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*** Alternative boot methods (configs/releng)
-ISO images names consist of: archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-x86_64.iso
+ISO images names consist of: archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-dual.iso
Where:
<YYYY> Year
@@ -24,29 +24,43 @@ Where:
** ISO in loopback mode.
Note: Described method is for using with GRUB2.
- GRUB2 is installed on target media and archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-x86_64.iso
+ GRUB2 is installed on target media and archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-dual.iso
is at path <TARGET-PATH> on disk <D> and partition <P>,
where filesystem is labeled as <TARGET-FS-LABEL>.
menuentry "Arch Linux (x86_64)" {
- set isofile="/<TARGET-PATH>/archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-x86_64.iso"
+ set isofile="/<TARGET-PATH>/archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-dual.iso"
loopback loop (hd<D>,<P>)$isofile
linux (loop)/arch/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz img_label=<TARGET-FS-LABEL> img_loop=$isofile
initrd (loop)/arch/boot/x86_64/archiso.img
}
+menuentry "Arch Linux (i686)" {
+ set isofile="/<TARGET-PATH>/archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-dual.iso"
+ loopback loop (hd<D>,<P>)$isofile
+ linux (loop)/arch/boot/i686/vmlinuz img_label=<TARGET-FS-LABEL> img_loop=$isofile
+ initrd (loop)/arch/boot/i686/archiso.img
+}
+
** ISO in memdisk mode.
Note: Described method is for using with SYSLINUX. Anyway MEMDISK from SYSLINUX can work
with other bootloaders.
- SYSLINUX is installed on target media and archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-x86_64.iso
+ SYSLINUX is installed on target media and archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-dual.iso
is at path <TARGET-PATH>.
+ On 32-bit systems, is needed to pass vmalloc=nnM to the kernel, where nn is the size
+ of the ISO image plus 64 MiB (or 128 MiB).
LABEL arch_x64
LINUX memdisk
- INITRD /<TARGET-PATH>/archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-x86_64.iso
+ INITRD /<TARGET-PATH>/archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-dual.iso
+ APPEND iso
+
+LABEL arch_x32
+ LINUX memdisk
+ INITRD /<TARGET-PATH>/archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-dual.iso
APPEND iso