Curious about respin/Distro

mjl · November 19, 2020, 9:08pm

Hi guys

I have tried to make my own respin of EndeavourOS purely to have all my settings and packages ready ‘out-of-the-box’ but I only get a black screen. I haven’t really got a clue where to start so could someone please give me an ‘idiots guide’ to respinning. Also, I was wondering, if I wanted to make my own distro based off Arch, how would I go about it? Obviously I know I would need my own repo but I was wondering how it’s done.

Thanks in advance

jonathon · November 19, 2020, 9:16pm

My first thought:

So - if this really is the question you’re asking (“How do I create a Linux distribution?”) then the answer is “start with lots of reading”.

Otherwise, look at things like

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/archmaker/

and

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Archiso

mjl · November 19, 2020, 9:18pm

No, I want to know how to make a respin so my settings and packages are installed if I have to do a fresh install without running a script to install all the packages and then change all my settings.

BONK · November 19, 2020, 9:19pm

It’s called a back up.

jonathon · November 19, 2020, 9:21pm

This is a more specific question. It looks like you have already found a way to do this:

so is the real issue actually with the tool you are trying to use (or the way you are trying to use it)?

mjl · November 19, 2020, 9:25pm

I don’t know - I have tried using Archiso, altering all the packages in the profile, etc and it produces an iso but just doesn’t work. I tried making a respin of Garuda Linux but I had the same problem and I ended up wiping it and doing a fresh install of EndeavourOS. Then I had to download all my packages and change all my settings again.

keybreak · November 19, 2020, 9:26pm

Try starting here:
https://github.com/endeavouros-team/EndeavourOS-archiso

Change desired packages in this file:

packages.x86_64

and go for it

mjl · November 19, 2020, 9:29pm

That’s fantastic! Thank you @keybreak

joekamprad · November 19, 2020, 9:39pm

and be aware of:

github.com

endeavouros-team/install-scripts/blob/bfffc16cee2c14be473f8da7f4fb3452444d23ef/chrooted_cleaner_script.sh#L145


    )
    local xx
    for xx in ${_files_to_remove[*]}; do rm -rf $xx; done
    find /usr/lib/initcpio -name archiso* -type f -exec rm '{}' \;
}
_clean_offline_packages(){
    local _packages_to_remove=( 
    darkhttpd
    grml-zsh-config
    irssi
    lftp
    kitty-terminfo
    lynx
    vim
    termite-terminfo

this is a list of packages that will be removed if you do an offline install…

mjl · November 19, 2020, 9:40pm

Thank you for the heads-up, I appreciate it

joekamprad · November 19, 2020, 9:41pm

there are other simple ways to do so, like backup a packages.list file and using gist to backup your personal configurations…

mjl · November 19, 2020, 9:42pm

How?

joekamprad · November 19, 2020, 9:42pm

na hei if someone play with our ISo it could be the new next dev helping us to maintain the ISO

mjl · November 19, 2020, 9:44pm

I’d love to help out but haven’t really got the knowledge or experience. Perhaps in time