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| author | xengineering <me@xengineering.eu> | 2025-10-15 18:49:31 +0200 |
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| committer | xengineering <me@xengineering.eu> | 2025-10-15 18:49:31 +0200 |
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WIP: articles: arch-installation: Switch to UEFIuefi
TODO: Does not work properly in Qemu with console instead of graphical
output. Since it is very annoying to type in commands by hand (required
for graphical output) this is a problem.
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diff --git a/content/articles/arch-installation.md b/content/articles/arch-installation.md index 5da4b22..bf56805 100644 --- a/content/articles/arch-installation.md +++ b/content/articles/arch-installation.md @@ -20,29 +20,30 @@ file which can be written to a physical drive like an USB stick or SSD. The installation is based on the following design decisions. -- MBR-based partition table and BIOS / legacy boot +- GPT-based partition table and UEFI boot - full disc encryption - Btrfs filesystem - only a minimalistic set of installed packages (no graphical environment) -Those might change in the future. A GPT-based partition table and a UEFI boot -based on a unified kernel image would be appreciated to support secure boot but -could not be achieved so far. +Support for secure boot is appreciated but not yet implemented. #### Installation First a virtual drive is created as a file as a starting point for the VM -installation. +installation. Additionally a copy of the UEFI variable file of [OVMF][4] is +copied to allow independent modifications. ``` qemu-img create -f qcow2 archlinux.qcow2 8G +cp /usr/share/edk2/x64/OVMF_VARS.4m.fd . ``` It is expected that the Arch Linux `*.iso` installation image is downloaded, verified and saved in the same folder. See the [download page][3] for details. The installation image can be booted with `qemu-system-x86_64`. The just -created virtual machine disk is attached as an additional drive. +created virtual machine disk, UEFI variables and UEFI firmware are attached as +additional drives. ``` qemu-system-x86_64 \ @@ -50,9 +51,12 @@ qemu-system-x86_64 \ -m 4G \ -nic user,model=virtio \ -drive file=archlinux.qcow2,media=disk,if=virtio \ + -drive if=pflash,format=raw,readonly=on,file=/usr/share/edk2/x64/OVMF_CODE.4m.fd \ + -drive if=pflash,format=raw,file=OVMF_VARS.4m.fd \ -smp cpus=4 \ - -nographic \ -boot order=d \ + -serial mon:stdio \ + -nographic \ -cdrom archlinux-*.iso ``` @@ -240,3 +244,4 @@ With this step the installation is finished. [1]: https://archlinux.org/ [2]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide [3]: https://archlinux.org/download/ +[4]: https://github.com/tianocore/tianocore.github.io/wiki/OVMF |