From 0058d784e29bb9362453dc47e76a9a1f47c04440 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ItsDrike <itsdrike@protonmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 17:22:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Mention adding /etc/resolv.conf symlink

---
 guides/01_INSTALLATION.md | 11 +++++++++--
 install_root.sh           |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/guides/01_INSTALLATION.md b/guides/01_INSTALLATION.md
index 740f19b..52e7384 100644
--- a/guides/01_INSTALLATION.md
+++ b/guides/01_INSTALLATION.md
@@ -165,10 +165,17 @@ cd ~/dots
 ./install_root.sh
 ```
 
-Enter the ZSH shell for a better experience
+Exit chroot and create an `/etc/resolv.conf` symlink (this needs to happen outside of chroot, since arch-chroot bind-mounts this file, so trying to override it from within won't work).
 
 ```bash
-zsh
+exit
+ln -sf /run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf /mnt/etc/resolv.conf
+```
+
+Chroot back into the system, this time with the configured ZSH shell for better experience:
+
+```bash
+arch-chroot /mnt zsh
 ```
 
 Create non-privileged user
diff --git a/install_root.sh b/install_root.sh
index b395c3d..a2a34f0 100755
--- a/install_root.sh
+++ b/install_root.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # $ git clone https://github.com/ItsDrike/dotfiles ~/dots
 # $ cd ~/dots
 # $ ./install_root.sh
+# $ exit
+# $ ln -sf /run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf /mnt/etc/resolv.conf
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 if [ "$UID" != 0 ]; then
@@ -65,6 +67,8 @@ echo "You can now run zsh or exit the chroot, and re-run it with: arch-chroot /m
 echo "This will put you into a configured ZSH shell, you can continue " \
   "configuring the rest of the system manually from there."
 echo ""
+echo "Required extra steps:"
+echo " - Symlink /etc/resolv.conf to use systemd-resolved stub (you need to be outside of arch-chroot for this, since arch-chroot is bind-mounting it). Run ln -sf /run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf /mnt/etc/resolv.conf"
 echo "Optional extra steps:"
 echo " - enable cronie & copy /etc/crontab & anacrontab from dotfiles"
 echo " - install docker and copy /etc/docker"