Downloads

Live ISO

Bootable UEFI live system image. This is a hybrid ISO that can be written to USB or burned to DVD.

USB installation:

dd if=ironforge-live.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress && sync

Replace /dev/sdX with your USB device (check with lsblk). This will overwrite all data on the drive.

DVD: Burn with your favorite tool (xorriso, brasero, k3b) or on Windows with built-in burner.

Boot: The system boots via UEFI only (no legacy BIOS support). Select the USB/DVD from your UEFI boot menu.

  • 2026-01-09 | ironforge-live.iso | 3bff6e8a014362ed5dbb78e5f4eef3cd17915bd385b6badc7801a5f8bf7076af

OS images

Ironforge rolling releases contain a matching /usr and /opt image. Use forge repo list to verify and discover releases, or forge repo pull to download and activate the latest signed set. See Release layout and updates for installation paths, rollback, and activation details.

Release (UTC) /usr image /opt image
202609172349 usr.sqfs (653689dff76adf7c5bbcd315d18346beab8d7f634ff044f06634cef5b110ee00) opt.sqfs (c12d489018033ee19d52c6f88fd0700088ad549f5eba2522dce168ab23c0cf3b)
202609091147 usr.sqfs (60593dd7ec3d8bf73795446be87a7445cfa09ab58f1efac05c947b06960bf34d) opt.sqfs (5b367220b8ca578f331e2744ab3db4f1a8ca22ff24111adda7b4b13beb95b29a)
202609011711 usr.sqfs (f6c4aad948aca854ab73cd7f8b18872cf7cc78d2f5b651840c1145c384a6c7b8) opt.sqfs (0b51d20239a389a924ee5e71af0cf01bf1715214702fe7372174c6401de787d2)
202607112209 usr.sqfs (e71fb8458fd4544e7eb7062241e92d36b8fd99270c70c2e06eb015c0768ea862) opt.sqfs (6df1861216d783d608639d35b11dea89b02b716886e9993efd74b9296f9f9d06)

Archive

  • 2026-01-09 | cranky-pare.sqfs | c6eaef270235d4ef35e0c435d757755aed0b9447533e674718829c67d62631f2
  • 2024-11-18 | unruffled-shockley.sqfs | 943c7b000224578c9a8e4144c9fb860663eff445987bec88d05023623f3c2e1f (no longer available)

Firmware

Current releases include firmware in usr.sqfs at /usr/lib/firmware. There is no separate firmware download or mount required. The firmware package supplies selected Linux firmware and the wireless regulatory database; nvidia-utils adds NVIDIA GSP firmware.

The standalone firmware image listed in older installation instructions is historical. Use a matching current /usr and /opt release pair and follow the initrd documentation.