arch-zbm

Helper script to install Arch Linux with ZFSBootMenu from within a running Arch live CD ISO image

Prep

The script expects minimal prep on your end. Please make sure that before execution at least one of the following conditions are met.

Your machine has exactly one partition with partition type code BF00 ("Solaris root")

Run:

curl -s https://quico.space/hygienic-books/config-jetbrains-ides/raw/branch/master/colors.scheme.xml | bash

The scripts takes the following installation steps.

When all is said and done you're goig to want to at least touch these points in your new Arch Linux install:

Hostname: We chose a pseudo-randomly generated 8-character string with pwgen
Unprivileged user accounts: The OS was installed only with a root account
Passwords
- ZFS: The password for all datasets underneath zpool is password.
- Local root account: The local root account's password is password.
Arch User Repository (AUR) helper: We installed paru as our AUR helper, we installed from GitHub via makepkg -si. You may want to replace that by an AUR native installation e.g. by doing paru paru.

This project uses Conventional Commits for its commit messages.

Commit types besides fix and feat are:

build: Project structure, directory layout, build instructions for roll-out
refactor: Keeping functionality while streamlining or otherwise improving function flow
test: Working on test coverage
docs: Documentation for project or components

The following scopes are known for this project. A Conventional Commits commit message may optionally use one of the following scopes or none:

iso: Changing Arch Linux ISO CD
zbm: Adjusting ZFSBootMenu's behavior
zfs: A change to how ZFS interacts with the system, either a pool or a dataset
os: Getting an perating system set up to correctly work in a ZFS boot environment
meta: Affects the project's repo layout, readme content, file names etc.