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CachyOS kernels

Switching

Install normally, then swap kernels after first boot. Keeps stock kernel as fallback.

  1. Boot the installed system
  2. Add Cachyos-repos then run sudo ./cachyos-repo --install
  3. pacman -Syy linux-cachyos (and any additional drivers you might need from their repos)
  4. Regen bootloader: grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg (or equivalent depending on bootloader and paths)
  5. Reboot, pick the new kernel entry in the menu.

Optionally after checking all works fine, remove the repos (--remove).

Details

Simply because we want an arch base: Details are available in the repo itself.

  • Do not replace pacman
  • Do not insert cachyos repos before regular ones

Can specify as pacman -S cachyos/appname or cachyos-vX/linux-variant

That's it.