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authorAndreas Baumann <mail@andreasbaumann.cc>2022-09-29 10:10:55 +0200
committerAndreas Baumann <mail@andreasbaumann.cc>2022-09-29 10:10:55 +0200
commitc968d0c30cc1dc1d06e4d30cd1d52184b45e4372 (patch)
treeec17a6a71dc906df21b14a5bc4bce8452e585220 /iso
parentcaaf928404070b333e8e91fb1ee57b7e9ba1a113 (diff)
more comments and added a TIMEOUT to syslinux config
Diffstat (limited to 'iso')
-rw-r--r--iso/README7
-rw-r--r--iso/isolinux-i486.cfg1
-rw-r--r--iso/motd9
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/iso/README b/iso/README
index 4a20899..0112dd4 100644
--- a/iso/README
+++ b/iso/README
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
Archlinux32 i486 specific stuff
-------------------------------
-* mkarchiso486 deviating quite a lot from the upstream archiso32/archiso way coping
- with low memory situations better
+* mkarchiso486 is deviating quite a lot from the upstream archiso32/archiso way,
+ trying to cope with low memory situations better
+* is not going to load framebuffer modes, as old machines with old graphic
+ cards usually don't require you to switch to graphic mode and installing
+ the machine in text mode might be the only option
diff --git a/iso/isolinux-i486.cfg b/iso/isolinux-i486.cfg
index eaa48de..0e83d81 100644
--- a/iso/isolinux-i486.cfg
+++ b/iso/isolinux-i486.cfg
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
DEFAULT arch32
+TIMEOUT 5
LABEL arch32
TEXT HELP
diff --git a/iso/motd b/iso/motd
index bfb91c1..8ae5a3a 100644
--- a/iso/motd
+++ b/iso/motd
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
Archlinux32, i486 ISO for low-memory systems
+Enable a network first with for instance 'dhclient'.
+
+Consider to create a swap partition as very first
+action and mount it before calling 'pacstrap'.
+
+The CD is read-only, you may want to copy '/etc/pacman.conf'
+to '/tmp/pacman.conf' and use 'pacstrap -c /tmp/pacman.conf'
+if you have to change settings.
+
Set 'iommu=off' to regain some memory.
Create und mount a swap partition and mount a /tmp to