk cfdisk /dev/sdc ..3rd disk

mark as bootable (if doing this for first..2nd disc), type = fd, write = yes

now load raid1 module

modprobe raid1

mdadm --create /dev/md0 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1

fdisk -l | grep raid

raid ext3

cat /proc/mdstat

mdadm --misc --detail /dev/md0

mkfs.ext3 -j /dev/md0 -L /storage

mount /dev/md0 /storage

mount -t ext3 /dev/md0 -L /storage