archinstall_autoBash - automated installation of Arch Linux via a bash script

Bash script to automate Arch Linux installation

• installation parameters are set in a separate configuration file
• manual input required only for:
  • encryption confirmation and encryption password
  • selcting grafics card (needs testing / maybe manual conf)

Usage

Boot live system

• boot live system from an installation medium

Clone the repository

• clone the repository
  • git clone https://gitlab.com/sanmue/archinstall_autobash.git
• change to the direcory of the cloned repository
  • cd archinstall_autobash

Configuration

• customize the variables in 'archinstall_autoBash.config' according to your needs
  • vim archinstall_autoBash.config # use your preferred editor instead of 'vim'
  • these variables are used by the script to execute the installation

Start installation of Arch Linux as configured

• start the initial script in the cloned git repo folder
  • ./archinstall_autoBash.sh
    • remember to make the script files executable first, or simply all files in the folder: chmod +x *
• after reboot:
  • login as a user with sudo privileges
  • clone the repo again and cd into it (for instructions: see further above)
  • execute the script: ./archinstall_autoBash_afterReboot.sh (as a user with sudo privileges)
    • installs 'snapper-rollback' (default=true, set/change via config)
    • bootable live system on ESP (e.g. for system rescue) (default, set/change via config)
      • Archiso on ESP and Grml on ESP and SystemRescue on ESP currently supported
      • only if bootloader is systemd-boot
      • requires manual download of installation iso to 'Downloads' folder of your currently logged in user before
      • if the script can not find the installation iso in the 'Downloads' folder, this step will be skipped (after iso download you can execute the script again)

Features

• Bootloader: GRUB and systemd-boot
  • systemd-boot for UEFI boot mode and GRUB Bootloader for Bios boot mode (default, set/change via config)
• UEFI or BIOS (detected automatically) with GPT
  • for BIOS / MBR: set MBR manually in config
• Encryption
  • GRUB: keyfile to automatically decrypt root partition (default, optional, set/change via config)
• Btrfs filesystem with subvolumes (flat layout, set/change via config)
• Partitioning + formating of the disk (optional, set/change via config)
• Swap: partition, file or none (set via config, current default: none)
• 'zram': usage as swap (default, set/change via config)
• Snapper snapshots for root subvolume (optional, set/change via config)
  • only if btrfs filesystem is specified and snapper set to 'true' in config
• Grafics cards drivers (optional, set/change via config)
  • detected automatically, no 32bit application support, needs testing
  • AMD: should work (works on my machine ;-))
  • Intel: needs manual config, not testet, see Arch Wiki for current info
  • NVIDIA: needs manual config, not testet, see Arch Wiki for current info
• Desktop Environment (default: Gnome, or none; set/change via config)
  • with additional packages: Firefox (and spice-vdagent if VM) (set/change via config)
• Virtualization support (QEMU/KVM) (default: false (no install), optional, set/change via config)
• Post-install (after reboot):
  • snapper-rollback (AUR) for simple rollback to a desired snapshot (default: true (install), optional, set/change via config)
    • only in combination with btrfs filesystem and snapper
• bootable live system on ESP (e.g. for system rescue)
  • Archiso on ESP and Grml on ESP and SystemRescue on ESP currently supported (default, optional, set/change via config)
  • only if bootloader is systemd-boot
  • requires manual download of installation iso to 'Downloads' folder
  • if the script can not find the installation iso in the 'Downloads' folder, this step will be skipped
  • after iso download you can execute the "after boot"-script again

Limitations

• no seperate 'home' partition
• only Gnome Desktop Environment or no DE (optional via config)
• no multi-boot
• no LVM or RAID
• if opted for virtualization: no nested virtualization configured
• btrfs filesystemt is set by default. If you set to another filesystem in the config: not tested
• ...