# live-metal scripts
:bulb: These helper functions need to be integrated with the arm-sdk blend
helpers. found here:
- `/space/code_repositories/decode-os/os-build-system/blends/devuan-desktop`
## helper functions
Helper functions and configs for devuan sdk to form a blend and to produce
minimized docker images and install devuan to multiple harddrives using zfs.
## Install
The install.sh in the live-metal directory expects to be run on a machine
booted via a live-sd image.
Once you have run this script it will have created a directory `../live-sdk`
and copied blend configuration files and helper scripts to that directory.
Once you have `cd ../live-sdk` you must:
- changed the drive names in `blends/devuan-desktop-metal/config`
- review the package list in `blends/devuan-desktop-metal/daedalus/config`
then:
```bash
tmuxp load .
```
This will give you two frames, one in the live-sdk env (created by sourcing console_live-sdk.sh)
and one not. See dot_tmuxp_metal.yaml for the layout.
Use ctrl + B followed by ↑ ↓ → ← to switch between them.
This script is intended to be run of an sdcard live image NOT a running system.
It copies /var/tmp/live-sdk from `192.168.1.102` if the ssh key exchange does not
fix password requests the default:default can be used.
It takes the `blends/devuan-desktop-live` directory as a template and copies the
configuration files in live-metal to the newly named blend directory.
The sources.list will be updated to a `snapshot.debian.org` date that matches
the live sdcard release (bookworm) if you change the live sdcard image you
must change the date of the snapshot in the `install.sh` script.
| Devuan Version | Corresponds to Debian | Release Date |
| -------------- | --------------------- | ------------------ |
| 1.0 Jessie | 8 Jessie | 2018-06-23T023722Z |
| 2.0 ASCII | 9 Stretch | 2020-07-17T204551Z |
| 3.0 Beowulf | 10.4 Buster | 2023-06-11T103552Z |
| 4.0 Chimaera | 11.1 Bullseye | 2023-06-11T103552Z |
| 5.0 Daedalus | 12 Bookworm | 2023-10-07T150030Z |
| 6.0 Excalibur | 13 Trixie | testing |
| 7.0 Freia | 14 Forky | |
| Ceres | Sid | unstable |
`apt-get install tmuxp` or run the `/var/tmp/020_tmux.sh`
### Configuration
The most important change to make before running the install is to provide
the /dev/disk/by-id for the disks you wish to install to.
After any changes to configuration files it is important to exit and
reload the sdk.
### Build
In the live-sdk environment you have access to the functions of the sdk.
The amin function that kicjs off the build sequence and debootstrap is
`blend/helpers:build_metal_dist`
To install to the chosen harddrives in the live-sdk env run:
```bash
build_metal_dist
```