From aa4c0a590f988d7f9d4dc401ba76183c1fe64f74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: codefiles <11915375+codefiles@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 08:30:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Refactor sync_log_to_install_medium()

---
 archinstall/lib/installer.py | 8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/archinstall/lib/installer.py b/archinstall/lib/installer.py
index e9b1050512..bbb276d034 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/installer.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/installer.py
@@ -506,11 +506,9 @@ def sync_log_to_install_medium(self) -> bool:
 		# at least the base has been strapped in, otherwise we won't have a filesystem/structure to copy to.
 		if self._helper_flags.get('base-strapped', False) is True:
 			absolute_logfile = logger.path
-
-			if not os.path.isdir(f'{self.target}/{os.path.dirname(absolute_logfile)}'):
-				os.makedirs(f'{self.target}/{os.path.dirname(absolute_logfile)}')
-
-			shutil.copy2(absolute_logfile, f'{self.target}/{absolute_logfile}')
+			logfile_target = self.target / absolute_logfile
+			logfile_target.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+			absolute_logfile.copy(logfile_target, preserve_metadata=True)
 
 		return True