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<p>This documentation covers <em>larch</em> version 8.2.</p>
<p>WARNING: The structure of the profiles has changed a little since larch-7.2,
so it would be best to start afresh - but actually only small changes would be
necessary, primarily to the /boot directory.
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<p>[Last modified for larch-8.2.0, Oct 24, 2010]
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<li class="level2"><a href="larch_intro.html#live_system">What is a live system?</a></li>
<li class="level2"><a href="larch_intro.html#requirements">Build system requirements</a></li>
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<li class="level2"><a href="larch_intro.html#overview">Overview</a></li>
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<li class="level2"><a href="larchify.html#existingSystem">Making a live system from an existing Arch installation</a></li>
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<li class="level1"><a href="medium.html">Preparing the larch live medium</a></li>
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<li class="level2"><a href="medium.html#overlay_persist">Data Persistence: The Writeable Overlay</a></li>
<li class="level2"><a href="medium.html#media_scripts">Command-line Scripts</a></li>
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<li class="level2"><a href="profiles.html#other-files">Other important files within a profile</a></li>
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