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If you want to install your Thinclient on a local device you can do it by this way.
If you want to use this solution you need the following howto(s) finished:
chroot /gtc/test /bin/bash -c 'env-update &>/dev/null && source /etc/profile && emerge sys-boot/grub'
File permissions:
Owner: root
Group: root
Permissions: -rwxr-xr-x
Click here for a download of the complete file: /gtc/test/etc/thinclient/scripts/gtc-diskinst
Changed on 28.06.09This is the script you can use out of a booted Thinclient to install it on a local device
#!/bin/bash
usage() {
echo "Usage:
$0 device [mbr]
Example for installing on /dev/sda2 and installing Grub in MBR of /dev/sda:
$0 /dev/sda2 /dev/sda
Example for installing on /dev/sda2 without installing Grub:
$0 /dev/sda2"
exit 1
}
exist() {
echo "Device $1 is not a block-device or does not exist"
exit 1
}
nomount() {
echo "Device $1 could not be mounted. Is it formatted?"
exit 1
}
nouuid() {
echo "Couldn't get a valid UUID for the device"
exit 1
}
# Get script name
script=`basename $0`
[ -z "$1" ] && usage
#[ "$#" -ne 1 ] && usage
export DEV=`echo $1 | sed 's/^\/dev\///'`
[ -b /dev/$DEV ] &>/dev/null || exist $DEV
if [ -z "$2" ]
then
echo "Not writing MBR"
else
export MBR=`echo $2 | sed 's/^\/dev\///'`
[ -b /dev/$MBR ] &>/dev/null || exist $MBR
fi
# Prompt/Select profile for profilebased installations
if [ $script = "gtc-profileinst" ]
then
echo "Available profiles:
"
ls -1 /_gtcroot/etc/thinclient/profiles
echo "
Please enter the profile: "
read profile
if [ -z "$profile" ]
then
echo "You have to enter a Profilename"
exit 1
fi
if [ -d "/_gtcroot/etc/thinclient/profiles/$profile" ]
then
echo "Profile $profile selected"
else
echo "Profile $profile does noch exist"
exit 1
fi
fi
if [ $script = "gtc-srvinst" ]
then
echo "Please enter the IP of your GTC-Server [XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX]:"
read ip
if [ -z "$ip" ]
then
ip="XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX"
fi
echo "Please enter the subnet mask of your GTC-Server [XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX]:"
read sn
if [ -z "$sn" ]
then
sn="XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX"
fi
echo "Please enter the gateway for your GTC-Server [XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX]:"
read gw
if [ -z "$gw" ]
then
gw="XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX"
fi
echo "Please enter a hostname and domainname for GTC-Server [mygtcserver.mydomain.org]:"
read hn
if [ -z "$hn" ]
then
hn="mygtcserver.mydomain.org"
fi
bootflag="gtcprofile=$hn gtcserver ip=$ip:$ip:$gw:$sn BOOTIF=eth"
fi
echo "Mounting /dev/$DEV to /var/dev..."
mkdir -p /var/dev
mount /dev/$DEV /var/dev || nomount $DEV
rm -rf /tmp/gtc-started
if [ -d "/_gtcroot" ]
then
touch /tmp/gtc-started
echo "This seems to be a startet GTC - using /_gtcroot"
else
mkdir /_gtcroot
mount -B / /_gtcroot
fi
echo "Syncing files... This may take a long time..."
rsync -av --numeric-ids --delete --exclude=/_tmpupdate --exclude=/srv --exclude=/usr/portage/distfiles --exclude=/proc --exclude=/tmp --exclude=/sys --exclude=/home --exclude=/usr/src --exclude=/media --exclude=/var/tmp/portage --exclude=/root --exclude=/gtcdvd --exclude=/gtcdvd.iso --exclude=/_gtcroot --exclude=/_gtcdvdroot --exclude=/boot/grub/grub.conf --exclude=/boot/grub/grub.cfg --exclude=/etc/thinclient/profiles /_gtcroot/ /var/dev/ || exit 1
if [ -f /tmp/gtc-started ]
then
echo "Leaving /_gtcroot mounted"
rm /tmp/gtc-started
else
umount /_gtcroot 2>/dev/null
rmdir /_gtcroot 2>/dev/null
fi
>/var/dev/etc/mtab
touch /var/dev/etc/thinclient/thinclient.conf.local
chmod 0644 /var/dev/etc/nsswitch.conf
mkdir -p /var/dev/proc
mkdir -p /var/dev/tmp
chmod 1777 /var/dev/tmp
mkdir -p /var/dev/sys
mkdir -p /var/dev/home
mkdir -p /var/dev/media
mkdir -p /var/dev/root
chmod 700 /var/dev/root
mkdir -p /var/dev/usr/portage/distfiles
mkdir -p /var/dev/var/tmp/portage
sync
if [ $script = "gtc-diskinst" ]
then
echo "Setting hostname (for profiling)"
bootflag="gtcprofile=`hostname`"
fi
if [ $script = "gtc-profileinst" ]
then
echo "Setting hostname/profile to $profile"
bootflag="gtcprofile=$profile IP=0.0.0.0:0.0.0.0:0.0.0.0:0.0.0.0 BOOTIF=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX"
mkdir -p /var/dev/etc/thinclient/profiles/$profile
rsync -av --numeric-ids --delete /_gtcroot/etc/thinclient/profiles/$profile/ /var/dev/etc/thinclient/profiles/$profile/
fi
rm -f /var/dev/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
# Set several local settings if this ist a srvinst
if [ $script = "gtc-srvinst" ]
then
echo "# Server settings:
NAMESERVER=$ip
NAMESERVERBACKUP=''
SEARCH=gtc
LDAP=yes
LDAP_SERVER=gtc.
LDAP_TLS=yes
LDAP_BASEDN='dc=gtc'
PAM_MOUNT=yes
PAM_MOUNT_SERVER=gtc.
PAM_MOUNT_FS=cifs
PAM_MOUNT_SHARES='share'
" >> /var/dev/etc/thinclient/thinclient.conf.local
fi
echo "Getting UUID..."
mount | grep "^proc" || mount -t proc proc /proc
mount | grep "^\/sys" || mount -t sysfs sys /sys
export UUID=`blkid | grep $DEV | perl -pe 's/^.+ UUID="//; s/".+$//'`
[ -z "$UUID" ] && nouuid
echo $UUID | grep "........-....-....-....-............" >/dev/null || nouuid
echo "UUID is $UUID"
echo "Writing fstab"
rm /var/dev/etc/fstab
echo "
UUID=$UUID / auto defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
shm /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0
" > /var/dev/etc/fstab
chmod 755 /var/dev/etc/fstab
cd /
### GRUB ###
echo "Writing Grub configuration"
mkdir -p /var/dev/boot/grub
echo "
set timeout=10
set default=0
menuentry 'Local GTC' {
set uuid_root=$UUID
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid \$uuid_root --set=root
set root=\$root
echo 'Loading kernel...'
linux /boot/kernel root=UUID=$UUID root=/dev/nfs gtchdd scandelay=1 ramdisk_size=256000 lockd.udpport=32768 lockd.tcpport=32768 craid=noautodetect consoleblank=0 clocksource=hpet $bootflag
echo 'Loading initrd...'
initrd /boot/initrd
}
" >/var/dev/boot/grub/grub.cfg
echo "Searching for other Systems"
os-prober 2>/dev/null | grep ":chain$" | sort >/tmp/os
cat /tmp/os | while read os
do
chaindev=`echo $os | cut -d: -f1`
chainname=`echo $os | cut -d: -f2 | perl -pe 's/ \(loader\)$//'`
chainuuid=`blkid | grep $chaindev | perl -pe 's/^.+ UUID="//; s/".+$//'`
echo "$chaindev - $chainname - $chainuuid"
echo "
menuentry '$chainname ($chaindev)' {
set uuid_root=$chainuuid
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid \$uuid_root --set=root
set root=\$root
chainloader +1
}
" >> /var/dev/boot/grub/grub.cfg
done
if [ -z $MBR ]
then
echo "Bootmanager is prepared but not installed"
umount /var/dev
else
echo "Installing Grub in MBR of /dev/$MBR"
mount -t proc proc /var/dev/proc
chroot /var/dev /bin/bash -c "/usr/sbin/grub-install --no-floppy --recheck /dev/$MBR"
umount /var/dev/proc
umount /var/dev
fi
echo "The installation is finished and should run!!!"
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