arch-zbm/README.md

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")

How to run this?

• Boot an Arch Linux live CD ISO image
• Run:

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Steps

The scripts takes the following installation steps.

1. Install ZFS with github.com/eoli3n/archiso-zfs

Post-run manual 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.

Assumptions

Development

Conventional commits

This project uses Conventional Commits for its commit messages.

Commit types

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

Commit scopes

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.