elementary OS

Build scripts for image creation

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Building Locally

1. Install mkosi, just, fzf
2. Generate keys just _gen_keys
3. Build just build-sysupdate

Run with qemu

• Resize with qemu-img resize "$(ls mkosi.output/Elementary_*_x86-64.raw)" +40G, and you can then directly boot the .raw image with qemu or VirtManager/libvirt.
• Make sure to have TPM and UEFI enabled in libvirt (Gnome Boxes won't work - doesn't support TPM).

Install / run on baremetal

Copy the main .raw file to a 40+ GB USB stick with one of the options below. It will then expand and be bootable. Note: Don't run this after resizing for qemu or your image will be the wrong shape.

sudo dd if="$(ls mkosi.output/Elementary_*_x86-64.raw)" of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress conv=fsync where X is your usb drive on /dev/sda, etc

or

sudo mkosi burn /dev/sdX where X is your usb drive on /dev/sda, etc

or

Fedora Media Writer, etc.