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<p>Built from standard <em>Arch Linux</em> packages</p>
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<p>Does not require an <em>Arch Linux</em> system to build it, any modern
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<p>Can be used to install an already configured <em>Arch Linux</em> to hard disk -
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<p>Based on squashfs, aufs, initramfs (using standard <em>Arch</em>
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