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This documentation covers larch version 7.2.

WARNING: larch-7.2 is still quite new and probably buggy, but it is the recommended version, especially for command-line users - please report bugs!

Although relatively few changes have been made to the structure of the profiles, it is not completely compatible with larch-7.1, so don't mix the two.

• Introduction
• What is a live system?
• Build system requirements
• Command line vs. GUI
• Overview
• Installation of the larch build system
• Profiles
• The stages of the build process
• Features
• Quick Start - Console
• Quick Start
• Installation of the base Arch system
• 'pacman.conf' and 'mirrorlist'
• Custom packages
• Selection of packages to be installed
• Building the live system
• mkinitcpio and the initramfs
• Rebuilding using an existing 'system.sqf'
• Making a live system from an existing Arch installation
• Preparing the larch live medium
• Building a boot CD for a USB-stick
• Profiles
• The overlay directory
• The cd-root directory
• Other important files within a profile
• Adding user accounts
• Structure of a larch live system
• squashfs and aufs
• initramfs and mkinitcpio
• /etc/rc.sysinit and /etc/rc.shutdown
• /etc/fstab
• [unionfs as an alternative to aufs]
• Saving a session back to the boot device (or even somewhere else)
• Overlay archives
• Special places in /var
• Updating packages
• Activating and deactivating the session-saving feature
• Customizing the behaviour using scripts
• ssh access
• ssh host keys
• ssh and X11
• Running a larch live system
• Boot parameters
• Configuration
• Installation to hard disk
• 'Live' installation to hard disk
• Copying the live system to other media
• Recompressing the whole system
• Using the GUI
• GUI Tab: Project Settings
• GUI Tab: Installation
• GUI Tab: Larchify
• GUI Tab: Preparing the Medium
• GUI Tab: Medium Profile Settings
• Boot entries/options
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