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authornl6720 <nl6720@gmail.com>2023-02-18 10:52:08 +0200
committernl6720 <nl6720@gmail.com>2023-02-24 11:27:55 +0200
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-* Transfer ISO file to target medium (configs/releng)
- * To -> CD / DVD / BD
- * To -> USB-key / SD / HDD / SSD
- * PC-BIOS (MBR)
- * PC-BIOS (ISOHYBRID-MBR)
- * PC-EFI (GPT) [x86_64 only]
- * PC-EFI (ISOHYBRID-GPT) [x86_64 only]
-
-
-
-*** Transfer ISO image to target medium (configs/releng)
-
-ISO images names consist of: archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-x86_64.iso
-
-Where:
- <YYYY> Year
- <MM> Month
- <DD> Day
-
-
-** To -> CD / DVD / BD
-
-Note: All ISO images are booteable on a PC-BIOS via "El Torito" in no-emulation mode,
- All x86_64 ISO images are booteable on a PC-EFI via "El Torito" in no-emulation mode.
-
-Nomeclature:
- <B> scsibus number
- <T> target number
- <L> lun number
- (Note: see cdrecord -scanbus, for these numbers)
-
-
-1) Write it directly using your favorite recording program.
-# cdrecord dev=<B>,<T>,<L> -dao archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-x86_64.iso
-
-
-** To -> USB Flash Drive (USB-key) / Memory card (SD) /
- Hard-Disk Drive (HDD) / Solid-State Drive (SSD)
-
-Note: These steps are the general workflow, you can skip some of them,
- using another filesystem if your bootloader supports it,
- installing to another directory than "arch/" or using more than
- one partition. Just ensure that main boot params options
- (archisolabel= and archisobasedir=) are set correctly according to your setup.
-
-Nomeclature:
-<DEV-TARGET>: Device node of the drive where ISO contents should be copied
- (example: /dev/sdx)
-<DEV-TARGET-N>: Device node of the partition on <DEV-TARGET>
- (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>-x86_64.iso
- (example: ~/archlinux-2017.03.01-x86_64.iso)
-<FS-LABEL>: Represents the filesystem label of the <ISO-SOURCE>
- (example: ARCH_201703)
-
-
-* PC-BIOS (MBR):
-
-Note: Using here a MBR partition mode as example, but GPT should also works
- if machine firmware is not broken.
- Just ensure that partition is set with attribute "2: legacy BIOS bootable"
- and use gptmbr.bin instead of mbr.bin for syslinux.
-
-1) Create one partition entry in MBR and mark it as "active" (booteable).
-Note: Type "b" for FAT32, "83" for EXTFS or "7" for NTFS.
-# fdisk <DEV-TARGET>
-
-2) Create a FAT32, EXTFS or NTFS filesystem on such partition and setup a label.
-Note: COW is not supported on NTFS.
-# mkfs.fat -F 32 -n <FS-LABEL> <DEV-TARGET-N>
-# mkfs.ext4 -L <FS-LABEL> <DEV-TARGET-N>
-# mkfs.ntfs -L <FS-LABEL> <DEV-TARGET-N>
-
-3) Mount target filesystem.
-# mount <DEV-TARGET-N> <MNT-TARGET-N>
-
-4) Extract ISO image on target filesystem.
-# bsdtar -x --exclude=isolinux/ --exclude=EFI/ --exclude=loader/ -f <ISO-SOURCE> -C <MNT-TARGET-N>
-
-5) Install syslinux bootloader on target filesystem.
-# extlinux -i <MNT-TARGET-N>/arch/boot/syslinux
-
-6) Unmount target filesystem.
-# umount <MNT-TARGET-N>
-
-7) Install syslinux MBR boot code on target drive.
-# dd bs=440 count=1 conv=notrunc if=/usr/lib/syslinux/bios/mbr.bin of=<DEV-TARGET>
-
-
-* PC-BIOS (ISOHYBRID-MBR):
-
-Note: This method is the most easily, quick and dirty, but is the most limited
- if you want to use your target medium for other purposes.
- If using this does not work, use PC-BIOS (MBR) method instead.
-
-1) Dump ISO file to target medium.
-# dd if=<ISO-SOURCE> of=<DEV-TARGET>
-
-
-* PC-EFI (GPT) [x86_64 only]
-
-Note: Using here a GPT partition mode as example, but MBR should also works
- if machine firmware is not broken.
-
-1) Create one partition entry in GPT (of type "ef00")
-# gdisk <DEV-TARGET>
-
-2) Create a FAT32 filesystem on such partition and setup a label.
-# mkfs.fat -F 32 -n <FS-LABEL> <DEV-TARGET-N>
-
-3) Mount target filesystem.
-# mount <DEV-TARGET-N> <MNT-TARGET-N>
-
-4) Extract ISO image on target filesystem.
-# bsdtar -x --exclude=isolinux/ --exclude=EFI/archiso/ --exclude=arch/boot/syslinux/ -f <ISO-SOURCE> -C <MNT-TARGET-N>
-
-5) Unmount target filesystem.
-# umount <MNT-TARGET-N>
-
-
-* PC-EFI (ISOHYBRID-GPT) [x86_64 only]
-
-Note: This method is the most easily, quick and dirty, but is the most limited
- if you want to use your target medium for other purposes.
- If using this does not work, use PC-EFI (GPT) method instead.
-
-1) Dump ISO file to target medium.
-# dd if=<ISO-SOURCE> of=<DEV-TARGET>