Download Manjaro

We need to download the current version of the Manjaro Installation ISO of our choice. This may take a while…

BootStick on Mac

First we need to know what <disk_number> our Stick has

diskutil list

Now we can prepare our BootStick. This will delete all Files on it.

diskutil partitionDisk /dev/disk<disk_number> 1 "Free Space" "unused" "100%"

Then we setup our BootSick with <manjaro>.iso we downloaded to the directory <path>:

sudo dd if=/<path>/<manjaro>.iso of=/dev/disk<disk_number> bs=1m

Prepare the BIOS

1. Press F2 during Boot to enter the BIOS Setup
2. Go to the Boot Settings
3. Disable Secure Boot
4. UEIF as Boot List Option

Partitioning with gdisk

• 256M - 1G on SSD of ef00 EFI System for /boot
• 20G or more on SSD of 8300 Linux filesystem for /root
• (optional) up to 8G on SSD of 8200 Linux swap for SWAP
• (optional) on HDD 8300 Linux filesystem for /home

Install Manjaro

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Partitioning#.2Fvar

https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?title=UEFI_-_Install_Guide

https://forum.manjaro.org/t/installation-with-manjaro-architect-iso/20429

https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?title=Installation_with_Manjaro_Architect

https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?title=UEFI_-_Install_Guide

https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?title=Installation_with_Manjaro_Architect

The Kernel chooses the User

At this time our Machine the Alienware 15 R3 is only compatible with two Kernels of Manjaro 17.1.17: - 4.14-rt - 4.14 Fallback