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v1.7.117 broke Reticulum mesh on OTA-only fleet nodes two ways: the update swaps only the backend binary and frontend tarball, so nodes kept a stale archy-reticulum-daemon whose argparse exits on the new --enable-transport flag (mesh session died on every spawn — confirmed on framework-pt), and they never had archy-rnodeconf at all, so the in-app Flash LoRa flow failed with a bare "No such file or directory". Four-part fix: - The Rust supervisor probes `daemon --help` and only passes --enable-transport when the daemon advertises it; unsupported daemons run edge-only exactly as pre-1.7.117 (tested against stub daemons both ways + missing-binary fail-safe). - Both PyInstaller tools ride the frontend tarball's runtime payload (radio-tools/) and bootstrap.rs promotes them to /usr/local/bin on startup when bytes differ — the first OTA path that ever updates them. create-release.sh now rebuilds them every release and the manifest script hard-fails if they're missing. - The ISO bundles archy-rnodeconf alongside the daemon (it never did). - Flash LoRa reports "tool not installed — update the node" instead of the bare spawn error when rnodeconf is absent everywhere. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Archipelago OS Image Recipes
Build scripts for creating bootable Debian Linux OS images for Archipelago Bitcoin Node OS.
Quick Start
Build the ISO
# 1. Sync latest configs from live dev server
./sync-from-live.sh
# 2. Build components
./scripts/build-backend.sh
./scripts/build-frontend.sh
# 3. Build the ISO
./build-debian-iso.sh
This creates a bootable Debian Live ISO with Archipelago pre-installed.
Write to USB
# Using dd (recommended)
./write-usb-dd.sh /dev/diskN
# Or use Balena Etcher to flash the ISO
See the ISO-BUILD-CHECKLIST.md for a comprehensive build workflow.
See the Architecture documentation for detailed system information.
What's Included
- Debian Linux Base: Debian 13 (Trixie) with security updates applied during ISO/install creation
- Podman: Container runtime for apps (rootless by default)
- Archipelago Backend: Rust-based API server
- Archipelago Frontend: Vue.js web interface
- Systemd Services: Automatic service management
- Network Configuration: NetworkManager for easy setup
Build Output
results/archipelago-installer-x86_64.iso- Bootable hybrid ISO image
Supported Platforms
- x86_64: Dell OptiPlex, HP ProDesk 400 G4 DM, Start9 Server Pure, and other x86_64 machines
- Build Systems: macOS (requires Docker) and Linux (native or Docker)
Installation Methods
1. Live USB Boot
Boot from USB, run in live mode to test, or install to disk.
2. Full Disk Installation
From the live environment, run:
sudo /archipelago/install-to-disk.sh
This installs Archipelago to a target disk using debootstrap.
Directory Structure
image-recipe/
├── build-debian-iso.sh # Main ISO builder
├── write-usb-dd.sh # Write ISO to USB with dd
├── create-fat32-usb.sh # Alternative USB creation
├── archipelago-scripts/ # Scripts included in ISO
│ ├── install-to-disk.sh # Disk installer
│ └── setup-bitcoin.sh # Bitcoin Core setup
├── scripts/ # Build helper scripts
│ ├── build-backend.sh # Compile Rust backend
│ ├── build-frontend.sh # Build Vue.js frontend
│ └── check-dependencies.sh # Verify build requirements
└── results/ # Built ISO output
Requirements
- Docker (for macOS builds)
- xorriso (for ISO creation):
brew install xorriso - 7zip (for ISO extraction):
brew install p7zip