Installing ArchLinux on a Dell 600m Laptop

These are my notes and step by step instructions from when I installed Archlinux on a Dell Inspiron 600m that suffered a fatal hard drive crash due to age.

Table of Contents

1. Overview
2. Getting Started
   1. Gathering Hardware Info
   2. Starting Install
   3. Sysinstall
   4. Allocate Disk space
   5. Selecting what to Install
   6. Select Media Type
   7. Committing (aka Point of No Return)
   8. After Install
3. Tuning
4. Notes