archangel/PLAN-zfsbootmenu-implementation.org, branch v0.8Arch Linux installer ISO — ZFS-on-root or BTRFS, doubles as rescue disk
https://git.cjennings.net/archangel/atom?h=v0.82026-02-23T05:23:59+00:00clean personal info and private files from repository2026-02-23T05:23:59+00:00Craig Jenningsc@cjennings.net2026-02-23T05:23:59+00:00urn:sha1:8b9c2cc247f8d71d570921cb127e7e08cfac7674
- 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
Replace GRUB with ZFSBootMenu bootloader2026-01-23T05:21:18+00:00Craig Jenningsc@cjennings.net2026-01-23T05:21:18+00:00urn:sha1:0ffe7a85a1b024b88e4ddc3305c5f805edd6e8e1
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