GRML_DEFAULT = None
UUID = None
SYSLINUX_LIBS = "/usr/lib/syslinux/"
+GPT_HEADER = "\x55\xaa\x45\x46\x49\x20\x50\x41\x52\x54" # original GPT header
RE_PARTITION = re.compile(r'([a-z/]*?)(\d+)$')
RE_P_PARTITION = re.compile(r'(.*?\d+)p(\d+)$')
def check_uid_root():
"""Check for root permissions"""
if not os.geteuid() == 0:
- sys.exit("Error: please run this script with uid 0 (root).")
+ raise CriticalException("please run this script with uid 0 (root).")
def check_boot_flag(device):
boot_dev, x = get_device_from_partition(device)
with open(boot_dev, 'r') as image:
- data = image.read(512)
+ data = image.read(520)
bootcode = data[440:]
- if bootcode[6] == '\x80':
+ gpt_data = bootcode[70:80]
+
+ if gpt_data == GPT_HEADER:
+ logging.info("GPT detected, skipping bootflag check")
+ elif bootcode[6] == '\x80':
logging.debug("bootflag is enabled")
else:
logging.debug("bootflag is NOT enabled")
if not os.path.isfile(mbrtemplate):
logging.error('Error installing MBR (either try --syslinux-mbr or '
'install missing file "%s"?)', mbrtemplate)
- raise CriticalException("Error: %s can not be read.", mbrtemplate)
+ raise CriticalException("%s can not be read." % mbrtemplate)
if partition is not None and ((partition < 0) or (partition > 3)):
logging.warn("Cannot activate partition %d", partition)
# install main configuration only *once*, no matter how many ISOs we have:
syslinux_config_file = open(syslinux_cfg, 'w')
- syslinux_config_file.write("TIMEOUT 300\n")
+ syslinux_config_file.write("timeout 300\n")
syslinux_config_file.write("include vesamenu.cfg\n")
syslinux_config_file.close()
@opts option dict from OptionParser
"""
if opts.grubmbr and not opts.grub:
- logging.critical("Error: --grub-mbr requires --grub option.")
- sys.exit(1)
+ raise CriticalException("--grub-mbr requires --grub option.")
def check_programs():