Setting up my Raspberry Pi for Raspberry Pi colocation by PCextreme.
# Change the root password: passwd # Full system upgrade: pacman -Syyu ## Extend the root partition as explained on http://goo.gl/kFOnW fdisk -c /dev/mmcblk0 # p d-2 n-p-2 w # on a newer Arch install, I did: # p d-5 d-2 n-e-[Enter]-[Enter]-[Enter] n-l-[Enter]-[Enter]-[Enter] w # Then reboot: shutdown -r now # And extend the partition: resize2fs /dev/mmcblk0p2 # or (on the newer Arch install): resize2fs /dev/mmcblk0p5 # Install htop and option dependencies: pacman -S htop lsof strace # Install screen: pacman -S screen
Network Setup
Static network setup set up using a custom systemd script /etc/systemd/system/network.service:
[Unit] Description=Wired Static IP Connectivity Wants=network.target Before=network.target BindsTo=sys-subsystem-net-devices-eth0.device After=sys-subsystem-net-devices-eth0.device [Service] Type=oneshot RemainAfterExit=yes ExecStart=/sbin/ip link set dev eth0 up ExecStart=/sbin/ip addr add 582.631.871.22/24 dev eth0 ExecStart=/sbin/ip route add default via 582.631.871.1 ExecStop=/sbin/ip addr flush dev eth0 ExecStop=/sbin/ip link set dev eth0 down [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
Then start, test and then enable the profile (creates a systemd startup entry):
ip link set eth0 down; sleep 1; systemctl start network # When everything works fine, disable RaspberryPi's standard DHCP config and enable your setup: systemctl disable dhcpcd@eth0; systemctl enable network
Then set /etc/resolv.conf to your nameservers: nameserver 8.8.8.8 and make it immutable: chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf .
Resources
- Alternative network setup using netctl (not working so far, I prefer the method above for the time being): http://pastebin.com/hBpLNPEc
- An older description on how to set up a static IP address on the RPi on Arch Linux ARM can be found here.