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42 lines
1.9 KiB
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DigitalOcean Debian to Arch
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DigitalOcean deprecated Arch Linux a while back because it was relatively
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difficult to support due to the rolling updates. I wrote this script to
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bring it back! This script downloads all the packages necessary for a base
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Arch Linux VPS, extracts them, configures them, and installs the fully
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configured system on the root of the filesystem. This script also configures
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the system to run *kexec* on startup to ensure that the latest installed
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kernel version is running.
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Warning
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This script may cause your VPS to become unbootable. I only recommend
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running this script on newly created droplets with no important data.
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Installation
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1. Create a new Debian 7.0 droplet (either 32-bit or 64-bit works).
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2. In the droplet (either SSH or console access works),
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run the following as root:
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```wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gh2o/digitalocean-debian-to-arch/debian7/install.sh && bash install.sh```
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3. Answer the questions as prompted.
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* If the script asks to remove a failed installation,
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there is a failed installation at `/archroot` that is
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unlikely to contain important data. It is safe and
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recommended to answer **yes** here.
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* Because the random number generator, required to
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generate keys for pacman, is painstakingly slow,
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the script will offer to install the package `haveged`
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which will speed it up. Again it is recommended to
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answer **yes** here.
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4. Sit back and relax! The system will automatically reboot once complete,
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and you should have a fully updated Arch Linux system in within minutes.
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5. You will be able to log in with your original root password. The replaced
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Debian files are located in `/oldroot`, which may be safely deleted to
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free up space.
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Advanced Configuration
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* You may set `archlinux_mirror` in the script to a mirror closer to your
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droplet's datacenter for a faster installation.
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