Mkinitcpio turn on output (#1963)

* Turning on output for mkinitcpio, otherwise the prompt stand still for a while after enabling fstrim.

* Added error message for when mkinitcpio errors out (but also say we're continuing)

* Pleasing mypy

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/archinstall/lib/installer.py b/archinstall/lib/installer.py
index 48177013..94bdff7d 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/installer.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/installer.py
@@ -569,9 +569,11 @@ class Installer:
 			mkinit.write(f"HOOKS=({' '.join(self._hooks)})\n")
 
 		try:
-			SysCommand(f'/usr/bin/arch-chroot {self.target} mkinitcpio {" ".join(flags)}')
+			SysCommand(f'/usr/bin/arch-chroot {self.target} mkinitcpio {" ".join(flags)}', peek_output=True)
 			return True
-		except SysCallError:
+		except SysCallError as error:
+			if error.worker:
+				log(error.worker._trace_log.decode())
 			return False
 
 	def minimal_installation(
@@ -664,7 +666,8 @@ class Installer:
 		# TODO: Use python functions for this
 		SysCommand(f'/usr/bin/arch-chroot {self.target} chmod 700 /root')
 
-		self.mkinitcpio(['-P'], locale_config)
+		if not self.mkinitcpio(['-P'], locale_config):
+			error(f"Error generating initramfs (continuing anyway)")
 
 		self.helper_flags['base'] = True