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New 2022.08 images uploaded:
Environment changes:
- new background image
- kernel 5.19.x
- shim 15.6-2
- added kmod fix from mkinitcpio
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New 2022.09 images uploaded:
- Big end of summer cleanup this time:
cleanup dependencies: 47 less packages installed (316 packages -> 269 packages)
removed packages: linux-atm, ppp, pppoe, xl2tpd, wvdial, vpnc, openconnect, openvpn, pptpclient, libgssglue, snarf, cracklib, ipw2100-fw, ipw200-fw, gnu-netcat, cpio and fuse(3)
saved booted space: 16MB (689 MB -> 673 MB)
- pacman keyring handling improvements
- use qemu-static-user from [extra] for aarch64 iso assembling
(thanks David for implementing this in qemu package)
Environment changes:
- updated grub to 2.06.r322.gd9b4638c5-4
- fixed pacman keyring on aarch64
- updated OVMF_VARS.secboot.fd from fedora to 20220526git16779ede2d36-5
- added missing base programs:
nscd, archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync, makepkg-template, getsubids, update-pciids, ninfod, sln, lsfd
- fixed xorg and wayland startup
- implemented checking of missing base binaries
- simplified zram function for /usr directory mounting
setup/quickinst changes:
- always install latest archlinux keyring package(s), before doing pacman tasks
- abort on package installation or keyring failure
- added keyring initialization checks
- removed filesystem and systemd-sysvcompat hacks
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greetings
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New 2022.10 images uploaded:
- New RISC-V riscv64 architecture support
- possibility to turn system into a full Arch Linux system with -full-system parameter
By using: # update-installer -full-system
Every Archboot strip down gets reverted by reinstalling all packages to a zram /usr with readding of man/info pages and localization.
- firefox as new default standard browser for all architectures
Environment changes:
- updated grub to 2.06.r334.g340377470-1
- new logo including RISC-V 64
- possibility to choose between firefox and chromium with _STANDARD_BROWSER option in defaults file
- fix ca-certificates on updates
setup/quickinst changes:
- added riscv64 support
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greetings
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New 2022.11 images uploaded:
- Linux 6.0.x
Environment changes:
- new logo Linux 6.0.x
- removed obsolete dhclient
- removed redundant vi
- updated to mkinitcpio 32
update-installer changes:
- reformatted output on X/Wayland startup
- added check for working network
- added new logic for local image with less than 4096 GB RAM, which allows XFCE environment.
setup/quickinst changes:
- removed dhclient support
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greetings
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Hi,
New 2022.12 images uploaded.
Highlights:
- grub 2:2.06.r380.g151467888-1
- mkinitcpio 33-1
- Autodetect high resolution screens with setting 32 font size by default during boot
- Better Localization support: new Keymap, Console Fonts, Timezone and System-Wide Locale dialogs
- major code cleanup with merging script part and remove redundancy
- fixed performance regression in mkinitcpio 33
Environment changes:
- change to release year/month logo without kernel version
- added rpcuser
- fixed locale setting on aarch64
- use latarcyrheb-sun16 font as default console font
- use latarcyrheb-sun32 font on high resolution screens as default console font
- removed archboot's MOK key with signing kernel and grub on ISO, this broke reproducibilty
update-installer changes:
- more output on updating scripts
setup/quickinst changes:
- switch to zstd compression as first option on btrfs dialog
- reformat btrfs boxes
new Date and Time setting routine:
- splitted into Region and Timezone
new Keymap routine:
- splitted into locale and variants
new Console Font routine:
- only use latarcyrheb-sun(16,32) and eurlatgr font
- Autodetect high resolution screens with setting big font by default
Configuration step:
- rearranged most autoconfiguration to last step of install packages
- new System-Wide locale setting dialog on configuration step
- fixed partial broken autoconfiguration
- show more information dialogs on doing pre/autoconfiguration
- run mkinitcpio and locale-gen only when needed
- added check to avoid locked root account
- added check to avoid empty password
- don't allow empty root password
Fixes:
- fixed netlink up detection by ping www.google.com
- fixed broken bootloader installation menu call
Have fun,
greetings
tpowa
Last edited by tpowa (2022-12-04 14:21:47)
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Will 2023.1 support Microsoft Surface secure boot?
Current version doesn’t boot, and with TPM disabled it does boot but complains bad signature.
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I don't know how the Surface is built. Is it ARM or x86_64?
As I understand this question it is not possible to disable Secure Boot.
You need to launch the shim on the image, e.g. BOOTX64.EFI
Please read the homepage part with the MOK to get it running.
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It is x86_64.
I was able to install and enroll mok using a build from more than a week ago, but unable to boot after installation.
Tried newer builds a couple of days later and was then unable to boot into installation at all.
Another question, where is shimx64.efi located in the iso?
Last edited by hbp729 (2022-12-28 21:03:33)
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Ok I changed the shim to an older version due to issues. Probably you need to disable secure boot and reset all MOK things first with mokutil.
The shim on iso is BOOTX64.EFI
Last edited by tpowa (2022-12-28 21:40:36)
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Works well on Microsoft Surface x86_64 after deleting old certificates and hashes using mokutil and changing bootorder using efibootmgr.
Is it possible to hide or skip grub menu? I have a touch screen without keyboard and cannot press enter key during boot.
Another question, since installation creates a efi/boot partition which is not mounted and /boot/ folder is empty after installation, must I mount boot partition during kernel updates? and where are kernel updates installed? I have problem loading new kernel after pacman -Syu, grub does not update to reflect new kernels.
Also, how may I install AppArmor?
Last edited by hbp729 (2023-01-14 01:20:15)
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Is it possible to hide or skip grub menu? I have a touch screen without keyboard and cannot press enter key during boot.
- Yes sure checkout grub manuals it's a config option
Another question, since installation creates a efi/boot partition which is not mounted and /boot/ folder is empty after installation, must I mount boot partition during kernel updates?
Yes in newest image creates .service which is installed and does signing and copying automatically.
Also, how may I install AppArmor?
This is not in the scope of archboot, you need to configure this yourself.
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Hi,
New 2023.01 images uploaded.
2023.01 Highlights:
- linux 6.1.x
- mkinitcpio v34
- grub 2:2.06.r403.g7259d55ff-1
- replaced netctl with systemd network stack
- added memtest86+
Environment changes:
- downgrade to fedora shim 15.4-5, due to not working SB on some boards
- removed kexec memory gap on aarch64
- only provide full UEFI shell on grub menu
- removed netctl with depends: wpa_supplicant, dhcpcd, ifplugd, usb_modeswitch
- added new systemd network stack: systemd-resolved, systemd-networkd, iwd
- removed GRAPHIC packages from local image,
new grub respects linux max_initrd_size which is 0x37FFFFF (around 940MB).
- lower RAM requirement for local image to 2.7GB
- removed network stack from local image pre kexec
- removed bind, dnsmasq, nmap, tcpdump, inetutils, net-tools, b43-fwcutter,
ntp and wireless_tools
- removed xfs_scrub, arpd, archinstall, testdisk, ntfs-3g, python and perl
- removed old and unmaintained dmraid support, use mdadm instead
- fixed /etc/request-key.d directory addition
- use systemd defaults for shadow, gshadow and passwd
- use system's shells file
- disable audit function on boot commandline
- enabled syntax highlighting in nano editor
- replaced vim editor with neovim editor
- added neovim lastplace plugin
setup/quickinst changes:
- check kernel to trigger menu with updating environment
- fixed riscv64 package installation with disabling ucode packages
- fixed GPT NAMESCHEME listing on fresh disks
- fixed sub-keymap listing
- reordered/cleaned up timezone regions
- reordered manage devices menus
- removed netctl support
- added systemd-networkd, systemd-resolved, iwd support
- removed old and unmaintained dmraid support, use mdadm instead
- cleaned up mountpoints and btrfs function
- new btrfs configuration implemented, subvolume is now mandatory
- redone filesystem mounting dialogs
- replaced vim editor with neovim editor
- install neovim editor instead of vim editor to installed system
- add nano editor syntax highlighting on installed system
- simplified bootloader dialogs and menus
- fixed kernel, initramdisk and ucode copying to separate EFISYS partition
- refind switched to only refind.conf usage for configuration
- added dialogs to separate uefi system partition actions
Have fun,
greetings
tpowa
Last edited by tpowa (2023-01-16 14:07:08)
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Hi,
New 2023.02 images uploaded.
2023.02 Highlights:
- Use zram for rootfs on ISO/IMAGE boot. This enables finally booting the normal image
with 800M RAM. !500M less RAM \o/! The requirement to boot is now equal to archiso.
This also fixes the grub boot issues, with failing on using a big initramdisks
and firmware incompatibility.
- Unified Kernel Images / UKI files are provided now
- Unified Kernel Image setup is supported in EFISTUB menu now
- grub 2:2.06.r456.g65bc45963-1
- archboot-setup.sh works on installed system as System Setup tool
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Environment changes:
- switch to Terminus as default font
- show full initrd line in grub menu
- added fbset, terminus-font, bash-completion, tpm2-tss and pinentry
- removed refind, grub, pcre, zsh, grml-zsh-config, chntpw, fsarchiver
and ddrescue
- switch to bash as default shell
- added normal bash layout with /root/.bash* files
- custom bash options are provided by /etc/profile.d/custom-bash-options.sh
- new MOTD with listed architecture and Manage Archboot section
- new grub boot layout, no redundancy anymore
- remove not installed packages from local pacman database
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update-installer:
- added network check
- added bash completion
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setup:
- add Terminus font to font selection dialogs
- major code cleanup of blockdevice.sh
- major code cleanup of mountpoints.sh
- outsourced help texts to files
- added new help texts for partitioning GUID/GPT and BIOS/MBR
- new systemd compliant mounting dialogs with /efi or /boot as ESP
- don't format already existing ESP
- don't format already existing swap partition
- added sanity checks for ROOT DEVICE and ESP
- Auto-Prepare mode is systemd-gpt-auto-generator compliant now
- Auto-Prepare calculates now with M sizes
- Auto-Prepare added a minimum of 350M for /home
- skip ESP on BIOS mode
- devices are listed with their SIZE in menus
- enable custom bash options on installed system
- autodetect packages mdadm, lvm2 and cryptsetup
- install neovim and nano on selection
- added bash-completion to defaults file
- added autodetection of ucode package
- added Unified Kernel Image suppport in EFISTUB menu
- new efibootmgr routine
- disable unsafe menu entries on installed system
- don't show installation message on installed system
- added new menu title, if running on installed system
- fixed automounted ESP and /boot detection on installed systems
- don't ask for network, sources and mkfs on installed sytems
- fix LANG= add .UTF-8 to parameter
- only copy kernel and other files to ESP while doing systemd-boot and rEFInd
- only add BIOS or UEFI Windows entry to grub.cfg
- remove efi shell from grub.cfg
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Have fun,
greetings
tpowa
Last edited by tpowa (2023-02-10 11:10:38)
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I want to install arch to my computer, I use this 'cause i think it has UEFI secure boot support()
Now(yesterday) i flash it(no special flags, 2023.2.22) to my 64GB USB Disk by rufus 3.21 portable, and when I come to grub ( enrolled mok ), first it shows '/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64' not found.
I boot windows and look in (Disk)/boot, and I see 'vmlinuz-x86_' file, i renamed it to correct one, and I boot to udisk again.
GRUB or something warns 'intel-ucode.img' not found, then a kernel panic.
I login to windows again and see it's 'intel-ucode', I also see 'amd-ucode.im'.
I renamed it yesterday, but after renaming 'intel-ucode' and eject, reboot, boot menu don't show my udisk, boot to windows, i see the partition data got lost(?), and I flush the iso again,rename , but not boot it.
Today I boot the iso, but it drops to EFI shell, it says I need to load the kernel first(trying run 'boot'), and I shutdown,boot windows, flash the 2023.2.28 iso, wrong name still sppears.
Is rufus tool wrong, or my disk is not good, or iso broken ?(it passed gpg .sig check, good signature)
or it just a wrong naming in iso?may sorry for my English
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Pretty strange, have you used the dd mode in rufus? You need to enroll the kernel too else it will not boot.
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well i enrolled the hash of 'vmlinuz-x86_', but i think it's hash so renaming don't make it wrong?
Last edited by jing_zhang1105 (2023-03-01 12:08:44)
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Im trying dd mode now, but i will test it later because i need write homework(
dd done, it show 2 partition with can't access(no free space bar) on windows, is that right?
Last edited by jing_zhang1105 (2023-03-01 12:11:20)
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Hi,
New 2023.03 images uploaded.
2023.03 Highlights:
- linux 6.2.x
- added system wide locales:
be, bg, cs, da, de, en, el, es, fi, fr, hu, it, lt, lv, mk, nl, nn, pl, pt, ro, ru, sk, sr, sv, uk
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Environment changes:
- implemented emergency shell with messages and with big font detection support
- implemented new zram routine for all boot types
- added kms to archboot_init, to avoid font flickering, which was introduced
in kernel 6.0.x series
- added speed and permission patches for uid/gid to mkinitcpio functions
- only use KEXEC_LOAD it's way faster, than KEXEC_FILE_LOAD
- don't run kexec on local image, use systemd's switch_root instead
- added archboot-locale script for system wide locale switching
- readd kernel and /EFI to iso filesystem for virtualbox UEFI support
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update-installer.sh:
- implemented free RAM detection for kexec tasks
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km:
- removed main menu
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tz:
- removed main menu
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setup:
- remove redundant welcome message
- fixed kernel detection with [testing] repository enabled
- show progress of creating new environment on used console
---
Have fun,
greetings
tpowa
Last edited by tpowa (2023-03-14 09:05:31)
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Hi,
New 2023.04 images uploaded.
2023.04 Highllights:
- grub 2.06.r499.ge67a551a4-1
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Environment changes:
- switch to archboot-cpio.sh for image/initramfs building
- switch to ukify script for UKI creation
- enable colors in pacman
- remove firewire modules
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setup:
- enable FIRMWARE bootloader option for aarch64 architecture
- switch to ukify script for FIRMWARE bootloader support
- edit /etc/kernel/cmdline and /etc/ukify.conf before UKI creation
- enable automatic UKI building as run_ukify.service on installed system
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Have fun,
greetings
tpowa
Last edited by tpowa (2023-04-28 05:20:23)
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Hi,
New 2023.05 images uploaded.
2023.05 Highlights:
- linux 6.3.x
- systemd 253.4
- Amazing reduction of !100M RAM to boot the normal image
=> The new requirement dropped to 700M RAM for x86_64
- Amazing shrinking of the image files:
=> The results in comparison to 2023.04 iso files:
- aarch64:
normal image: 356M => 312M
local image: 559M => 532M
latest image: 157M => 128M
- riscv64:
normal image: 502M => 417M
- x86_64:
normal image: 517M => 417M
local image: 833M => 753M
latest image: 252M => 182M
- updated to new Arch Linux repository layout
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Environment changes:
- load modules and firmware files from the main initramdisk on ISO boot
- removed parport, pata, pcmcia and staging modules
- cleanup init ramdisk modules
- cleanup crypto, input, hid, network and scsi modules
- cleanup firmware files
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Have fun,
greetings
tpowa
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Hi
New 2023.06 images uploaded.
Highlights:
- systemd 253.5
- grub 2.06.r533.g78bc9a9b2
- optimized systemd mounts, targets and services
- lots of small changes to MOTD, grub menu and login screen.
Further changes are listed on complete Changelog.
Have fun,
greetings
tpowa
Last edited by tpowa (2023-06-26 06:26:16)
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Hi
New 2023.07 images uploaded.
Highlights:
- kernel 6.4.x
- grub 2.12rc1-1
- New interactive login routine
- added Sway to preconfigured desktop environments
- added ttyd remote http terminal support
Further changes are listed on complete Changelog.
Have fun,
greetings
tpowa
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Hi
New 2023.08 images uploaded.
Highlights:
- systemd 254.x
- implemented dialog progressbars
- added Limine support on x86_64
- reenabled systemd-boot and UKI support on aarch64
- added bootloader update pacman hooks
- switched project hosting for better reliability
- reenabled 3 month archive for ISOs (last ISO of the month will stay!)
- Project license changed to GPL3 or later
Further changes are listed on complete Changelog.
Have fun,
greetings
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Hi
New 2023.09 images uploaded.
Highlights:
- kernel 6.5.x
- use most common keymap based on locale selection
- smooth early userspace console resetting
- better progressbar timings
- GeoIP - CDN Hosting: https://archboot.net
- upgraded to 6 months archive of old ISOs
Further changes are listed on complete Changelog.
Have fun,
greetings
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