finally

airootfs/etc/calamares/modules/packages.conf

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 # Not actually a package manager, but suitable for testing:
 #  - dummy       - Dummy manager, only logs
 #
-backend: dummy
+backend: pacman
 
 #
 # Often package installation needs an internet connection.
@@ -208,7 +208,9 @@ operations:
     - vi-${LOCALE}
     - wget
     - binutils
-  - remove:
+    - linux
-    - vi
+    - linux-firmware
-    - wget
+    - grub
-    - binutils
+    - base
+    - hyprland
+    - plasma

airootfs/etc/calamares/modules/shellprocess.conf

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ dontChroot: false
 # Tune this for the commands you're actually running, or
 # use the list-of-items form of commands to tune the timeout
 # for each command individually.
-timeout: 10
+timeout: 200
 
 # This will copy the output from the command into the Calamares
 # log file. No processing is done beyond log-each-line-separately,
@@ -126,11 +126,7 @@ verbose: false
 # - the slowloris command has a different timeout from the other commands
 # - the echo command logs its output line-by-line
 script:
-    - "-touch ${ROOT}/tmp/thingy"
+    - command: "sh /usr/local/bin/install-sc.sh"
-    - "/usr/bin/true"
-    - command: "/usr/local/bin/slowloris"
-      timeout: 3600
-    - command: "echo -e '\e[33;2mred\e[33;0m' ; echo second line"
       verbose: true
 
 # You can change the description of the job (as it is displayed in the

airootfs/etc/calamares/modules/shellprocess_keys.conf

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+dontChroot: false
+timeout: 300
+script:
+    - "pacman-key --init"
+    - "pacman-key --populate archlinux"

airootfs/etc/calamares/modules/users.conf

@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ passwordRequirements:
 # the checkbox. This checkbox allows the user to choose to disable
 # password-strength-checks. By default the box is **hidden**, so
 # that you have to pick a password that satisfies the checks.
-allowWeakPasswords: false
+allowWeakPasswords: true
 # You can control the initial state for the 'strong passwords' checkbox here.
 # Possible values are:
 #  - true to uncheck or
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ allowWeakPasswords: false
 # the checkbox by default. Since the box is labeled to enforce strong
 # passwords, in order to **allow** weak ones by default, the box needs
 # to be unchecked.
-allowWeakPasswordsDefault: false
+allowWeakPasswordsDefault: true
 
 
 # User settings
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ user:
 hostname:
   location: EtcFile
   writeHostsFile: true
-  template: "derp-${cpu}"
+  template: "HyA-${cpu}"
   forbidden_names: [ localhost ]
 
 # Enable Active Directory enrollment support (opt-in)

airootfs/etc/calamares/settings.conf

@@ -130,7 +130,10 @@ sequence:
   - partition
 #  - zfs
   - mount
+#  - shellprocess
   - unpackfs
+  - shellprocess
+  - packages
   - machineid
   - locale
   - keyboard

airootfs/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+################################################################################
+################# Arch Linux mirrorlist generated by Reflector #################
+################################################################################
+
+# With:       reflector --latest 5 --protocol https --sort rate --save airootfs/etc/pacman.d/mirrolist
+# When:       2026-03-05 18:38:38 UTC
+# From:       https://archlinux.org/mirrors/status/json/
+# Retrieved:  2026-03-05 18:38:24 UTC
+# Last Check: 2026-03-05 18:26:14 UTC
+
+Server = https://frankfurt.mirror.pkgbuild.com/$repo/os/$arch
+Server = https://mirror.lcarilla.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
+Server = https://mirror.ubrco.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
+Server = https://mirror.funami.tech/arch/$repo/os/$arch
+Server = https://mirror.theo546.fr/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

airootfs/etc/resolv.conf

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf

airootfs/etc/resolv.conf

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+nameserver 192.168.10.5
+nameserver 192.168.10.6

airootfs/usr/local/bin/install-sc.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+mkdir -p /etc/pacman.d/gnupg
+pacman-key --init
+pacman-key --populate archlinux
+
+# 3. Get Reflector (Using --needed so it doesn't reinstall if already there)
+pacman -Sy --noconfirm --needed reflector
+
+# 4. Clean the Mirrorlist (The most important part!)
+reflector --latest 5 --protocol https --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
+
+# 5. Final sync so the 'packages' module is ready to go
+pacman -Sy

airootfs/usr/share/calamares/modules/packages.conf

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 # Not actually a package manager, but suitable for testing:
 #  - dummy       - Dummy manager, only logs
 #
-backend: dummy
+backend: pacman 
 
 #
 # Often package installation needs an internet connection.
@@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ operations:
     - vi-${LOCALE}
     - wget
     - binutils
+    - base
+    - linux
+    - linux-firmware
+    - grub 
   - remove:
     - vi
     - wget

airootfs/usr/share/calamares/modules/unpackfs.conf

@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ unpack:
         destination: ""
     -   source: "/boot/vmlinuz-linux"
         sourcefs: "file"
-        destination: "/boot/vmlinuz-linux"
+        destination: "/boot/"

airootfs/usr/share/calamares/modules/users.conf

@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ passwordRequirements:
 # the checkbox. This checkbox allows the user to choose to disable
 # password-strength-checks. By default the box is **hidden**, so
 # that you have to pick a password that satisfies the checks.
-allowWeakPasswords: false
+allowWeakPasswords: true
 # You can control the initial state for the 'strong passwords' checkbox here.
 # Possible values are:
 #  - true to uncheck or
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ allowWeakPasswords: false
 # the checkbox by default. Since the box is labeled to enforce strong
 # passwords, in order to **allow** weak ones by default, the box needs
 # to be unchecked.
-allowWeakPasswordsDefault: false
+allowWeakPasswordsDefault: true
 
 
 # User settings
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ user:
 hostname:
   location: EtcFile
   writeHostsFile: true
-  template: "derp-${cpu}"
+  template: "HyA-${cpu}"
   forbidden_names: [ localhost ]
 
 # Enable Active Directory enrollment support (opt-in)

airootfs/usr/share/calamares/modules/usersq.conf

@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ passwordRequirements:
         - minlen=0
         - minclass=0
 
-allowWeakPasswords: false
+allowWeakPasswords: true
 
-allowWeakPasswordsDefault: false
+allowWeakPasswordsDefault: true
 
 userShell: /bin/bash
 

bootstrap_packages

@@ -1,2 +1,11 @@
 arch-install-scripts
 base
+linux
+linux-firmware
+grub
+nano
+vim
+networkmanager
+git
+mkinitcpio
+mkinitcpio-archiso