Am 22.06.2013 17:33, schrieb Thomas Bächler:
Setting up Arch on a root server should be as easy as this: * Boot rescue system, make sure you have Linux 2.6.32 or later * Download tarball from Arch, extract to /tmp/root.x86_64/ * Set up partitions and such, mount to /tmp/root.x86_64/mnt/ * chroot /tmp/root.x86_64/ (well, also some bind-mounts) * pacman-key --populate archlinux * pacstrap /mnt base and follow the installation guide
I'd like to generate such tarballs regularly (monthly like our ISOs?) and put them on our mirrors, unless there are objections.
Good idea. I had something like this in mind for some time; I did not think of putting only pacstrap and deps into the tar though. I wonder if you could use arch-chroot isntead of just chroot here. You can also use the pacman.conf from the releng scripts. And to be safe you should prefix pacstrap with a setarch call. I'd say we include this script into the releng scripts (either archiso or create a nwe package; atm I use some additional script for releasing an ISO image) and upload such a tar at the same time as the ISO image. Greetings, Pierre -- Pierre Schmitz, https://pierre-schmitz.com