Meta Scientific Linux ISO Maker.
- Clone this repo.
- Initialize submodules (`git submodule init`)
- Update submodules (`git submodule update`)
- Run `$ sudo ./build.sh -v`
- Get the ISO file in the parent directory of this repository.
Run `git pull –recurse-submodules`
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.
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 `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 `customtools.sh` and change the UPDATECACHE 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 with a convenient method that uses QEMU:
- `run_archiso -i path/to/an/arch.iso` to run as BIOS
- `run_archiso -u -i path/to/an/arch.iso` to run as UEFI
## Installing your system
Burn the generated ISO to a DVD or an USB stick. When you boot it, you’ll be greeted by a welcome message that hints you the necessary steps that you have to follow, so you can run the installation script (`install.sh`).