Merge pull request #315 from AggamR/master

selecting a kernel

.gitignore

@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ SAFETY_LOCK
 **/**.target
 **/**.qcow2
 **/test.py
+**/archiso
+/guided.py

archinstall/lib/installer.py

@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ class Installer():
 	:type hostname: str, optional
 
 	"""
-	def __init__(self, target, *, base_packages='base base-devel linux linux-firmware'):
+	def __init__(self, target, *, base_packages='base base-devel linux linux-firmware', kernels='linux'):
+		base_packages = base_packages + kernels.replace(',', ' ')
 		self.target = target
 		self.init_time = time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S')
 		self.milliseconds = int(str(time.time()).split('.')[1])
@@ -342,7 +343,7 @@ class Installer():
 			mkinit.write(f"BINARIES=({' '.join(BINARIES)})\n")
 			mkinit.write(f"FILES=({' '.join(FILES)})\n")
 			mkinit.write(f"HOOKS=({' '.join(HOOKS)})\n")
-		sys_command(f'/usr/bin/arch-chroot {self.target} mkinitcpio -p linux')
+		sys_command(f'/usr/bin/arch-chroot {self.target} mkinitcpio -P')
 
 		self.helper_flags['base'] = True
 

archinstall/lib/user_interaction.py

@@ -230,6 +230,8 @@ def generic_select(options, input_text="Select one of the above by index or abso
 	1: first
 	2: second
 	3: third option
+ 
+	it will return the selected text.
 	"""
 
 	if type(options) == dict: options = list(options)

examples/guided.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import getpass, time, json, os
 import archinstall
 from archinstall.lib.hardware import hasUEFI
 from archinstall.lib.profiles import Profile
+from archinstall.lib.user_interaction import generic_select
 
 if archinstall.arguments.get('help'):
 	print("See `man archinstall` for help.")
@@ -179,7 +180,6 @@ def ask_user_questions():
 
 	# Ask about audio server selection if one is not already set
 	if not archinstall.arguments.get('audio', None):
-		
 		# only ask for audio server selection on a desktop profile 
 		if str(archinstall.arguments['profile']) == 'Profile(desktop)':
 			archinstall.arguments['audio'] = archinstall.ask_for_audio_selection()
@@ -188,6 +188,15 @@ def ask_user_questions():
 			# we will not try to remove packages post-installation to not have audio, as that may cause multiple issues
 			archinstall.arguments['audio'] = None
 
+	# Ask what kernel user wants:
+	if not archinstall.arguments.get("kernels", None):
+		archinstall.log(f"Here you can choose which kernel to use, leave blank for default which is 'linux'.")
+
+		if (kernel := generic_select(["linux", "linux-lts", "linux-zen", "continue"], "choose a kernel:")):
+			archinstall.arguments['kernels'] = kernel
+		else:
+			archinstall.arguments['kernels'] = 'linux'
+
 	# Additional packages (with some light weight error handling for invalid package names)
 	while True:
 		if not archinstall.arguments.get('packages', None):
@@ -292,7 +301,7 @@ def perform_installation(mountpoint):
 	Only requirement is that the block devices are
 	formatted and setup prior to entering this function.
 	"""
-	with archinstall.Installer(mountpoint) as installation:
+	with archinstall.Installer(mountpoint, kernels=archinstall.arguments.get('kernels', 'linux')) as installation:
 		## if len(mirrors):
 		# Certain services might be running that affects the system during installation.
 		# Currently, only one such service is "reflector.service" which updates /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
@@ -373,4 +382,4 @@ def perform_installation(mountpoint):
 				pass
 
 ask_user_questions()
-perform_installation_steps()
+perform_installation_steps()