help="do not output anything but just errors on console")
parser.add_option("--remove-bootoption", dest="removeoption", action="append",
help="regex for removing existing bootoptions")
+parser.add_option("--rw-blockdev", dest="rwblockdev", action="store_true",
+ help="enforce read-write mode on involved block devices")
parser.add_option("--skip-addons", dest="skipaddons", action="store_true",
help="do not install /boot/addons/ files")
parser.add_option("--skip-bootflag", dest="skipbootflag", action="store_true",
return obj.__module__ + '.' + obj.__name__
+def set_rw(device):
+ if not options.rwblockdev:
+ return
+
+ logging.debug("executing: blockdev --setrw %s", device)
+ proc = subprocess.Popen(["blockdev", "--setrw", device])
+ proc.wait()
+ if proc.returncode != 0:
+ raise Exception("error executing blockdev on %s" % device)
+
+
def execute(f, *exec_arguments):
"""Wrapper for executing a command. Either really executes
the command (default) or when using --dry-run commandline option
device_mountpoint = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="grml2usb")
register_tmpfile(device_mountpoint)
try:
- mount(device, device_mountpoint, "")
-
# If using --grub-mbr then make sure we install grub in MBR instead of PBR
if options.grubmbr:
logging.debug("Using option --grub-mbr ...")
else:
grub_device = device
+ set_rw(device)
+ mount(device, device_mountpoint, "")
+
logging.info("Installing grub as bootloader")
for opt in ["", "--force"]:
+ set_rw(device)
+ set_rw(grub_device)
logging.debug("grub-install --recheck %s --no-floppy --root-directory=%s %s",
opt, device_mountpoint, grub_device)
proc = subprocess.Popen([GRUB_INSTALL, "--recheck", opt,
logging.info("Would install syslinux as bootloader on %s", device)
return 0
+ set_rw(device)
+
# syslinux -d boot/isolinux /dev/sdb1
logging.info("Installing syslinux as bootloader")
logging.debug("syslinux -d boot/syslinux %s", device)
tmpf.file.write(mbrcode)
tmpf.file.close()
+ set_rw(device)
+
logging.debug("executing: dd if='%s' of='%s' bs=512 count=1 conv=notrunc", tmpf.name, device)
proc = subprocess.Popen(["dd", "if=%s" % tmpf.name, "of=%s" % device, "bs=512", "count=1",
"conv=notrunc"], stderr=file(os.devnull, "r+"))
proc = subprocess.Popen(["sync"])
proc.wait()
+ set_rw(device)
+
def is_writeable(device):
"""Check if the device is writeable for the current user
# ipxe.lkrn
handle_addon_copy('ipxe.lkrn', addons, iso_mount)
+ # netboot.xyz
+ handle_addon_copy('netboot.xyz.lkrn', addons, iso_mount)
+
def build_loopbackcfg(target):
"""Generate GRUB's loopback.cfg based on existing config files.
check_for_fat(device)
if not options.skipbootflag:
check_boot_flag(device)
+
+ set_rw(device)
mount(device, device_mountpoint, ['-o', 'utf8,iocharset=iso8859-1'])
except CriticalException as error:
mount(device, device_mountpoint, "")
if not os.path.isdir(device):
if device[-1:].isdigit():
if int(device[-1:]) > 4 or device[-2:].isdigit():
- logging.critical("Fatal: installation on partition number >4 not supported. (BIOS won't support it.)")
- sys.exit(1)
+ logging.warn("Warning: installing on partition number >4, booting *might* fail depending on your system.")
# provide upgrade path
handle_compat_warning(device)