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korimitsu

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Registered: 2016-08-14

Posts: 123

Install Arch on disk with BIOS and Clover UEFI bootloader

My computer has BIOS, but has Clover installer, so it emulates a UEFI system. My drives are partitioned like this:

Disk /dev/sda: 57 GiB
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier:
Device          Size Type
/dev/sda1       200M EFI System
/dev/sda2        60G Apple HFS/HFS+
/dev/sda3       700M Apple boot

Disk /dev/sdb: 884 GiB
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier:
Device          Size Type
/dev/sdb1       450M Windows recovery environment
/dev/sdb2       100M EFI System
/dev/sdb3        16M Microsoft reserved
/dev/sdb4       117G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sdb5       777G Microsoft basic data

Disk /dev/sdc: free drive to install Arch

I would like to install Arch to /dev/sdc. I can it two ways: install it with the sata drive attached to the computer, or remove it and connect it with a sata to usb converter. Which option fits better.
I've tried before to install linux, but since it doesn't detect a UEFI BIOS, it fails to install, so I ask for the steps to install Arch to that drive. Note that Clover, which is installed on sda1, automatically detects UEFI partitions, so I guess I won't need to modify clover itself, but create the proper gpt layout and install there the proper uefi executables, so they can boot linux..