X-Git-Url: https://git.grml.org/?p=grml2usb.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=grml2usb;h=b0ee2b15307f20dec6166fdf37b5553351b333a6;hp=b18853913bad5f84cfdfcc56ff4d490cec6d59e0;hb=463068976531bda91d3fe79246bd58bc3f88031d;hpb=97f73b06b524cb390c315102fa290156a54f693e

diff --git a/grml2usb b/grml2usb
index b188539..b0ee2b1 100755
--- a/grml2usb
+++ b/grml2usb
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ parser.add_option("--quiet", dest="quiet", action="store_true",
                   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",
@@ -252,6 +254,17 @@ def get_function_name(obj):
     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
@@ -500,6 +513,8 @@ def install_grub(device):
 
             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,
@@ -537,6 +552,8 @@ def install_syslinux(device):
         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)
@@ -647,6 +664,8 @@ def install_mbr(mbrtemplate, device, partition, ismirbsdmbr=True):
     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+"))
@@ -659,6 +678,8 @@ def install_mbr(mbrtemplate, device, partition, ismirbsdmbr=True):
     proc = subprocess.Popen(["sync"])
     proc.wait()
 
+    set_rw(device)
+
 
 def is_writeable(device):
     """Check if the device is writeable for the current user
@@ -1816,8 +1837,7 @@ def main():
         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)