ArchBang – Best Arch based distro for old or low-end hardware with high performance and low resource utilization

Use Down Arrow and choose Free Space, then Choose New partition >> Enter partition size 2G or 2048M >> choose the type of partition primary >> Then, select Write to write the partition table >> Finally choose Yes to save the changes.

Use Down Arrow and choose Free Space, then Choose New partition >> Enter partition size 18G or 18432M >> choose the type of partition Extended >> Then, Use Down Arrow and choose Free Space, then Choose New Enter partition size 18G or 18432M >> Then, select Write to write the partition table >> choose Yes to save the changes >> Finally choose Quit to exit from partition manager.
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Verify the newly created partitions

$ sudo fdisk -l

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It’s time to create file system by firing below commands

$ sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
$ sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda5

format and activate the Swap partition

$ sudo mkswap /dev/sda2
$ sudo swapon /dev/sda2

Install ArchBang

Created Disk Partitions, created file system and mounted successfully, Now time to initiate the ArchBang OS installation by selecting the Install option from context menu.
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See the below screenshot, you have to complete the below 7 steps to get fresh ArchBang OS.
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