From f0b06a1685e65f5bb86e9a6653a8385497392148 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Astral <208268648+AstralZX@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2026 08:04:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Remove ISO build tooling (deferred to later)

---
 Makefile          |  7 +++----
 README.md         |  7 +++----
 iso/build-iso.sh  | 51 -----------------------------------------------
 scripts/common.sh |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100755 iso/build-iso.sh

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 918d570..0651c4f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@ SHELL := sh
 KAMA ?= ../kama
 PKGS ?= ../kama-packages
 
-.PHONY: iso install recipe-check clean
+.PHONY: rootfs install recipe-check clean
 
-iso:
+rootfs:
 	sh scripts/build-root.sh
-	sh iso/build-iso.sh
 
 install:
 	sh installer/install.sh
@@ -22,4 +21,4 @@ recipe-check:
 	done
 
 clean:
-	rm -rf iso/work /tmp/keru
+	rm -rf /tmp/keru
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 43efc04..a80f6b8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ depends on live in their own repositories:
 Every package on Keru is built from source by **Kama**, a deliberately small
 package manager that simply runs the commands in each recipe. No binary
 packages, no opaque package machinery. The whole system — toolchain included —
-is compiled from original source, and the install image is assembled by hand
-rather than with a stock tool like archiso.
+is compiled from original source.
 
 Runit handles services. The standard Linux kernel drives the hardware.
 `nmtui` manages networking. Nothing you didn't ask for ends up on the disk.
@@ -38,10 +37,11 @@ disk is precisely the one you chose.
 
 ```
 installer/     TUI installer — writes make.conf from your choices
-iso/           from-scratch ISO build tooling (xorriso + squashfs + syslinux)
 profile/       make.conf template (the swappables + build flags)
 scripts/       build pipeline: build-root, mkfs-root, common helpers
 docs/          design docs + the recipe format spec
+
+(ISO build tooling is not in this repo yet — coming later.)
 ```
 
 ## Building
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ Then, from `KeruOS/`:
 make install       # run the TUI installer
 # or, headlessly:
 sh scripts/build-root.sh            # build a rootfs into /tmp/keru/root
-make iso                            # assemble an install image
 ```
 
 Requires the sibling `kama` and `kama-packages` repos to be present.
diff --git a/iso/build-iso.sh b/iso/build-iso.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index b6a184a..0000000
--- a/iso/build-iso.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
-# build-iso.sh — assemble a Keru OS ISO from the built rootfs and kernel
-#
-# From-scratch approach (no archiso): we lay out the classic isohybrid
-# structure manually, squash the rootfs, and generate the ISO with xorriso +
-# isolinux/syslinux (or syslinux's isohybrid). This is the LFS/Debian-live
-# style path.
-#
-# Requires on the build host: xorriso, squashfs-tools, syslinux/isolinux.
-
-set -eu
-. "$(dirname "$0")/common.sh"
-
-ROOT="${ROOT:-/tmp/keru/root}"       # target rootfs (from make.conf)
-ISO_OUT="${ISO_OUT:-$KERU_ROOT/iso/keru-$(date +%Y%m%d).iso}"
-WORK="$KERU_ROOT/iso/work"
-ISOIMG="$WORK/isolinux"
-
-info "building Keru ISO -> $ISO_OUT"
-[ -d "$ROOT" ] || die "rootfs not found at $ROOT (run build-root.sh first)"
-
-have xorriso || die "xorriso not installed"
-have mksquashfs || die "squashfs-tools not installed"
-
-rm -rf "$WORK"; mkdir -p "$ISOIMG"
-info "generating isolinux config"
-cp /usr/lib/syslinux/bios/isolinux.bin "$ISOIMG/" || true
-cp /usr/lib/syslinux/bios/ldlinux.c32 "$ISOIMG/" || true
-cat > "$ISOIMG/isolinux.cfg" <<'EOF'
-UI vesamenu.c32
-DEFAULT keru
-LABEL keru
-    LINUX /boot/vmlinuz-keru
-    INITRD /boot/initramfs-keru.img
-    APPEND root=live:LABEL=KERU_LIVE toram quiet
-EOF
-
-info "packing rootfs into squashfs"
-mksquashfs "$ROOT" "$WORK/keru.sfs" -noappend -comp xz
-
-info "writing ISO (isohybrid)"
-xorriso -as mkisofs \
-    -o "$ISO_OUT" \
-    -V KERU_LIVE \
-    -b isolinux/isolinux.bin \
-    -c isolinux/boot.cat \
-    -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table \
-    -isohybrid-mbr /usr/lib/syslinux/bios/isohdpfx.bin \
-    "$WORK"
-
-info "done: $ISO_OUT"
diff --git a/scripts/common.sh b/scripts/common.sh
index 303c0ed..14420fd 100755
--- a/scripts/common.sh
+++ b/scripts/common.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# common.sh — shared helpers for Keru scripts (installer, iso, kama)
+# common.sh — shared helpers for Keru scripts (installer, build pipeline)
 PREFIX="\033[1;35m[ keru ]\033[0m"
 msg()  { printf '%b %s\n' "$PREFIX" "$*"; }
 info() { printf '%b \033[1;34m==>\033[0m %s\n' "$PREFIX" "$*"; }