#!/usr/bin/python3 import argparse import pathlib import subprocess import tempfile import pathlib __author__ = "Trent W. Buck" __copyright__ = "Copyright © 2020 Trent W. Buck" __license__ = "expat" __doc__ = """ build the simplest Debian Live image that can boot This uses mmdebstrap to do the heavy lifting; it can run entirely without root privileges. It emits a USB key disk image that contains a bootable EFI ESP, which in turn includes a bootloader (refind), kernel, ramdisk, and filesystem.squashfs. NOTE: this is the simplest config possible. It lacks CRITICAL SECURITY AND DATA LOSS packages, such as amd64-microcode and smartd. """ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__) parser.add_argument( "output_file", nargs="?", default=pathlib.Path("filesystem.img"), type=pathlib.Path ) args = parser.parse_args() filesystem_img_size = "256M" # big enough to include filesystem.squashfs + about 64M of bootloader, kernel, and ramdisk. esp_offset = 1024 * 1024 # 1MiB esp_label = "UEFI-ESP" # max 8 bytes for FAT32 live_media_path = "debian-live" with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="debian-live-bullseye-amd64-minimal.") as td: td = pathlib.Path(td) subprocess.check_call( [ "mmdebstrap", "--mode=unshare", "--variant=apt", '--aptopt=Acquire::http::Proxy "http://apt-cacher-ng.cyber.com.au:3142"', '--aptopt=Acquire::https::Proxy "DIRECT"', "--dpkgopt=force-unsafe-io", "--include=linux-image-amd64 init initramfs-tools live-boot netbase", "--include=dbus", # https://bugs.debian.org/814758 "--include=live-config iproute2 keyboard-configuration locales sudo user-setup", "--include=ifupdown isc-dhcp-client", # live-config doesn't support systemd-networkd yet. # Do the **BARE MINIMUM** to make a USB key that can boot on X86_64 UEFI. # We use mtools so we do not ever need root privileges. # We can't use mkfs.vfat, as that needs kpartx or losetup (i.e. root). # We can't use mkfs.udf, as that needs mount (i.e. root). # We can't use "refind-install --usedefault" as that runs mount(8) (i.e. root). # We don't use genisoimage because # 1) ISO9660 must die; # 2) incomplete UDF 1.5+ support; # 3) resulting filesystem can't be tweaked after flashing (e.g. debian-live/site.dir/etc/systemd/network/up.network). # # We use refind because 1) I hate grub; and 2) I like refind. # If you want aarch64 or ia32 you need to install their BOOTxxx.EFI files. # If you want kernel+initrd on something other than FAT, you need refind/drivers_xxx/xxx_xxx.EFI. # # FIXME: with qemu in UEFI mode (OVMF), I get dumped into startup.nsh (UEFI REPL). # From there, I can manually type in "FS0:\EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI" to start refind, tho. # So WTF is its problem? Does it not support fallback bootloader? "--include=refind parted mtools", "--essential-hook=echo refind refind/install_to_esp boolean false | chroot $1 debconf-set-selections", "--customize-hook=echo refind refind/install_to_esp boolean true | chroot $1 debconf-set-selections", "--customize-hook=chroot $1 mkdir -p /boot/USB /boot/EFI/BOOT", "--customize-hook=chroot $1 cp /usr/share/refind/refind/refind_x64.efi /boot/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI", f"--customize-hook=chroot $1 truncate --size={filesystem_img_size} /boot/USB/filesystem.img", f"--customize-hook=chroot $1 parted --script --align=optimal /boot/USB/filesystem.img mklabel gpt mkpart {esp_label} {esp_offset}b 100% set 1 esp on", f"--customize-hook=chroot $1 mformat -i /boot/USB/filesystem.img@@{esp_offset} -F -v {esp_label}", f"--customize-hook=chroot $1 mmd -i /boot/USB/filesystem.img@@{esp_offset} ::{live_media_path}", f"""--customize-hook=echo '"Boot with default options" "boot=live live-media-path={live_media_path}"' >$1/boot/refind_linux.conf""", # NOTE: find sidesteps the "glob expands before chroot applies" problem. f"""--customize-hook=chroot $1 find -O3 /boot/ -xdev -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -regextype posix-egrep -iregex '.*/(EFI|refind_linux.conf|vmlinuz.*|initrd.img.*)' -exec mcopy -vsbpm -i /boot/USB/filesystem.img@@{esp_offset} {{}} :: ';'""", # FIXME: copy-out doesn't handle sparseness, so is REALLY slow (about 50 seconds). # Therefore instead leave it in the squashfs, and extract it later. # f'--customize-hook=copy-out /boot/USB/filesystem.img /tmp/', # f'--customize-hook=chroot $1 rm /boot/USB/filesystem.img', "bullseye", td / "filesystem.squashfs", ] ) with args.output_file.open("wb") as f: subprocess.check_call( ["rdsquashfs", "--cat=boot/USB/filesystem.img", td / "filesystem.squashfs"], stdout=f, ) subprocess.check_call( [ "mcopy", "-i", f"{args.output_file}@@{esp_offset}", td / "filesystem.squashfs", f"::{live_media_path}/filesystem.squashfs", ] )