Advanced

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Usage

archlinux-installer -OPTIONS or --OPTIONS=<arguments> ...

Options

Options	Arguments	Description
-h or --help	N/A	Usage and Infomation of this Installation Tool.
-d or --dev	N/A	Use latest dev version of this Installation Tool.
-k or --kernel	<kernel_name>	Create Arch Linux using default kernel option or specify a kernel option with the <kernel_name> argument. Currently available kernel options is rkbsp only.
-i or --image	<image_name>	Create a disk image with default image name at out folder or specify an image name with the <image_name> argument.
-m or --mtimg	N/A	Skip partitioning and use an image instead. (When this argument is used, --image=<image_name> will become the image to be used). Notes: This is a workaround that allows you to put an empty partitioned image in --image and skip the formatting and partitioning process.
-b or --bootpart	N/A	Create Arch Linux with a seperated boot partition.
-c or --compress	N/A	Compress the Disk Image to .img.xz
--size	<image_size>	Set disk image size (default is 4G).
--disk	<disk_path>	Create Arch Linux on the specified disk path (or the image mount point when used with -i or --image which is /dev/loop1 by default).
--bootpartstart	<size>	Set Boot/Config Partition Start Sector (default is 16MiB).
--bootpartend	<size>	Set Boot/Config Partition End Sector (default is 500MiB for Config or 32MiB for Boot).

Examples

Install on a disk

Prompt for picking installation options (Same as Get the installer section).

bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kwankiu/archlinux-installer-rock5/main/archlinux-installer)

OR

Install on a disk (replace /dev/nvme0n1 with yours) with default Kernel option.

bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kwankiu/archlinux-installer-rock5/main/archlinux-installer) --disk=/dev/nvme0n1 -k

Create an image

Create an Arch Linux Installer image (.img) with default Kernel option.

bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kwankiu/archlinux-installer-rock5/main/archlinux-installer) -i -k

OR

Create an Arch Linux Installer image (.img) with custom image name and size with default Kernel option.

bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kwankiu/archlinux-installer-rock5/main/archlinux-installer) --image=myarchinstaller.img --size=4G -k

Using the dev branch version

(WARNING: dev branch are not tested and may be broken.)

bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kwankiu/archlinux-installer-rock5/main/archlinux-installer) --dev