Install Void Linux

Download & Flash

First download a live image. Download void-live-x86_64-20210218-gnome.iso if you want to use the GNOME desktop.

Next, flash the downloaded image to a USB drive. You can use etcher.

Bios Settings

I am installing void linux on a Lenove Thinkpad. Press F12 to enter Bios setup.

In order to boot from a USB drive, we need to disable Secure Boot in the Security settings.

Next, in the Bios Startup settings, make sure we have UEFI/Legacy Boot set to UEFI only

Install

Before starting installation, make sure we are using UEFI booting by checking:

ls /sys/firware/efi
# /sys/firware/efi exists means system uses UEFI

Type sudo void-installer in terminal, we will get into void linux installation wizard.

The keymap for swedish keyboard is se-latin1.

Bootloader

Select the disk, for example /dev/sda to install the boot loader and choose graphical terminal for GRUB menu.

Partition

For EFI systems GPT is mandatory and a FAT32 partition with at least 100MB must be created with the TOGGLE boot, this will be used as EFI System Partition. This partition must be mounted as /boot/efi.

At least 1 partition is required for the root file system /.

Therefore, we need at least 2 partitions for our computer disk (device name might be /dev/sda):

File system

We need to create and mount the file systems for each of the 2 partitions:

Post Installation

Now we have void linux installed. We need to perform a system update for the first time:

sudo xbps-install -u xbps
sudo xbps-install -Su

https://docs.voidlinux.org/installation/live-images/guide.html