ArchISOMaker

A custom Arch Linux ISO Maker (Just a bunch of scripts).

Instructions

Retrieving this repository

• Clone this repo.
• Initialize submodules (git submodule init)
• Update submodules (git submodule update)

Generating the ISO file

• Run $ sudo ./build.sh -v
• Get the ISO file in the parent directory of this repository.

Updating this repository (and the submodule)

• Run git submodule update --recursive --remote

Introduction

This is a script collection based on archiso, which allows you to build your own Arch Linux ISO. The main difference from upstream is that this variant pulls the most updated ArchLinux packages and embeds them in the ISO file. This means that you do not need to have an internet connection anymore when installing Arch Linux from this ISO.

Additionally, a custom installation script is also embedded in the ISO, so you can install a standard version of Arch Linux non-interactively . Of course, you are not forced to use it, if you want to manually install Arch Linux following the wiki instructions.

Checking out the installation scripts

The installation scripts are currently in a separate repository at https://github.com/gsanhueza/ArchScripts , and they can be used here by managing the git submodule (see instructions above).

Building your ISO

You need to have archiso installed in your system to use this script, and a working internet connection to pull the packages that we'll embed into the ISO. The embedded packages are detected using utilities/detect_packages.sh, will be downloaded in airootfs/root/pkg, and will be automatically updated when you run build.sh (the ISO-building script).

If you don't want to auto-update the packages when running the script, edit utilities/custom_tools.sh and change the UPDATE_CACHE variable to 0.

Testing your ISO

The generated ISO comes with virtualbox drivers, so you can setup a VirtualBox machine and run your ISO there.

Alternatively, archiso provides a convenient method that uses QEMU:

• run_archiso -i path/to/an/arch.iso to run as BIOS
• run_archiso -u -i path/to/an/arch.iso to run as UEFI

Installing your system

Burn the generated ISO to a DVD or an USB stick. When you boot it, you'll be greeted by a welcome message that shows you the necessary steps that you have to follow, so you can run the installation script (install.sh).