here is a simple guide, have fun Gparted make two partitions Ext4 with maximum size (first partition) Fat16 with 16MB size (secound partiiton) Install arch wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/edwardoid/cubieboard-arch-installer/master/install_arch_linux_-_cubieboard2.sh chmod +x install_arch_linux_-_cubieboard2.sh && ./install_