def _prep_function(*args, **kwargs):
"""
Magic function called by the importing installer
before continuing any further.
"""
selected_servers = archinstall.generic_multi_select(
available_servers,
f"Choose which servers to install and enable (leave blank for a minimal installation): "
)
archinstall.storage['_selected_servers'] = selected_servers
return True
def ask_user_questions():
"""
First, we'll ask the user for a bunch of user input.
Not until we're satisfied with what we want to install
will we continue with the actual installation steps.
"""
if not archinstall.arguments.get('keyboard-layout', None):
while True:
try:
archinstall.arguments['keyboard-layout'] = archinstall.select_language(archinstall.list_keyboard_languages()).strip()
break
except archinstall.RequirementError as err:
archinstall.log(err, fg="red")
# Before continuing, set the preferred keyboard layout/language in the current terminal.
# This will just help the user with the next following questions.
if len(archinstall.arguments['keyboard-layout']):
archinstall.set_keyboard_language(archinstall.arguments['keyboard-layout'])
# Set which region to download packages from during the installation
if not archinstall.arguments.get('mirror-region', None):
while True:
try:
archinstall.arguments['mirror-region'] = archinstall.select_mirror_regions(archinstall.list_mirrors())
break
except archinstall.RequirementError as e:
archinstall.log(e, fg="red")
if not archinstall.arguments.get('sys-language', None) and archinstall.arguments.get('advanced', False):
archinstall.arguments['sys-language'] = input("Enter a valid locale (language) for your OS, (Default: en_US): ").strip()
archinstall.arguments['sys-encoding'] = input("Enter a valid system default encoding for your OS, (Default: utf-8): ").strip()
archinstall.log("Keep in mind that if you want multiple locales, post configuration is required.", fg="yellow")
if not archinstall.arguments.get('sys-language', None):
archinstall.arguments['sys-language'] = 'en_US'
if not archinstall.arguments.get('sys-encoding', None):
archinstall.arguments['sys-encoding'] = 'utf-8'
# Ask which harddrives/block-devices we will install to
# and convert them into archinstall.BlockDevice() objects.
if archinstall.arguments.get('harddrives', None) is None:
_prompt = "Select one or more harddrives to use and configure (leave blank to skip this step): "
archinstall.arguments['harddrives'] = archinstall.generic_multi_select(archinstall.all_disks(), text=_prompt, allow_empty=True)
if archinstall.arguments.get('harddrives', None) is not None and archinstall.storage.get('disk_layouts', None) is None:
archinstall.storage['disk_layouts'] = archinstall.select_disk_layout(archinstall.arguments['harddrives'], archinstall.arguments.get('advanced', False))
# Get disk encryption password (or skip if blank)
if archinstall.arguments['harddrives'] and archinstall.arguments.get('!encryption-password', None) is None:
if passwd := archinstall.get_password(prompt='Enter disk encryption password (leave blank for no encryption): '):
archinstall.arguments['!encryption-password'] = passwd
def ask_harddrives():
# Ask which harddrives/block-devices we will install to
# and convert them into archinstall.BlockDevice() objects.
if archinstall.arguments.get('harddrives', None) is None:
archinstall.arguments['harddrives'] = archinstall.generic_multi_select(
archinstall.all_disks(),
text=
"Select one or more harddrives to use and configure (leave blank to skip this step): ",
allow_empty=True)
if not archinstall.arguments['harddrives']:
archinstall.log("You decided to skip harddrive selection",
fg="red",
level=logging.INFO)
archinstall.log(
f"and will use whatever drive-setup is mounted at {archinstall.storage['MOUNT_POINT']} (experimental)",
fg="red",
level=logging.INFO)
archinstall.log(
"WARNING: Archinstall won't check the suitability of this setup",
fg="red",
level=logging.INFO)
if input("Do you wish to continue ? [Y/n]").strip().lower() == 'n':
exit(1)
else:
if archinstall.storage.get('disk_layouts', None) is None:
archinstall.storage[
'disk_layouts'] = archinstall.select_disk_layout(
archinstall.arguments['harddrives'],
archinstall.arguments.get('advanced', False))
# Get disk encryption password (or skip if blank)
if archinstall.arguments.get('!encryption-password', None) is None:
if passwd := archinstall.get_password(
prompt=
'Enter disk encryption password (leave blank for no encryption): '
):
archinstall.arguments['!encryption-password'] = passwd
if archinstall.arguments.get('!encryption-password', None):
# If no partitions was marked as encrypted, but a password was supplied and we have some disks to format..
# Then we need to identify which partitions to encrypt. This will default to / (root).
if len(
list(
archinstall.encrypted_partitions(
archinstall.storage['disk_layouts']))) == 0:
archinstall.storage[
'disk_layouts'] = archinstall.select_encrypted_partitions(
archinstall.storage['disk_layouts'],
archinstall.arguments['!encryption-password'])
