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Requirements
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pacman -S archiso qemu syslinux darkhttpd
ArchISO
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We build a live Arch boot CD.
export http_proxy=http://192.168.1.12:3128
mkdir archlive
cp -r /usr/share/archiso/configs/releng/* archlive/.
cd archlive
# always had problem with keys, switch of signing (not good, I know)
sed -i 's/^SigLevel.*/SigLevel = Never/g' pacman.conf
# build the live CDs, this take quite a while
./build.sh -v build single
cd ..
We mount it and make it accessible over a webserver:
mkdir archiso
mount -o loop,ro archlive/out/archlinux-2013.05.16-dual.iso archiso
darkhttpd . --port 8080 &
TFTP root
--------
Copy PXE bootstrap files to a TFTP root:
mkdir -p tftproot/boot/x86_64
cp archiso/arch/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz tftproot/boot/x86_64/
cp archiso/arch/boot/x86_64/archiso.img tftproot/boot/x86_64/
cp /usr/lib/syslinux/pxelinux.0 tftproot
Custom software from AUR
------------------------
Build the following packages from AUR:
qdbm-1.8.78-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
cfengine-3.4.4-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
Install Archlinux
-----------------
Create a Qemu image with Archlinux (automatically). The main
work is done by the 'archauto.sh' script which is given to
the archiso kernel as script to execute after auto-login:
qemu-img create arch.img 4G
qemu-system-x86_64 -hda arch.img -net nic \
-net user,tftp=$PWD/tftproot,bootfile=pxelinux.0 \
-m 386 -display curses \
-machine accel=kvm -redir tcp:222::22 \
-boot n
# remote install (manually), then follow docu
# (this gives a rough idea of what should be automatized)
passwd
systemctl start sshd
# automatic installation frameworks for ArchLinux
# - AIF
# - ArchBlocks
# - ArchBang
# - backpac: snapshots, not really the cfengine philosophy
# load them after boot of base system or customize the installation medium?
# EFI, later
# wget 'http://wiki.qemu.org/download/efi-bios.tar.bz2'
# qemu with efi
# efi partition etc
# manual minimal installation or "what's needed in a CFengine bootstrap
# script"?
# - boot loader
# - grub2
# - virtio ramdisk hooks
# - partitioning
# - sgdisk scripting (ArchBlocks does it nicely)
# - RAID, LVM, LUKS and friends
# - size, swap, filesystem, chunking
# - file system layout
# via cfengine
# packages net-tools gdisk
# pacman -S libedit ntp
# ntpdate 0.pool.ntp.org, systemctl enable ntpd
Running the system
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qemu-system-x86_64 -hda arch.img -net nic \
-net user \
-m 386 -display curses \
-machine accel=kvm -redir tcp:222::22
Links
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https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Archiso
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PXE
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Archiso_as_pxe_server
https://kroweer.wordpress.com/2011/09/07/creating-a-custom-arch-linux-live-usb/
http://pxeknife.erebor.org/
https://github.com/altercation/archblocks
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=149597
https://github.com/jdodds/aif
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Autostarting
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Automatic_login_to_virtual_console
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Official_Arch_Linux_Install_Guide
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=148790 (text mode boot from archiso)
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/tianocore/index.php?title=How_to_run_OVMF (UEFI BIOS)
https://edk2.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/edk2/trunk/edk2/EdkShellBinPkg/FullShell/X64/Shell_Full.efi
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB2
http://www.brianparsons.net/Best-Practices-For-Using-Arch-Linux-on-Servers/
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