Arch Linux is a light and fast distribution whose concept is to remain as simple as possible. In the same purpose and in order to give free choice to the user, this script performs minimal installation and only the required packages will be installed. Pretty simple and customizable, some options are supported like AUR Helper, linux kernel, GPU driver, window manager or desktop environment. According to the chosen one and in order to get complete support additional packages may be required. For more information on archboot, see the wiki.
The only thing you need is one USB bootable device of Arch Linux.
You can obviously try it in a virtual machine first...
1. Reboot computer, open Boot Selection Menu and boot on the USB device
2. Select Boot Arch Linux (x86_64) on the install menu of Arch Linux
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Use loadkeys to set keyboard layout if needed (e.q., for azerty run
loqdkeys fr).
3. Download Arch Linux installer wget tiny.cc/archboot
4. Run Arch Linux installer sh archboot
| Option | Argument | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
-l, --lang |
language |
set installer language | sh archboot -l french |
-k, --keyboard |
keyboard |
run loadkeys on start | sh archboot -k azerty |
-h, --help |
show help and usage | sh archboot --help |
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--langsets only installer language (archboot supports all languages available in Arch Linux). -
--keyboardsupports as well country codes, language codes and keyboard layouts.
- Language code
- Timezone code
- Custom Partitioning
- Custom Linux Kernel
- Desktop Environment
- Display Manager
- Hardware Video Acceleration
- List of installed Packages
- AUR Helper
- Contributing
Take a look in /var/log/archboot folder for installation logfiles.
- @At1768
german translation
