flasharch

flasharch

Convenient script for downloading the latest Arch Linux ISO and creating a bootable flash drive

Installation

Get the source:

go get github.com/snhilde/flasharch

Install the program into your GOBIN:

go install ${GOPATH}/src/github.com/snhilde/flasharch

Now, if your GOBIN is part of your PATH, you can run flasharch from the command line.

Usage

Download the latest ISO image for Arch Linux and create a bootable USB drive:

flasharch /full/path/to/usb

Change /full/path/to/usb to the device file of your USB (e.g. /dev/sdc). Device files can be discovered with lsblk.

Configuration

The only setting you might want to configure is the mirror holding the ISO file. A full list of mirrors is here, under "HTTP Direct Downloads". Choose one you like, and set is as var mirror in main.go, right beneath the import statements. Please note that the path in the URL should end in /iso/latest/ to get the current release. Optionally choose a different directory to flash a previous release.