A custom Arch Linux ISO Maker.
- Run
$ sudo ./build.sh -v - Get the ISO file in the parent directory of this repository.
This is a script collection based on archiso, which allows you to build your own Arch Linux ISO. The main difference from upstream is that this variant pulls the most updated ArchLinux packages and embeds them in the ISO file. This means that you do not need to have an internet connection anymore when installing Arch Linux from this ISO.
Additionally, a custom installation script is also embedded in the ISO, so you can install a standard version of Arch Linux non-interactively . Of course, you are not forced to use it, if you want to manually install Arch Linux following the wiki instructions.
The installation scripts are found in a separate repository at https://github.com/gsanhueza/ArchScripts, which is automatically cloned when running the build.sh script for the first time, and automatically updated in subsequent executions of the script.
You need to have archiso installed in your system to use this script, and a working internet connection to pull the packages that we'll embed into the ISO. The embedded packages are detected using utilities/detect_packages.sh, will be downloaded in airootfs/root/pkg, and will be automatically updated when you run build.sh (the ISO-building script).
If you don't want to auto-update the packages when running the script, edit utilities/custom_tools.sh and change the UPDATE_CACHE variable to 0.
The generated ISO comes with virtualbox drivers, so you can setup a VirtualBox machine and run your ISO there.
Alternatively, archiso provides a convenient method that uses QEMU:
run_archiso -i path/to/an/arch.isoto run as BIOS.run_archiso -u -i path/to/an/arch.isoto run as UEFI.
Burn the generated ISO to a DVD or an USB stick. When you boot it, you'll be greeted by a welcome message that shows you the necessary steps that you have to follow, so you can run the installation script (install.sh).