Eliminate USB requirement for WinPE PXE boot, add image upload script

- Add startnet.cmd: FlatSetupLoader.exe + Boot.tag/Media.tag eliminates
  physical USB requirement for WinPE PXE deployment
- Add Upload-Image.ps1: PowerShell script to robocopy MCL cached images
  to PXE server via SMB (Deploy, Tools, Sources)
- Add gea-shopfloor-mce image type across playbook, webapp, startnet
- Change webapp import to move (not copy) for upload sources to save disk
- Add Samba symlink following config for shared image directories
- Add Media.tag creation task in playbook for drive detection
- Update prepare-boot-tools.sh with Blancco config/initramfs patching
- Add grub-efi-amd64-bin to download-packages.sh

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
cproudlock
2026-02-12 16:40:27 -05:00
parent f4c158a5ac
commit 1a5c4f7124
7 changed files with 696 additions and 38 deletions

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@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
- gea-standard
- gea-engineer
- gea-shopfloor
- gea-shopfloor-mce
- ge-standard
- ge-engineer
- ge-shopfloor-lockdown
@@ -95,6 +96,33 @@
debug:
msg: "Using {{ pxe_iface }} for DHCP/TFTP"
- name: "Expand root partition and filesystem to use full disk"
args:
executable: /bin/bash
shell: |
# Find the root LV device
ROOT_DEV=$(findmnt -n -o SOURCE /)
ROOT_DISK=$(lsblk -n -o PKNAME $(readlink -f "$ROOT_DEV") | tail -1)
if [ -z "$ROOT_DISK" ]; then
echo "Could not determine root disk, skipping"
exit 0
fi
# Find the partition number for the LVM PV
PV_PART=$(pvs --noheadings -o pv_name | tr -d ' ' | head -1)
if [ -z "$PV_PART" ]; then
echo "No LVM PV found, skipping"
exit 0
fi
PART_NUM=$(echo "$PV_PART" | grep -o '[0-9]*$')
echo "Expanding /dev/${ROOT_DISK} partition ${PART_NUM} (${PV_PART})..."
growpart "/dev/${ROOT_DISK}" "${PART_NUM}" 2>&1 || true
pvresize "$PV_PART" 2>&1
lvextend -l +100%FREE "$ROOT_DEV" 2>&1 || true
resize2fs "$ROOT_DEV" 2>&1
echo "Disk: $(df -h / | tail -1)"
register: disk_expand
changed_when: "'CHANGED' in disk_expand.stdout or 'resized' in disk_expand.stdout"
- name: "Configure dnsmasq for DHCP and TFTP"
copy:
dest: /etc/dnsmasq.conf
@@ -158,9 +186,9 @@
menu GE Aerospace PXE Boot Menu
item --gap -- ---- Windows Deployment ----
item winpe Windows PE (Image Deployment)
item --gap -- ---- Utilities ----
item clonezilla Clonezilla Live (Disk Imaging)
item --gap -- ---- Utilities (Secure Boot must be DISABLED) ----
item blancco Blancco Drive Eraser
item clonezilla Clonezilla Live (Disk Imaging)
item memtest Memtest86+ (Memory Diagnostics)
item --gap -- ----
item reboot Reboot
@@ -168,6 +196,13 @@
choose --default winpe --timeout 30000 target && goto ${target}
:winpe
echo
echo Windows deployment requires Secure Boot to be ENABLED.
echo If you disabled it for Blancco/Clonezilla, re-enable it now.
echo
prompt --timeout 5000 Press any key to continue (auto-boot in 5s)... && goto winpe_boot || goto winpe_boot
:winpe_boot
kernel http://${server}/win11/wimboot gui
initrd http://${server}/win11/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/boot.stl EFI/Microsoft/Boot/Boot.stl
initrd http://${server}/win11/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/BCD EFI/Microsoft/Boot/BCD
@@ -178,20 +213,34 @@
:clonezilla
set base http://${server}/clonezilla
kernel ${base}/vmlinuz boot=live username=user union=overlay config components noswap edd=on nomodeset nodmraid locales= keyboard-layouts= ocs_live_run="ocs-live-general" ocs_live_extra_param="" ocs_live_batch=no net.ifnames=0 nosplash noprompt fetch=${base}/filesystem.squashfs
kernel ${base}/vmlinuz boot=live username=user union=overlay config components noswap edd=on nomodeset nodmraid locales= keyboard-layouts= ocs_live_run="ocs-live-general" ocs_live_extra_param="" ocs_live_batch=no net.ifnames=0 nosplash noprompt fetch=${base}/filesystem.squashfs || goto secureboot_warn
initrd ${base}/initrd.img
boot
:blancco
set bbase http://${server}/blancco
kernel ${bbase}/vmlinuz-bde-linux archisobasedir=arch archiso_http_srv=http://${server}/blancco/ copytoram=y cow_spacesize=50% memtest=00 vmalloc=400M ip=dhcp quiet nomodeset libata.allow_tpm=1
initrd ${bbase}/intel-ucode.img ${bbase}/amd-ucode.img ${bbase}/config.img ${bbase}/initramfs-bde-linux.img
boot
chain http://${server}/blancco/grubx64.efi || goto secureboot_warn
:memtest
kernel http://${server}/memtest/memtest.efi
kernel http://${server}/memtest/memtest.efi || goto secureboot_warn
boot
:secureboot_warn
echo
echo ======================================================
echo This option requires Secure Boot to be DISABLED.
echo
echo 1. Reboot this machine
echo 2. Press F2 / Del to enter BIOS Setup
echo 3. Disable Secure Boot
echo 4. Save and exit BIOS
echo 5. PXE boot again and select this option
echo
echo Re-enable Secure Boot after completing the task.
echo ======================================================
echo
prompt Press any key to return to menu...
goto menu
:reboot
reboot
@@ -248,6 +297,25 @@
state: directory
mode: '0777'
- name: "Create image upload staging directory"
file:
path: /home/pxe/image-upload
state: directory
mode: '0777'
owner: pxe
group: pxe
- name: "Enable Samba symlink following (shared image dirs)"
blockinfile:
path: /etc/samba/smb.conf
backup: yes
marker: "# {mark} MANAGED - GLOBAL SYMLINKS"
insertafter: '\[global\]'
block: |
follow symlinks = yes
wide links = yes
unix extensions = no
- name: "Configure Samba shares"
blockinfile:
path: /etc/samba/smb.conf
@@ -257,22 +325,48 @@
path = {{ samba_share }}
browseable = yes
read only = no
guest ok = yes
guest ok = no
valid users = pxe-upload
force user = root
[clonezilla]
path = /srv/samba/clonezilla
browseable = yes
read only = no
guest ok = yes
guest ok = no
valid users = pxe-upload
force user = root
comment = Clonezilla backup images
[blancco-reports]
path = /srv/samba/blancco-reports
browseable = yes
read only = no
guest ok = yes
guest ok = no
valid users = pxe-upload blancco
force user = root
comment = Blancco Drive Eraser reports
[image-upload]
path = /home/pxe/image-upload
browseable = yes
read only = no
guest ok = no
valid users = pxe-upload
force user = pxe
force group = pxe
comment = PXE image upload staging area
- name: "Create Samba users (pxe-upload and blancco)"
shell: |
id pxe-upload >/dev/null 2>&1 || useradd -M -s /usr/sbin/nologin pxe-upload
echo -e 'pxe\npxe' | smbpasswd -a pxe-upload -s
id blancco >/dev/null 2>&1 || useradd -M -s /usr/sbin/nologin blancco
echo -e 'blancco\nblancco' | smbpasswd -a blancco -s
args:
executable: /bin/bash
changed_when: false
- name: "Create image-type top-level directories"
file:
path: "{{ samba_share }}/{{ item }}"
@@ -289,6 +383,14 @@
- "{{ image_types }}"
- "{{ deploy_subdirs }}"
- name: "Create Media.tag for FlatSetupLoader.exe drive detection"
copy:
content: ""
dest: "{{ samba_share }}/{{ item }}/Deploy/Control/Media.tag"
mode: '0644'
force: no
loop: "{{ image_types }}"
- name: "Copy WinPE & boot files from USB (skipped if not present)"
copy:
src: "{{ usb_root }}/{{ item.src }}"
@@ -303,6 +405,20 @@
- { src: "boot.wim", dest: "sources/boot.wim" }
ignore_errors: yes
- name: "Inject startnet.cmd into boot.wim (virtual BOOT/MEDIA volumes)"
shell: |
WIM="{{ web_root }}/win11/sources/boot.wim"
STARTNET="{{ usb_mount }}/startnet.cmd"
if [ -f "$WIM" ] && [ -f "$STARTNET" ]; then
echo "add $STARTNET /Windows/System32/startnet.cmd" | wimupdate "$WIM" 1
echo "Updated startnet.cmd in boot.wim"
else
echo "Skipped: boot.wim or startnet.cmd not found"
fi
args:
executable: /bin/bash
ignore_errors: yes
- name: "Copy iPXE binaries from USB (skipped if not present)"
copy:
src: "{{ usb_root }}/{{ item }}"
@@ -320,6 +436,25 @@
- blancco
- memtest
- name: "Create TFTP blancco directory for GRUB boot"
file:
path: "{{ tftp_dir }}/blancco"
state: directory
mode: '0755'
- name: "Symlink Blancco boot files to TFTP (GRUB loads via TFTP)"
file:
src: "{{ web_root }}/blancco/{{ item }}"
dest: "{{ tftp_dir }}/blancco/{{ item }}"
state: link
force: yes
loop:
- vmlinuz-bde-linux
- intel-ucode.img
- amd-ucode.img
- config.img
- initramfs-bde-linux.img
- name: "Check for WinPE deployment content on USB"
stat:
path: "{{ usb_root }}/images"

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playbook/startnet.cmd Normal file
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@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
@echo off
echo Please wait while 'WinPE' is being processed. This may take a few seconds.
wpeinit
powercfg /s 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c
:menu
cls
echo.
echo ========================================
echo WinPE Setup Menu
echo ========================================
echo.
echo Please select an option:
echo.
echo 1. GEA Standard
echo 2. GEA Engineer
echo 3. GEA Shopfloor
echo 4. GEA Shopfloor MCE
echo 5. GE Standard
echo 6. GE Engineer
echo 7. GE Shopfloor Lockdown
echo 8. GE Shopfloor MCE
echo.
echo ========================================
echo.
set /p choice=Enter your choice (1-8):
echo. > X:\Boot.tag
if "%choice%"=="1" goto gea-standard
if "%choice%"=="2" goto gea-engineer
if "%choice%"=="3" goto gea-shopfloor
if "%choice%"=="4" goto gea-shopfloor-mce
if "%choice%"=="5" goto ge-standard
if "%choice%"=="6" goto ge-engineer
if "%choice%"=="7" goto ge-shopfloor-lockdown
if "%choice%"=="8" goto ge-shopfloor-mce
echo Invalid choice. Please try again.
pause
goto menu
:gea-standard
echo.
echo Starting GEA Standard setup...
start "FlatApp" %SYSTEMDRIVE%\GESetup\FlatSetupLoader.exe
for /l %%i in (1,1,2000000) do rem
net use Z: \\10.9.100.1\winpeapps\gea-standard /persistent:no
goto end
:gea-engineer
echo.
echo Starting GEA Engineer setup...
start "FlatApp" %SYSTEMDRIVE%\GESetup\FlatSetupLoader.exe
for /l %%i in (1,1,2000000) do rem
net use Z: \\10.9.100.1\winpeapps\gea-engineer /persistent:no
goto end
:gea-shopfloor
echo.
echo Starting GEA Shopfloor setup...
start "FlatApp" %SYSTEMDRIVE%\GESetup\FlatSetupLoader.exe
for /l %%i in (1,1,2000000) do rem
net use Z: \\10.9.100.1\winpeapps\gea-shopfloor /persistent:no
goto end
:gea-shopfloor-mce
echo.
echo Starting GEA Shopfloor MCE setup...
start "FlatApp" %SYSTEMDRIVE%\GESetup\FlatSetupLoader.exe
for /l %%i in (1,1,2000000) do rem
net use Z: \\10.9.100.1\winpeapps\gea-shopfloor-mce /persistent:no
goto end
:ge-standard
echo.
echo Starting GE Standard setup...
start "FlatApp" %SYSTEMDRIVE%\GESetup\FlatSetupLoader.exe
for /l %%i in (1,1,2000000) do rem
net use Z: \\10.9.100.1\winpeapps\ge-standard /persistent:no
goto end
:ge-engineer
echo.
echo Starting GE Engineer setup...
start "FlatApp" %SYSTEMDRIVE%\GESetup\FlatSetupLoader.exe
for /l %%i in (1,1,2000000) do rem
net use Z: \\10.9.100.1\winpeapps\ge-engineer /persistent:no
goto end
:ge-shopfloor-lockdown
echo.
echo Starting GE Shopfloor Lockdown setup...
start "FlatApp" %SYSTEMDRIVE%\GESetup\FlatSetupLoader.exe
for /l %%i in (1,1,2000000) do rem
net use Z: \\10.9.100.1\winpeapps\ge-shopfloor-lockdown /persistent:no
goto end
:ge-shopfloor-mce
echo.
echo Starting GE Shopfloor MCE setup...
start "FlatApp" %SYSTEMDRIVE%\GESetup\FlatSetupLoader.exe
for /l %%i in (1,1,2000000) do rem
net use Z: \\10.9.100.1\winpeapps\ge-shopfloor-mce /persistent:no
goto end
:end