Arch Linux

zardoz

Member

Registered: 2018-03-16

Posts: 5

offline archiso build fails

I am trying to build archiso using the releng template and a local repository so that it builds offline. The end goal is an install iso that syncs from its own local repo, retaining the standard installation procedure minus an internet connection.

I have a local mirrorlist, install.txt and efi shells, but I haven't messed with the efi part yet.

Here are my changes to build.sh so far:
(below the commented curl & lynx lines)

# Customize installation (airootfs)
make_customize_airootfs() {
    cp -af ${script_path}/airootfs ${work_dir}/${arch}

#    curl -o ${work_dir}/${arch}/airootfs/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist 'https://
www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/?country=all&protocol=http&use_mirror_status=o
n'
    mkdir -p ${work_dir}/${arch}/airootfs/etc/pacman.d/
    cp -ax ${script_path}/mirrorlist ${work_dir}/${arch}/airootfs/etc/pacma
n.d/mirrorlist

#    lynx -dump -nolist 'https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_
Guide?action=render' >> ${work_dir}/${arch}/airootfs/root/install.txt
    cp -ax ${script_path}/install.txt ${work_dir}/${arch}/airootfs/root/ins
tall.txt

All repos in the archiso pacman.conf are commented out except my local repo.

[foo]
Server = file:///opt/foo

A copy of this pacman.conf resides in /opt. I have modified the line in /usr/bin/mkarchiso to reference this:

pacman_conf="/opt/pacman.conf"

When I run build.sh, it starts and then stops:

$ ./build.sh 

[mkarchiso] INFO: Configuration settings
[mkarchiso] INFO:                   Command:   init
[mkarchiso] INFO:              Architecture:   x86_64
[mkarchiso] INFO:         Working directory:   work/x86_64
[mkarchiso] INFO:    Installation directory:   arch
[mkarchiso] INFO:        Pacman config file:   work/pacman.conf

[mkarchiso] INFO: Installing packages to 'work/x86_64/airootfs/'...

$

I tested the unmodified releng build on this machine just to be sure; it outputs a working iso. Not sure where to go from here?

Last edited by zardoz (2018-04-01 00:01:10)

zardoz

Member

Registered: 2018-03-16

Posts: 5

Re: offline archiso build fails

Ack! I'm dumb, sorry. I just found this:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Us … ne_install

I may have missed a thing or two.