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user7z

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[SOLVED]ARCH RE like the WINDOWS RECOVERY PARTITION

Could i have on a separate partition an arch rescue system ? I dont want to have another archlinux , just want rescue system using its tools and other tools if i could

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Re: [SOLVED]ARCH RE like the WINDOWS RECOVERY PARTITION

To my mind that's what an initrd is for -- if your root partition can't be mounted for whatever reason, you'll be dropped to an emergency shell to investigate further.

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Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [SOLVED]ARCH RE like the WINDOWS RECOVERY PARTITION

How about https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Multib … ly_release? Only works with GRUB though.

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user7z

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Re: [SOLVED]ARCH RE like the WINDOWS RECOVERY PARTITION

To my mind that's what an initrd is for -- if your root partition can't be mounted for whatever reason, you'll be dropped to an emergency shell to investigate further.

Yeah but its limited in such cases like storage failures you ve been puted into emergency shell but without access to the system binaries so alots of commands are unknown for the shell

user7z

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Re: [SOLVED]ARCH RE like the WINDOWS RECOVERY PARTITION

How about https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Multib … ly_release? Only works with GRUB though.

I use the new UKI provided by mkinitcpio so i dont use any bootloader , but i think that i might do a work around on this wiki its interesting , thank you bro

progandy

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Re: [SOLVED]ARCH RE like the WINDOWS RECOVERY PARTITION

It looks like archboot (an alternative arch installation environment by an arch developer) provides its complete environment as a UKI:
https://archboot.com

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GeorgeJP

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Re: [SOLVED]ARCH RE like the WINDOWS RECOVERY PARTITION

I am using SystemRescueCD (arch linux based with xfce gui) stored on EFI partition, systemd-boot as bootloader.
Also Arch installation CD can be stored on EFi

Shortened file structure:

/boot
├── EFI
│   ├── ArchISO
│   │   ├── initramfs-linux.img
│   │   ├── vmlinuz-linux
│   │   └── x86_64
│   │       └── airootfs.sfs
│   ├── RescueCD
│   │   ├── sysresccd.img
│   │   ├── vmlinuz
│   │   └── x86_64
│   │       └── airootfs.sfs
│   └── systemd
├── loader
    ├── entries
         ├── archiso.conf
         └── sysres.conf

sysres.conf

title    SystemRescue (11.0)
sort-key b1
linux    /EFI/RescueCD/vmlinuz
initrd   /amd-ucode.img
initrd   /EFI/RescueCD/sysresccd.img
options  archisobasedir=EFI/RescueCD archisolabel=EFISYS iomem=relaxed copytoram

archiso.conf

title    Arch Linux
version  iso 05/24
sort-key b3
linux    EFI/ArchISO/vmlinuz-linux
initrd   amd-ucode.img
initrd   EFI/ArchISO/initramfs-linux.img
options  archisobasedir=EFI/ArchISO archisolabel=EFISYS copytoram

Remark: EFISYS is label of the EFI partition

-thc

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Re: [SOLVED]ARCH RE like the WINDOWS RECOVERY PARTITION

I use a three level approach with a local ArchISO HTTP mirror.

1. A copy of an older UKI image (via bootloader from the EFI partition) which can tell me if a bug/error was present before the latest kernel update.

2. A heavily modified "ipxe.efi" (via bootloader from the EFI partition) which boots into an up-to-date copy of the Arch ISO (with secure boot) in case I need to do checks in a different and reliable boot environment.

3. That same "ixpe.efi" served by DHCP/TFTP (via mainboard PXE with secure boot) in case something went awfully wrong.

swsnr

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Re: [SOLVED]ARCH RE like the WINDOWS RECOVERY PARTITION

I use mkosi to build a single EFI executable with an embedded Arch root filesystem which I just copy to the EFI system partition and boot directly, see https://github.com/swsnr/rescue-image

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Re: [SOLVED]ARCH RE like the WINDOWS RECOVERY PARTITION

My USER is doomed to eventually FUBAR their Archlinux installation and, other than initrd, management has no hope whatsoever.

MANAGEMENT keeps USER's guilty mind occupied by rsyncing to a separate, isolated SSD.

CRON job. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Rsync#Automated_backup

25+ years of general Linux experience says USER's Archlinux install is still DOOMED, but whatever.

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user7z

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Re: [SOLVED]ARCH RE like the WINDOWS RECOVERY PARTITION

It looks like archboot (an alternative arch installation environment by an arch developer) provides its complete environment as a UKI:
https://archboot.com

i try install it but the link there resend me to the archwiki

user7z

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Re: [SOLVED]ARCH RE like the WINDOWS RECOVERY PARTITION

I am using SystemRescueCD (arch linux based with xfce gui) stored on EFI partition, systemd-boot as bootloader.
Also Arch installation CD can be stored on EFi

Shortened file structure:

/boot
├── EFI
│   ├── ArchISO
│   │   ├── initramfs-linux.img
│   │   ├── vmlinuz-linux
│   │   └── x86_64
│   │       └── airootfs.sfs
│   ├── RescueCD
│   │   ├── sysresccd.img
│   │   ├── vmlinuz
│   │   └── x86_64
│   │       └── airootfs.sfs
│   └── systemd
├── loader
    ├── entries
         ├── archiso.conf
         └── sysres.conf

sysres.conf

title    SystemRescue (11.0)
sort-key b1
linux    /EFI/RescueCD/vmlinuz
initrd   /amd-ucode.img
initrd   /EFI/RescueCD/sysresccd.img
options  archisobasedir=EFI/RescueCD archisolabel=EFISYS iomem=relaxed copytoram

archiso.conf

title    Arch Linux
version  iso 05/24
sort-key b3
linux    EFI/ArchISO/vmlinuz-linux
initrd   amd-ucode.img
initrd   EFI/ArchISO/initramfs-linux.img
options  archisobasedir=EFI/ArchISO archisolabel=EFISYS copytoram

Remark: EFISYS is label of the EFI partition

he frined how to do it exactly is there alot of overhead

Trilby

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Re: [SOLVED]ARCH RE like the WINDOWS RECOVERY PARTITION

I just keep a bootable iso on a flash drive.  If you have a drive failure or issue with the drive cable, another bootable system on the same drive wont do any good.

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fmc000

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Re: [SOLVED]ARCH RE like the WINDOWS RECOVERY PARTITION

I use Ventoy. I have a usb key with a few ISO images on it, even a zfs-enable Arch iso as i run root-on-zfs on my laptop. Works beautifully with little to no effort.

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