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create-installation-media -OPTIONS or --OPTIONS=<arguments> ...
| Options | Arguments | Description |
|---|---|---|
-h or --help
|
N/A | Usage and Infomation of this Installation Tool. |
-d or --dev
|
N/A | Use latest dev version of this Installation Tool. |
-i or --image
|
<image_name> |
Create a disk image with the default image name (-archlinux-.<image_format>) in the out folder or specify an image name with the <image_name> argument.
|
--vmimages |
<format1,format2,...> |
Generate Virtual Machine images, check qemu-img for supported formats, you may specify more than one format separated by comma. |
-k or --kernel
|
<kernel_name> |
Create Arch Linux using the default kernel option or specify a kernel option with the <kernel_name> argument. |
-m or --mtimg
|
N/A | Skip partitioning and use an image instead. (When this argument is used, --image=<image_name> will become the image to be used). Notes: This workaround allows you to put an empty partitioned image in --image and skip the formatting and partitioning process. |
-b or --bootpart
|
N/A | Create Arch Linux with a seperated boot partition. |
-c or --compress
|
N/A | Compress the Disk Image to .img.xz |
--size |
<image_size> |
Set disk image size (default is 4G). |
--disk |
<disk_path> |
Create Arch Linux on the specified disk path (or the image mount point when used with -i or --image which is /dev/loop1 by default). |
--bootpartstart |
<size> |
Set Boot/Config Partition Start Sector (default is 16MiB). |
--bootpartend |
<size> |
Set Boot/Config Partition End Sector (default is 32MiB for Config or 500MiB for Boot). |
--addpkg |
<package_name> |
Get extra packages from repo (same as where it gets kernel packages) that is installed during first boot. |
--adrepourl |
<url> |
Use a custom repo instead of the default one, it updates the variable adrepo_url. |
--model |
<model> |
Set a device model to generate boot config for. |
--bootfirmware |
<path> |
Flash a boot firmware to the target disk or image. The specified path must be .img file or a directory that contains idbloader.img and uboot.itb. |
--bootloader |
<bootloader> |
Set which bootloader to use for config, available options are extlinux and grub (default is extlinux). |
--script |
<path> |
Run an additional script in chroot. |
Prompt for picking installation options (The interactive menu is currently outdated, it may not work).
bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kwankiu/archlinux-installer/main/create-installation-media)
OR
Install on a disk (replace /dev/nvme0n1 with yours) with the default Kernel option.
bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kwankiu/archlinux-installer/main/create-installation-media) --disk=/dev/nvme0n1 -k
Create an Arch Linux Installer image (.img) with the default Kernel option.
bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kwankiu/archlinux-installer/main/create-installation-media) -i -k
OR
Create an Arch Linux Installer image (.img) with a custom image name and size using the default Kernel option.
bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kwankiu/archlinux-installer/main/create-installation-media) --image=myarchinstaller.img --size=4G -k
Create an Arch Linux Installer image (.img) with the following options:
- Model: Radxa Rock 5B (the model name can be found at the GitHub workflow's matrix)
- Kernel: linux-aarch64-rockchip-bsp6.1-joshua-git (this package should be one of the package available on the repo defined at
adrepourl) - Firmware Package: linux-firmware-joshua-git (this package should be one of the package available on the repo defined at
adrepourl) - Bootloader: u-boot + extlinux (u-boot needs to be provided in an accessible folder on your local machine, in this example, it is located at
$pwd/usr/lib/u-boot, u-boot can be built from source code or extracted from a u-boot (.deb) debian package if available)
bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kwankiu/archlinux-installer/main/create-installation-media) --model=radxa-rock-5b -c --kernel=linux-aarch64-rockchip-bsp6.1-joshua-git --addpkg=linux-firmware-joshua-git --bootfirmware=usr/lib/u-boot
bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kwankiu/archlinux-installer/main/create-installation-media) --dev
