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Hi everyone,
I would like to know how to build an ISO of my current system. Let me explain better what I want to do.
I want to install Arch in the standard way with the btrfs filesystem, create subvolumes for timeshift snapshotting, install and configure bspwm, install other packages and configure them, etc.
Then I want to make a live bootable ISO of this system, I want to plug in the USB drive in the PC and use exactly the same system that I have made before.
An ISO like, for example, the Manjaro ISO, which can be booted, used, and, if possible, installed with Calamares.
Now, I know about ArchISO but, from what I have understood, it does a different thing.
I found an answer on this forum that try to explain how to use archiso for this purpose but it is short and absolutely unclear ( https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=131036 )
Someone could explain to me how to do it?
I thank you in advance
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Do you particularly want a static "live system" or would a regular Arch installed on a USB key suffice? The latter has the advantage that it can be kept up to date just like a regular Arch system (possibly also somehow manageable with a generally static ISO).
If you want the system to be (mostly) identical, I'd suggest to express your configuration separately from the system(s) it applies to, so it can be easily applied to several systems. (I deem this generally a good idea.) Either declaratively or via scripts (or a combination of both).
I've heard the new arch installer (or the library behind) facilitates that. Otherwise, Ansible is a popular choice. Recently, I found Propellor, a haskell library, that looks promising.
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