guide to self-make a install-boot-cd from current

sacarde · 2006-07-22 13:29:42

Hi,
exist or can you help me to self-make an Arch install-boot-cd from current ?

thankyou

p.s.
example: personalising packages from a list

gradgrind · 2006-07-22 20:04:05

What exactly are you looking for?

There are several pages in the wiki connected with installing Arch with or without CD. Searching the forums might also turn up something useful.

My own offering is a live CD 'kit', which allows you to choose your own packages and can also install an up-to-date Arch to hard disk. The tarball contains extensive documentation. See http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=19157

sacarde · 2006-07-23 07:54:13

for example:

get install-iso (0.7.2)

mount iso image in loop

remove old packages

insert packages from current

burning CD

install

gradgrind · 2006-07-23 09:38:36

Well, there is this: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Rem … nstall_ISO

but it might not be detailed enough for you.

I would suggest you take a look at larch, I think it's easier. It's a kit for making a live CD with the latest packages, including an install-to-hd script. I use it for my Arch installations. You can get it here: http://www.savefile.com/files/5968615

sacarde · 2006-07-23 20:03:12

can I choose filesystem reiser4 ?

gradgrind · 2006-07-24 04:38:43

reiser4: in principle, I suppose so, but I haven't included it in my installer - you would have to do it manually.

It would be easy enough to include it, but I probably won't until it becomes a little more widely accepted (there are still too many reports of trouble for me to be quite comfortable with it, and it is not yet in the standard kernel). The arch26beyond kernel may support it, but I'm not sure.

Snowman · 2006-07-24 05:33:00

gradgrind wrote:

The arch26beyond kernel may support it, but I'm not sure.

Yes, it's correct. The beyond kernel support reiser4.

sacarde · 2006-07-24 16:14:03

I know kernel beyond support reiser4

but how can I format install-partition with reiser4 during installation ?

gradgrind · 2006-07-24 16:26:58

That is described in the wiki: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Reiser4FShowto

Formating
Run the following commands:
mkfs.reiser4 /dev/hda5
fsck.reiser4 --fix /dev/hda5
mkdir /reiser4
mount -t reiser4 /dev/hda5 /reiser4

and so on.

Do you need more info, or is there some problem with this?

sacarde · 2006-07-24 17:33:25

this it is simple for me too...

but I cant explain very well, sorry for my english....

I would like to know if it is possible to modify install-cd as described in

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Rem … nstall_ISO

but also modify installation, adding reiser4 to other possible filesystems

gradgrind · 2006-07-24 18:29:21

Yes I'm sure it is, but it is much easier with larch - that's why I developed it.
The larch installation scripts are written in python, which is much friendlier than bash (which I suppose is used in the standard installation CD), and they are quite easy to find. You should only need to change a line or two in part_mount.py.

But be warned - I think grub does not support reiser4 out of the box, so if you want to use reiser4 for your root partition and grub as boot loader, make a separate ext2 partition for /boot. I don't know whether lilo can boot reiser4, I don't use it. And remember to load the reiser4 kernel module before trying to access the file system, this may not happen automatically.

If you do want to use larch with reiser4, the easiest way to do this is probably to build it with the beyond kernel, and get the module loaded by the initramfs (add it to the line FS_MODULES=... in mklive/initrd/initrd_get_modules).

test1000 · 2006-07-24 23:59:50

I think grub does not support reiser4 out of the box

it does. the old versions didn't though maybe i'm wrong, but i don't think so. i might be thinking of something else.

sacarde · 2006-07-25 04:59:11

there is a GRUB patch for reconize reiser4 partition

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guide to self-make a install-boot-cd from current

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