PyParted and a large rewrite of the underlying partitioning (#1604)

* Invert mypy files

* Add optional pre-commit hooks

* New profile structure

* Serialize profiles

* Use profile instead of classmethod

* Custom profile setup

* Separator between back

* Support profile import via url

* Move profiles module

* Refactor files

* Remove symlink

* Add user to docker group

* Update schema description

* Handle list services

* mypy fixes

* mypy fixes

* Rename profilesv2 to profiles

* flake8

* mypy again

* Support selecting DM

* Fix mypy

* Cleanup

* Update greeter setting

* Update schema

* Revert toml changes

* Poc external dependencies

* Dependency support

* New encryption menu

* flake8

* Mypy and flake8

* Unify lsblk command

* Update bootloader configuration

* Git hooks

* Fix import

* Pyparted

* Remove custom font setting

* flake8

* Remove default preview

* Manual partitioning menu

* Update structure

* Disk configuration

* Update filesystem

* luks2 encryption

* Everything works until installation

* Btrfsutil

* Btrfs handling

* Update btrfs

* Save encryption config

* Fix pipewire issue

* Update mypy version

* Update all pre-commit

* Update package versions

* Revert audio/pipewire

* Merge master PRs

* Add master changes

* Merge master changes

* Small renaming

* Pull master changes

* Reset disk enc after disk config change

* Generate locals

* Update naming

* Fix imports

* Fix broken sync

* Fix pre selection on table menu

* Profile menu

* Update profile

* Fix post_install

* Added python-pyparted to PKGBUILD, this requires [testing] to be enabled in order to run makepkg. Package still works via python -m build etc.

* Swaped around some setuptools logic in pyproject

Since we define `package-data` and `packages` there should be no need for:
```
[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
where = ["archinstall", "archinstall.*"]
```

* Removed pyproject collisions. Duplicate definitions.

* Made sure pyproject.toml includes languages

* Add example and update README

* Fix pyproject issues

* Generate locale

* Refactor imports

* Simplify imports

* Add profile description and package examples

* Align code

* Fix mypy

* Simplify imports

* Fix saving config

* Fix wrong luks merge

* Refactor installation

* Fix cdrom device loading

* Fix wrongly merged code

* Fix imports and greeter

* Don't terminate on partprobe error

* Use specific path on partprobe from luks

* Update archinstall/lib/disk/device_model.py

Co-authored-by: codefiles <11915375+codefiles@users.noreply.github.com>

* Update archinstall/lib/disk/device_model.py

Co-authored-by: codefiles <11915375+codefiles@users.noreply.github.com>

* Update github workflow to test archinstall installation

* Update sway merge

* Generate locales

* Update workflow

---------

Co-authored-by: Daniel Girtler <girtler.daniel@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Anton Hvornum <anton@hvornum.se>
Co-authored-by: Anton Hvornum <anton.feeds+github@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: codefiles <11915375+codefiles@users.noreply.github.com>

14 files changed, 615 insertions, 1103 deletions

diff --git a/examples/__init__.py b/examples/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
--- a/examples/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
diff --git a/examples/auto_discovery_mounted.py b/examples/auto_discovery_mounted.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0bd30cd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/auto_discovery_mounted.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from archinstall import disk
+
+root_mount_dir = Path('/mnt/archinstall')
+
+mods = disk.device_handler.detect_pre_mounted_mods(root_mount_dir)
+
+disk_config = disk.DiskLayoutConfiguration(
+	disk.DiskLayoutType.Pre_mount,
+	device_modifications=mods,
+	relative_mountpoint=Path('/mnt/archinstall')
+)
diff --git a/examples/config-sample.json b/examples/config-sample.json
index dc8693a7..a7c5d537 100644
--- a/examples/config-sample.json
+++ b/examples/config-sample.json
@@ -1,28 +1,132 @@
 {
-    "audio": null,
-    "bootloader": "systemd-bootctl",
-    "harddrives": [
-        "/dev/loop0"
-    ],
-    "hostname": "",
+    "config_version": "2.5.2",
+    "additional-repositories": [],
+    "archinstall-language": "English",
+    "audio": "pipewire",
+    "bootloader": "Systemd-boot",
+    "debug": false,
+    "disk_config": {
+        "config_type": "default_layout",
+        "device_modifications": [
+            {
+                "device": "/dev/sda",
+                "partitions": [
+                    {
+                        "btrfs": [],
+                        "flags": [
+                            "Boot"
+                        ],
+                        "fs_type": "fat32",
+                        "length": {
+                            "sector_size": null,
+                            "total_size": null,
+                            "unit": "MiB",
+                            "value": 512
+                        },
+                        "mount_options": [],
+                        "mountpoint": "/boot",
+                        "obj_id": "2c3fa2d5-2c79-4fab-86ec-22d0ea1543c0",
+                        "start": {
+                            "sector_size": null,
+                            "total_size": null,
+                            "unit": "MiB",
+                            "value": 1
+                        },
+                        "status": "create",
+                        "type": "primary"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "btrfs": [],
+                        "flags": [],
+                        "fs_type": "ext4",
+                        "length": {
+                            "sector_size": null,
+                            "total_size": null,
+                            "unit": "GiB",
+                            "value": 20
+                        },
+                        "mount_options": [],
+                        "mountpoint": "/",
+                        "obj_id": "3e7018a0-363b-4d05-ab83-8e82d13db208",
+                        "start": {
+                            "sector_size": null,
+                            "total_size": null,
+                            "unit": "MiB",
+                            "value": 513
+                        },
+                        "status": "create",
+                        "type": "primary"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "btrfs": [],
+                        "flags": [],
+                        "fs_type": "ext4",
+                        "length": {
+                            "sector_size": null,
+                            "total_size": {
+                                "sector_size": null,
+                                "total_size": null,
+                                "unit": "B",
+                                "value": 250148290560
+                            },
+                            "unit": "Percent",
+                            "value": 100
+                        },
+                        "mount_options": [],
+                        "mountpoint": "/home",
+                        "obj_id": "ce58b139-f041-4a06-94da-1f8bad775d3f",
+                        "start": {
+                            "sector_size": null,
+                            "total_size": null,
+                            "unit": "GiB",
+                            "value": 20
+                        },
+                        "status": "create",
+                        "type": "primary"
+                    }
+                ],
+                "wipe": true
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    "hostname": "archlinux",
     "kernels": [
         "linux"
     ],
     "keyboard-layout": "us",
     "mirror-region": {
-        "Worldwide": {
-            "https://mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch": true
+        "Australia": {
+            "http://archlinux.mirror.digitalpacific.com.au/$repo/os/$arch": true,
         }
     },
     "nic": {
-        "type": "NM"
+        "dhcp": true,
+        "dns": null,
+        "gateway": null,
+        "iface": null,
+        "ip": null,
+        "type": "nm"
     },
+    "no_pkg_lookups": false,
     "ntp": true,
+    "offline": false,
     "packages": [],
-    "profile": null,
+    "parallel downloads": 0,
+    "profile_config": {
+        "gfx_driver": "All open-source (default)",
+        "greeter": "sddm",
+        "profile": {
+            "details": [
+                "Kde"
+            ],
+            "main": "Desktop"
+        }
+    },
     "script": "guided",
+    "silent": false,
     "swap": true,
     "sys-encoding": "utf-8",
     "sys-language": "en_US",
-    "timezone": "UTC"
+    "timezone": "UTC",
+    "version": "2.5.2"
 }
diff --git a/examples/creds-sample.json b/examples/creds-sample.json
index 0681e16f..530a2465 100644
--- a/examples/creds-sample.json
+++ b/examples/creds-sample.json
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
 {
-	"!root-password": "<root password>",
-	"!users": [
-		{
-			"username": "<USERNAME>",
-			"!password": "<PASSWORD>",
-			"sudo": false
-		},
-		{
-			"username": "<SUDO_USERNAME>",
-			"!password": "<PASSWORD>",
-			"sudo": true
-		}
-	]
+    "!users": [
+        {
+            "sudo": true,
+            "username": "archinstall"
+        }
+    ]
 }
diff --git a/examples/full_automated_installation.py b/examples/full_automated_installation.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a169dd50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/full_automated_installation.py
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from archinstall import Installer, ProfileConfiguration, profile_handler
+from archinstall.default_profiles.minimal import MinimalProfile
+from archinstall import disk
+from archinstall.lib.models import User
+
+# we're creating a new ext4 filesystem installation
+fs_type = disk.FilesystemType('ext4')
+device_path = Path('/dev/sda')
+
+# get the physical disk device
+device = disk.device_handler.get_device(device_path)
+
+if not device:
+	raise ValueError('No device found for given path')
+
+# create a new modification for the specific device
+device_modification = disk.DeviceModification(device, wipe=True)
+
+# create a new boot partition
+boot_partition = disk.PartitionModification(
+	status=disk.ModificationStatus.Create,
+	type=disk.PartitionType.Primary,
+	start=disk.Size(1, disk.Unit.MiB),
+	length=disk.Size(512, disk.Unit.MiB),
+	mountpoint=Path('/boot'),
+	fs_type=disk.FilesystemType.Fat32,
+	flags=[disk.PartitionFlag.Boot]
+)
+device_modification.add_partition(boot_partition)
+
+# create a root partition
+root_partition = disk.PartitionModification(
+	status=disk.ModificationStatus.Create,
+	type=disk.PartitionType.Primary,
+	start=disk.Size(513, disk.Unit.MiB),
+	length=disk.Size(20, disk.Unit.GiB),
+	mountpoint=None,
+	fs_type=fs_type,
+	mount_options=[],
+)
+device_modification.add_partition(root_partition)
+
+# create a new home partition
+home_partition = disk.PartitionModification(
+	status=disk.ModificationStatus.Create,
+	type=disk.PartitionType.Primary,
+	start=root_partition.length,
+	length=disk.Size(100, disk.Unit.Percent, total_size=device.device_info.total_size),
+	mountpoint=Path('/home'),
+	fs_type=fs_type,
+	mount_options=[]
+)
+device_modification.add_partition(home_partition)
+
+disk_config = disk.DiskLayoutConfiguration(
+	config_type=disk.DiskLayoutType.Default,
+	device_modifications=[device_modification]
+)
+
+# disk encryption configuration (Optional)
+disk_encryption = disk.DiskEncryption(
+	encryption_password="enc_password",
+	encryption_type=disk.EncryptionType.Partition,
+	partitions=[home_partition],
+	hsm_device=None
+)
+
+# initiate file handler with the disk config and the optional disk encryption config
+fs_handler = disk.FilesystemHandler(disk_config, disk_encryption)
+
+# perform all file operations
+# WARNING: this will potentially format the filesystem and delete all data
+fs_handler.perform_filesystem_operations(show_countdown=False)
+
+mountpoint = Path('/tmp')
+
+with Installer(
+	mountpoint,
+	disk_config,
+	disk_encryption=disk_encryption,
+	kernels=['linux']
+) as installation:
+	installation.mount_ordered_layout()
+	installation.minimal_installation(hostname='minimal-arch')
+	installation.add_additional_packages(['nano', 'wget', 'git'])
+
+# Optionally, install a profile of choice.
+# In this case, we install a minimal profile that is empty
+profile_config = ProfileConfiguration(MinimalProfile())
+profile_handler.install_profile_config(installation, profile_config)
+
+user = User('archinstall', 'password', True)
+installation.create_users(user)
diff --git a/examples/guided.py b/examples/guided.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e9240c03..00000000
--- a/examples/guided.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,306 +0,0 @@
-import logging
-import os
-import time
-
-import archinstall
-from archinstall import ConfigurationOutput, Menu
-from archinstall.lib.models.network_configuration import NetworkConfigurationHandler
-
-if archinstall.arguments.get('help'):
-	print("See `man archinstall` for help.")
-	exit(0)
-if os.getuid() != 0:
-	print(_("Archinstall requires root privileges to run. See --help for more."))
-	exit(1)
-
-# Log various information about hardware before starting the installation. This might assist in troubleshooting
-archinstall.log(f"Hardware model detected: {archinstall.sys_vendor()} {archinstall.product_name()}; UEFI mode: {archinstall.has_uefi()}", level=logging.DEBUG)
-archinstall.log(f"Processor model detected: {archinstall.cpu_model()}", level=logging.DEBUG)
-archinstall.log(f"Memory statistics: {archinstall.mem_available()} available out of {archinstall.mem_total()} total installed", level=logging.DEBUG)
-archinstall.log(f"Virtualization detected: {archinstall.virtualization()}; is VM: {archinstall.is_vm()}", level=logging.DEBUG)
-archinstall.log(f"Graphics devices detected: {archinstall.graphics_devices().keys()}", level=logging.DEBUG)
-
-# For support reasons, we'll log the disk layout pre installation to match against post-installation layout
-archinstall.log(f"Disk states before installing: {archinstall.disk_layouts()}", level=logging.DEBUG)
-
-
-def ask_user_questions():
-	"""
-		First, we'll ask the user for a bunch of user input.
-		Not until we're satisfied with what we want to install
-		will we continue with the actual installation steps.
-	"""
-
-	# ref: https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/831
-	# we'll set NTP to true by default since this is also
-	# the default value specified in the menu options; in
-	# case it will be changed by the user we'll also update
-	# the system immediately
-	global_menu = archinstall.GlobalMenu(data_store=archinstall.arguments)
-
-	global_menu.enable('archinstall-language')
-
-	global_menu.enable('keyboard-layout')
-
-	# Set which region to download packages from during the installation
-	global_menu.enable('mirror-region')
-
-	global_menu.enable('sys-language')
-	global_menu.enable('sys-encoding')
-
-	# Ask which harddrives/block-devices we will install to
-	# and convert them into archinstall.BlockDevice() objects.
-	global_menu.enable('harddrives')
-
-	global_menu.enable('disk_layouts')
-
-	# Specify disk encryption options
-	global_menu.enable('disk_encryption')
-
-	# Ask which boot-loader to use (will only ask if we're in UEFI mode, otherwise will default to GRUB)
-	global_menu.enable('bootloader')
-
-	global_menu.enable('swap')
-
-	# Get the hostname for the machine
-	global_menu.enable('hostname')
-
-	# Ask for a root password (optional, but triggers requirement for super-user if skipped)
-	global_menu.enable('!root-password')
-
-	global_menu.enable('!users')
-
-	# Ask for archinstall-specific profiles (such as desktop environments etc)
-	global_menu.enable('profile')
-
-	# Ask about audio server selection if one is not already set
-	global_menu.enable('audio')
-
-	# Ask for preferred kernel:
-	global_menu.enable('kernels')
-
-	global_menu.enable('packages')
-
-	if archinstall.arguments.get('advanced', False):
-		# Enable parallel downloads
-		global_menu.enable('parallel downloads')
-
-	# Ask or Call the helper function that asks the user to optionally configure a network.
-	global_menu.enable('nic')
-
-	global_menu.enable('timezone')
-
-	global_menu.enable('ntp')
-
-	global_menu.enable('additional-repositories')
-
-	global_menu.enable('__separator__')
-
-	global_menu.enable('save_config')
-	global_menu.enable('install')
-	global_menu.enable('abort')
-
-	global_menu.run()
-
-
-def perform_filesystem_operations():
-	"""
-		Issue a final warning before we continue with something un-revertable.
-		We mention the drive one last time, and count from 5 to 0.
-	"""
-
-	if archinstall.arguments.get('harddrives', None):
-		print(_(f" ! Formatting {archinstall.arguments['harddrives']} in "), end='')
-		archinstall.do_countdown()
-
-		"""
-			Setup the blockdevice, filesystem (and optionally encryption).
-			Once that's done, we'll hand over to perform_installation()
-		"""
-		mode = archinstall.GPT
-		if archinstall.has_uefi() is False:
-			mode = archinstall.MBR
-
-		for drive in archinstall.arguments.get('harddrives', []):
-			if archinstall.arguments.get('disk_layouts', {}).get(drive.path):
-				with archinstall.Filesystem(drive, mode) as fs:
-					fs.load_layout(archinstall.arguments['disk_layouts'][drive.path])
-
-
-def perform_installation(mountpoint):
-	"""
-	Performs the installation steps on a block device.
-	Only requirement is that the block devices are
-	formatted and setup prior to entering this function.
-	"""
-
-	with archinstall.Installer(mountpoint, kernels=archinstall.arguments.get('kernels', ['linux'])) as installation:
-		# Mount all the drives to the desired mountpoint
-		# This *can* be done outside of the installation, but the installer can deal with it.
-		if archinstall.arguments.get('disk_layouts'):
-			installation.mount_ordered_layout(archinstall.arguments['disk_layouts'])
-
-		# Placing /boot check during installation because this will catch both re-use and wipe scenarios.
-		for partition in installation.partitions:
-			if partition.mountpoint == installation.target + '/boot':
-				if partition.size < 0.19: # ~200 MiB in GiB
-					raise archinstall.DiskError(f"The selected /boot partition in use is not large enough to properly install a boot loader. Please resize it to at least 200MiB and re-run the installation.")
-
-		# If we've activated NTP, make sure it's active in the ISO too and
-		# make sure at least one time-sync finishes before we continue with the installation
-		if archinstall.arguments.get('ntp', False):
-			# Activate NTP in the ISO
-			archinstall.SysCommand('timedatectl set-ntp true')
-
-			# TODO: This block might be redundant, but this service is not activated unless
-			# `timedatectl set-ntp true` is executed.
-			logged = False
-			while archinstall.service_state('dbus-org.freedesktop.timesync1.service') not in ('running'):
-				if not logged:
-					installation.log(f"Waiting for dbus-org.freedesktop.timesync1.service to enter running state", level=logging.INFO)
-					logged = True
-				time.sleep(1)
-
-			logged = False
-			while 'Server: n/a' in archinstall.SysCommand('timedatectl timesync-status --no-pager --property=Server --value'):
-				if not logged:
-					installation.log(f"Waiting for timedatectl timesync-status to report a timesync against a server", level=logging.INFO)
-					logged = True
-				time.sleep(1)
-		
-		# 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
-		# We need to wait for it before we continue since we opted in to use a custom mirror/region.
-		installation.log('Waiting for automatic mirror selection (reflector) to complete.', level=logging.INFO)
-		while archinstall.service_state('reflector') not in ('dead', 'failed', 'exited'):
-			time.sleep(1)
-
-		installation.log('Waiting pacman-init.service to complete.', level=logging.INFO)
-		while archinstall.service_state('pacman-init') not in ('dead', 'failed', 'exited'):
-			time.sleep(1)
-
-		installation.log('Waiting Arch Linux keyring sync (archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync) to complete.', level=logging.INFO)
-		while archinstall.service_state('archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync') not in ('dead', 'failed', 'exited'):
-			time.sleep(1)
-
-		# Set mirrors used by pacstrap (outside of installation)
-		if archinstall.arguments.get('mirror-region', None):
-			archinstall.use_mirrors(archinstall.arguments['mirror-region'])  # Set the mirrors for the live medium
-
-		# Retrieve list of additional repositories and set boolean values appropriately
-		if archinstall.arguments.get('additional-repositories', None) is not None:
-			enable_testing = 'testing' in archinstall.arguments.get('additional-repositories', None)
-			enable_multilib = 'multilib' in archinstall.arguments.get('additional-repositories', None)
-		else:
-			enable_testing = False
-			enable_multilib = False
-
-		if installation.minimal_installation(
-				testing=enable_testing, multilib=enable_multilib, hostname=archinstall.arguments['hostname'],
-				locales=[f"{archinstall.arguments['sys-language']} {archinstall.arguments['sys-encoding'].upper()}"]):
-			if archinstall.arguments.get('mirror-region') is not None:
-				if archinstall.arguments.get("mirrors", None) is not None:
-					installation.set_mirrors(archinstall.arguments['mirror-region'])  # Set the mirrors in the installation medium
-			if archinstall.arguments.get('swap'):
-				installation.setup_swap('zram')
-			if archinstall.arguments.get("bootloader") == "grub-install" and archinstall.has_uefi():
-				installation.add_additional_packages("grub")
-			installation.add_bootloader(archinstall.arguments["bootloader"])
-
-			# If user selected to copy the current ISO network configuration
-			# Perform a copy of the config
-			network_config = archinstall.arguments.get('nic', None)
-
-			if network_config:
-				handler = NetworkConfigurationHandler(network_config)
-				handler.config_installer(installation)
-
-			if archinstall.arguments.get('audio', None) is not None:
-				installation.log(f"This audio server will be used: {archinstall.arguments.get('audio', None)}", level=logging.INFO)
-				if archinstall.arguments.get('audio', None) == 'pipewire':
-					archinstall.Application(installation, 'pipewire').install()
-				elif archinstall.arguments.get('audio', None) == 'pulseaudio':
-					print('Installing pulseaudio ...')
-					installation.add_additional_packages("pulseaudio")
-			else:
-				installation.log("No audio server will be installed.", level=logging.INFO)
-
-			if archinstall.arguments.get('packages', None) and archinstall.arguments.get('packages', None)[0] != '':
-				installation.add_additional_packages(archinstall.arguments.get('packages', None))
-
-			if archinstall.arguments.get('profile', None):
-				installation.install_profile(archinstall.arguments.get('profile', None))
-
-			if users := archinstall.arguments.get('!users', None):
-				installation.create_users(users)
-
-			if timezone := archinstall.arguments.get('timezone', None):
-				installation.set_timezone(timezone)
-
-			if archinstall.arguments.get('ntp', False):
-				installation.activate_time_syncronization()
-
-			if archinstall.accessibility_tools_in_use():
-				installation.enable_espeakup()
-
-			if (root_pw := archinstall.arguments.get('!root-password', None)) and len(root_pw):
-				installation.user_set_pw('root', root_pw)
-
-			# This step must be after profile installs to allow profiles to install language pre-requisits.
-			# After which, this step will set the language both for console and x11 if x11 was installed for instance.
-			installation.set_keyboard_language(archinstall.arguments['keyboard-layout'])
-
-			if archinstall.arguments['profile'] and archinstall.arguments['profile'].has_post_install():
-				with archinstall.arguments['profile'].load_instructions(namespace=f"{archinstall.arguments['profile'].namespace}.py") as imported:
-					if not imported._post_install():
-						archinstall.log(' * Profile\'s post configuration requirements was not fulfilled.', fg='red')
-						exit(1)
-
-		# If the user provided a list of services to be enabled, pass the list to the enable_service function.
-		# Note that while it's called enable_service, it can actually take a list of services and iterate it.
-		if archinstall.arguments.get('services', None):
-			installation.enable_service(*archinstall.arguments['services'])
-
-		# If the user provided custom commands to be run post-installation, execute them now.
-		if archinstall.arguments.get('custom-commands', None):
-			archinstall.run_custom_user_commands(archinstall.arguments['custom-commands'], installation)
-
-		installation.genfstab()
-
-		installation.log("For post-installation tips, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide#Post-installation", fg="yellow")
-		if not archinstall.arguments.get('silent'):
-			prompt = str(_('Would you like to chroot into the newly created installation and perform post-installation configuration?'))
-			choice = Menu(prompt, Menu.yes_no(), default_option=Menu.yes()).run()
-			if choice.value == Menu.yes():
-				try:
-					installation.drop_to_shell()
-				except:
-					pass
-
-	# For support reasons, we'll log the disk layout post installation (crash or no crash)
-	archinstall.log(f"Disk states after installing: {archinstall.disk_layouts()}", level=logging.DEBUG)
-
-
-if archinstall.arguments.get('skip-mirror-check', False) is False and archinstall.check_mirror_reachable() is False:
-	log_file = os.path.join(archinstall.storage.get('LOG_PATH', None), archinstall.storage.get('LOG_FILE', None))
-	archinstall.log(f"Arch Linux mirrors are not reachable. Please check your internet connection and the log file '{log_file}'.", level=logging.INFO, fg="red")
-	exit(1)
-
-if not archinstall.arguments.get('silent'):
-	ask_user_questions()
-
-config_output = ConfigurationOutput(archinstall.arguments)
-if not archinstall.arguments.get('silent'):
-	config_output.show()
-config_output.save()
-
-if archinstall.arguments.get('dry_run'):
-	exit(0)
-
-if not archinstall.arguments.get('silent'):
-	input(str(_('Press Enter to continue.')))
-
-archinstall.configuration_sanity_check()
-perform_filesystem_operations()
-perform_installation(archinstall.storage.get('MOUNT_POINT', '/mnt'))
diff --git a/examples/interactive_installation.py b/examples/interactive_installation.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a78b1712
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/interactive_installation.py
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+import logging
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
+
+import archinstall
+from archinstall import log, Installer, use_mirrors, profile_handler
+from archinstall.default_profiles.applications.pipewire import PipewireProfile
+from archinstall import disk
+from archinstall import menu
+from archinstall.lib.models import Bootloader, NetworkConfigurationHandler
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+	_: Any
+
+
+def ask_user_questions():
+	global_menu = archinstall.GlobalMenu(data_store=archinstall.arguments)
+
+	global_menu.enable('archinstall-language')
+
+	global_menu.enable('keyboard-layout')
+
+	# Set which region to download packages from during the installation
+	global_menu.enable('mirror-region')
+
+	global_menu.enable('sys-language')
+
+	global_menu.enable('sys-encoding')
+
+	global_menu.enable('disk_config', mandatory=True)
+
+	# Specify disk encryption options
+	global_menu.enable('disk_encryption')
+
+	# Ask which boot-loader to use (will only ask if we're in UEFI mode, otherwise will default to GRUB)
+	global_menu.enable('bootloader')
+
+	global_menu.enable('swap')
+
+	# Get the hostname for the machine
+	global_menu.enable('hostname')
+
+	# Ask for a root password (optional, but triggers requirement for super-user if skipped)
+	global_menu.enable('!root-password', mandatory=True)
+
+	global_menu.enable('!users', mandatory=True)
+
+	# Ask for archinstall-specific profiles_bck (such as desktop environments etc)
+	global_menu.enable('profile_config')
+
+	# Ask about audio server selection if one is not already set
+	global_menu.enable('audio')
+
+	# Ask for preferred kernel:
+	global_menu.enable('kernels')
+
+	global_menu.enable('packages')
+
+	if archinstall.arguments.get('advanced', False):
+		# Enable parallel downloads
+		global_menu.enable('parallel downloads')
+
+	# Ask or Call the helper function that asks the user to optionally configure a network.
+	global_menu.enable('nic')
+
+	global_menu.enable('timezone')
+
+	global_menu.enable('ntp')
+
+	global_menu.enable('additional-repositories')
+
+	global_menu.enable('__separator__')
+
+	global_menu.enable('save_config')
+	global_menu.enable('install')
+	global_menu.enable('abort')
+
+	global_menu.run()
+
+
+def perform_installation(mountpoint: Path):
+	"""
+	Performs the installation steps on a block device.
+	Only requirement is that the block devices are
+	formatted and setup prior to entering this function.
+	"""
+	log('Starting installation', level=logging.INFO)
+	disk_config: disk.DiskLayoutConfiguration = archinstall.arguments['disk_config']
+
+	# Retrieve list of additional repositories and set boolean values appropriately
+	enable_testing = 'testing' in archinstall.arguments.get('additional-repositories', [])
+	enable_multilib = 'multilib' in archinstall.arguments.get('additional-repositories', [])
+
+	locale = f"{archinstall.arguments.get('sys-language', 'en_US')} {archinstall.arguments.get('sys-encoding', 'UTF-8').upper()}"
+
+	disk_encryption: disk.DiskEncryption = archinstall.arguments.get('disk_encryption', None)
+
+	with Installer(
+		mountpoint,
+		disk_config,
+		disk_encryption=disk_encryption,
+		kernels=archinstall.arguments.get('kernels', ['linux'])
+	) as installation:
+		# Mount all the drives to the desired mountpoint
+		if disk_config.config_type != disk.DiskLayoutType.Pre_mount:
+			installation.mount_ordered_layout()
+
+		installation.sanity_check()
+
+		if disk_config.config_type != disk.DiskLayoutType.Pre_mount:
+			if disk_encryption and disk_encryption.encryption_type != disk.EncryptionType.NoEncryption:
+				# generate encryption key files for the mounted luks devices
+				installation.generate_key_files()
+
+		if archinstall.arguments.get('ntp', False):
+			installation.activate_ntp()
+
+		# Set mirrors used by pacstrap (outside of installation)
+		if archinstall.arguments.get('mirror-region', None):
+			use_mirrors(archinstall.arguments['mirror-region'])  # Set the mirrors for the live medium
+
+		installation.minimal_installation(
+			testing=enable_testing,
+			multilib=enable_multilib,
+			hostname=archinstall.arguments.get('hostname', 'archlinux'),
+			locales=[locale]
+		)
+
+		if archinstall.arguments.get('mirror-region') is not None:
+			if archinstall.arguments.get("mirrors", None) is not None:
+				installation.set_mirrors(archinstall.arguments['mirror-region'])  # Set the mirrors in the installation medium
+
+		if archinstall.arguments.get('swap'):
+			installation.setup_swap('zram')
+
+		if archinstall.arguments.get("bootloader") == Bootloader.Grub and archinstall.has_uefi():
+			installation.add_additional_packages("grub")
+
+		installation.add_bootloader(archinstall.arguments["bootloader"])
+
+		# If user selected to copy the current ISO network configuration
+		# Perform a copy of the config
+		network_config = archinstall.arguments.get('nic', None)
+
+		if network_config:
+			handler = NetworkConfigurationHandler(network_config)
+			handler.config_installer(installation)
+
+		if archinstall.arguments.get('packages', None) and archinstall.arguments.get('packages', None)[0] != '':
+			installation.add_additional_packages(archinstall.arguments.get('packages', None))
+
+		if users := archinstall.arguments.get('!users', None):
+			installation.create_users(users)
+
+		if audio := archinstall.arguments.get('audio', None):
+			log(f'Installing audio server: {audio}', level=logging.INFO)
+			if audio == 'pipewire':
+				PipewireProfile().install(installation)
+			elif audio == 'pulseaudio':
+				installation.add_additional_packages("pulseaudio")
+		else:
+			installation.log("No audio server will be installed.", level=logging.INFO)
+
+		if profile_config := archinstall.arguments.get('profile_config', None):
+			profile_handler.install_profile_config(installation, profile_config)
+
+		if timezone := archinstall.arguments.get('timezone', None):
+			installation.set_timezone(timezone)
+
+		if archinstall.arguments.get('ntp', False):
+			installation.activate_time_syncronization()
+
+		if archinstall.accessibility_tools_in_use():
+			installation.enable_espeakup()
+
+		if (root_pw := archinstall.arguments.get('!root-password', None)) and len(root_pw):
+			installation.user_set_pw('root', root_pw)
+
+		# This step must be after profile installs to allow profiles_bck to install language pre-requisits.
+		# After which, this step will set the language both for console and x11 if x11 was installed for instance.
+		installation.set_keyboard_language(archinstall.arguments['keyboard-layout'])
+
+		if profile_config := archinstall.arguments.get('profile_config', None):
+			profile_config.profile.post_install(installation)
+
+		# If the user provided a list of services to be enabled, pass the list to the enable_service function.
+		# Note that while it's called enable_service, it can actually take a list of services and iterate it.
+		if archinstall.arguments.get('services', None):
+			installation.enable_service(*archinstall.arguments['services'])
+
+		# If the user provided custom commands to be run post-installation, execute them now.
+		if archinstall.arguments.get('custom-commands', None):
+			archinstall.run_custom_user_commands(archinstall.arguments['custom-commands'], installation)
+
+		installation.genfstab()
+
+		installation.log("For post-installation tips, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide#Post-installation", fg="yellow")
+
+		if not archinstall.arguments.get('silent'):
+			prompt = str(_('Would you like to chroot into the newly created installation and perform post-installation configuration?'))
+			choice = menu.Menu(prompt, menu.Menu.yes_no(), default_option=menu.Menu.yes()).run()
+			if choice.value == menu.Menu.yes():
+				try:
+					installation.drop_to_shell()
+				except:
+					pass
+
+	archinstall.log(f"Disk states after installing: {disk.disk_layouts()}", level=logging.DEBUG)
+
+
+ask_user_questions()
+
+fs_handler = disk.FilesystemHandler(
+	archinstall.arguments['disk_config'],
+	archinstall.arguments.get('disk_encryption', None)
+)
+
+fs_handler.perform_filesystem_operations()
+
+perform_installation(archinstall.storage.get('MOUNT_POINT', Path('/mnt')))
diff --git a/examples/mac_address_installation.py b/examples/mac_address_installation.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0a1c5160
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/mac_address_installation.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import time
+
+import archinstall
+from archinstall.lib.profile.profiles_handler import profile_handler
+
+for profile in profile_handler.get_mac_addr_profiles():
+	# Tailored means it's a match for this machine
+	# based on it's MAC address (or some other criteria
+	# that fits the requirements for this machine specifically).
+	archinstall.log(f'Found a tailored profile for this machine called: "{profile.name}"')
+
+	print('Starting install in:')
+	for i in range(10, 0, -1):
+		print(f'{i}...')
+		time.sleep(1)
+
+	install_session = archinstall.storage['installation_session']
+	profile.install(install_session)
diff --git a/examples/minimal.py b/examples/minimal.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b4c847f..00000000
--- a/examples/minimal.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-import archinstall
-
-# Select a harddrive and a disk password
-from archinstall import User
-
-archinstall.log("Minimal only supports:")
-archinstall.log(" * Being installed to a single disk")
-
-if archinstall.arguments.get('help', None):
-	archinstall.log(" - Optional disk encryption via --!encryption-password=<password>")
-	archinstall.log(" - Optional filesystem type via --filesystem=<fs type>")
-	archinstall.log(" - Optional systemd network via --network")
-
-archinstall.arguments['harddrive'] = archinstall.select_disk(archinstall.all_blockdevices())
-
-
-def install_on(mountpoint):
-	# We kick off the installer by telling it where the
-	with archinstall.Installer(mountpoint) as installation:
-		# Strap in the base system, add a boot loader and configure
-		# some other minor details as specified by this profile and user.
-		if installation.minimal_installation():
-			installation.set_hostname('minimal-arch')
-			installation.add_bootloader()
-
-			# Optionally enable networking:
-			if archinstall.arguments.get('network', None):
-				installation.copy_iso_network_config(enable_services=True)
-
-			installation.add_additional_packages(['nano', 'wget', 'git'])
-			installation.install_profile('minimal')
-
-			user = User('devel', 'devel', False)
-			installation.create_users(user)
-
-	# Once this is done, we output some useful information to the user
-	# And the installation is complete.
-	archinstall.log("There are two new accounts in your installation after reboot:")
-	archinstall.log(" * root (password: airoot)")
-	archinstall.log(" * devel (password: devel)")
-
-
-if archinstall.arguments['harddrive']:
-	archinstall.arguments['harddrive'].keep_partitions = False
-
-	print(f" ! Formatting {archinstall.arguments['harddrive']} in ", end='')
-	archinstall.do_countdown()
-
-	# First, we configure the basic filesystem layout
-	with archinstall.Filesystem(archinstall.arguments['harddrive'], archinstall.GPT) as fs:
-		# We use the entire disk instead of setting up partitions on your own
-		if archinstall.arguments['harddrive'].keep_partitions is False:
-			fs.use_entire_disk(root_filesystem_type=archinstall.arguments.get('filesystem', 'btrfs'))
-
-		boot = fs.find_partition('/boot')
-		root = fs.find_partition('/')
-
-		boot.format('fat32')
-
-		# We encrypt the root partition if we got a password to do so with,
-		# Otherwise we just skip straight to formatting and installation
-		if archinstall.arguments.get('!encryption-password', None):
-			root.encrypted = True
-			root.encrypt(password=archinstall.arguments.get('!encryption-password', None))
-
-			with archinstall.luks2(root, 'luksloop', archinstall.arguments.get('!encryption-password', None)) as unlocked_root:
-				unlocked_root.format(root.filesystem)
-				unlocked_root.mount('/mnt')
-		else:
-			root.format(root.filesystem)
-			root.mount('/mnt')
-
-		boot.mount('/mnt/boot')
-
-install_on('/mnt')
diff --git a/examples/minimal_installation.py b/examples/minimal_installation.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8bd6fd55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/minimal_installation.py
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, List
+
+import archinstall
+from archinstall.lib import disk
+from archinstall import Installer, ProfileConfiguration, profile_handler
+from archinstall.default_profiles.minimal import MinimalProfile
+from archinstall.lib.models import Bootloader, User
+from archinstall.lib.user_interaction.disk_conf import select_devices, suggest_single_disk_layout
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+	_: Any
+
+
+def perform_installation(mountpoint: Path):
+	disk_config: disk.DiskLayoutConfiguration = archinstall.arguments['disk_config']
+	disk_encryption: disk.DiskEncryption = archinstall.arguments.get('disk_encryption', None)
+
+	with Installer(
+		mountpoint,
+		disk_config,
+		disk_encryption=disk_encryption,
+		kernels=archinstall.arguments.get('kernels', ['linux'])
+	) as installation:
+		# Strap in the base system, add a boot loader and configure
+		# some other minor details as specified by this profile and user.
+		if installation.minimal_installation():
+			installation.set_hostname('minimal-arch')
+			installation.add_bootloader(Bootloader.Systemd)
+
+			# Optionally enable networking:
+			if archinstall.arguments.get('network', None):
+				installation.copy_iso_network_config(enable_services=True)
+
+			installation.add_additional_packages(['nano', 'wget', 'git'])
+
+			profile_config = ProfileConfiguration(MinimalProfile())
+			profile_handler.install_profile_config(installation, profile_config)
+
+			user = User('devel', 'devel', False)
+			installation.create_users(user)
+
+
+def prompt_disk_layout():
+	fs_type = None
+	if filesystem := archinstall.arguments.get('filesystem', None):
+		fs_type = disk.FilesystemType(filesystem)
+
+	devices = select_devices()
+	modifications = suggest_single_disk_layout(devices[0], filesystem_type=fs_type)
+
+	archinstall.arguments['disk_config'] = disk.DiskLayoutConfiguration(
+		config_type=disk.DiskLayoutType.Default,
+		device_modifications=[modifications]
+	)
+
+
+def parse_disk_encryption():
+	if enc_password := archinstall.arguments.get('!encryption-password', None):
+		modification: List[disk.DeviceModification] = archinstall.arguments['disk_config']
+		partitions: List[disk.PartitionModification] = []
+
+		# encrypt all partitions except the /boot
+		for mod in modification:
+			partitions += list(filter(lambda x: x.mountpoint != Path('/boot'), mod.partitions))
+
+		archinstall.arguments['disk_encryption'] = disk.DiskEncryption(
+			encryption_type=disk.EncryptionType.Partition,
+			encryption_password=enc_password,
+			partitions=partitions
+		)
+
+
+prompt_disk_layout()
+parse_disk_encryption()
+
+fs_handler = disk.FilesystemHandler(
+	archinstall.arguments['disk_config'],
+	archinstall.arguments.get('disk_encryption', None)
+)
+
+fs_handler.perform_filesystem_operations()
+
+mount_point = Path('/mnt')
+perform_installation(mount_point)
diff --git a/examples/only_hd.py b/examples/only_hd.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e3d18f0a..00000000
--- a/examples/only_hd.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,151 +0,0 @@
-
-import logging
-import os
-import pathlib
-
-import archinstall
-from archinstall import ConfigurationOutput
-
-
-class OnlyHDMenu(archinstall.GlobalMenu):
-	def _setup_selection_menu_options(self):
-		super()._setup_selection_menu_options()
-		options_list = []
-		mandatory_list = []
-		options_list = ['harddrives', 'disk_layouts', 'disk_encryption','swap']
-		mandatory_list = ['harddrives']
-		options_list.extend(['save_config','install','abort'])
-
-		for entry in self._menu_options:
-			if entry in options_list:
-				# for not lineal executions, only self.option(entry).set_enabled and set_mandatory are necessary
-				if entry in mandatory_list:
-					self.enable(entry,mandatory=True)
-				else:
-					self.enable(entry)
-			else:
-				self.option(entry).set_enabled(False)
-		self._update_install_text()
-
-	def mandatory_lacking(self) -> [int, list]:
-		mandatory_fields = []
-		mandatory_waiting = 0
-		for field in self._menu_options:
-			option = self._menu_options[field]
-			if option.is_mandatory():
-				if not option.has_selection():
-					mandatory_waiting += 1
-					mandatory_fields += [field,]
-		return mandatory_fields, mandatory_waiting
-
-	def _missing_configs(self):
-		""" overloaded method """
-		def check(s):
-			return self.option(s).has_selection()
-
-		missing, missing_cnt = self.mandatory_lacking()
-		if check('harddrives'):
-			if not self.option('harddrives').is_empty() and not check('disk_layouts'):
-				missing_cnt += 1
-				missing += ['disk_layout']
-		return missing
-
-def ask_user_questions():
-	"""
-		First, we'll ask the user for a bunch of user input.
-		Not until we're satisfied with what we want to install
-		will we continue with the actual installation steps.
-	"""
-	with OnlyHDMenu(data_store=archinstall.arguments) as menu:
-		# We select the execution language separated
-		menu.exec_option('archinstall-language')
-		menu.option('archinstall-language').set_enabled(False)
-		menu.run()
-
-def perform_disk_operations():
-	"""
-		Issue a final warning before we continue with something un-revertable.
-		We mention the drive one last time, and count from 5 to 0.
-	"""
-	if archinstall.arguments.get('harddrives', None):
-		print(f" ! Formatting {archinstall.arguments['harddrives']} in ", end='')
-		archinstall.do_countdown()
-		"""
-			Setup the blockdevice, filesystem (and optionally encryption).
-			Once that's done, we'll hand over to perform_installation()
-		"""
-		mode = archinstall.GPT
-		if archinstall.has_uefi() is False:
-			mode = archinstall.MBR
-
-		for drive in archinstall.arguments.get('harddrives', []):
-			if archinstall.arguments.get('disk_layouts', {}).get(drive.path):
-				with archinstall.Filesystem(drive, mode) as fs:
-					fs.load_layout(archinstall.arguments['disk_layouts'][drive.path])
-
-def perform_installation(mountpoint):
-	"""
-	Performs the installation steps on a block device.
-	Only requirement is that the block devices are
-	formatted and setup prior to entering this function.
-	"""
-	with archinstall.Installer(mountpoint, kernels=None) as installation:
-		# Mount all the drives to the desired mountpoint
-		# This *can* be done outside of the installation, but the installer can deal with it.
-		if archinstall.arguments.get('disk_layouts'):
-			installation.mount_ordered_layout(archinstall.arguments['disk_layouts'])
-
-		# Placing /boot check during installation because this will catch both re-use and wipe scenarios.
-		for partition in installation.partitions:
-			if partition.mountpoint == installation.target + '/boot':
-				if partition.size <= 0.25: # in GB
-					raise archinstall.DiskError(f"The selected /boot partition in use is not large enough to properly install a boot loader. Please resize it to at least 256MB and re-run the installation.")
-		# to generate a fstab directory holder. Avoids an error on exit and at the same time checks the procedure
-		target = pathlib.Path(f"{mountpoint}/etc/fstab")
-		if not target.parent.exists():
-			target.parent.mkdir(parents=True)
-
-	# For support reasons, we'll log the disk layout post installation (crash or no crash)
-	archinstall.log(f"Disk states after installing: {archinstall.disk_layouts()}", level=logging.DEBUG)
-
-def log_execution_environment():
-	# Log various information about hardware before starting the installation. This might assist in troubleshooting
-	archinstall.log(f"Hardware model detected: {archinstall.sys_vendor()} {archinstall.product_name()}; UEFI mode: {archinstall.has_uefi()}", level=logging.DEBUG)
-	archinstall.log(f"Processor model detected: {archinstall.cpu_model()}", level=logging.DEBUG)
-	archinstall.log(f"Memory statistics: {archinstall.mem_available()} available out of {archinstall.mem_total()} total installed", level=logging.DEBUG)
-	archinstall.log(f"Virtualization detected: {archinstall.virtualization()}; is VM: {archinstall.is_vm()}", level=logging.DEBUG)
-	archinstall.log(f"Graphics devices detected: {archinstall.graphics_devices().keys()}", level=logging.DEBUG)
-
-	# For support reasons, we'll log the disk layout pre installation to match against post-installation layout
-	archinstall.log(f"Disk states before installing: {archinstall.disk_layouts()}", level=logging.DEBUG)
-
-
-if archinstall.arguments.get('help'):
-	print("See `man archinstall` for help.")
-	exit(0)
-if os.getuid() != 0:
-	print("Archinstall requires root privileges to run. See --help for more.")
-	exit(1)
-
-log_execution_environment()
-
-if not archinstall.check_mirror_reachable():
-	log_file = os.path.join(archinstall.storage.get('LOG_PATH', None), archinstall.storage.get('LOG_FILE', None))
-	archinstall.log(f"Arch Linux mirrors are not reachable. Please check your internet connection and the log file '{log_file}'.", level=logging.INFO, fg="red")
-	exit(1)
-
-if not archinstall.arguments.get('silent'):
-	ask_user_questions()
-
-config_output = ConfigurationOutput(archinstall.arguments)
-if not archinstall.arguments.get('silent'):
-	config_output.show()
-config_output.save()
-
-if archinstall.arguments.get('dry_run'):
-	exit(0)
-if not archinstall.arguments.get('silent'):
-	input('Press Enter to continue.')
-
-perform_disk_operations()
-perform_installation(archinstall.storage.get('MOUNT_POINT', '/mnt'))
diff --git a/examples/only_hd_installation.py b/examples/only_hd_installation.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2fc74bf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/only_hd_installation.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import logging
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import archinstall
+from archinstall import Installer
+from archinstall.lib import disk
+
+
+def ask_user_questions():
+	global_menu = archinstall.GlobalMenu(data_store=archinstall.arguments)
+
+	global_menu.enable('archinstall-language')
+
+	global_menu.enable('disk_config', mandatory=True)
+	global_menu.enable('disk_encryption')
+	global_menu.enable('swap')
+
+	global_menu.enable('save_config')
+	global_menu.enable('install')
+	global_menu.enable('abort')
+
+	global_menu.run()
+
+
+def perform_installation(mountpoint: Path):
+	"""
+	Performs the installation steps on a block device.
+	Only requirement is that the block devices are
+	formatted and setup prior to entering this function.
+	"""
+	disk_config: disk.DiskLayoutConfiguration = archinstall.arguments['disk_config']
+	disk_encryption: disk.DiskEncryption = archinstall.arguments.get('disk_encryption', None)
+
+	with Installer(
+		mountpoint,
+		disk_config,
+		disk_encryption=disk_encryption,
+		kernels=archinstall.arguments.get('kernels', ['linux'])
+	) as installation:
+		# Mount all the drives to the desired mountpoint
+		# This *can* be done outside of the installation, but the installer can deal with it.
+		if archinstall.arguments.get('disk_config'):
+			installation.mount_ordered_layout()
+
+		# to generate a fstab directory holder. Avoids an error on exit and at the same time checks the procedure
+		target = Path(f"{mountpoint}/etc/fstab")
+		if not target.parent.exists():
+			target.parent.mkdir(parents=True)
+
+	# For support reasons, we'll log the disk layout post installation (crash or no crash)
+	archinstall.log(f"Disk states after installing: {disk.disk_layouts()}", level=logging.DEBUG)
+
+
+ask_user_questions()
+
+fs_handler = disk.FilesystemHandler(
+	archinstall.arguments['disk_config'],
+	archinstall.arguments.get('disk_encryption', None)
+)
+
+fs_handler.perform_filesystem_operations()
+
+perform_installation(archinstall.storage.get('MOUNT_POINT', Path('/mnt')))
diff --git a/examples/swiss.py b/examples/swiss.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 442281de..00000000
--- a/examples/swiss.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,526 +0,0 @@
-"""
-
-Script swiss (army knife)
-Designed to make different workflows for the installation process. Which is controlled by  the argument --mode
-mode full  guides the full process of installation
-mode only_hd only proceeds to the creation of the disk infraestructure (partition, mount points, encryption)
-mode only_os processes only the installation of Archlinux and software at --mountpoint (or /mnt/archinstall)
-mode minimal (still not implemented)
-mode lineal. Instead of a menu, shows a sequence of selection screens (eq. to the old mode for guided.py)
-
-When using the argument --advanced. an additional menu for several special parameters needed during installation appears
-
-This script respects the --dry_run argument
-
-"""
-import logging
-import os
-import time
-import pathlib
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
-
-import archinstall
-from archinstall import ConfigurationOutput, NetworkConfigurationHandler, Menu
-
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-	_: Any
-
-if archinstall.arguments.get('help'):
-	print("See `man archinstall` for help.")
-	exit(0)
-if os.getuid() != 0:
-	print("Archinstall requires root privileges to run. See --help for more.")
-	exit(1)
-
-"""
-particular routines to SetupMenu
-TODO exec con return parameter
-"""
-def select_activate_NTP():
-	prompt = "Would you like to use automatic time synchronization (NTP) with the default time servers? [Y/n]: "
-	choice = Menu(prompt, Menu.yes_no(), default_option=Menu.yes()).run()
-	if choice == Menu.yes():
-		return True
-	else:
-		return False
-
-
-def select_mode():
-	return archinstall.generic_select(['full','only_hd','only_os','minimal','lineal'],
-								'Select one execution mode',
-								default=archinstall.arguments.get('mode','full'))
-
-
-"""
-following functions will be at locale_helpers, so they will have to be called prefixed by archinstall
-"""
-def get_locale_mode_text(mode):
-	if mode == 'LC_ALL':
-		mode_text = "general (LC_ALL)"
-	elif mode == "LC_CTYPE":
-		mode_text = "Character set"
-	elif mode == "LC_NUMERIC":
-		mode_text = "Numeric values"
-	elif mode == "LC_TIME":
-		mode_text = "Time Values"
-	elif mode == "LC_COLLATE":
-		mode_text = "sort order"
-	elif mode == "LC_MESSAGES":
-		mode_text = "text messages"
-	else:
-		mode_text = "Unassigned"
-	return mode_text
-
-def reset_cmd_locale():
-	""" sets the cmd_locale to its saved default """
-	archinstall.storage['CMD_LOCALE'] = archinstall.storage.get('CMD_LOCALE_DEFAULT',{})
-
-def unset_cmd_locale():
-	""" archinstall will use the execution environment default """
-	archinstall.storage['CMD_LOCALE'] = {}
-
-def set_cmd_locale(general :str = None,
-				charset :str = 'C',
-				numbers :str = 'C',
-				time :str = 'C',
-				collate :str = 'C',
-				messages :str = 'C'):
-	"""
-	Set the cmd locale.
-	If the parameter general is specified, it takes precedence over the rest (might as well not exist)
-	The rest define some specific settings above the installed default language. If anyone of this parameters is none means the installation default
-	"""
-	installed_locales = list_installed_locales()
-	result = {}
-	if general:
-		if general in installed_locales:
-			archinstall.storage['CMD_LOCALE'] = {'LC_ALL':general}
-		else:
-			archinstall.log(f"{get_locale_mode_text('LC_ALL')} {general} is not installed. Defaulting to C",fg="yellow",level=logging.WARNING)
-		return
-
-	if numbers:
-		if numbers in installed_locales:
-			result["LC_NUMERIC"] = numbers
-		else:
-			archinstall.log(f"{get_locale_mode_text('LC_NUMERIC')} {numbers} is not installed. Defaulting to installation language",fg="yellow",level=logging.WARNING)
-	if charset:
-		if charset in installed_locales:
-			result["LC_CTYPE"] = charset
-		else:
-			archinstall.log(f"{get_locale_mode_text('LC_CTYPE')} {charset} is not installed. Defaulting to installation language",fg="yellow",level=logging.WARNING)
-	if time:
-		if time in installed_locales:
-			result["LC_TIME"] = time
-		else:
-			archinstall.log(f"{get_locale_mode_text('LC_TIME')} {time} is not installed. Defaulting to installation language",fg="yellow",level=logging.WARNING)
-	if collate:
-		if collate in installed_locales:
-			result["LC_COLLATE"] = collate
-		else:
-			archinstall.log(f"{get_locale_mode_text('LC_COLLATE')} {collate} is not installed. Defaulting to installation language",fg="yellow",level=logging.WARNING)
-	if messages:
-		if messages in installed_locales:
-			result["LC_MESSAGES"] = messages
-		else:
-			archinstall.log(f"{get_locale_mode_text('LC_MESSAGES')} {messages} is not installed. Defaulting to installation language",fg="yellow",level=logging.WARNING)
-	archinstall.storage['CMD_LOCALE'] = result
-
-def list_installed_locales() -> list[str]:
-	lista = []
-	for line in archinstall.SysCommand('locale -a'):
-		lista.append(line.decode('UTF-8').strip())
-	return lista
-
-
-"""
-end of locale helpers
-"""
-
-def select_installed_locale(mode):
-	mode_text = get_locale_mode_text(mode)
-	if mode == 'LC_ALL':
-		texto = "Select the default execution locale \nIf none, you will be prompted for specific settings"
-	else:
-		texto = f"Select the {mode_text} ({mode}) execution locale \nIf none, you will get the installation default"
-	return archinstall.generic_select([None] + list_installed_locales(),
-								texto,
-								allow_empty_input=True,
-								default=archinstall.storage.get('CMD_LOCALE',{}).get(mode,'C'))
-
-
-"""
-	_menus
-"""
-
-class SetupMenu(archinstall.AbstractMenu):
-	def __init__(self,storage_area):
-		super().__init__(data_store=storage_area)
-
-	def _setup_selection_menu_options(self):
-		self.set_option(
-			'archinstall-language',
-			archinstall.Selector(
-				_('Archinstall language'),
-				lambda x: self._select_archinstall_language(x),
-				display_func=lambda x: x.display_name,
-				default=self.translation_handler.get_language_by_abbr('en'),
-				enabled=True
-			)
-		)
-
-		self.set_option(
-			'ntp',
-			archinstall.Selector(
-				'Activate NTP',
-				lambda x: select_activate_NTP(),
-				default='Y',
-				enabled=True
-			)
-		)
-
-		self.set_option(
-			'mode',
-			archinstall.Selector(
-				'Excution mode',
-				lambda x : select_mode(),
-				default='full',
-				enabled=True)
-		)
-
-		for item in ['LC_ALL','LC_CTYPE','LC_NUMERIC','LC_TIME','LC_MESSAGES','LC_COLLATE']:
-			self.set_option(item,
-				archinstall.Selector(
-					f'{get_locale_mode_text(item)} locale',
-					lambda x,item=item: select_installed_locale(item),   # the parameter is needed for the lambda in the loop
-					enabled=True,
-					dependencies_not=['LC_ALL'] if item != 'LC_ALL' else []))
-		self.option('LC_ALL').set_enabled(True)
-		self.set_option('continue',
-		archinstall.Selector(
-			'Continue',
-			exec_func=lambda n,v: True,
-			enabled=True))
-
-	def exit_callback(self):
-		if self._data_store.get('ntp',False):
-			archinstall.log("Hardware time and other post-configuration steps might be required in order for NTP to work. For more information, please check the Arch wiki.", fg="yellow")
-			archinstall.SysCommand('timedatectl set-ntp true')
-		if self._data_store.get('mode',None):
-			archinstall.arguments['mode'] = self._data_store['mode']
-			archinstall.log(f"Archinstall will execute under {archinstall.arguments['mode']} mode")
-		if self._data_store.get('LC_ALL',None):
-			archinstall.storage['CMD_LOCALE'] = {'LC_ALL':self._data_store['LC_ALL']}
-		else:
-			exec_locale = {}
-			for item in ['LC_COLLATE','LC_CTYPE','LC_MESSAGES','LC_NUMERIC','LC_TIME']:
-				if self._data_store.get(item,None):
-					exec_locale[item] = self._data_store[item]
-			archinstall.storage['CMD_LOCALE'] = exec_locale
-		archinstall.log(f"Archinstall will execute with {archinstall.storage.get('CMD_LOCALE',None)} locale")
-
-class MyMenu(archinstall.GlobalMenu):
-	def __init__(self,data_store=archinstall.arguments,mode='full'):
-		self._execution_mode = mode
-		super().__init__(data_store)
-
-	def _setup_selection_menu_options(self):
-		super()._setup_selection_menu_options()
-		options_list = []
-		mandatory_list = []
-		if self._execution_mode in ('full','lineal'):
-			options_list = ['keyboard-layout', 'mirror-region', 'harddrives', 'disk_layouts',
-					'disk_encryption','swap', 'bootloader', 'hostname', '!root-password',
-					'!users', 'profile', 'audio', 'kernels', 'packages','additional-repositories','nic',
-					'timezone', 'ntp']
-			if archinstall.arguments.get('advanced',False):
-				options_list.extend(['sys-language','sys-encoding'])
-			mandatory_list = ['harddrives','bootloader','hostname']
-		elif self._execution_mode == 'only_hd':
-			options_list = ['harddrives', 'disk_layouts', 'disk_encryption','swap']
-			mandatory_list = ['harddrives']
-		elif self._execution_mode == 'only_os':
-			options_list = ['keyboard-layout', 'mirror-region','bootloader', 'hostname',
-					'!root-password', '!users', 'profile', 'audio', 'kernels',
-					'packages', 'additional-repositories', 'nic', 'timezone', 'ntp']
-			mandatory_list = ['hostname']
-			if archinstall.arguments.get('advanced',False):
-				options_list.expand(['sys-language','sys-encoding'])
-		elif self._execution_mode == 'minimal':
-			pass
-		else:
-			archinstall.log(f"self._execution_mode {self._execution_mode} not supported")
-			exit(1)
-		if self._execution_mode != 'lineal':
-			options_list.extend(['save_config','install','abort'])
-			if not archinstall.arguments.get('advanced'):
-				options_list.append('archinstall-language')
-
-		for entry in self._menu_options:
-			if entry in options_list:
-				# for not lineal executions, only self.option(entry).set_enabled and set_mandatory are necessary
-				if entry in mandatory_list:
-					self.enable(entry,mandatory=True)
-				else:
-					self.enable(entry)
-			else:
-				self.option(entry).set_enabled(False)
-		self._update_install_text()
-
-	def post_callback(self,option=None,value=None):
-		self._update_install_text(self._execution_mode)
-
-	def _missing_configs(self,mode='full'):
-		def check(s):
-			return self.option(s).has_selection()
-
-		def has_superuser() -> bool:
-			users = self._menu_options['!users'].current_selection
-			return any([u.sudo for u in users])
-
-		_, missing = self.mandatory_overview()
-		if mode in ('full','only_os') and (not check('!root-password') and not has_superuser()):
-			missing += 1
-		if mode in ('full', 'only_hd') and check('harddrives'):
-			if not self.option('harddrives').is_empty() and not check('disk_layouts'):
-				missing += 1
-		return missing
-
-	def _install_text(self,mode='full'):
-		missing = self._missing_configs(mode)
-		if missing > 0:
-			return f'Instalation ({missing} config(s) missing)'
-		return 'Install'
-
-	def _update_install_text(self, mode='full'):
-		text = self._install_text(mode)
-		self.option('install').update_description(text)
-
-
-"""
-Installation general subroutines
-"""
-
-def get_current_status():
-	# Log various information about hardware before starting the installation. This might assist in troubleshooting
-	archinstall.log(f"Hardware model detected: {archinstall.sys_vendor()} {archinstall.product_name()}; UEFI mode: {archinstall.has_uefi()}", level=logging.DEBUG)
-	archinstall.log(f"Processor model detected: {archinstall.cpu_model()}", level=logging.DEBUG)
-	archinstall.log(f"Memory statistics: {archinstall.mem_available()} available out of {archinstall.mem_total()} total installed", level=logging.DEBUG)
-	archinstall.log(f"Virtualization detected: {archinstall.virtualization()}; is VM: {archinstall.is_vm()}", level=logging.DEBUG)
-	archinstall.log(f"Graphics devices detected: {archinstall.graphics_devices().keys()}", level=logging.DEBUG)
-
-	# For support reasons, we'll log the disk layout pre installation to match against post-installation layout
-	archinstall.log(f"Disk states before installing: {archinstall.disk_layouts()}", level=logging.DEBUG)
-
-def ask_user_questions(mode):
-	"""
-		First, we'll ask the user for a bunch of user input.
-		Not until we're satisfied with what we want to install
-		will we continue with the actual installation steps.
-	"""
-	if archinstall.arguments.get('advanced',None):
-		# 3.9 syntax. former x = {**y,**z} or x.update(y)
-		set_cmd_locale(charset='es_ES.utf8',collate='es_ES.utf8')
-		setup_area = archinstall.storage.get('CMD_LOCALE',{}) | {}
-		with SetupMenu(setup_area) as setup:
-			if mode == 'lineal':
-				for entry in setup.list_enabled_options():
-					if entry in ('continue','abort'):
-						continue
-					if not setup.option(entry).enabled:
-						continue
-					setup.exec_option(entry)
-			else:
-				setup.run()
-		archinstall.arguments['archinstall-language'] = setup_area.get('archinstall-language')
-	else:
-		archinstall.log("Hardware time and other post-configuration steps might be required in order for NTP to work. For more information, please check the Arch wiki.", fg="yellow")
-		archinstall.SysCommand('timedatectl set-ntp true')
-
-	with MyMenu(data_store=archinstall.arguments,mode=mode) as global_menu:
-
-		if mode == 'lineal':
-			for entry in global_menu.list_enabled_options():
-				if entry in ('install','abort'):
-					continue
-				global_menu.exec_option(entry)
-				archinstall.arguments[entry] = global_menu.option(entry).get_selection()
-		else:
-			global_menu.set_option('install',
-							archinstall.Selector(
-								global_menu._install_text(mode),
-								exec_func=lambda n,v: True if global_menu._missing_configs(mode) == 0 else False,
-								enabled=True))
-
-			global_menu.run()
-
-def perform_filesystem_operations():
-	"""
-		Issue a final warning before we continue with something un-revertable.
-		We mention the drive one last time, and count from 5 to 0.
-	"""
-
-	if archinstall.arguments.get('harddrives', None):
-		print(f" ! Formatting {archinstall.arguments['harddrives']} in ", end='')
-		archinstall.do_countdown()
-
-		"""
-			Setup the blockdevice, filesystem (and optionally encryption).
-			Once that's done, we'll hand over to perform_installation()
-		"""
-
-		mode = archinstall.GPT
-		if archinstall.has_uefi() is False:
-			mode = archinstall.MBR
-
-		for drive in archinstall.arguments.get('harddrives', []):
-			if archinstall.arguments.get('disk_layouts', {}).get(drive.path):
-				with archinstall.Filesystem(drive, mode) as fs:
-					fs.load_layout(archinstall.arguments['disk_layouts'][drive.path])
-
-def disk_setup(installation):
-	# Mount all the drives to the desired mountpoint
-	# This *can* be done outside of the installation, but the installer can deal with it.
-	if archinstall.arguments.get('disk_layouts'):
-		installation.mount_ordered_layout(archinstall.arguments['disk_layouts'])
-
-	# Placing /boot check during installation because this will catch both re-use and wipe scenarios.
-	for partition in installation.partitions:
-		if partition.mountpoint == installation.target + '/boot':
-			if partition.size < 0.19:  # ~200 MiB in GiB
-				raise archinstall.DiskError(
-					f"The selected /boot partition in use is not large enough to properly install a boot loader. Please resize it to at least 200MiB and re-run the installation.")
-
-def os_setup(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
-	# We need to wait for it before we continue since we opted in to use a custom mirror/region.
-	installation.log('Waiting for automatic mirror selection (reflector) to complete.', level=logging.INFO)
-	while archinstall.service_state('reflector') not in ('dead', 'failed'):
-		time.sleep(1)
-	# Set mirrors used by pacstrap (outside of installation)
-	if archinstall.arguments.get('mirror-region', None):
-		archinstall.use_mirrors(archinstall.arguments['mirror-region'])  # Set the mirrors for the live medium
-	if installation.minimal_installation(
-			hostname=archinstall.arguments['hostname'],
-			locales=[f"{archinstall.arguments['sys-language']} {archinstall.arguments['sys-encoding'].upper()}"]):
-		if archinstall.arguments['mirror-region'].get("mirrors", None) is not None:
-			installation.set_mirrors(
-				archinstall.arguments['mirror-region'])  # Set the mirrors in the installation medium
-		if archinstall.arguments["bootloader"] == "grub-install" and archinstall.has_uefi():
-			installation.add_additional_packages("grub")
-		installation.add_bootloader(archinstall.arguments["bootloader"])
-		if archinstall.arguments['swap']:
-			installation.setup_swap('zram')
-
-		network_config = archinstall.arguments.get('nic', None)
-
-		if network_config:
-			handler = NetworkConfigurationHandler(network_config)
-			handler.config_installer(installation)
-
-		if archinstall.arguments.get('audio', None) is not None:
-			installation.log(f"This audio server will be used: {archinstall.arguments.get('audio', None)}",level=logging.INFO)
-			if archinstall.arguments.get('audio', None) == 'pipewire':
-				archinstall.Application(installation, 'pipewire').install()
-			elif archinstall.arguments.get('audio', None) == 'pulseaudio':
-				print('Installing pulseaudio ...')
-				installation.add_additional_packages("pulseaudio")
-		else:
-			installation.log("No audio server will be installed.", level=logging.INFO)
-
-		if archinstall.arguments.get('packages', None) and archinstall.arguments.get('packages', None)[0] != '':
-			installation.add_additional_packages(archinstall.arguments.get('packages', None))
-
-		if archinstall.arguments.get('profile', None):
-			installation.install_profile(archinstall.arguments.get('profile', None))
-
-		if users := archinstall.arguments.get('!users', None):
-			installation.create_users(users)
-
-		if timezone := archinstall.arguments.get('timezone', None):
-			installation.set_timezone(timezone)
-
-		if archinstall.arguments.get('ntp', False):
-			installation.activate_time_syncronization()
-
-		if archinstall.accessibility_tools_in_use():
-			installation.enable_espeakup()
-
-		if (root_pw := archinstall.arguments.get('!root-password', None)) and len(root_pw):
-			installation.user_set_pw('root', root_pw)
-
-		# This step must be after profile installs to allow profiles to install language pre-requisits.
-		# After which, this step will set the language both for console and x11 if x11 was installed for instance.
-		installation.set_keyboard_language(archinstall.arguments['keyboard-layout'])
-
-		if archinstall.arguments['profile'] and archinstall.arguments['profile'].has_post_install():
-			with archinstall.arguments['profile'].load_instructions(
-				namespace=f"{archinstall.arguments['profile'].namespace}.py") as imported:
-				if not imported._post_install():
-					archinstall.log(' * Profile\'s post configuration requirements was not fulfilled.', fg='red')
-					exit(1)
-
-	# If the user provided a list of services to be enabled, pass the list to the enable_service function.
-	# Note that while it's called enable_service, it can actually take a list of services and iterate it.
-	if archinstall.arguments.get('services', None):
-		installation.enable_service(*archinstall.arguments['services'])
-
-	# If the user provided custom commands to be run post-installation, execute them now.
-	if archinstall.arguments.get('custom-commands', None):
-		archinstall.run_custom_user_commands(archinstall.arguments['custom-commands'], installation)
-
-
-def perform_installation(mountpoint, mode):
-	"""
-	Performs the installation steps on a block device.
-	Only requirement is that the block devices are
-	formatted and setup prior to entering this function.
-	"""
-	with archinstall.Installer(mountpoint, kernels=archinstall.arguments.get('kernels', ['linux'])) as installation:
-		if mode in ('full','only_hd'):
-			disk_setup(installation)
-			if mode == 'only_hd':
-				target = pathlib.Path(f"{mountpoint}/etc/fstab")
-				if not target.parent.exists():
-					target.parent.mkdir(parents=True)
-
-		if mode in ('full','only_os'):
-			os_setup(installation)
-			installation.log("For post-installation tips, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide#Post-installation", fg="yellow")
-			if not archinstall.arguments.get('silent'):
-				prompt = 'Would you like to chroot into the newly created installation and perform post-installation configuration?'
-				choice = Menu(prompt, Menu.yes_no(), default_option=Menu.yes()).run()
-				if choice == Menu.yes():
-					try:
-						installation.drop_to_shell()
-					except:
-						pass
-
-	# For support reasons, we'll log the disk layout post installation (crash or no crash)
-	archinstall.log(f"Disk states after installing: {archinstall.disk_layouts()}", level=logging.DEBUG)
-
-
-if not archinstall.check_mirror_reachable():
-	log_file = os.path.join(archinstall.storage.get('LOG_PATH', None), archinstall.storage.get('LOG_FILE', None))
-	archinstall.log(f"Arch Linux mirrors are not reachable. Please check your internet connection and the log file '{log_file}'.", level=logging.INFO, fg="red")
-	exit(1)
-
-mode = archinstall.arguments.get('mode', 'full').lower()
-if not archinstall.arguments.get('silent'):
-	ask_user_questions(mode)
-
-config_output = ConfigurationOutput(archinstall.arguments)
-if not archinstall.arguments.get('silent'):
-	config_output.show()
-config_output.save()
-
-if archinstall.arguments.get('dry_run'):
-	exit(0)
-if not archinstall.arguments.get('silent'):
-	input('Press Enter to continue.')
-
-if mode in ('full','only_hd'):
-	perform_filesystem_operations()
-perform_installation(archinstall.storage.get('MOUNT_POINT', '/mnt'), mode)
diff --git a/examples/unattended.py b/examples/unattended.py
deleted file mode 100644
index f1ed4c94..00000000
--- a/examples/unattended.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-import time
-
-import archinstall
-
-archinstall.storage['UPSTREAM_URL'] = 'https://archlinux.life/profiles'
-archinstall.storage['PROFILE_DB'] = 'index.json'
-
-for name, info in archinstall.list_profiles().items():
-	# Tailored means it's a match for this machine
-	# based on it's MAC address (or some other criteria
-	# that fits the requirements for this machine specifically).
-	if info['tailored']:
-		print(f'Found a tailored profile for this machine called: "{name}".')
-		print('Starting install in:')
-		for i in range(10, 0, -1):
-			print(f'{i}...')
-			time.sleep(1)
-
-		profile = archinstall.Profile(None, info['path'])
-		profile.install()
-		break