Phase 0: Pre-Arrival

Phase 0: Pre-Arrival (From Razer)

sudo mkdir -p /mnt/synology

sudo mount -t nfs nas-01.inside.domusdigitalis.dev:/volume1/borg_backups /mnt/synology

# Load Borg passphrase from dsource
dsource d000 dev/storage

# Verify repo access
sudo -E BORG_PASSPHRASE="$BORG_PASSPHRASE" borg info /mnt/synology/borg-repo

# List recent archives
sudo -E BORG_PASSPHRASE="$BORG_PASSPHRASE" borg list /mnt/synology/borg-repo --last 3

# Run fresh backup
sudo -E BORG_PASSPHRASE="$BORG_PASSPHRASE" ~/.local/bin/borg-backup-synology.sh

gpg --card-status

gopass sync

gopass ls | head -20

ollama list > /tmp/ollama-models-razer.txt
cat /tmp/ollama-models-razer.txt

curl -s https://archlinux.org/download/ | grep -oP 'archlinux-\d{4}\.\d{2}\.\d{2}-x86_64\.iso' | head -1

curl -LO https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/iso/latest/archlinux-x86_64.iso

curl -LO https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/iso/latest/archlinux-x86_64.iso.sig

gpg --keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve --verify archlinux-x86_64.iso.sig archlinux-x86_64.iso

# Plug in USB, then identify it — DO NOT use a partition (sda1), use the whole device (sda)
lsblk -o NAME,SIZE,TYPE,MOUNTPOINT

If the USB already has Ventoy installed, just copy the ISO to it:

# Mount the Ventoy data partition (usually the first large partition)
sudo mount -o uid=$(id -u),gid=$(id -g) /dev/sdX1 /mnt

cp archlinux-x86_64.iso /mnt/

sudo umount /mnt

If writing directly to a blank USB — this destroys all data on it:

# TRIPLE CHECK lsblk output — wrong device = wiped disk
lsblk

sudo dd bs=4M if=archlinux-x86_64.iso of=/dev/sdX status=progress oflag=sync

Ventoy is AUR — not in main repos:

# Install from AUR
yay -S ventoy

# Or manually
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/ventoy.git /tmp/ventoy
cd /tmp/ventoy && makepkg -si

# Write Ventoy bootloader to USB (WIPES the drive)
sudo ventoy -i /dev/sdX

# Copy ISO to Ventoy data partition
sudo mount -o uid=$(id -u),gid=$(id -g) /dev/sdX1 /mnt
cp archlinux-x86_64.iso /mnt/
sudo umount /mnt

# Ensure home WiFi SSID + password are in gopass
gopass show v3/infrastructure/wifi/home 2>/dev/null || echo "ADD THIS NOW"