Arch Linux

dazealex

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Registered: 2009-01-29

Posts: 8

Cloning and/or running arch setup on a headless box

Hi there,

I am interested in building a USB bootable variant of Arch with ssh and a bunch of other things installed/compiled directly in it.

Basically, I want to clone an Arch installation with everything I need/want and put that on to a bootable USB stick that can run on an headless box (which has no VGA output). Can a "dd" dump do this? Any hints/pointers?

Also, is there a way to modify arch USB setup image to include, let's say, an SSH package so it can be installed headless?

Thanks,

Daze

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From: Europe

Registered: 2007-08-23

Posts: 679

Re: Cloning and/or running arch setup on a headless box

Have a look at http://larch.berlios.de/. It allows you to build your own version of arch, then create an image of it that's bootable from a USB stick. Plus, it uses squashfs, so you can put a lot more apps onto it that with a conventional install.

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dazealex

Member

Registered: 2009-01-29

Posts: 8

Re: Cloning and/or running arch setup on a headless box

Have a look at http://larch.berlios.de/. It allows you to build your own version of arch, then create an image of it that's bootable from a USB stick. Plus, it uses squashfs, so you can put a lot more apps onto it that with a conventional install.

That's awesome! Arch is the perfectly suited for this kind of stuff.