Configure microcode with systemd-boot

Fri, Dec 25, 2020 01:00 CET

Tags: Installation, Arch, systemd-boot

All users with an AMD or Intel CPU should install the microcode updates to ensure system stability.

(Follows https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Microcode)

Install Intel or AMD package (depending on your CPU, check lscpu):

pacman -S intel-ucode

or

pacman -S amd-ucode

Add initrd line to boot loader config:

title Arch Linux
linux /vmlinuz-linux
initrd /intel-ucode.img
initrd /initramfs-linux.img
options ...

or

title Arch Linux
linux /vmlinuz-linux
initrd /amd-ucode.img
initrd /initramfs-linux.img
options ...