Omarchy Mac Windows Install

See Omarchy Mac VM Install for MacOS instructions

I’m going to install using the vanilla Arch ISO, and then following steps in this guide

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So in VMWare Workstation:

1. File → New Virtual Machine
2. Select “Typical (recommended)” for configs
3. Installer Disk Image File (ISO) → Select your arch ISO
4. For version, the site says “Included Kernel 6.16.8” so select “Other Linux 6.x kernel 64 bit”.
5. Set name and location.
   1. I set name to Arch-Omarchy-VM
   2. I set location to C:\Users\nader\Development\Virtual Machines
6. I set Disk Size to 40GB and stored it as a SINGLE FILE

Additionally, before I started the VM i went into the VM settings and gave the VM

• 8 gigs of RAM
• Added new Hard Disk: NVMe, that uses the old hard disk location at
  • C:\Users\nader\Development\Virtual Machines\Arch-Omarchy-VM.vmdk
• Enabled Accelerated Graphics under “Display” and set GPU memory to max (8gb for me)
• Go to “Options” tab, then under “Advnaced” look for “Firmware Type” and switch to UEFI. MAKE SURE TO TURN OFF “Enable Secure Boot” as Arch ISO won’t boot with Secure Boot enabled.

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Now you can finally boot the system. Don’t be confused that you’re booted into zsh, as this is expected since we are booting into a live environment. Read the pre-installation configs docs here

You can double check that your internet is working with a quick ping command:

ping ping.archlinux.org

Once you are satisfied, go ahead and run the following command:

archinstall

if you are noticing an issue with input handling

archinstall uses a TUI (Text User Interface) that has a known quirk with VMWare.

In shell, VMWare passes raw key events, but in TUI it switches from terminal to raw/alternate screen mode, which then means VMWare uses it’s enhanced keyboard, which can sometimes inject ghost scancodes.

To fix this, just disable the enhanced keyboard. Power off the VM → Settings → Options → Advanced and set Enhanced Virtual Keyboard to OFF