From 5dc27fd38b630c5619c804bff8403121c6dcd227 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: XeonSquared <redtailedairways@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2023 21:56:21 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] added utility to write something to a boot partition -
 probably a kernel

---
 boopu/exec/boopu.lua | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 52 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 boopu/exec/boopu.lua

diff --git a/boopu/exec/boopu.lua b/boopu/exec/boopu.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2461031
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boopu/exec/boopu.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+local serial = require "serialization"
+local component = require "component"
+local computer = require "computer"
+local diskpart = require "diskpart"
+
+local defaults = {
+ path = "/boot/init.lua",
+ drive = computer.getBootAddress():match("^([^/])")
+}
+
+local tA = {...}
+local config = defaults
+
+local f = io.open("/boot/cfg/boop.cfg","rb")
+if f then
+ config = setmetatable(serial.unserialize(f:read("*a")), {__index=defaults})
+ f:close()
+end
+
+config.path = tA[1] or config.path
+config.drive = component.get(tA[2] or "", "drive") or config.drive
+config.part = tA[3] or config.part
+assert(component.type(config.drive) == "drive" or component.type(config.drive) == "tape_drive", "boot device is not a block device")
+
+print("Detecting boot partition...")
+local dpi, dpart
+for k,v in ipairs(diskpart.getPartitions(config.drive)) do
+ if v[2] == "boot" and (config.part or k) == k then
+  dpi = k
+ end
+end
+assert(dpi, "no boot partition found on drive "..tostring(config.drive))
+dpart = diskpart.proxyPartition(config.drive, dpi)
+print(string.format('Boot partition found: %s/%i', config.drive:sub(1,8), dpi))
+
+assert(dpart.getCapacity() > fs.size(config.path), "not enough space for init on boot partition")
+local f,e = io.open(config.path, "rb")
+assert(f, e)
+print("Writing boot partition...")
+local ssize = dpart.getSectorSize()
+for i = 1, dpart.getCapacity()/ssize do
+ local data = f:read(ssize) or ""
+ data = #data == ssize and data or data .. ("\0"):rep(ssize - #data)
+ dpart.writeSector(i, data)
+ io.write(".")
+end
+f:close()
+print("\nDone! Saving config...")
+
+local f = io.open("/boot/cfg/boop.cfg", "wb")
+f:write(serial.serialize(config))
+f:close()