documentation update

README.md

@@ -4,23 +4,25 @@ This repository holds a bunch of scripts for installing and customizing
 Void Linux to run off a USB stick.
 
 There are a couple manual steps to get started before this script can take over:
-- Set up a Void live image
+- Set up a Void live medium
   - Download here: https://voidlinux.org/download/
-    - The base image is good enough (don’t waste your time)
+    - The following instructions assume you downloaded the "base" image
   - Burn to a CD/DVD or flash it to a USB stick
     - Windows should have a built-in thing for burning ISOs.
     - You can use something like Win32DiskImager or Rufus for USB sticks.
       - This will delete what’s on the stick.
 - Boot into Void live and prepare things
-  - How to boot off CD/USB depends on your computer, so you’ll have to find out elsewhere (sorry).
+  - Two things I can’t help you with (sorry):
+    - How to boot off CD/USB depends on your computer, so you’ll have to find out elsewhere.
+    - Be aware that Void uses a US keymap until you change it. If your keyboard is different, you might need to look up an image of a US keyboard to find the right keys.
   - If you are booting off the USB stick you want to install to, use the (RAM) option.
   - Log in as `root`, password `voidlinux`
-  - Run `void-installer`
+  - If you need to use WiFi, run `void-installer`
     - set your keyboard layout (optional)
     - connect to your network
     - abort the installation
-- Download and run stage 1 of the USB installation
-  - `xbps-install -S wget`
+- Download and run stage 1 of the USB installation script
+  - The base image doesn’t come with a way to download files so you need to install that first: `xbps-install -S wget`
     - if it yells at you about updating xbps, do that, then try again
   - `wget https://lostcave.ddnss.de/git/BodgeMaster/void-minecraft-usb/raw/branch/master/install-stage1.sh`
   - `bash install-stage1.sh`

procedure.txt

@@ -25,21 +25,23 @@ Steps to install:
     -> download and run install script
   - preparations:
     -> update xbps
-    -> install xmirror
-    -> make our own or extract kb selection and time zone selection (if feasible) to hijack them for our purposes
+    -> install xmirror squashfs-tools
+    -> make our own or extract (if feasible) kb selection and time zone selection to hijack them for our purposes
   - select kb layout
-  - warn user about formatting and making the USB stick unusable with Windows
-  - set up disks
+  - set up disk
     -> select disk from a list
-      -> allow user to double check that it’s the USB drive
-    -> wipe disk (new gpt)
-    -> partition disk
-      -> 270M ESP (if needed) or 2M BIOS GRUB
-      -> partition that holds home and the squashfs image
-    -> format partitions (use force option)
+    -> warn user about formatting and making the USB stick unusable with Windows
+    -> allow user to double check that it’s the USB drive
+    -> wipe and partition disk (new gpt)
+      -> 2M BIOS GRUB
+      -> 268M ESP
+      -> 1G /boot
+      -> rest /container
+    -> format partitions
       -> ESP FAT32
-      -> rest F2FS
-  - mount them things, set up tmpfs as / for now
+      -> /boot and /container F2FS
+  - mount them things
+    -> set up plain tmpfs as / for now
   - install base system
     -> select mirror
       -> just use xmirror and get the result from the file
@@ -48,18 +50,28 @@ Steps to install:
       -> if musl, add that bit to repo url
     -> install packages
       -> linux bash shadow f2fs-tools dosfstools dbus NetworkManager iana-etc iw wpa_supplicant util-linux which tar man-pages iproute2 iputils wifi-firmware traceroute grep gzip file sed gawk less coreutils findutils diffutils pciutils usbutils tzdata base-files ncurses mdocml procps-ng kbd xbps sudo ethtool kmod eudev runit-void removed-packages nano acpid squashfs-tools
-    -> configure XBPS (set mirror?, anything else?)
+    -> configure XBPS mirror
     -> configure sudo
       -> drop a file with "%wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL" in /etc/sudoers.d/sudo_group
     -> configure overlayfs setup
-    -> configure tmpfses
-    -> configure /home (bind mount or symlink?)
-    -> configure keymap (etc/rc.conf)
-    -> configure shutdown squashfs updater
-      -> rc.shutdown?
+      -> startup script
+      -> shutdown squashfs updater
+        -> rc.shutdown?
+    -> configure fstab
+      -> /boot, /boot/efi
+      -> /home (bind mount)
+      -> NOT /, /container
+    -> configure rc.conf
+      -> keyboard layout
+      -> hardware clock set to UTC?
+    -> configure time zone while we’re at it
+      -> selection dialog?
+      -> symlink /etc/localtime
+    -> configure host name
     -> configure and install bootloader
-      -> determine BIOS or UEFI
-      -> if UEFI, install as removable device
+      -> if x86 install for both UEFI and BIOS
+        -> Is there a way we can make this work with 32-bit AND 64-bit EFI at the same time?
+      -> if ARM install only UEFI
     -> xbps-reconfigure -fa
     -> prepare 2nd stage installation
       -> auto login root
@@ -73,19 +85,12 @@ Steps to install:
       -> NetworkManager
       -> acpid
     -> ask user to connect to network using nmtui
-    -> set up timezone
-      -> ask user which zone
-      -> ask user whether to use UTC or local time
-      -> configure (rc.conf and /etc/localtime)
-    -> set hostname
-      -> ask user
-      -> configure
     -> install packages
       -> setxkbmap xauth xorg-video-drivers mesa mesa-dri xorg-server elogind xorg-input-drivers xrandr acpilight xhost xinit xrdb xinput xgamma xset iceauth sessreg transset xcmsdb xkbutils xmodmap dejavu-fonts-ttf
       -> terminal?
       -> browser?
       -> prism launcher
-      -> java
+      -> java (multiple versions?)
       -> pipewire (pulsemixer?)
       -> ask about nvidia driver
         -> install if needed