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Signed-off-by: Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <vmlinuz386@yahoo.com.ar>
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docs/README.altbootmethods
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@ -13,33 +13,30 @@ INDEX
*** Alternative boot methods (configs/releng)
ISO images names consist of: archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-<ARCH>.iso
ISO images names consist of: archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-dual.iso
Where:
<YYYY> Year
<MM> Month
<DD> Day
<ARCH> i686 | x86_64 | dual(*)
(*) "dual" includes both i686 and x86_64 architectures.
** ISO in loopback mode.
Note: Described method is for using with GRUB2.
GRUB2 is installed on target media and archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-<ARCH>.iso
GRUB2 is installed on target media and archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-dual.iso
is at path <TARGET-PATH> on disk <D> and partition <P>,
where filesystem is labeled as <TARGET-FS-LABEL>.
menuentry "Arch Linux (x86_64)" {
set isofile="/<TARGET-PATH>/archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-<ARCH>.iso"
set isofile="/<TARGET-PATH>/archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-dual.iso"
loopback loop (hd<D>,<P>)$isofile
linux (loop)/arch/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz archisolabel=<FS-LABEL> img_label=<TARGET-FS-LABEL> img_loop=$isofile
initrd (loop)/arch/boot/x86_64/archiso.img
}
menuentry "Arch Linux (i686)" {
set isofile="/<TARGET-PATH>/archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-<ARCH>.iso"
set isofile="/<TARGET-PATH>/archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-dual.iso"
loopback loop (hd<D>,<P>)$isofile
linux (loop)/arch/boot/i686/vmlinuz archisolabel=<FS-LABEL> img_label=<TARGET-FS-LABEL> img_loop=$isofile
initrd (loop)/arch/boot/i686/archiso.img
@ -50,7 +47,7 @@ menuentry "Arch Linux (i686)" {
Note: Described method is for using with SYSLINUX. Anyway MEMDISK from SYSLINUX can work
with other bootloaders.
SYSLINUX is installed on target media and archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-<ARCH>.iso
SYSLINUX is installed on target media and archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-dual.iso
is at path <TARGET-PATH>.
On 32-bit systems, is needed to pass vmalloc=nnM to the kernel, where nn is the size
of the ISO image plus 64 MiB (or 128 MiB).
@ -58,12 +55,12 @@ Note: Described method is for using with SYSLINUX. Anyway MEMDISK from SYSLINUX
LABEL arch_x64
LINUX memdisk
INITRD /<TARGET-PATH>/archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-<ARCH>.iso
INITRD /<TARGET-PATH>/archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-dual.iso
APPEND iso
LABEL arch_x32
LINUX memdisk
INITRD /<TARGET-PATH>/archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-<ARCH>.iso
INITRD /<TARGET-PATH>/archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-dual.iso
APPEND iso
@ -112,17 +109,17 @@ methods can be used to serve the rest of live-medium.
* NFS
# echo "/run/archiso/bootmnt 192.168.0.*(ro,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash)" >> /etc/exports
# rc.d start rpcbind nfs-common nfs-server
# systemctl start rpc-mountd.service
* NBD
Note: Adjust ARCH_201207 as needed.
Note: Adjust ARCH_201302 as needed.
# cat << EOF > /tmp/nbd-server.conf
[generic]
[archiso]
readonly = true
exportname = /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_201207
exportname = /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_201302
EOF
# nbd-server -C /tmp/nbd-server.conf

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docs/README.transfer
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*** Transfer ISO image to target medium (configs/releng)
ISO images names consist of: archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-<ARCH>.iso
ISO images names consist of: archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-dual.iso
Where:
<YYYY> Year
<MM> Month
<DD> Day
<ARCH> i686 | x86_64 | dual(*)
(*) "dual" includes both i686 and x86_64 architectures.
** To -> CD / DVD / BD
@ -36,7 +33,7 @@ Nomeclature:
1) Write it directly using your favorite recording program.
# cdrecord dev=<B>,<T>,<L> -dao archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-<ARCH>.iso
# cdrecord dev=<B>,<T>,<L> -dao archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-dual.iso
** To -> USB Flash Drive (USB-key) / Memory card (SD) /
@ -55,10 +52,10 @@ Nomeclature:
(example: /dev/sdx1)
<MNT-TARGET-N>: Mount point path where <DEV-TARGET-N> is mounted
(example: /mnt/sdx/1)
<ISO-SOURCE>: Path to the ISO file archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-<ARCH>.iso
(example: ~/archlinux-2012.07.22-x86_64.iso)
<ISO-SOURCE>: Path to the ISO file archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-dual.iso
(example: ~/archlinux-2012.07.22-dual.iso)
<FS-LABEL>: Represents the filesystem label of the <ISO-SOURCE>
(example: ARCH_201207 [for all ~/archlinux-2012.07.*.iso])
(example: ARCH_201302)
* PC-BIOS (MBR):