xwires / xwires_arch_install

My arch install script

xWires Arch Install Scripts

(No support will be provided with this script)

UEFI IS REQUIRED

Overview

To use this script, run curl https://arch.tangledwires.xyz > install.sh on your Arch Linux live iso and execute the script it downloads, it will give you a menu of what installer to download. Once you have done that, run the installer and follow the instructions.

Unattended install

(Currently this feature is only available on the Minimal installer)

WARNING: Using the unattended installer will wipe the entire disk, causing irreversible damage to everything on it

To use the unattended installer, you must pass options after the name of the script. These are the options you can use:

• --ukLayout is used to specify whether to set the keyboard layout to UK (accepted values: true/false)
• --syncTime is used to tell the installer whether or not to sync the time with the hardware clock (accepted values: true/false)
• --installDisk specifies the disk to install Arch Linux to (accepted values: directory)
• --rootSize is the size of the root partition in GB, this value must end in "G", not "GB" (accepted values: [number]G)
• --efiSize is the size of the EFI partition, also in GB, must also end in "G" not "GB" (accepted values: [number]G)
• --ukMirrors if set to true, changes the mirror list to only include UK mirrors, if set to false, it will leave all mirrors in the list (accepted values: true/false)
• --extraPackages a space separated list of extra packages to install, surrounded by quote marks (accepted values: string)
• --hostname sets the hostname of the system (accepted values: string)
• --rootPassword sets the password for the root user, supports spaces, needs to be surrounded by quote marks (accepted values: string)