It shouldn’t hurt to try, just be aware that you’ll have to re-copy it the next time your kernel is updated (and delete older versions, as /boot is usually a fairly small partition).
I’m aware of both, thanks. My /boot is 2GB for a reason and I wouldn’t want to hatch eggs on a weekly basis I’m just hoping to get a Live ISO from my beloved OS and maybe even install it on my laptop later on… I tried Ubuntu on it but i don’t like it very much. I’m just scared that Cachy might have problems with Sleep/Hibernation and probably being a bit too aggressive on fans and batterylife…
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UNIVERSAL INSTALLER FOR penguins-eggs
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>> Running: pacman -U --noconfirm /tmp/penguins-eggs-25.10.3-1-any.pkg.tar.zst
loading packages...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
Package (15) New Version Net Change Download Size
extra/arch-install-scripts 31-1 0.04 MiB 0.02 MiB
cachyos-extra-znver4/erofs-utils 1.8.10-1.1 0.57 MiB 0.16 MiB
cachyos-core-znver4/grub 2:2.12.r359.g19c698d12-1.1 38.24 MiB 7.31 MiB
cachyos-extra-znver4/libburn 1.5.6-1.1 0.72 MiB 0.29 MiB
cachyos-extra-znver4/libisoburn 1.5.6-1.1 1.81 MiB 0.79 MiB
cachyos-extra-znver4/libisofs 1.5.6-1.1 0.89 MiB 0.31 MiB
cachyos-extra-znver4/libngtcp2 1.16.0-1.1 0.73 MiB 0.22 MiB
extra/mkinitcpio-archiso 72-1 0.05 MiB 0.02 MiB
cachyos-core-znver4/mkinitcpio-nfs-utils 0.3-8.1 0.06 MiB 0.02 MiB
cachyos-extra-znver4/nbd 3.26.1-2.1 0.23 MiB 0.09 MiB
cachyos-extra-znver4/nodejs 24.9.0-1.1 73.75 MiB 18.63 MiB
cachyos-extra-znver4/simdjson 1:4.0.3-1.1 5.67 MiB 0.21 MiB
cachyos-extra-znver4/squashfs-tools 4.7.2-1.1 0.77 MiB 0.27 MiB
cachyos-core-znver4/syslinux 6.04.pre3.r3.g05ac953c-4.1 4.27 MiB 1.38 MiB
penguins-eggs 25.10.3-1 74.40 MiB
Total Download Size: 29.69 MiB
Total Installed Size: 202.19 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
:: Retrieving packages...
simdjson-1:4.0.3-1.1-x86_64_v4 215.1 KiB 427 KiB/s 00:01 [-------------------------------------------] 100%
libngtcp2-1.16.0-1.1-x86_64_v4 222.1 KiB 414 KiB/s 00:01 [-------------------------------------------] 100%
libburn-1.5.6-1.1-x86_64_v4 292.8 KiB 517 KiB/s 00:01 [-------------------------------------------] 100%
erofs-utils-1.8.10-1.1-x86_64_v4 163.4 KiB 285 KiB/s 00:01 [-------------------------------------------] 100%
libisofs-1.5.6-1.1-x86_64_v4 313.8 KiB 535 KiB/s 00:01 [-------------------------------------------] 100%
squashfs-tools-4.7.2-1.1-x86_64_v4 273.6 KiB 453 KiB/s 00:01 [-------------------------------------------] 100%
mkinitcpio-nfs-utils-0.3-8.1-x86_64_v4 19.4 KiB 88.0 KiB/s 00:00 [-------------------------------------------] 100%
libisoburn-1.5.6-1.1-x86_64_v4 812.8 KiB 871 KiB/s 00:01 [-------------------------------------------] 100%
nbd-3.26.1-2.1-x86_64_v4 88.3 KiB 237 KiB/s 00:00 [-------------------------------------------] 100%
syslinux-6.04.pre3.r3.g05ac953c-4.1-x86_64_v4 1410.8 KiB 1113 KiB/s 00:01 [-------------------------------------------] 100%
mkinitcpio-archiso-72-1-any 17.0 KiB 8.92 KiB/s 00:02 [-------------------------------------------] 100%
arch-install-scripts-31-1-any 16.6 KiB 8.35 KiB/s 00:02 [-------------------------------------------] 100%
grub-2:2.12.r359.g19c698d12-1.1-x86_64_v4 7.3 MiB 1384 KiB/s 00:05 [-------------------------------------------] 100%
nodejs-24.9.0-1.1-x86_64_v4 18.6 MiB 1205 KiB/s 00:16 [-------------------------------------------] 100%
Total (14/14) 29.7 MiB 1908 KiB/s 00:16 [-------------------------------------------] 100%
(15/15) checking keys in keyring [-------------------------------------------] 100%
(14/15) checking package integrity [-------------------------------------------] 100%
(14/15) loading package files [-------------------------------------------] 100%
(15/15) checking for file conflicts [-------------------------------------------] 100%
:: Running pre-transaction hooks...
(1/1) Performing snapper pre snapshots for the following configurations...
==> root: 992
:: Processing package changes...
( 1/15) installing arch-install-scripts [-------------------------------------------] 100%
( 2/15) installing erofs-utils [-------------------------------------------] 100%
Optional dependencies for erofs-utils
erofsfuse: for FUSE file system client
( 3/15) installing grub [-------------------------------------------] 100%
:: Install your bootloader and generate configuration with:
# grub-install ...
# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
Optional dependencies for grub
dosfstools: For grub-mkrescue FAT FS and EFI support [installed]
efibootmgr: For grub-install EFI support [installed]
freetype2: For grub-mkfont usage [installed]
fuse3: For grub-mount usage [installed]
libisoburn: Provides xorriso for generating grub rescue iso using grub-mkrescue [pending]
libusb: For grub-emu USB support [installed]
lzop: For grub-mkrescue LZO support
mtools: For grub-mkrescue FAT FS support [installed]
os-prober: To detect other OSes when generating grub.cfg in BIOS systems
sdl: For grub-emu SDL support [installed]
( 4/15) installing libburn [-------------------------------------------] 100%
( 5/15) installing libisofs [-------------------------------------------] 100%
( 6/15) installing libisoburn [-------------------------------------------] 100%
Optional dependencies for libisoburn
tk: for xorriso-tcltk frontend
sudo: for use with xorriso-dd-target [installed]
( 7/15) installing mkinitcpio-archiso [-------------------------------------------] 100%
Optional dependencies for mkinitcpio-archiso
curl: for PXE over HTTP [installed]
gnupg: for PGP signature verification of rootfs over PXE [installed]
mkinitcpio-nfs-utils: for PXE over NFS [pending]
nbd: for PXE over NBD [pending]
openssl: for CMS signature verification of rootfs over PXE [installed]
pv: for status display during copy to RAM [installed]
( 8/15) installing mkinitcpio-nfs-utils [-------------------------------------------] 100%
( 9/15) installing nbd [-------------------------------------------] 100%
(10/15) installing libngtcp2 [-------------------------------------------] 100%
(11/15) installing simdjson [-------------------------------------------] 100%
(12/15) installing nodejs [-------------------------------------------] 100%
Optional dependencies for nodejs
npm: nodejs package manager
(13/15) installing squashfs-tools [-------------------------------------------] 100%
(14/15) installing syslinux [-------------------------------------------] 100%
==> For setting up Syslinux BIOS using the syslinux-install_update script follow
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Syslinux#Automatic_Install
==> For setting up Syslinux EFI follow
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Syslinux#UEFI_Systems
==> The syslinux-install_update script does not currently support EFI install
Optional dependencies for syslinux
perl-crypt-passwdmd5: For md5pass
perl-digest-sha1: For sha1pass
mtools: For mkdiskimage and syslinux support [installed]
gptfdisk: For GPT support
util-linux: For isohybrid [installed]
efibootmgr: For EFI support [installed]
dosfstools: For EFI support [installed]
(15/15) installing penguins-eggs [-------------------------------------------] 100%
Optional dependencies for penguins-eggs
bash-completion: eggs autocomplete [installed]
calamares: system installer GUI
zsh-completions: eggs autocomplete [installed]
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/7) Creating system user accounts...
Creating group 'nbd' with GID 959.
Creating user 'nbd' (Network Block Device) with UID 959 and GID 959.
(2/7) Reloading system manager configuration...
(3/7) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
(4/7) Updating linux initcpios...
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux-cachyos-lts.preset: 'default'
==> Using default configuration file: '/etc/mkinitcpio.conf'
-> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux-cachyos-lts -g /boot/initramfs-linux-cachyos-lts.img
==> Using drop-in configuration file: '10-chwd.conf'
==> Starting build: '6.12.49-3-cachyos-lts'
-> Running build hook: [base]
-> Running build hook: [udev]
-> Running build hook: [autodetect]
-> Running build hook: [microcode]
-> Running build hook: [kms]
-> Running build hook: [modconf]
-> Running build hook: [block]
-> Running build hook: [keyboard]
-> Running build hook: [keymap]
-> Running build hook: [consolefont]
==> WARNING: consolefont: no font found in configuration
-> Running build hook: [plymouth]
-> Running build hook: [resume]
-> Running build hook: [filesystems]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: '/boot/initramfs-linux-cachyos-lts.img'
-> Early uncompressed CPIO image generation successful
==> Initcpio image generation successful
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux-cachyos.preset: 'default'
==> Using default configuration file: '/etc/mkinitcpio.conf'
-> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux-cachyos -g /boot/initramfs-linux-cachyos.img
==> Using drop-in configuration file: '10-chwd.conf'
==> Starting build: '6.17.0-3-cachyos'
-> Running build hook: [base]
-> Running build hook: [udev]
-> Running build hook: [autodetect]
-> Running build hook: [microcode]
-> Running build hook: [kms]
-> Running build hook: [modconf]
-> Running build hook: [block]
-> Running build hook: [keyboard]
-> Running build hook: [keymap]
-> Running build hook: [consolefont]
==> WARNING: consolefont: no font found in configuration
-> Running build hook: [plymouth]
-> Running build hook: [resume]
-> Running build hook: [filesystems]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: '/boot/initramfs-linux-cachyos.img'
-> Early uncompressed CPIO image generation successful
==> Initcpio image generation successful
(5/7) Updating the info directory file...
(6/7) Updating the desktop file MIME type cache...
(7/7) Performing snapper post snapshots for the following configurations...
==> root: 993
Installation completed successfully!
I don’t fully understand what happened but when I see grub and mkinitcpio, I get really scared.
Could someone tell me if I now completely messed up my system (it uses rEFInd, not grub) and should go back one BTRFS snaphot? Or is everything fine, and I won’t have to worry about the next reboot?
There is no /boot/grub directory, so I guess it did not really set up grub on my system? Oh boy, I’m scared
Not at this time. As stated in the github. You can try the arch version, but I would not recommend this. But if you are running more than one distribution, this tool is very handy.
TL;DR: while writing this post, Firefox completely crashed on me for the first time ever, so I lost my nerve and did what I wanted to do anyway: I went back to the btrfs-snapshot before the installation of fresh-eggs.sh and I guess my Penguins Eggs adventure ends here at least for now.
Luckily, Firefox was able to completely restore the crashed tabs, so here is what I wanted to share with the world:
I just compared the snapshots before the sudo ~/github/fresh-eggs/fresh-eggs.sh (991) and after (996) like this:
and what I see there makes me want to go back to 991 and act as if nothing happened
Things like these make be think I did a little too much of a change to my system:
Only in /.snapshots/996/snapshot/etc/grub.d: 00_header
Only in /.snapshots/996/snapshot/etc/grub.d: 10_linux
Only in /.snapshots/996/snapshot/etc/grub.d: 20_linux_xen
Only in /.snapshots/996/snapshot/etc/grub.d: 25_bli
Only in /.snapshots/996/snapshot/etc/grub.d: 30_os-prober
Only in /.snapshots/996/snapshot/etc/grub.d: 30_uefi-firmware
Only in /.snapshots/996/snapshot/etc/grub.d: 40_custom
Only in /.snapshots/996/snapshot/etc/grub.d: 41_custom
...
Only in /.snapshots/996/snapshot/lib/initcpio/hooks: archiso
Only in /.snapshots/996/snapshot/lib/initcpio/hooks: archiso_loop_mnt
...
Only in /.snapshots/996/snapshot/lib/systemd/system: nbd.service
Only in /.snapshots/996/snapshot/lib/systemd/system: nbd@.service
...
Only in /.snapshots/996/snapshot/usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion/Zsh: _eggs
Only in /.snapshots/996/snapshot/usr/share/zsh/site-functions: _arch-chroot
...
Only in /.snapshots/996/snapshot/usr/share/bash-completion/completions: arch-chroot
Only in /.snapshots/996/snapshot/usr/share/bash-completion/completions: eggs.bash
Only in /.snapshots/996/snapshot/usr/share/bash-completion/completions: genfstab
Only in /.snapshots/996/snapshot/usr/share/bash-completion/completions: grub
Only in /.snapshots/996/snapshot/usr/share/bash-completion/completions: grub-bios-setup
Only in /.snapshots/996/snapshot/usr/share/bash-completion/completions: grub-editenv
I’m just hoping to get a Live ISO from my beloved OS and maybe even install it on my laptop later on… I tried Ubuntu on it but i don’t like it very much. I’m just scared that Cachy might have problems with Sleep/Hibernation and probably being a bit too aggressive on fans and batterylife…