lionelg3 / exherbo-setup

Scripts for installing Exherbo Linux in a (x86_64) virtual machine environment with EFI support

Exherbo VM Installer

This repository contains scripts for installing Exherbo Linux in a (x86_64) virtual machine environment with EFI support. It's based on the official documentation, Alexherbo's and s0dyy's guides, some friends' scripts.

Description

The project is composed of two main scripts:

1. init.sh: Initializes the disk, downloads, and extracts Exherbo's stage3 tarball. It sets up disk partitioning, configures DNS and chroot.
2. chrooted.sh: Once in the chroot environment, this script configures the Exherbo system, including setting the language, time zone, compiles the Linux kernel and setup to boot loader (sort of, for now)

Prerequisites

• A virtual machine or an environment where you can execute bash scripts.
• An internet connection to download the necessary files.
• A Live Linux image with a SSH acces, for example System Rescue:
  • Start on the ISO with EFI (Secure boot disabled)
  • Select a Boot System Rescue entry
  • Edit (e) to add the nofirewall (QWERTY keyboard) directive at the end of the Linux line
  • Launch with CTRL+X or F10
  • When you're in the shell as root, load your keyboard preferences (e.g. loadkeys fr)
  • Change the root password (passwd)
  • Show network configuration of the VM (ip a)
  • Connect from another machine if needed

If you prefer to setup exherbo from the VM, you don't need the nofirewall directive or to add a root password.

If you need Wi-Fi, you can use nmcli:

nmcli --ask dev wifi connect <SSID>

Usage

1. Preparation:

   • Git clone to download the init.sh and chrooted.sh scripts to your working environment.
   • Ensure the scripts are executable (chmod +x).

2. Executing the init.sh script:

   • This script will prepare your virtual hard disk and download Exherbo stage3.
   • Modify the variables in the script as needed (e.g., disk configuration).

3. Chroot and Setup:

   • After running init.sh, it will chroot into the Exherbo environment.
   • chrooted.sh will configure the system, including kernel compilation.

Configuration

• The chrooted.sh script includes configuration options like hostname, Linux kernel version, and locale.
• You can adjust these settings as needed before running the script.

Support

For any questions or issues regarding these scripts, feel free to open an issue in this repository.