qemu-img create -f raw arch_usb.img 16G

qemu-system-x86_64 \
    -m 4G \
    -boot d \
    -cdrom /home/twaddled/Downloads/archlinux-2025.11.01-x86_64.iso \
    -drive file=arch_usb.img,format=raw \
    -enable-kvm

parted /dev/sda -- mklabel gpt
parted /dev/sda -- mkpart ESP fat32 1MiB 513MiB
parted /dev/sda -- set 1 esp on
parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary ext4 513MiB 100%

mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sda1
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2

mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
mkdir /mnt/boot
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot

pacstrap /mnt base linux linux-firmware

genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

arch-chroot /mnt

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Region/City /etc/localtime
hwclock --systohc

echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" >> /etc/locale.gen
locale-gen
echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" > /etc/locale.conf

echo "arch-usb" > /etc/hostname

pacman -S --noconfirm networkmanager
systemctl enable NetworkManager

pacman -S --noconfirm grub efibootmgr
grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --removable --bootloader-id=ARCH-USB
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

exit

umount -R /mnt

poweroff

sudo dd if=arch_usb.img of=/dev/sdc bs=4M status=progress oflag=sync