Arch Linux Installer

Running the installer

Via ssh and custom livemedium

1. Build custom archiso live medium using docker in privileged mode:

# dependencies: docker, docker-compose

cd build-iso
# sudo systemctl start docker
sudo docker-compose run archiso
ls out/out_dir/*.iso

On the target computer:

2. Boot into the live medium
3. Connect to the Internet

• Wi-Fi instructions

On some other computer:

4. Connect to target computer via ssh

• See build-iso/out/out_dir/ssh-host-fingerprints for verification of the ssh fingerprint of the target computer

5. (Optional) Copy and adjust one of the example configurations (/etc/de-p1st-installer/*.cfg) to /etc/de-p1st-installer/installer.cfg
   • If this step is skipped, then (most) of the configuration can be entered interactively
   • TODO: if ADDITIONAL_PKGS is empty, interactively ask for it.
6. Run the installer:

de-p1st-installer

Via official livemedium

1. Boot into official live medium
2. Add to /etc/pacman.conf:

[de-p1st]
SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
Server = https://arch.p1st.de

3. (Optional) Install screen with a screenrc configuration file for long scrollback history

pacman -Sy
pacman -S de-p1st-screen

# And then start it with:
screen

4. Install de-p1st-installer to get the install script

pacman -Sy
pacman -S de-p1st-installer

5. Continue with step (5) of "Via custom livemedium"