Merged PR #736 - Partially addresses #710

Adding in a hard exception if `--config` can't be loaded when given.

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/archinstall/__init__.py b/archinstall/__init__.py
index 30ed8667..a528922f 100644
--- a/archinstall/__init__.py
+++ b/archinstall/__init__.py
@@ -49,12 +49,15 @@ def initialize_arguments():
 				with urllib.request.urlopen(urllib.request.Request(args.config, headers={'User-Agent': 'ArchInstall'})) as response:
 					config = json.loads(response.read())
 		except Exception as e:
-			print(e)
+			raise ValueError(f"Could not load --config because: {e}")
+	
 		if args.creds is not None:
 			with open(args.creds) as file:
 				config.update(json.load(file))
+	
 		# Installation can't be silent if config is not passed
 		config["silent"] = args.silent
+	
 	for arg in unknowns:
 		if '--' == arg[:2]:
 			if '=' in arg:
@@ -62,9 +65,12 @@ def initialize_arguments():
 			else:
 				key, val = arg[2:], True
 			config[key] = val
+	
 	config["script"] = args.script
+	
 	if args.dry_run is not None:
 		config["dry-run"] = args.dry_run
+
 	return config
 
 
diff --git a/archinstall/lib/systemd.py b/archinstall/lib/systemd.py
index 7f732c99..c3beafc0 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/systemd.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/systemd.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class Boot:
 		if shutdown.exit_code == 0:
 			storage['active_boot'] = None
 		else:
-			raise SysCallError(f"Could not shut down temporary boot of {self.instance}", level=logging.ERROR, fg="red")
+			raise SysCallError(f"Could not shut down temporary boot of {self.instance}: {shutdown}", exit_code=shutdown.exit_code)
 
 	def __iter__(self):
 		if self.session: