Arch Linux installer ISO — ZFS-on-root or BTRFS, doubles as rescue disk https://git.cjennings.net/archangel/atom?h=main 2026-04-20T22:31:39+00:00 2026-04-20T22:31:39+00:00 Craig Jennings c@cjennings.net 2026-04-20T22:31:39+00:00 urn:sha1:88b677cbcbbe126d50d5b334206a55559e5a4d29 2026-04-13T03:20:48+00:00 Craig Jennings c@cjennings.net 2026-04-13T03:20:48+00:00 urn:sha1:33ff55507895af2c29a20ec7e7e707d317cb8ef1 velox-{zfs,btrfs}.conf contain LUKS/ZFS passphrases and root passwords. Untrack them and add velox-*.conf to .gitignore. Committed .example templates show the expected structure with 'welcome' placeholders. 2026-02-23T17:37:17+00:00 Craig Jennings c@cjennings.net 2026-02-23T17:37:17+00:00 urn:sha1:429a07b0b0dcb180e487f1a09f3fc2b6244c50cf 2026-02-23T05:23:59+00:00 Craig Jennings c@cjennings.net 2026-02-23T05:23:59+00:00 urn:sha1:77fdae15fb5ad1498d8b006104a0d6fd151060bb - Remove personal hardware specs, machine-specific troubleshooting docs, and video transcript from assets/ - Remove stale PLAN-zfsbootmenu-implementation.org (feature complete) - Remove .stignore (Syncthing config, not project-relevant) - Untrack todo.org (personal task tracker with private infra details) - Make archsetup path configurable via ARCHSETUP_DIR env var in build.sh - Use $REAL_USER instead of hardcoded username in build-release scp 2026-02-23T05:20:56+00:00 Craig Jennings c@cjennings.net 2026-02-23T05:20:56+00:00 urn:sha1:5e6877e8f3fb552fce3367ff273167d2cf6af75f docs/ contains session history, personal workflows, and private protocols that shouldn't be in a public repository. 2026-01-23T05:21:18+00:00 Craig Jennings c@cjennings.net 2026-01-23T05:21:18+00:00 urn:sha1:3e70ba84c15d69f48f436239e7f0ac9628464c55 This is a major change that replaces the GRUB bootloader with ZFSBootMenu, providing native ZFS boot environment support. Key changes: - EFI partition reduced from 1GB to 512MB (only holds ZFSBootMenu) - EFI now mounts at /efi instead of /boot - Kernel and initramfs live on ZFS root (enables snapshot boot with matching kernel) - Downloads pre-built ZFSBootMenu EFI binary from get.zfsbootmenu.org - Creates EFI boot entries for all disks in multi-disk configurations - Syncs ZFSBootMenu to all EFI partitions for redundancy - Sets org.zfsbootmenu:commandline on zroot/ROOT for kernel cmdline inheritance - Sets bootfs pool property for default boot environment - AMD GPU workarounds (pg_mask, cwsr_enable) added to kernel cmdline when AMD detected Deleted GRUB snapshot tooling (no longer needed): - custom/grub-zfs-snap - custom/40_zfs_snapshots - custom/zz-grub-zfs-snap.hook - custom/zfs-snap-prune Updated helper scripts: - zfssnapshot: removed grub-zfs-snap call, shows ZFSBootMenu tip - zfsrollback: removed grub-zfs-snap call, notes auto-detection Tested configurations: - Single disk installation - 2-disk mirror (mirror-0) - 3-disk RAIDZ1 (raidz1-0) - All boot correctly with ZFSBootMenu 2026-01-19T19:16:33+00:00 Craig Jennings c@cjennings.net 2026-01-19T19:16:33+00:00 urn:sha1:ea105b2a883265c0615c2275d00de1c90ae4a4e4 - Add scripts/full-test.sh for automated install testing (single, mirror, raidz1) - Add --full-test option to build-release workflow - Install zfssnapshot and zfsrollback to target system during install - Simplify .gitignore to exclude entire vm/ directory 2026-01-18T19:25:00+00:00 Craig Jennings c@cjennings.net 2026-01-18T19:25:00+00:00 urn:sha1:3e3d24e12750a5a79925ae36b5e48598116d5636 - Add Makefile with targets: all, test, test-unit, test-install, build, release, clean, lint - Add test-install.sh for automated VM installation testing - Add test configs: single-disk, mirror, raidz1, no-ssh, custom-locale - Add test-logs/ to .gitignore - Uses sshpass for SSH authentication to live ISO - Copies latest install-archzfs to VM before testing (allows testing without rebuild) - Supports --list to show available configs 2026-01-18T08:01:01+00:00 Craig Jennings c@cjennings.net 2026-01-18T08:01:01+00:00 urn:sha1:5bd18b6f6a3ea89c900549c530af2a256094b917 Features: - --config-file option for automated installs - Example config at /root/install-archzfs.conf.example - Validates required fields before install - Config only used when explicitly specified (safety) Bug fixes: - Fix pacstrap hanging on provider prompts (use yes pipe) - Remove fsck from mkinitcpio HOOKS (ZFS doesn't use fsck) - Add hostid support for ZFS boot - Add spl.spl_hostid to kernel command line Documentation: - Comprehensive README.org with 15 sections - Session context tracking file 2026-01-17T19:01:02+00:00 Craig Jennings c@cjennings.net 2026-01-17T19:01:02+00:00 urn:sha1:e655922db23c380ff8e62e4ffc8d09e82fe3d691 Project documentation and workflow definitions.