Introducing the F123e live iso

[Jude DaShiell]

For installation likely an ethernet connection is needed.  I tried it 
with a wifi connection that has to be set up during installation and got 
up to the arch root prompt but no further automatically.

On Thu, 27 Oct 2016, Kyle wrote:

> Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 22:03:37
> From: Kyle <kyle4jesus at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Introducing the F123e live iso
> 
> The part that does the real work is still in a very early stage, but 
> here it is for your testing pleasure. Introducing the F123e iso image, 
> compatible with both 32-bit and 64-bit Intel/AMD machines. This iso 
> image is derived from TalkingArch, but includes an automated startup 
> script that will download and run the Arch Ultimate Install (AUI) 
> scripts to get an installed base system up and talking, and upon booting 
> the new system, to install and configure desktop environments and other 
> optional packages, and configure your non-root user account and other 
> post-install configurations. The main thing that sets F123e apart from 
> TalkingArch, aside from the AUI running automatically, is the fact that 
> every boot of this live system will always give you the latest startup 
> script and the latest F123 version of AUI, as long as you have an 
> internet connection at startup, and if not, the iso boots in exactly the 
> same way as TalkingArch, complete with all the packages that come with 
> the TalkingArch live iso. Again, the startup script is in very early 
> development, and some things may not work as expected, but you don't 
> need to download a whole new iso image to take advantage of the bugfixes 
> and developments in the installation script, thanks to an innovative but 
> little known automated start procedure that downloads its own startup 
> script automatically. Feel free to test F123 by downloading the iso at
> http://public.f123.org/experimental/F123e-2016.10.25-dual.iso
> verifying it with the file by downloading
> http://public.f123.org/experimental/F123e-2016.10.25-dual.iso.sha512
> into the same folder as the iso file and running
> sha512sum -c F123e-2016.10.25-dual.iso.sha512
> and then either burning it to a DVD, writing it via dd to a thumb drive 
> or popping the iso directly into your favorite virtual machine software 
> and booting it up. Be sure you do have either a real or virtual hard 
> disk or flash media for installation, as the main idea is to quickly and 
> semiautomatically get you a base system up and talking, with the option 
> to run post-installation steps as root once you login for the first time.
>
> The main known issue that you will encounter at this point is that the 
> install script will ask for a reboot upon its completion, and will place 
> what appears to be two copies of each of the AUI scripts into /root/aui 
> on the newly installed system. If you want to test the post-install 
> script from this point, it is currently necessary to answer the reboot 
> prompt with y and then remove the iso, allowing the system to boot 
> normally into the base system you just installed, login as root with the 
> password you entered when running the install script and then manually run
> aui/lilo
> once you have logged into the new system. Don't worry, this will be 
> fixed in an upcoming release, and the only thing you will need to do is 
> to boot up the same live environment again and run through the install 
> script in order to test the changes.
>
> I would like to publicly thank Fernando Botelho of F123 for considering 
> TalkingArch as the starting platform for this project, and for the 
> opportunity to take a good look at the AUI scripts, which are the most 
> flexible semiautomated installer scripts I have found for any system, 
> but are still quite easy to use in spite of the flexibility they offer. 
> Of course further contributions are welcome, as anyone can fork us on 
> Github and send in pull requests. All code is licensed GPL version 3 or 
> later, so go ahead and have some fun.
> Sent from my starfish and coffee
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