2025.04 Archboot - Arch Linux ISO hybrid image and UKIs released

mianka · 2019-04-14 00:32:34

TPOWA; i am trying to make new archboot iso's but when i do (as per archboot wiki) "systemd-nspawn --capability=CAP_MKNOD --register=no -M $(uname -m) -D x86_64_chroot" , i get the error : "Invalid machine name: x86_64"
Uname -a gives me : Linux pomme 5.0.7-arch1-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 8 10:37:08 UTC 2019 x86_64 GNU/Linux

What is going on ?

mianka · 2019-05-20 19:21:19

Same question as about a year ago: Is there still some life in the project? The silence starts to become deafening.

overand · 2019-05-28 19:16:27

mianka wrote:

Same question as about a year ago: Is there still some life in the project? The silence starts to become deafening.

Well, I suggest you check out this list of packages sorted by update date - the packages are still being maintained, with a kernel update today, for example. Yes, updates to the installer might be nice, and the no-updates-on-the-front-page thing might make some people worry, but as far as I can tell, everything is great behind the scenes, at least in terms of packages.

dav!d · 2019-07-15 14:20:35

mianka wrote:

TPOWA; i am trying to make new archboot iso's but when i do (as per archboot wiki) "systemd-nspawn --capability=CAP_MKNOD --register=no -M $(uname -m) -D x86_64_chroot" , i get the error : "Invalid machine name: x86_64"
Uname -a gives me : Linux pomme 5.0.7-arch1-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 8 10:37:08 UTC 2019 x86_64 GNU/Linux
What is going on ?

This is a bug in systemd #11765 machinectl saying "Invalid machine name" with underscores

replacing $(unman -m) with a name works

$ systemd-nspawn --capability=CAP_MKNOD --register=no -M archboot -D x86_64_chroot

mianka · 2019-07-23 07:35:57

Thank you for your help Da!vid.
Now the next problem:when I generate the images as per wiki, where are they placed?
Can't find any .iso or.img.
They are generated:when I do "archboot-x86_64-iso.sh, both -t and -g the whole process passes in the console, but I do not find any iso or image.
Or are there other steps to do?

mianka · 2019-07-23 07:37:46

To overand, I ment the disk.:D

Jristz · 2019-08-22 03:55:42

Quite a year, I wonder if the last install still work

tpowa · 2020-07-21 06:21:05

Here we go again, new ISO released. Reflects all recent changes to [core] repository.
Network installation routine is now stripped down to minimum boot requirements.
Have fun.
greetings
tpowa

mianka · 2020-07-21 13:31:19

Thank you very much Tpowa. Big elbow (no hugs!)

Renan_Bodom · 2021-02-24 15:38:42

ArchBoot saved my tablet! Many thanks to those involved!

I bought the tablet specifically for Arch Linux, but when I received it I found that the tablet has UEFI 32Bits and 64Bits processor.

This way with ArchBoot I started normally and then gave alt + F2 and performed the installation normally as in the traditional ISO.

tpowa · 2021-09-11 11:43:16

Hey folks,
lots of git commits happened on archboot, so time to get a new release out soon. Are there still fans out there?
Stay tuned.

greetings
tpowa

tpowa · 2021-09-12 20:31:00

Hi folks,
new images are syncing to the servers: 2021.09

Have fun.
greetings
tpowa

tpowa · 2021-09-13 07:53:14

Hi folks:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Archboot
has been updated to reflect all changes done last week.

Have fun.
greetings
tpowa

Last edited by tpowa (2021-09-13 07:53:27)

tpowa · 2021-09-22 18:59:19

Again, lots of things added:
- now you can install any package with pacman -S
- https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Archbo … mage_files
Now you can update the image yourself, whenever you want from inside archboot.

Have fun.
greetings
tpowa

tpowa · 2021-09-27 18:55:51

Latest changes:
- reordered setup steps
- added option in setup for updating the environment and caching packages for installation.
- added possibilty to activate testing repository for new archboot environment
- updated quickinst to use the local mirror by default.

Have fun,
greetings
tpowa

tpowa · 2021-10-05 19:27:37

Latest changes:
- updated wiki to reflect latest changes
- more RAM optimisation
- introducing a small iso file called "latest", which will build the environment from scratch on boot up.

Have fun
greetings
tpowa

tpowa · 2021-10-10 18:42:29

Latest changes:
- Release schedule added: new files will appear on 10th, 20th and 30th of a month
- PGP verification added to the wiki and mirrors
- added amdgpu for kms

Have fun
greetings
tpowa

Lone_Wolf · 2021-10-13 11:47:52

It's been several years since I used archboot, but I do remember it fondly .
Soon (I keep delaying it) I'll install arch on my new laptop and will try encryption for the first time.

I'm considering "System encryption - whole hard drive except /boot partition" and intend to use archboot to do the install.

tpowa · 2021-10-19 15:41:16

Latest Changes for tomorrow iso files:
- Finally full Secure Boot support has been added
- secureboot-keys.sh script added for keys generation
- added tools for key management to the environment

Have fun,
greetings
tpowa

Last edited by tpowa (2021-10-19 15:41:32)

tpowa · 2021-11-20 07:23:15

Latest changes for today's image files 20211120:
- switched to use ntfs3 instead of ntfs-3g in setup script

Have fun,
greetings
tpowa

Last edited by tpowa (2021-11-20 07:23:38)

tpowa · 2021-12-01 06:07:24

Latest changes for today's image files 20211201:
- added latest changes from mkinitcpio-31
- added compressed firmware and compressed kernel modules
- updated RAM requirements on wiki and on screen messages, depending on which action RAM usage dropped by 600 MB

Have fun,
greetings
tpowa

Last edited by tpowa (2021-12-01 06:08:52)

tpowa · 2021-12-10 20:27:30

Latest changes for today 20211210:
- corrected firmware files
- increases size of images and RAM usage
Thanks for reporting the broken firmware Mr. Green

Have fun,
greetings
tpowa

Mr Green · 2021-12-11 10:22:25

You are very welcome ;-)

tpowa · 2022-01-05 22:28:06

Hi,
big update for 2022.01 files:
- shrunk the ISO size by half due to changing the efi image file
- added aarch64 architecure support (running now on Mac M1 paralles desktop virtualization software)
https://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewtopi … =8&t=15777

Have fun.
greetings
tpowa

giddie · 2022-01-22 23:02:19

I'm having trouble getting archboot working in rescue mode (kernel + initrd) using systemd-boot. I get an "Unsupported" message. I have the same issue with:

$ qemu-system-x86_64 --kernel vmlinuz --initrd initramfs.img
qemu: linux kernel too old to load a ram disk

I notice also that "file" cannot identify the type of the kernel file at all.

Does this mean that I need to do something clever to boot these, such as chainload the kernel as an efi image or something?

Many thanks for any help.

Arch Linux

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