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#!/bin/sh
# $Id: usbimg2disk.sh,v 1.2 2009/05/14 10:29:38 eha Exp eha $
#
# Copyright 2009 Eric Hameleers, Eindhoven, NL
# All rights reserved.
#
# Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
# permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
#
# 1. Redistributions of this script must retain the above copyright
# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
#
# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
# WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
# MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO
# EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
# PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;
# OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
# OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
# ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
# Paranoid as usual:
set -e
showhelp() {
echo "# "
echo "# Purpose: to use the content of Slackware's usbboot.img and transform"
echo "# a standard USB thumb drive with a single vfat partition"
echo "# into an alternative USB boot device for the Slackware installer."
echo "# "
echo "# Reason: some computers refuse to boot from a USB thumb drive if it was"
echo "# made bootable by dumping 'usbboot.img' onto it."
echo "# "
echo "# Your USB thumb drive may contain data!"
echo "# This data will *not* be overwritten, unless you have"
echo "# explicitly chosen to format the drive by using the '-f' parameter."
echo "# "
echo "# $(basename $0) accepts the following parameters:"
echo "# -h|--help This help"
echo "# -f|--format Format the USB drive before use"
echo "# -i|--infile <filename> Full path to the usbboot.img file"
echo "# -l|--logfile <filename> Optional logfile to catch fdisk output"
echo "# -o|--outdev <filename> The device name of your USB drive"
echo "# -u|--unattended Do not ask any questions"
echo "# "
echo "# Example:"
echo "# "
echo "# $(basename $0) -i ~/download/usbboot.img -o /dev/sdX"
echo "# "
}
reformat() {
# Commands to re-create a functional USB stick with VFAT partition:
# Only parameter: the name of the USB device to be formatted:
TOWIPE="$1"
# Sanity checks:
if [ ! -b $TOWIPE ]; then
echo "*** Not a block device: '$TOWIPE' !"
exit 1
fi
# Wipe the MBR:
dd if=/dev/zero of=$TOWIPE bs=512 count=1
# create a FAT32 partition (type 'b')
/sbin/fdisk $TOWIPE <<EOF
n
p
1
t
b
w
EOF
# Format with a vfat filesystem:
/sbin/mkdosfs -F32 ${TOWIPE}1
}
makebootable() {
# Only parameter: the name of the USB device to be set bootable:
USBDRV="$1"
# Sanity checks:
if [ ! -b $USBDRV ]; then
echo "Not a block device: '$USBDRV' !"
exit 1
fi
# Set the bootable flag for the first (and only...) partition:
/sbin/sfdisk $USBDRV -N1 <<EOF
,,,*
EOF
}
# Parse the commandline parameters:
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
showhelp
exit 1
fi
while [ ! -z "$1" ]; do
case $1 in
-f|--format)
REFORMAT=1
shift
;;
-h|--help)
showhelp
exit
;;
-i|--infile)
USBIMG="$(cd $(dirname $2); pwd)/$(basename $2)"
shift 2
;;
-l|--logfile)
LOGFILE="$(cd $(dirname $2); pwd)/$(basename $2)"
shift 2
;;
-o|--outdev)
TARGET="$2"
TARGETPART="${TARGET}1"
shift 2
;;
-u|--unattended)
UNATTENDED=1
shift
;;
*)
echo "Unknown parameter '$1'!"
exit 1
;;
esac
done
# Before we start:
[ -x /bin/id ] && CMD_ID="/bin/id" || CMD_ID="/usr/bin/id"
if [ "$($CMD_ID -u)" != "0" ]; then
echo "You need to be root to run $(basename $0)."
exit 1
fi
# Prepare the environment:
UNATTENDED=${UNATTENDED:-0} # unattended means: never ask questions.
REFORMAT=${REFORMAT:-0} # do not try to reformat by default
LOGFILE=${LOGFILE:-/dev/null} # silence by default
# Sanity checks:
if [ -z "$TARGET" -o -z "$USBIMG" ]; then
echo "*** You must specify both the names of usbboot.img and the USB device!"
exit 1
fi
if [ ! -f $USBIMG ]; then
echo "*** This is not a useable file: '$USBIMG' !"
exit 1
fi
if [ $REFORMAT -eq 0 ]; then
if ! /sbin/blkid -t TYPE=vfat $TARGETPART 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null ; then
echo "*** I fail to find a 'vfat' partition: '$TARGETPART' !"
echo "*** If you want to format the USB thumb drive, add the '-f' parameter."
exit 1
fi
else
if [ ! -b $TARGET ]; then
echo "*** Not a block device: '$TARGET' !"
exit 1
fi
fi
if mount | grep -q $TARGETPART ; then
echo "***"
echo "*** Please un-mount $TARGETPART first, then re-run this script!"
echo "***"
exit 1
fi
# Check for prerequisites:
if [ ! -r /usr/lib/syslinux/mbr.bin -o ! -x /usr/bin/syslinux ]; then
echo "This script requires that the syslinux package is installed!"
exit 1
fi
# Show the USB device's information to the user:
if [ $UNATTENDED -eq 0 ]; then
[ $REFORMAT -eq 1 ] && DOFRMT="format and " || DOFRMT=""
echo ""
echo "# We are going to ${DOFRMT}use this device - '$TARGET'."
/sbin/fdisk -l $TARGET | while read LINE ; do echo "# $LINE" ; done
echo ""
echo "*** ***"
echo "*** If this is the wrong drive, then press CONTROL-C now! ***"
echo "*** ***"
read -p "Or press ENTER to continue: " JUNK
# OK... the user was sure about the drive...
fi
# Initialize the logfile:
cat /dev/null > $LOGFILE
# If we need to format the USB drive, do it now:
if [ $REFORMAT -eq 1 ]; then
echo "--- Formatting $TARGET and creating VFAT partition..."
if [ $UNATTENDED -eq 0 ]; then
echo "--- Last chance! Press CTRL-C to abort!"
read -p "Or press ENTER to continue: " JUNK
fi
( reformat $TARGET ) 1>>$LOGFILE 2>&1
fi
# Create a temporary mount point for the image file:
mkdir -p /mnt
MNTDIR1=$(mktemp -d -p /mnt -t img.XXXXXX)
if [ ! -d $MNTDIR1 ]; then
echo "*** Failed to create a temporary mount point for the image!"
exit 1
else
chmod 700 $MNTDIR1
fi
# Create a temporary mount point for the USB thumb drive partition:
MNTDIR2=$(mktemp -d -p /mnt -t usb.XXXXXX)
if [ ! -d $MNTDIR2 ]; then
echo "*** Failed to create a temporary mount point for the usb thumb drive!"
exit 1
else
chmod 700 $MNTDIR2
fi
# Mount the image file:
mount -o loop $USBIMG $MNTDIR1
# Mount the vfat partition
mount $TARGETPART $MNTDIR2
# Check available space:
USBFREE=$(df -k $TARGETPART | grep "^$TARGETPART" |tr -s ' ' | cut -d' ' -f4)
IMGSIZE=$(du -k $USBIMG | cut -f1)
echo "--- Available free space on the the USB drive is $USBFREE KB"
echo "--- Required free space: $IMGSIZE KB"
# Exit when the image size appears larger than available space:
if [ $IMGSIZE -gt $USBFREE ]; then
echo "*** The USB thumb drive does not have enough free space!"
# Cleanup and exit:
umount -f $MNTDIR1
umount -f $MNTDIR2
rmdir $MNTDIR1 $MNTDIR2
exit 1
fi
# Copy files to the USB disk in it's own subdirectory '/syslinux'
echo "--- Copying files to the USB drive..."
mkdir -p $MNTDIR2/syslinux
cp -a $MNTDIR1/* $MNTDIR2/syslinux/
rm -f $MNTDIR2/syslinux/ldlinux.sys
# Unmount everything:
umount -f $MNTDIR1
umount -f $MNTDIR2
# Remove the temporary directories:
rmdir $MNTDIR1 $MNTDIR2
# Run syslinux and write a good MBR:
echo "--- Making the USB drive '$TARGET' bootable..."
( makebootable $TARGET ) 1>>$LOGFILE 2>&1
/usr/bin/syslinux -s -d /syslinux $TARGETPART 1>>$LOGFILE 2>&1
dd if=/usr/lib/syslinux/mbr.bin of=$TARGET 1>>$LOGFILE 2>&1
# THE END
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