converting the whole start-me-up thingy to an actual deb pacakge for easier portability, also adding an example wit.ipxe file to work on kick-starts within VMs

create_pxeinitrd.sh

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ RELEASE=${RELEASE:=unstable}
 FLAVOUR=${FLAVOUR:=debian}					# Either 'debian' or 'ubuntu'
 INCLUDES=${INCLUDES:="openssh-server,init,curl,parted,xz-utils,vim,locales-all,less,dmidecode,iputils-ping,fping,tcpdump,rsync,ethtool,lldpd,iproute2,net-tools,sudo,gnupg,tcpdump,mtr-tiny,ifupdown,ipmitool,iptables,telnet,netcat,bridge-utils,vlan,ifstat,ncurses-term,wget,pciutils,dhcpcd5,python,efibootmgr,busybox-static,firmware-qlogic"}
 MIRROR=${MIRROR:="https://mirrors.wit.com/debian"}
+DEBCORE_INCLUDES=${DEBCORE_INCLUDES:="wit-start-me-up"}
 
 
 fail() {
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ echo 'deb https://mirrors.wit.com/debcore sid main experimental' >> $MNT_DIR/etc
 curl https://mirrors.wit.com/debcore/public.key | LANG=C DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive chroot $MNT_DIR apt-key add -
 
 LANG=C DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive chroot $MNT_DIR apt-get update
+LANG=C DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive chroot $MNT_DIR apt-get install $DEBCORE_INCLUDES
 LANG=C DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive chroot $MNT_DIR apt-get clean
 
 cat /dev/null > $MNT_DIR/etc/machine-id
@@ -73,55 +75,6 @@ cat /dev/null > $MNT_DIR/etc/machine-id
 mkdir -p $MNT_DIR/root/.ssh
 echo ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDd7rLlS1NmTpBr5KP5ryuA/euGD8I6uc2RCg4sCIlvH0FhEPb123QuMVImHi23ftVP61cKZXm8MlTtAoLHduYtGMHCkJWAAkiIpPetAP2KPIpuadtgIS8xuD/TCYjl0xNXLh0M1C7i7HOnTd8yr+3QNjUppyDdKjLvMQbPWZZTU5rt7CYoGlrxHjieCkq9jj8kRjRARUaAJ4DHEgMFUDIcq3JYluzzkgPK/JFwoq/IokVQCr5qfQRwr3SCkD4sIuGTj+J67uzabIr/xDBqlrMW3T+7YfY12ciHpijob+l7xESkJ+6Gxh56z8llBkGiVyh3UqnmW4MvfuAA/D3Dzhwr afrank@adams-mbp.lan > $MNT_DIR/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
 
-cat <<EOF > $MNT_DIR/etc/systemd/system/start-me-up.service
-[Unit]
-Description=WIT System Startup
-Wants=network-online.target
-After=network-online.target
-
-[Service]
-Type=oneshot
-ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/start_me_up.sh
-RemainAfterExit=true
-ExecStop=/usr/local/bin/shut_me_down.sh
-StandardOutput=journal
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
-EOF
-
-
-cat <<EOF > $MNT_DIR/usr/local/bin/start_me_up.sh
-#!/bin/bash
-eval "kernel_args=( \$(cat /proc/cmdline) )"
-for i in "\${kernel_args[@]}"
- do
-   if [ \${i:0:4} = exec ]
-     then
-       export -- "\$i"
-   fi
-done
-
-echo \$execstartup
-eval \$execstartup
-EOF
-
-
-cat <<EOF > $MNT_DIR/usr/local/bin/shut_me_down.sh
-#!/bin/bash
-eval "kernel_args=( \$(cat /proc/cmdline) )"
-for i in "\${kernel_args[@]}"
- do
-   if [ \${i:0:4} = exec ]
-     then
-       export -- "\$i"
-   fi
-done
-
-echo \$execshutdown
-eval \$execshutdown
-EOF
-
 
 cat <<EOF >$MNT_DIR/etc/dhcpcd.conf
 hostname
@@ -134,12 +87,6 @@ require dhcp_server_identifier
 EOF
 
 
-chmod +x $MNT_DIR/usr/local/bin/start_me_up.sh
-chmod +x $MNT_DIR/usr/local/bin/shut_me_down.sh
-
-chroot $MNT_DIR systemctl enable start-me-up || fail "failed to enable start-me-up"
-
-
 chroot $MNT_DIR usermod -p '$6$LmI1TuCG$YRTAdn/Ht7v1kNdkb8HFXV4S7Sau571DD3kaBWltX72OSo21P7ON9JRw4XepjsBQ0FzzBebfsdQ4YfH9M2CaN0' root
 chroot $MNT_DIR ssh-keygen -q -f /root/.ssh/id_rsa -C root@pxeboot -N ""
 

debian-amd64/wit-pxeboot-amd64.install

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 files/kernel/* /srv/tftp/wit-pxeboot/
 files/boot/* /srv/tftp/boot/
 files/grub-addon-amd64.cfg /srv/tftp/boot/grub/
-files/wit.ipxe /srv/tftp/boot/
+files/wit-amd64.ipxe /srv/tftp/boot/

debian-arm64/wit-pxeboot-arm64.install

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 files/kernel/* /srv/tftp/wit-pxeboot/
 files/boot/* /srv/tftp/boot/
 files/grub-addon-arm64.cfg /srv/tftp/boot/grub/
-files/wit.ipxe /srv/tftp/boot/

files/wit-amd64.ipxe

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#!ipxe
+set menu-timeout 5000
+set submenu-timeout ${menu-timeout}
+set menu-default localboot
+
+
+:start
+menu iPXE boot menu
+item --gap --                    ------------------------------- PXE options -------------------------------
+item --key i install-amd64       AMD64 kickstart
+item --key d debcore-amd64       AMD64 debcore boot (no changes on local drives)
+item --gap --                    ------------------------------ Local options ------------------------------
+item --key l localboot           Exit iPXE and continue boot
+item --key c config              Configure settings
+item --key s shell               Drop to iPXE shell
+item reboot                      Reboot computer
+item --gap --                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+choose --timeout ${menu-timeout} --default ${menu-default} selected || goto cancel
+set menu-timeout 0
+goto ${selected}
+
+
+:cancel
+echo You cancelled the menu, dropping you to a shell
+
+
+:shell
+echo Type 'exit' to get the back to the menu
+shell
+set menu-timeout 0
+set submenu-timeout 0
+goto start
+
+
+:failed
+echo Booting failed, dropping to shell
+goto shell
+
+
+:reboot
+reboot
+
+
+:localboot
+exit
+
+
+:config
+config
+goto start
+
+
+:back
+set submenu-timeout 0
+clear submenu-default
+goto start
+
+
+############ MAIN MENU ITEMS ############
+
+:install-amd64
+echo Kickstarting machine... I hope you know what you're doing. you have about 60 seconds to kill the machine if you don't
+kernel /wit-pxeboot/vmlinuz-amd64 initrd=initramfs-amd64.gz console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=ttyS1,115200n8 console=ttyAMA0,115200n8 size=5000 execstartup="DEV=/dev/vda /usr/bin/create_local_install.sh"
+initrd /wit-pxeboot/initramfs-amd64.gz
+boot || goto failed
+goto start
+
+
+:debcore-amd64
+echo Booting Debcore from tftp
+kernel /wit-pxeboot/vmlinuz-amd64 initrd=initramfs-amd64.gz console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=ttyS1,115200n8 console=ttyAMA0,115200n8 size=5000
+initrd /wit-pxeboot/initramfs-amd64.gz
+boot || goto failed
+goto start
+
+
+

files/wit.ipxe

@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-#!ipxe
-set menu-timeout 5000
-set submenu-timeout ${menu-timeout}
-set menu-default localboot
-
-
-:start
-menu iPXE boot menu
-item --gap --             ------------------------- Operating systems ------------------------------
-item --key d debcore      Boot Debcore from tftp
-item --key l localboot    Exit iPXE and continue boot
-item --gap --             ------------------------------ Options -----------------------------------
-item --key c config       Configure settings
-item --key s shell        Drop to iPXE shell
-item reboot               Reboot computer
-choose --timeout ${menu-timeout} --default ${menu-default} selected || goto cancel
-set menu-timeout 0
-goto ${selected}
-
-
-:cancel
-echo You cancelled the menu, dropping you to a shell
-
-
-:shell
-echo Type 'exit' to get the back to the menu
-shell
-set menu-timeout 0
-set submenu-timeout 0
-goto start
-
-
-:failed
-echo Booting failed, dropping to shell
-goto shell
-
-
-:reboot
-reboot
-
-
-:localboot
-exit
-
-
-:config
-config
-goto start
-
-
-:back
-set submenu-timeout 0
-clear submenu-default
-goto start
-
-
-############ MAIN MENU ITEMS ############
-
-
-:debcore
-echo Booting Debcore from tftp
-kernel /wit-pxeboot/vmlinuz-amd64 initrd=initramfs-amd64.gz console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=ttyS1,115200n8 console=ttyAMA0,115200n8 size=5000
-initrd /wit-pxeboot/initramfs-amd64.gz
-boot || goto failed
-goto start
-
-
-