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@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Profiles
Archiso comes with two profiles: **baseline** and **releng**. While both can serve as starting points for creating
custom live media, **releng** is used to create the monthly installation medium.
They can be found below `configs/baseline/ <configs/baseline/>`_ and `configs/releng/ <configs/releng/>`_
(respectively). Both profiles are defined by files to be placed into overlays (e.g. *airootfs* -> *the image's /*).
(respectively). Both profiles are defined by files to be placed into overlays (e.g. airootfs ‎→‎ the image's ``/``).
Read `README.profile.rst <README.profile.rst>`_ to learn more about how to create profiles.
@ -47,21 +47,21 @@ As filesystems are created and various mount actions have to be done when creati
the scripts.
When archiso is installed system-wide and the modification of a profile is desired, it is necessary to copy it to a
writeable location, as */usr/share/archiso* is tracked by the package manager and only writeable by root (changes will
writeable location, as ``/usr/share/archiso`` is tracked by the package manager and only writeable by root (changes will
be lost on update).
The examples below will assume an unmodified profile in a system location (unless noted otherwise).
It is advised to consult the help output of **mkarchiso**:
.. code:: bash
.. code:: sh
mkarchiso -h
Create images with packaged archiso
-----------------------------------
.. code:: bash
.. code:: sh
mkarchiso -w path/to/work_dir -o path/to/out_dir path/to/profile
@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Create images with local clone
Clone this repository and run:
.. code:: bash
.. code:: sh
./archiso/mkarchiso -w path/to/work_dir -o path/to/out_dir path/to/profile
@ -80,51 +80,50 @@ Testing
The convenience script **run_archiso** is provided to boot into the medium using qemu.
It is advised to consult its help output:
.. code:: bash
.. code:: sh
run_archiso -h
Run the following to boot the iso using BIOS:
.. code:: bash
.. code:: sh
run_archiso -i path/to/an/arch.iso
Run the following to boot the iso using UEFI:
.. code:: bash
.. code:: sh
run_archiso -u -i path/to/an/arch.iso
The script can of course also be executed from this repository:
.. code:: bash
.. code:: sh
./scripts/run_archiso.sh -i path/to/an/arch.iso
Installation
============
To install archiso system-wide use the included **Makefile**:
To install archiso system-wide use the included ``Makefile``:
.. code:: bash
.. code:: sh
make install
Optionally install archiso's mkinitcpio hooks:
.. code:: bash
.. code:: sh
make install-initcpio
Optional Features
=================
Optional features
The iso image contains a grub environment block holding the iso name and version. This allows to
boot the iso image from grub with a version specific cow directory to mitigate overlay clashes.
The iso image contains a GRUB environment block holding the iso name and version. This allows to
boot the iso image from GRUB with a version specific cow directory to mitigate overlay clashes.
.. code:: grub
.. code:: sh
loopback loop archlinux.iso
load_env -f (loop)/arch/grubenv
linux (loop)/arch/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz-linux ... \
@ -134,7 +133,7 @@ boot the iso image from grub with a version specific cow directory to mitigate o
Contribute
==========
Development of archiso takes place on Arch Linux' Gitlab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/archiso
Development of archiso takes place on Arch Linux' Gitlab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/archiso.
Please read our distribution-wide `Code of Conduct <https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Code_of_conduct>`_ before
contributing, to understand what actions will and will not be tolerated.
@ -153,18 +152,18 @@ Releases
`Releases of archiso <https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/archiso/-/tags>`_ are created by its current maintainer
`David Runge <https://gitlab.archlinux.org/dvzrv>`_. Tags are signed using the PGP key with the ID
`C7E7849466FE2358343588377258734B41C31549`.
``C7E7849466FE2358343588377258734B41C31549``.
To verify a tag, first import the relevant PGP key:
.. code:: bash
.. code:: sh
gpg --auto-key-locate wkd --search-keys dvzrv@archlinux.org
Afterwards a tag can be verified from a clone of this repository:
.. code:: bash
.. code:: sh
git verify-tag <tag>