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# PS5 Linux Image Builder
Builds bootable Linux USB images for PlayStation 5 using Docker containers. Supports Ubuntu 26.04, Arch, CachyOS (Gamescope + Steam), and Alpine, individually or as a multi-distro image with kexec switching.
Builds bootable Linux USB images for PlayStation 5 using Docker containers. Supports Ubuntu 26.04, Arch, and CachyOS (Gamescope + Steam), individually or as a multi-distro image with kexec switching.
## Prerequisites
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OR
# Build a multi-distro image (ubuntu2604 + arch + alpine + cachyos)
# Build a multi-distro image (ubuntu2604 + arch + cachyos)
./build_image.sh --distro all
```
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| Flag | Description | Default |
|------|-------------|---------|
| `--distro` | `ubuntu2604`, `arch`, `cachyos`, `alpine`, or `all` | `ubuntu2604` |
| `--distro` | `ubuntu2604`, `arch`, `cachyos`, or `all` | `ubuntu2604` |
| `--kernel` | Path to kernel source directory | auto-clone `v6.19.10` |
| `--img-size` | Disk image size in MB | `12000` (`32000` for `all`) |
| `--clean` | Remove all cached build artifacts and start fresh | off |
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PS5 Linux Image Builder
=======================
Distro: all
(ubuntu2604 arch alpine cachyos)
(ubuntu2604 arch cachyos)
Image size: 32000MB
Kernel src: /path/to/work/linux
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| Ubuntu 26.04 (Resolute) | GNOME | `.deb` | systemd |
| Arch | Sway | `.pkg.tar.zst` | systemd |
| CachyOS | Gamescope + Steam Big Picture (Arch + `[cachyos]` repo, no v3 migration in image build) | `.pkg.tar.zst` | systemd |
| Alpine (3.21) | GNOME | extracted from `.deb` | OpenRC |
## Multi-distro Image
`--distro all` builds a 32GB image with 5 partitions (one EFI boot partition plus four root filesystems):
`--distro all` builds a 32GB image with 4 partitions (one EFI boot partition plus three root filesystems):
| Partition | Type | Label | Content |
|-----------|------|-------|---------|
| p1 | FAT32 | boot | Shared kernel, per-distro initrds, kexec scripts |
| p2 | ext4 | ubuntu2604 | Ubuntu 26.04 rootfs |
| p3 | ext4 | arch | Arch rootfs |
| p4 | ext4 | alpine | Alpine rootfs |
| p5 | ext4 | cachyos | CachyOS rootfs |
| p4 | ext4 | cachyos | CachyOS rootfs |
The boot partition contains kexec scripts to switch between distros at runtime. Ubuntu 26.04 is the default boot target.
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ubuntu2604/ # Ubuntu 26.04 (Resolute)
arch/ # Arch Linux
cachyos/ # CachyOS repos + Gamescope/Steam
alpine/ # Alpine 3.21
shared/ # Kernel postinst hooks (single + multi)
boot/
cmdline.txt # Kernel cmdline template (__DISTRO__ placeholder)
vram.txt # VRAM allocation
kexec-{ubuntu2604,arch,alpine,cachyos}.sh
kexec-{ubuntu2604,arch,cachyos}.sh
work/ # Build artifacts (auto-created)
linux-bin/ # Compiled kernel packages
output/ # Final .img files