BarinkOS/scripts/create-filesystem.sh
Nigel 891085e151 Successfully able to create a disk-image file
- Created a scripts folder
- Written instructions on how to create the disk image
- Working on a python build script that executes all other scripts

The scripts folder should contain scripts to build a full installation of
our operating system. Scripts like creating a filesystem should be found here
2023-02-02 14:59:42 +01:00

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#!/bin/bash
#
# How to build a boot image
# NOTE: This script cant run properly yet
# Things described here should be done manually for now
#
# COPYRIGHT © Nigel Barink 2023
#
echo "Building a FAT16 filesystem"
su
# dd if=/dev/zero of=diks.img bs=512 count=131072
# fdisk disk.img
# Use the following options in fdisk (Format Disk Tool)
# We want to create a MBR (NOT GPT) Partition table containing 1 logical disk
# with a primary FAT16 partition marked bootable
#OPTIONs
# Create new DOS disklabel
# o
# Create new partition
# n
# Choose Primary as partition type
# p
# hit enter to choose default for the other options
# Mark partition 1 as bootable
# a
# Change partition type to FAT16
# t
# Choose Partition 1
# 1
# Choose HEX 6 for FAT16
# 6
# Sync and write changes to disk
# w
# Create a "block" device from the disk.img
# losetup /dev/loop9 disk.img
# Format the partition on the disk as FAT16
# mkdosfs -F16 /dev/loop9
# Mount the disk to a folder on our dev machine
# mount /dev/loop9 /mnt
# Install the grub bootloader onto the disk
# grub-install --no-floppy --modules="normal multiboot" /dev/loop9 --target=i386-pc --boot-directory=/mnt/boot --force
# copy the necessary OS files
# cp root/boot/myos.bin /mnt/boot/myos.bin
# cp root/boot/grub/grub.cfg /mnt/boot/grub/grub.cfg
# Unmount the device
# umount /mnt
# Destroy the loop device
# losetup -d /dev/loop9