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+title: Arch Linux on Raspberry Pi 5
+tags: article arch linux arm raspberry pi5 nvme
+created: 2024-04-05T18:26:55Z
+published: true
+---
+
+If you already have Raspberry Pi OS running on an SD card and you want to switch to Arch Linux ARM booting from an NVMe drive with the `linux-rpi-16k` kernel, this post is for you.
+
+## Activate NVMe
+
+Run `lsblk`. Does it show the NVMe device `/dev/nvme0n1`? If not, we need to append this to `/boot/firmware/config.txt` at the end:
+
+```
+dtparam=nvme
+dtparam=pciex1_gen=3
+```
+
+Changes in `config.txt` need to be followed up by a reboot to see the changes.
+
+## Wipe the NVMe SSD
+
+Make sure you don't have any important data remaining on your SSD.
+
+```shell
+sudo umount /dev/nvme0n1p?
+sudo wipefs --all --force /dev/nvme0n1p?
+sudo wipefs --all --force /dev/nvme0n1
+sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/nvme0n1 bs=1024 count=1
+```
+
+## Clone the boot volume to your NVMe SSD
+
+```shell
+git clone https://github.com/geerlingguy/rpi-clone.git
+cd rpi-clone
+sudo cp rpi-clone rpi-clone-setup /usr/local/sbin
+sudo rpi-clone nvme0n1
+```
+
+You could now boot from your NVMe SSD if all you need is Raspberry Pi OS.
+This is a good timing to check if your NVMe drive works at all.
+Otherwise, continue to download Arch Linux ARM.
+
+## Clear both partitions
+
+```shell
+sudo mount /dev/nvme0n1p2 --mkdir /nvme
+sudo rm -rf /nvme/*
+sudo mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 --mkdir /nvme/boot
+sudo rm -rf /nvme/boot/*
+```
+
+## Install Arch Linux
+
+```shell
+wget http://os.archlinuxarm.org/os/ArchLinuxARM-rpi-aarch64-latest.tar.gz
+sudo apt install libarchive-tools
+sudo bsdtar -xpf ArchLinuxARM-rpi-aarch64-latest.tar.gz -C /nvme/
+```
+
+## Install linux-rpi-16k
+
+For the following kernel download, change the URL to the [latest version](https://archlinuxarm.org/packages/aarch64/linux-rpi-16k).
+
+```shell
+wget http://mirror.archlinuxarm.org/aarch64/core/linux-rpi-16k-6.6.23-1-aarch64.pkg.tar.xz
+sudo rm -rf /nvme/boot/*
+sudo tar xf linux-rpi-16k-6.6.23-1-aarch64.pkg.tar.xz -C /nvme/boot/
+```
+
+## Update `/etc/fstab`
+
+Get the `PARTUUID` from running `blkid` and edit your `/nvme/etc/fstab` accordingly:
+
+```
+PARTUUID=0b322c87-01  /boot   vfat    defaults          0  2
+PARTUUID-0b322c87-02  /       ext4    defaults,noatime  0  1
+```
+
+## Activate NVMe boot again
+
+Add this to the end of `/nvme/boot/config.txt`:
+
+```
+dtparam=nvme
+dtparam=pciex1_gen=3
+```
+
+## Update root device
+
+Edit the `root` parameter in `/nvme/boot/cmdline.txt`:
+
+```
+root=/dev/nvme0n1p2 rw rootwait console=serial0,115200 console=tty1 fsck.repair=yes
+```
+
+## Unmount
+
+```shell
+sync
+sudo umount -R /nvme
+```
+
+## Boot from NVMe
+
+The password for `alarm` is `alarm`. You can `su -` with the password `root` to get root access.
+
+## Repair your installation
+
+```shell
+pacman-key --init
+pacman-key --populate archlinuxarm
+pacman -R linux-aarch64 uboot-raspberrypi
+pacman -Syu --overwrite "/boot/*" linux-rpi-16k
+```
+
+This will modify your boot config files, so you need to verify their contents again.
+
+## Fix IPv6 connectivity
+
+To avoid IPv6 connectivity problems later, install `networkmanager` and enable the service:
+
+```shell
+pacman -S networkmanager
+systemctl enable NetworkManager
+```
+
+Now you can `reboot`.
+
+## Thank you
+
+The information in this post is based on these amazing people:
+
+- [Jeff Geerling](https://jeffgeerling.com/) for the `rpi-clone` fork and showing how to boot from NVMe
+- [Sven Kiljan](https://kiljan.org/) for the steps to replace `uboot` with `linux-rpi`