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, s0dyy's guides and some friends' tools.

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 bootloader (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 an SSH access, 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>

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

nmcli --ask dev wifi connect <SSID>

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

nmcli --ask dev wifi connect <SSID>
nmcli dev wifi connect <SSID> password <password>

Usage

1. Preparation:

   • Git clone to download the init.sh and chrooted.sh scripts to your working environment
   • Go to src folder, ensure the scripts are executable (chmod +x)

2. Executing the init.sh script:

   • You can tell what block device to use for setup (e.g.: ./init.sh /dev/nvme0n1)
   • This script will prepare your disk drive and download Exherbo stage3

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.