From 75b0a17576f2722611db3ce710e673e0445848cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Jennings <c@cjennings.net>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 06:15:51 -0600
Subject: feat(archsetup): add pre-flight checks before installation
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Validates system requirements before starting:
- Disk space (minimum 20GB free on /)
- Network connectivity (ping archlinux.org)
- pacman available
- Running on Arch Linux (/etc/arch-release)

Provides clear error messages with recovery hints if checks fail.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 archsetup | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+)

(limited to 'archsetup')

diff --git a/archsetup b/archsetup
index 9329a0e..585f1f5 100755
--- a/archsetup
+++ b/archsetup
@@ -63,6 +63,54 @@ packages_before="/var/log/archsetup-preexisting-package-list.txt"
 packages_after="/var/log/archsetup-post-install-package-list.txt"
 archsetup_packages="/var/log/archsetup-installed-packages.txt"
 
+min_disk_space_gb=20
+
+### Pre-flight Checks
+preflight_checks() {
+    echo "Running pre-flight checks..."
+
+    # Check disk space (need at least 20GB free on root partition)
+    available_kb=$(df / | awk 'NR==2 {print $4}')
+    available_gb=$((available_kb / 1024 / 1024))
+    if [ "$available_gb" -lt "$min_disk_space_gb" ]; then
+        echo "ERROR: Insufficient disk space"
+        echo "  Required: ${min_disk_space_gb}GB"
+        echo "  Available: ${available_gb}GB"
+        echo "  Free up disk space before running archsetup."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    echo "  [OK] Disk space: ${available_gb}GB available"
+
+    # Check network connectivity
+    if ! ping -c 1 -W 5 archlinux.org > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+        echo "ERROR: No network connectivity"
+        echo "  Cannot reach archlinux.org"
+        echo "  Ensure network is configured before running archsetup."
+        echo "  Try: ip link, dhcpcd, or nmtui"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    echo "  [OK] Network: archlinux.org reachable"
+
+    # Check pacman is available
+    if ! command -v pacman > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+        echo "ERROR: pacman not found"
+        echo "  This script requires Arch Linux with pacman installed."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    echo "  [OK] Package manager: pacman available"
+
+    # Check we're on Arch Linux
+    if [ ! -f /etc/arch-release ]; then
+        echo "ERROR: Not running on Arch Linux"
+        echo "  This script is designed for Arch Linux only."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    echo "  [OK] System: Arch Linux detected"
+
+    echo "Pre-flight checks passed."
+    echo ""
+}
+
 ### Intro
 intro() {
     printf "\n\nArchSetup launched @ %s\n" "$(date +'%D %T')"| tee -a "$logfile"
@@ -1045,6 +1093,7 @@ outro() {
 }
 
 ### Installation Steps
+preflight_checks      # verify system requirements before starting
 intro                 # take start stats
 
 prerequisites         # install software required to install software
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