You guys may already be way ahead of me on this but been thinking about possible upcoming changes to systemd. A new option in mkarchiso might make life a little easier. Currently we use the following to start systemd services: mkarchiso ${verbose} -w "${work_dir}" -D "${install_dir}" -r \ 'systemctl -f enable multi-user.target syslog-ng.service NetworkManager.service haveged.service pacman-init.service autologin@.service || true' run This is my take on a new systemd option for mkarchiso: # -systemctl will bascially do 'systemctl -f <services> || true [as in /usr/lib/systemd/system & /etc/systemd/system <user created ones>] mkarchiso ${verbose} -w "${work_dir}" -D "${install_dir}" -systemctl 'syslog-ng NetworkManager haveged pacman-init autologin@' service # or enable? You can of call the new option what you want MrG