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Anyone else prefer building an ISO yourself over downloading/torrenting it? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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idk why, but whenever I need an Arch ISO, I rather build it myself with Archiso than download it from the website. Am I alone with this?

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[–] hyperreal 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You don't know why you prefer Archiso?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yup, my brain be doing that sometimes

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have never done this or even knew this existed. I have always just downloaded the latest ISO, used the Archinstall script, and then added / removed stuff as required after installation is completed.

What is the benefit of using ArchISO instead? Useful for custom build deployment across multiple machines perhaps?

[–] mectx02 1 points 1 year ago

That could be one reason.

Or if you need to shoehorn in something that the official ISO doesn’t provide, like an obscure driver, that’s totally possible.

I’ve made a pretty basic ISO before that had a GUI and a couple of other things for installation just to try out the process, which thankfully isn’t too difficult to piece together. But I would imagine that it allows for flexibility for the user to install as they please more than anything.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes.

Although I did build my own ISO with a few extra programs to help me with some IT tasks, primarily dding the whole drive to 0.