added option to choose kernel

3 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dc75bed8..246880ba 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ SAFETY_LOCK
 **/**.network
 **/**.target
 **/**.qcow2
-**/test.py
+**/test.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/archinstall/lib/installer.py b/archinstall/lib/installer.py
index 758033a7..d21040fa 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/installer.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/installer.py
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ class Installer():
 	:type hostname: str, optional
 
 	"""
-	def __init__(self, target, *, base_packages='base base-devel linux linux-firmware efibootmgr'):
+	def __init__(self, target, *, base_packages='base base-devel linux-firmware efibootmgr', kernel='linux'):
+		base_packages += ' '+kernel
 		self.target = target
 		self.init_time = time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S')
 		self.milliseconds = int(str(time.time()).split('.')[1])
diff --git a/examples/guided.py b/examples/guided.py
index d47a949c..a927d86b 100644
--- a/examples/guided.py
+++ b/examples/guided.py
@@ -176,6 +176,15 @@ def ask_user_questions():
 			# packages installed by a profile may depend on audio and something may get installed anyways, not much we can do about that.
 			# 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:
+	kernel = input("choose a kernel:\n1. linux\n2. linux-lts\n3. linux-zen")
+	try:
+		archinstall.arguments['kernel'] = ['linux', 'linux-lts', 'linux-zen'][int(kernel) - 1]
+	except:
+		archinstall.log('invalid kernel selected. defaulting to \'linux\'.')
+		archinstall.arguments['kernel'] = 'linux'
+
 
 	# Additional packages (with some light weight error handling for invalid package names)
 	if not archinstall.arguments.get('packages', None):
@@ -272,7 +281,7 @@ 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, kernel=archinstall.arguments['kernel']) 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