Preinstall Checks

This is 1.5-1.8 from https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide

Set the keyboard layout/console font

The default keyboard layout is US. If you need something else, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide#Set_the_console_keyboard_layout_and_font

Verify the boot mode

This command should run without error

bash

ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars

ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars

Verify time

Run

bash

timedatectl

timedatectl

Make sure the Universal time is correct

TIP

Don't worry about the time zone, that will be setup later