howto make a custom install cd? [solved]

tgc · 2006-09-25 17:44:33

I have resently bought a 64bit PC, and would like to put arch64 on it, but the current install-cd's kernel doesn't support my sata2 chipset, so I can't see my harddrive. The chipset is supported in the mm patchset, so i would like to make a custom install-cd with that kernel (and with reiser4 tools). It's easy to make a bootable cd using the "mkbootcd" script, but it's not too easy to install from that...
So is there a way to make a custom install-cd?

edit: The answer is "archboot"

poetofnumbers · 2006-09-26 00:09:50

I think you may be able to create a custom install CD with Archie. But it sounds like you could boot from a live cd and install Arch from within another distro.

rayjgu3 · 2006-09-26 01:03:25

you could check this out
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch64_Install_page

tgc · 2006-09-26 14:58:47

rayjgu3 wrote:

you could check this out
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch64_Install_page

Since i don't know about any distros with the needed support for the chipset this wont work... (I wont be able to see my harddrive) As i see it the only solution is to create my own install cd, with a patched kernel.

tgc · 2006-09-26 16:25:42

poetofnumbers wrote:

I think you may be able to create a custom install CD with Archie.

Hmm, this might be possible, but is it possible to install arch from archie??

lilsirecho · 2006-09-26 22:53:55

You may be able to modify Larch live construction kit to accomodate the 64bit install

gradgrind · 2006-09-27 06:23:33

I'm afraid I can't test it because I don't have a 64-bit machine, but I hope that larch would also work in this situation. It should be easy if you can get your custom kernel done up as an Arch package, otherwise you would need to do a bit more tweaking. Bear in mind, though, that for live CD use you will normally need unionfs and squashfs support in the kernel (or as modules).

If the patch for your chipset is available for the current (2.6.17) kernel, the easiest way might be to add it to the kernel26 PKGBUILD, or compile it separately as a module package, if that's possible.

From larch you can install using the larch installer, or else using one of the 'install arch from other distro' methods.

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#1 2006-09-25 17:44:33

howto make a custom install cd? [solved]

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Re: howto make a custom install cd? [solved]

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