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Allow manual configuration for bootloader.
Hi! With all the issue with low EFI partition and extended /boot setup not resolved (#1072) for the moment, could it be possible to add the ability to not configure grub/systemd-boot and let the user do it manually in chroot? I've tried to do it, but the script check for /boot format and return an error if it is not vfat like efi. Thanks!
Interesting thought, I would have to evaluate how much effort it would be to halt the process at that stage and how safe it would be to continue past it without doing the configuration. We've had a lot of complaints about steps being "passed on error" (albeit silent and that was the main issue) and leaving the system with a lot of stuff to do.
It's a cool concept in my head, let me tinker and think about it :)
The only progress has been that I've concluded that it should be somewhat easy to implement.
But I'll most likely "hide" it behind --advanced as it requires knowledge of both the installation process as well as the user needs to know how to get to another tty (I know, it's a no brainer for most Arch users.. but still).
Progress has been slow in anticipation of the v2.5.3 release. But with that out of the way, this should begin development soon-ish.
I'm also juggling improving the Arch Linux mirror administration as it contains way to many manual steps.
I want this feature too !
Currently archinstall will error when use pre-configured btrfs subvolume as root partition.
