diff --git a/install_scripts/ares-bootstrap.sh b/install_scripts/ares-bootstrap.sh
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+++ b/install_scripts/ares-bootstrap.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -o nounset
+set -o errexit
+
+pacman -Sy --noconfirm git # yes its a partial upgrade, but thats just the live cd
+
+cd /root
+git clone --recursive https://code.hkoerber.de/hannes/dotfiles.git
+
+./dotfiles/install_scripts/ares.sh /dev/sda
+
+mv /root/dotfiles /mnt/root/dotfiles
+cat << EOF > /mnt/root/.bashrc
+set -o errexit
+/root/dotfiles/bootstrap.sh
+rm /root/.bashrc
+reboot
+EOF
+
+poweroff
diff --git a/install_scripts/ares.sh b/install_scripts/ares.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Parameters:
+#
+# $1: Device
+
+set -o xtrace
+set -o nounset
+set -o errexit
+
+DEVICE="${1:?}"
+
+if [[ ! -b "${DEVICE}" ]] ; then
+    printf '%s does not look like a device' "${DEVICE}"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ ! -d /sys/firmware/efi/efivars ]] ; then
+    printf 'efivars does not exist, looks like the system is not booted in EFI mode'
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+loadkeys de-latin1
+
+timedatectl set-ntp true
+
+sed -e 's/\s*\([^#]*\).*/\1/' << EOF | sfdisk ${DEVICE}
+    label: gpt
+    device: ${DEVICE}
+
+    ${DEVICE}1 : name=uefi      , size=512M , type=uefi
+    ${DEVICE}2 : name=boot      , size=200M , type=linux
+    ${DEVICE}3 : name=cryptpart ,             type=linux
+EOF
+
+# might take a bit for the new partion table to be updated in-kernel
+sleep 1
+
+cryptsetup --batch-mode luksFormat --iter-time 1000 ${DEVICE}3
+cryptsetup --batch-mode open ${DEVICE}3 cryptpart
+
+pvcreate /dev/mapper/cryptpart
+vgcreate vgbase /dev/mapper/cryptpart
+
+lvcreate -L 16G vgbase -n swap
+lvcreate -l 100%FREE vgbase -n root
+
+yes | mkfs.fat -F32 ${DEVICE}1
+yes | mkfs.ext4 ${DEVICE}2
+yes | mkfs.ext4 /dev/vgbase/swap
+yes | mkfs.ext4 /dev/vgbase/root
+
+mount /dev/vgbase/root /mnt
+
+mkdir /mnt/efi
+mount ${DEVICE}1 /mnt/efi
+
+mkdir /mnt/boot
+mount ${DEVICE}2 /mnt/boot
+
+mkswap /dev/vgbase/swap
+swapon /dev/vgbase/swap
+
+pacstrap /mnt base linux linux-firmware networkmanager amd-ucode lvm2 grub efibootmgr
+
+genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
+
+cat << CHROOTSCRIPT > /mnt/chroot-script.sh
+
+set -o xtrace
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+
+ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin /etc/localtime
+hwclock --systohc
+
+sed -i 's/^#de_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8/de_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8/' /etc/locale.gen
+sed -i 's/^#en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/' /etc/locale.gen
+
+locale-gen
+
+printf 'LANG=en_US.UTF-8\n' > /etc/locale.conf
+
+printf 'KEYMAP=de-latin1\nFONT=lat2-16\n' > /etc/vconsole.conf
+
+printf 'ares\n' > /etc/hostname
+
+cat <<EOF > /etc/hosts
+127.0.0.1 localhost
+::1       localhost
+127.0.1.1 ares
+EOF
+
+sed -i 's/^HOOKS=.*$/HOOKS=(base udev autodetect keyboard keymap consolefont modconf block encrypt lvm2 filesystems resume fsck)/' /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
+
+mkinitcpio -P
+
+grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/efi --bootloader-id=GRUB
+
+sed -i "s/^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=.*$/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=\"cryptdevice=UUID=\$(blkid -s UUID -o value ${DEVICE}3):cryptpart root=UUID=\$(blkid -s UUID -o value /dev/vgbase/root)\"/" /etc/default/grub
+sed -i "s/^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=.*$/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=\"resume=UUID=\$(blkid -s UUID -o value /dev/vgbase/swap)\"/" /etc/default/grub
+sed -i 's/^GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=.*$/GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=/' /etc/default/grub
+
+grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
+
+systemctl enable NetworkManager
+
+passwd
+CHROOTSCRIPT
+
+chmod +x /mnt/chroot-script.sh
+arch-chroot /mnt /chroot-script.sh
+rm -f /mnt/chroot-script.sh
+umount -R /mnt