The part that does the real work is still in a very early stage, but
here it is for your testing pleasure. Introducing the F123e iso image,
compatible with both 32-bit and 64-bit Intel/AMD machines. This iso
image is derived from TalkingArch, but includes an automated startup
script that will download and run the Arch Ultimate Install (AUI)
scripts to get an installed base system up and talking, and upon booting
the new system, to install and configure desktop environments and other
optional packages, and configure your non-root user account and other
post-install configurations. The main thing that sets F123e apart from
TalkingArch, aside from the AUI running automatically, is the fact that
every boot of this live system will always give you the latest startup
script and the latest F123 version of AUI, as long as you have an
internet connection at startup, and if not, the iso boots in exactly the
same way as TalkingArch, complete with all the packages that come with
the TalkingArch live iso. Again, the startup script is in very early
development, and some things may not work as expected, but you don't
need to download a whole new iso image to take advantage of the bugfixes
and developments in the installation script, thanks to an innovative but
little known automated start procedure that downloads its own startup
script automatically. Feel free to test F123 by downloading the iso at
http://public.f123.org/experimental/F123e-2016.10.25-dual.iso
verifying it with the file by downloading
http://public.f123.org/experimental/F123e-2016.10.25-dual.iso.sha512
into the same folder as the iso file and running
sha512sum -c F123e-2016.10.25-dual.iso.sha512
and then either burning it to a DVD, writing it via dd to a thumb drive
or popping the iso directly into your favorite virtual machine software
and booting it up. Be sure you do have either a real or virtual hard
disk or flash media for installation, as the main idea is to quickly and
semiautomatically get you a base system up and talking, with the option
to run post-installation steps as root once you login for the first time.
The main known issue that you will encounter at this point is that the
install script will ask for a reboot upon its completion, and will place
what appears to be two copies of each of the AUI scripts into /root/aui
on the newly installed system. If you want to test the post-install
script from this point, it is currently necessary to answer the reboot
prompt with y and then remove the iso, allowing the system to boot
normally into the base system you just installed, login as root with the
password you entered when running the install script and then manually run
aui/lilo
once you have logged into the new system. Don't worry, this will be
fixed in an upcoming release, and the only thing you will need to do is
to boot up the same live environment again and run through the install
script in order to test the changes.
I would like to publicly thank Fernando Botelho of F123 for considering
TalkingArch as the starting platform for this project, and for the
opportunity to take a good look at the AUI scripts, which are the most
flexible semiautomated installer scripts I have found for any system,
but are still quite easy to use in spite of the flexibility they offer.
Of course further contributions are welcome, as anyone can fork us on
Github and send in pull requests. All code is licensed GPL version 3 or
later, so go ahead and have some fun.
Sent from my starfish and coffee
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