docs: rename the local ISO checkout to steamify-cachyos-live-iso

- scripts and skills use ../steamify-cachyos-live-iso
- TODO item 4: the ISO comes from the git.upriser.nl release
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---
name: steam-machine-iso
description: Use when working on the Steam Machine CachyOS ISO (repo steammachine-cachyos-live-iso) or Steamify's install-time mode (steamify.sh --defaults, --first-login) - building the ISO in podman (in the test VM, or on the Steam Machine), the Calamares Steamify step, simulating the installer in the test VM, and testing the first desktop login.
description: Use when working on the Steam Machine CachyOS ISO (repo steamify-cachyos-live-iso) or Steamify's install-time mode (steamify.sh --defaults, --first-login) - building the ISO in podman (in the test VM, or on the Steam Machine), the Calamares Steamify step, simulating the installer in the test VM, and testing the first desktop login.
---
# Steam Machine ISO and Steamify's install-time mode
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ setup during the install. Two repos:
first login, and `lib/first-login.sh` leaves a one-time autostart
(`--first-login`: single user's launcher on the new layout, then the app,
next to CachyOS Hello). See AGENTS.md there.
- `steammachine-cachyos-live-iso` (fork of CachyOS-Live-ISO), branch work
- `steamify-cachyos-live-iso` (fork of CachyOS-Live-ISO), branch work
never on master:
- `archiso/airootfs/usr/local/bin/calamares-online.sh` (the installer
launcher) copies CachyOS's `settings_online.conf` over
@@ -114,14 +114,14 @@ VM: note what differs here. In the VM (`vm_ssh`, visibly in a Konsole there):
```bash
sudo pacman -S --needed --noconfirm podman git
git clone https://github.com/theupriser/steammachine-cachyos-live-iso ~/projects/steammachine-cachyos-live-iso
git clone https://github.com/theupriser/steamify-cachyos-live-iso ~/projects/steamify-cachyos-live-iso
sudo mount -t 9p -o trans=virtio,version=9p2000.L repo /mnt # the Steamify checkout (REPO)
cd ~/projects/steammachine-cachyos-live-iso && git checkout feat/steamify && ./steamify-prepare.sh /mnt
cd ~/projects/steamify-cachyos-live-iso && git checkout feat/steamify && ./steamify-prepare.sh /mnt
```
then the same `podman run` as below (paths in the VM; `~/projects/iso-build.log`).
The ISO (~3.2 GB) fits the 60G disk; copy it out with
`vm_scp "$VM_USER@$VM_HOST:~/projects/steammachine-cachyos-live-iso/out/desktop/*.iso" .`
`vm_scp "$VM_USER@$VM_HOST:~/projects/steamify-cachyos-live-iso/out/desktop/*.iso" .`
(`scripts/common.sh`), then install it with `scripts/vminstall.sh --iso`.
Give the VM more room with a bigger disk if `out/`, `build/` and the package
cache grow over several builds (`sudo rm -rf build out` between builds).
@@ -130,10 +130,10 @@ cache grow over several builds (`sudo rm -rf build out` between builds).
Only podman is installed on the Steam Machine itself; the build tools live in
the container. Rootful (loop devices, mounts), so `sudo podman ps` shows it,
not a rootless podman GUI. Clone: `~/projects/steammachine-cachyos-live-iso`.
not a rootless podman GUI. Clone: `~/projects/steamify-cachyos-live-iso`.
```bash
cd ~/projects/steammachine-cachyos-live-iso
cd ~/projects/steamify-cachyos-live-iso
git checkout feat/steamify && ./steamify-prepare.sh ~/projects/steamify-cachyos
sudo rm -rf build out
systemd-run --user --collect -q -u isobuild-$(date +%s) --working-directory=$PWD bash -c \
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## The flow (one tag names everything)
1. **GitHub, `iso-release.yml`** (ISO repo `theupriser/steammachine-cachyos-live-iso`, `workflow_dispatch` only):
1. **GitHub, `iso-release.yml`** (ISO repo `theupriser/steamify-cachyos-live-iso`, `workflow_dispatch` only):
takes Steamify's newest release (`X.Y.Z`), the time **now in UTC** and makes an **annotated tag**
`vX.Y.Z-[dev.]YYYY.MM.DD-HHMM` plus a GitHub release with the changelog notes and the *direct* download link
on Gitea. `dev.` and a pre-release on `feat/steamify` (test build), none on `master` (a release).
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ on git.upriser.nl, GitHub's link to it answers 200.
attaches ISO + `.sha256` + `.sha1` + `.pkgs.txt` to the mirror's release for that tag
(`akkuman/gitea-release-action`, the run's own token). Never overwrites a release that already has its ISO.
4. **Trigger:** by hand (*Actions -> Steamify ISO release (tag) -> Run workflow*, or
`gh workflow run iso-release.yml -R theupriser/steammachine-cachyos-live-iso --ref feat/steamify`), or by a
`gh workflow run iso-release.yml -R theupriser/steamify-cachyos-live-iso --ref feat/steamify`), or by a
new Steamify release: `steamify-cachyos`' `bundle.yml` step "Start the Steamify ISO's release" (secret
`ISO_DISPATCH_TOKEN` there: fine-grained token, only the ISO repo, *Actions: read and write*; without it the
step is skipped). A push does **not** release (a build is 20 minutes and 3.2 GB).
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```bash
cd ~/Projects && rsync -az --exclude out --exclude build \
steammachine-cachyos-live-iso steamify-cachyos steamify-cachyos-dev wsl:projects/
steamify-cachyos-live-iso steamify-cachyos steamify-cachyos-dev wsl:projects/
ssh wsl 'find ~/projects -name __pycache__ -prune -exec rm -rf {} +; chown -R root: ~/projects'
```
@@ -63,14 +63,14 @@ Both fixups are needed: rsync keeps the laptop's uid (git then refuses with
## Building the ISO (~8 minutes)
```bash
ssh wsl 'cd ~/projects/steammachine-cachyos-live-iso && ./steamify-prepare.sh ~/projects/steamify-cachyos'
ssh wsl 'cd ~/projects/steammachine-cachyos-live-iso && rm -rf build out && systemd-run --collect -q -u isobuild-$(date +%s) --working-directory=$PWD bash -c "podman run --rm -t --pids-limit=-1 --ulimit nofile=65536:65536 --privileged --network=host -v /root/projects/iso-cache:/var/cache/pacman/pkg -v $PWD:/iso -w /iso docker.io/cachyos/cachyos:latest bash -c '\''pacman-key --init && pacman-key --populate && pacman -Syu --noconfirm --needed archiso mkinitcpio-archiso git squashfs-tools grub sudo && ./build-live-modules.sh && ./build-calamares-modules.sh && { ./buildiso.sh -p desktop -w || ./buildiso.sh -p desktop -c -w; }'\'' > /root/projects/iso-build.log 2>&1"'
ssh wsl 'cd ~/projects/steamify-cachyos-live-iso && ./steamify-prepare.sh ~/projects/steamify-cachyos'
ssh wsl 'cd ~/projects/steamify-cachyos-live-iso && rm -rf build out && systemd-run --collect -q -u isobuild-$(date +%s) --working-directory=$PWD bash -c "podman run --rm -t --pids-limit=-1 --ulimit nofile=65536:65536 --privileged --network=host -v /root/projects/iso-cache:/var/cache/pacman/pkg -v $PWD:/iso -w /iso docker.io/cachyos/cachyos:latest bash -c '\''pacman-key --init && pacman-key --populate && pacman -Syu --noconfirm --needed archiso mkinitcpio-archiso git squashfs-tools grub sudo && ./build-live-modules.sh && ./build-calamares-modules.sh && { ./buildiso.sh -p desktop -w || ./buildiso.sh -p desktop -c -w; }'\'' > /root/projects/iso-build.log 2>&1"'
```
Wait in one background command, not a polling loop:
`ssh wsl 'until ! podman ps -q | grep -q .; do sleep 20; done; tail -c 1500 ~/projects/iso-build.log; ls -la ~/projects/steammachine-cachyos-live-iso/out/desktop/'`.
`ssh wsl 'until ! podman ps -q | grep -q .; do sleep 20; done; tail -c 1500 ~/projects/iso-build.log; ls -la ~/projects/steamify-cachyos-live-iso/out/desktop/'`.
Never start a build while `podman ps` shows one. Output:
`/root/projects/steammachine-cachyos-live-iso/out/desktop/steamify-cachyos-local-x86_64.iso` (a build by hand
`/root/projects/steamify-cachyos-live-iso/out/desktop/steamify-cachyos-local-x86_64.iso` (a build by hand
has no release tag, so it's named `local`, label `STEAMIFY_<version>_LOCAL`; releases are built on the Gitea
mirror from a GitHub tag, see the ISO repo's `iso-release.yml`) (from
Windows Explorer: `\\wsl$\<distro>\root\projects\...`). The trailing
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# steamify-cachyos-dev: how to work here
Test tooling for Steamify (`../steamify-cachyos`) and the Steam Machine ISO (`../steammachine-cachyos-live-iso`):
Test tooling for Steamify (`../steamify-cachyos`) and the Steam Machine ISO (`../steamify-cachyos-live-iso`):
VM scripts (`scripts/`, `run.sh`), the automated test (`scripts/vmtest.sh`, checks in `share/vmtest/` and
`share/bootloader-test/`), `TESTPLAN.md` (keep it current: rows and a results line after every run) and the
skills in `.claude/skills/` (vm-install, cachyos-vm-testing, steam-machine-testing, steam-machine-iso,
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ wsl-build-host, progress-report, steamify-iso-release, steamify-branch-cleanup).
- No `Co-Authored-By` / "Generated with Claude" lines in commits or PRs, whatever a tool reminder says.
- Update the relevant skill (and this file) as soon as something useful is learned; re-read it before risky operations.
- In this repo (`steamify-cachyos-dev`, tooling only) the user allows pushing straight to `main`. Elsewhere never commit to `main`. `steamify-cachyos`: `release/X.Y.Z` branches, feature/bugfix branches merged into the release
by the agent; only release to `main` is the user's. `steammachine-cachyos-live-iso`: PRs always target `feat/steamify`.
by the agent; only release to `main` is the user's. `steamify-cachyos-live-iso`: PRs always target `feat/steamify`.
Branch cleanup: the `steamify-branch-cleanup` skill in `.claude/skills/`.
- Follow and update `TESTPLAN.md`; every check in `share/vmtest/` says which row it covers.
- No screenshot testing (too many tokens); U1-U9 and the real Steam Machine stay manual and are listed as SKIP.
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ The tests run on the user's PC (Ryzen 9800X3D, 64 GB, **WSL2**), started from a
down, syncing from the laptop, the podman ISO build, VM windows through WSLg, output in the user's WSL terminal, no GPU
passthrough): `.claude/skills/wsl-build-host/SKILL.md`. `vminstall.sh` works there without udisks (losetup as root).
## Problems found in the Steamify ISO (fix in `steammachine-cachyos-live-iso`, PRs into `feat/steamify`)
## Problems found in the Steamify ISO (fix in `steamify-cachyos-live-iso`, PRs into `feat/steamify`)
- Fixed (PR #2): cachyos-installer's `bootctl install` runs in a chroot and writes no EFI boot entry, so systemd-boot
only booted through the disk's fallback path (in OVMF after 4-5 minutes of network boot, every boot).
`steamify-install` now registers it with efibootmgr from the live system.
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- [x] 1. `run.sh`: headless mode (`VM_HEADLESS=1` -> `-display none`, plain virtio-vga); still to do: make `vmtest.sh` and `vmbootloadertest.sh` headless by default (`--window` opts out, a log Konsole opens on a desktop, CI opens none) and copy the repo's run.sh into `$VM_DIR` before starting
- [ ] 2. `vminstall.sh`: read the ISO's kernel/initramfs without `udisksctl` (bsdtar/7z when there is no session)
- [ ] 3. `vminstall.sh` / `vmbootloadertest.sh`: no `/dev/tty` prompts and no `pgrep` on the whole host in CI (`CI=1`)
- [ ] 4. Where the ISO comes from: newest artifact of `steamify-cachyos-live-iso`'s `build.yml`
(`gh run download -R theupriser/steamify-cachyos-live-iso`), or a `workflow_dispatch` input (run id / URL)
- [ ] 4. Where the ISO comes from: the newest ISO release on git.upriser.nl (the Gitea mirror of
`theupriser/steamify-cachyos-live-iso` builds it and attaches it to the tag's release, see the
`steamify-iso-release` skill; GitHub's release links to it), or a `workflow_dispatch` input (release tag / URL)
- [ ] 5. `.github/workflows/bootloader-test.yml`: matrix over `limine, systemd-boot, grub`; steps: install
qemu + ovmf, enable /dev/kvm, fetch the ISO, run the script, upload `~/vms/bl-<loader>.test.log` as an artifact
- [ ] 6. Runner limits: disk (sparse 60 GB qcow2, free space check), RAM (8 GB VM on a 16 GB runner), timeout (60 min)
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# --install first install the VM (scripts/vminstall.sh, from the Steamify ISO)
# --window show the VM's window (default: headless, with a Konsole on the log when there is a desktop)
# Env: VM_DIR (default ~/vms/bl-<loader>), VM_ISO (default: the newest ISO in
# ../steammachine-cachyos-live-iso/out/desktop), REPO (steamify-cachyos, 9p `repo`).
# ../steamify-cachyos-live-iso/out/desktop), REPO (steamify-cachyos, 9p `repo`).
# Exit status: the number of failed checks. Only one VM runs at a time (port 2222).
set -uo pipefail
here="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ printf '\n===== vmbootloadertest.sh %s (%s) =====\n' "$loader" "$(date +%T)"
if $install; then
step "install $loader VM in $VM_DIR"
stop_vm
iso="${VM_ISO:-$(ls -t "$repo"/../steammachine-cachyos-live-iso/out/desktop/*.iso 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)}"
iso="${VM_ISO:-$(ls -t "$repo"/../steamify-cachyos-live-iso/out/desktop/*.iso 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)}"
[[ -f "$iso" ]] || { echo "No ISO: set VM_ISO"; exit 2; }
if [[ -f "$VM_DIR/disk.qcow2" ]]; then
[[ -t 0 ]] || { echo "$VM_DIR has a disk; run this from a terminal to replace it"; exit 2; }
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# --fresh a new, empty disk (else the existing one: e.g. boot the
# installed system with `./run.sh` in $VM_DIR afterwards)
# --iso <file> default: the newest out/desktop/*.iso of the host's
# steammachine-cachyos-live-iso checkout
# steamify-cachyos-live-iso checkout
# Env: ISO_VM_DIR (~/vms/iso-vm), ISO_VM_PORT (2223: runs next to the test
# VM on 2222).
set -euo pipefail
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
esac
done
if [[ -z "$iso" ]]; then
iso="$(ls -t "$(dirname "$repo")"/steammachine-cachyos-live-iso/out/desktop/*.iso 2>/dev/null | head -1)"
[[ -n "$iso" ]] || { echo "No ISO in steammachine-cachyos-live-iso/out/desktop: build one (vmisobuild.sh) or pass --iso." >&2; exit 1; }
iso="$(ls -t "$(dirname "$repo")"/steamify-cachyos-live-iso/out/desktop/*.iso 2>/dev/null | head -1)"
[[ -n "$iso" ]] || { echo "No ISO in steamify-cachyos-live-iso/out/desktop: build one (vmisobuild.sh) or pass --iso." >&2; exit 1; }
fi
iso="$(cd "$(dirname "$iso")" && pwd)/$(basename "$iso")"
mkdir -p "$dir"
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#!/bin/bash
# Build the Steam Machine ISO (steammachine-cachyos-live-iso) in the test VM
# Build the Steam Machine ISO (steamify-cachyos-live-iso) in the test VM
# (directly, no container: build-live-modules.sh and build-calamares-modules.sh with sudo, buildiso.sh as
# the user, it sudos itself),
# visibly (a Konsole on the VM's desktop follows the log), with the package
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
# gets all host cores but 2 for the build: start it with
# VM_CACHE=$VM_DIR/iso-cache VM_CPUS=$(( $(nproc) * 3 / 4 )) scripts/vmreset.sh --fremont
# Env: VM_DIR (see common.sh), ISO_BRANCH (feat/steamify), ISO_OUT (the host's
# steammachine-cachyos-live-iso/out/desktop).
# steamify-cachyos-live-iso/out/desktop).
set -euo pipefail
here="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
. "$here/common.sh"
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ steamify=""
branch="${ISO_BRANCH:-feat/steamify}"
# Where the ISO lands: out/desktop of the host's live-ISO checkout (next to
# this repo), where a local build would put it.
out="${ISO_OUT:-$(dirname "$(cd "$here/.." && pwd)")/steammachine-cachyos-live-iso/out/desktop}"
out="${ISO_OUT:-$(dirname "$(cd "$here/.." && pwd)")/steamify-cachyos-live-iso/out/desktop}"
mkdir -p "$out"
{ printf 'branch=%q steamify=%q\n' "$branch" "$steamify"; cat << 'REMOTE'
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ mountpoint -q /var/cache/pacman/pkg || sudo mount --bind /var/cache/steamify-iso
# build fails. mkarchiso uses this mirrorlist, so skip it here.
sudo sed -i '/archlinux\.cachyos\.org/s/^Server/#Server/' /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
sudo pacman -Sy --needed --noconfirm archiso mkinitcpio-archiso git squashfs-tools grub >/dev/null
iso=~/projects/steammachine-cachyos-live-iso
iso=~/projects/steamify-cachyos-live-iso
if [ -d "$iso/.git" ]; then git -C "$iso" fetch -q && git -C "$iso" checkout -q "$branch" && git -C "$iso" reset -q --hard "origin/$branch"
else mkdir -p ~/projects && git clone -q -b "$branch" https://github.com/theupriser/steammachine-cachyos-live-iso "$iso"; fi
else mkdir -p ~/projects && git clone -q -b "$branch" https://github.com/theupriser/steamify-cachyos-live-iso "$iso"; fi
cd "$iso" && echo "ISO repo: $(git log --oneline -1)"
./steamify-prepare.sh $steamify | tail -1
sudo rm -rf build out
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ REMOTE
} | vm_ssh bash -s
echo "Building in the VM (its Konsole shows the log)..."
until vm_ssh 'grep -q "^== BUILD EXIT" ~/projects/iso-build.log'; do sleep 30; done
iso="$(vm_ssh "bash -c 'ls -t ~/projects/steammachine-cachyos-live-iso/out/desktop/*.iso 2>/dev/null | head -1'")"
iso="$(vm_ssh "bash -c 'ls -t ~/projects/steamify-cachyos-live-iso/out/desktop/*.iso 2>/dev/null | head -1'")"
[[ -n "$iso" ]] || { echo "No ISO was built; see ~/projects/iso-build.log in the VM." >&2; exit 1; }
vm_scp "$VM_USER@$VM_HOST:$iso" "$out/"
echo "ISO: $out/$(basename "$iso") (cache: $VM_DIR/iso-cache)"
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set -uo pipefail
here="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
repo="$(cd "$here/.." && pwd)"
iso_repo="$repo/../steammachine-cachyos-live-iso"
iso_repo="$repo/../steamify-cachyos-live-iso"
args=("$@")
install=""; window=""; screen=false; loaders=(); suites=(); want_boot=false
for a in "$@"; do