[arch-general] Customising arch iso
I was just wondering if there are there any up to date instructions available for customising the arch installer? I only need to upgrade the kernel to 2.6.32 in order to install (at least that is the first problem I have encountered). Thanks in advance, Damien
Re: [arch-general] Customising arch iso
On 03/12/2010 12:51 PM, Damien Churchill wrote: I was just wondering if there are there any up to date instructions available for customising the arch installer? I only need to upgrade the kernel to 2.6.32 in order to install (at least that is the first problem I have encountered). Thanks in advance, Damien you could test this isos: http://build.archlinux.org/isos/ -- Ionut
Re: [arch-general] Customising arch iso
On 12 March 2010 10:54, Ionut Biru biru.io...@gmail.com wrote: On 03/12/2010 12:51 PM, Damien Churchill wrote: I was just wondering if there are there any up to date instructions available for customising the arch installer? I only need to upgrade the kernel to 2.6.32 in order to install (at least that is the first problem I have encountered). Thanks in advance, Damien you could test this isos: http://build.archlinux.org/isos/ -- Ionut Excellent! Just what I was looking for, thanks a lot!
Re: [arch-general] Customising arch iso
On 12 March 2010 10:56, Damien Churchill dam...@gmail.com wrote: On 12 March 2010 10:54, Ionut Biru biru.io...@gmail.com wrote: On 03/12/2010 12:51 PM, Damien Churchill wrote: I was just wondering if there are there any up to date instructions available for customising the arch installer? I only need to upgrade the kernel to 2.6.32 in order to install (at least that is the first problem I have encountered). Thanks in advance, Damien you could test this isos: http://build.archlinux.org/isos/ -- Ionut Excellent! Just what I was looking for, thanks a lot! Ahh my mistake, I need 2.6.33, Heres the commit that adds support for my network card: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=0f5aac7070a01ec757ed243febe4fff7c944c4d2 Would I be able to just install kernel26 from testing on another arch and copy the resulting vmlinuz26 and kerne26.img files across to the new iso? Damien
Re: [arch-general] Customising arch iso
On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:49:36 + Damien Churchill dam...@gmail.com wrote: On 12 March 2010 10:56, Damien Churchill dam...@gmail.com wrote: On 12 March 2010 10:54, Ionut Biru biru.io...@gmail.com wrote: On 03/12/2010 12:51 PM, Damien Churchill wrote: I was just wondering if there are there any up to date instructions available for customising the arch installer? I only need to upgrade the kernel to 2.6.32 in order to install (at least that is the first problem I have encountered). Thanks in advance, Damien you could test this isos: http://build.archlinux.org/isos/ -- Ionut Excellent! Just what I was looking for, thanks a lot! Ahh my mistake, I need 2.6.33, Heres the commit that adds support for my network card: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=0f5aac7070a01ec757ed243febe4fff7c944c4d2 Would I be able to just install kernel26 from testing on another arch and copy the resulting vmlinuz26 and kerne26.img files across to the new iso? Damien you can also build your own iso's using archiso. it's pretty easy, although you need archiso from git and you must let it look in a repository that contains a 2.6.33 package (ie archlinux testing) Dieter
Re: [arch-general] Customising arch iso
On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:17:07 + Damien Churchill dam...@gmail.com wrote: On 12 March 2010 12:14, Dieter Plaetinck die...@plaetinck.be wrote: you can also build your own iso's using archiso. it's pretty easy, although you need archiso from git and you must let it look in a repository that contains a 2.6.33 package (ie archlinux testing) Dieter Ok cool, thanks! I'm just going to try installing using the core cd and then copying the kernel and firmware packages over via flash, if that fails too then I'll resort to creating my own cd! you could also try a netinstall cd and enable the testing repository in /tmp/pacman.conf. IIRC aif (the installer) uses pacman with that config file, so it might just work, although i never tried it myself. if you are not afraid of looking at bash scripts, look at the source code of aif then you'll see how exactly it works. Dieter
Re: [arch-general] Customising arch iso
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 6:29 AM, Dieter Plaetinck die...@plaetinck.be wrote: you could also try a netinstall cd and enable the testing repository in /tmp/pacman.conf. IIRC aif (the installer) uses pacman with that config file, so it might just work, although i never tried it myself. if you are not afraid of looking at bash scripts, look at the source code of aif then you'll see how exactly it works. A netinstall using a kernel without the necessary network drivers might prove hard to use. :) -Dan
Re: [arch-general] Customising arch iso
On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:57:46 -0600 Dan McGee dpmc...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 6:29 AM, Dieter Plaetinck die...@plaetinck.be wrote: you could also try a netinstall cd and enable the testing repository in /tmp/pacman.conf. IIRC aif (the installer) uses pacman with that config file, so it might just work, although i never tried it myself. if you are not afraid of looking at bash scripts, look at the source code of aif then you'll see how exactly it works. A netinstall using a kernel without the necessary network drivers might prove hard to use. :) -Dan don't laugh :P i realised it just after hitting submit ;) Dieter
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On 12 March 2010 13:19, Dieter Plaetinck die...@plaetinck.be wrote: On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:57:46 -0600 Dan McGee dpmc...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 6:29 AM, Dieter Plaetinck die...@plaetinck.be wrote: you could also try a netinstall cd and enable the testing repository in /tmp/pacman.conf. IIRC aif (the installer) uses pacman with that config file, so it might just work, although i never tried it myself. if you are not afraid of looking at bash scripts, look at the source code of aif then you'll see how exactly it works. A netinstall using a kernel without the necessary network drivers might prove hard to use. :) -Dan don't laugh :P i realised it just after hitting submit ;) Dieter Using the core installing then just upgrading kernel26 and kernel26-firmware to 2.6.33 worked just in case anyone was wondering. Got networking up finally :)
Re: [arch-general] Customising arch iso
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 8:15 AM, Damien Churchill dam...@gmail.com wrote: On 12 March 2010 13:19, Dieter Plaetinck die...@plaetinck.be wrote: On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:57:46 -0600 Dan McGee dpmc...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 6:29 AM, Dieter Plaetinck die...@plaetinck.be wrote: you could also try a netinstall cd and enable the testing repository in /tmp/pacman.conf. IIRC aif (the installer) uses pacman with that config file, so it might just work, although i never tried it myself. if you are not afraid of looking at bash scripts, look at the source code of aif then you'll see how exactly it works. A netinstall using a kernel without the necessary network drivers might prove hard to use. :) -Dan don't laugh :P i realised it just after hitting submit ;) Dieter Using the core installing then just upgrading kernel26 and kernel26-firmware to 2.6.33 worked just in case anyone was wondering. Got networking up finally :) Yeah, I was going to suggest just pulling the kernel updates onto a thumb drive or something
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Am 12.03.2010 16:37, schrieb Aaron Griffin: Using the core installing then just upgrading kernel26 and kernel26-firmware to 2.6.33 worked just in case anyone was wondering. Got networking up finally :) Yeah, I was going to suggest just pulling the kernel updates onto a thumb drive or something Someone (as in not me) should really make archiso easier to use and document it better. The ultimate goal would be the ability to run one single command to get an up to date ISO - without any more configuration or other tweaking. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
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On 12.03.2010 16:48, Thomas Bächler wrote: Am 12.03.2010 16:37, schrieb Aaron Griffin: Using the core installing then just upgrading kernel26 and kernel26-firmware to 2.6.33 worked just in case anyone was wondering. Got networking up finally :) Yeah, I was going to suggest just pulling the kernel updates onto a thumb drive or something Someone (as in not me) should really make archiso easier to use and document it better. The ultimate goal would be the ability to run one single command to get an up to date ISO - without any more configuration or other tweaking. Just get my AUR package (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25996) to get the utils installed on your system and clone git (git clone git://projects.archlinux.org/archiso.git) to get the scripts. Then go to archiso/configs/syslinux-iso/ and run make. This should get you an updated set of isos for your architecture. Also, I'm trying hard to keep the archiso wiki article (http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Archiso) updated and in good shape to make it easier to make your own Arch-based distribution. Please let me know if there's anything else left to document until archiso becomes usuable to you. -- Sven-Hendrik
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On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Thomas Bächler tho...@archlinux.org wrote: Am 12.03.2010 16:37, schrieb Aaron Griffin: Using the core installing then just upgrading kernel26 and kernel26-firmware to 2.6.33 worked just in case anyone was wondering. Got networking up finally :) Yeah, I was going to suggest just pulling the kernel updates onto a thumb drive or something Someone (as in not me) should really make archiso easier to use and document it better. The ultimate goal would be the ability to run one single command to get an up to date ISO - without any more configuration or other tweaking. Well it *is* one command from a git checkout cd install-iso make
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Am 12.03.2010 20:35, schrieb Aaron Griffin: Well it *is* one command from a git checkout cd install-iso make Let's make that 2: # pacman -S archiso # archiso-build-cd --arch i686 --format iso or something like that :) We have an archiso package from 2008 in extra. Any package is better than that one, no matter how buggy it is. And an easy-to-use wrapper with a manpage would be nice, so any end user can easily build an image. I definitely won't have time for that soon, but maybe someone else can make a patch. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [arch-general] Customising arch iso
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Thomas Bächler tho...@archlinux.org wrote: Am 12.03.2010 20:35, schrieb Aaron Griffin: Well it *is* one command from a git checkout cd install-iso make Let's make that 2: # pacman -S archiso # archiso-build-cd --arch i686 --format iso This is just too complex to do in one command like that, unless it becomes just a wrapper for what the Makefile does, in which case you're going to be adding lots of frameworking for error checking and dependence whatnot (that make provides by default) As for the packages: I honestly think we should remove it and just have people checkout from git if they want to build a CD. /shrug
