#!/bin/bash
#
# prepare-boot-tools.sh — Download/extract boot files for PXE boot tools
#
# Downloads Clonezilla Live and Memtest86+ for PXE booting,
# and extracts Blancco Drive Eraser from its ISO.
#
# Usage:
# ./prepare-boot-tools.sh [/path/to/blancco.iso]
#
# Output directories:
# boot-tools/clonezilla/ — vmlinuz, initrd.img, filesystem.squashfs
# boot-tools/blancco/ — extracted boot files or ISO for memdisk
# boot-tools/memtest/ — memtest.efi
set -euo pipefail
SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
OUT_DIR="$SCRIPT_DIR/boot-tools"
BLANCCO_ISO="${1:-}"
# Auto-detect Blancco ISO in project directory
if [ -z "$BLANCCO_ISO" ]; then
BLANCCO_ISO=$(find "$SCRIPT_DIR" -maxdepth 1 -name '*DriveEraser*.iso' -o -name '*blancco*.iso' 2>/dev/null | head -1)
fi
mkdir -p "$OUT_DIR"/{clonezilla,blancco,memtest}
echo "============================================"
echo "PXE Boot Tools Preparation"
echo "============================================"
# --- Clonezilla Live ---
echo ""
echo "[1/3] Clonezilla Live"
CLONEZILLA_VERSION="3.2.1-6"
CLONEZILLA_FILE="clonezilla-live-${CLONEZILLA_VERSION}-amd64.zip"
CLONEZILLA_URL="https://sourceforge.net/projects/clonezilla/files/clonezilla_live_stable/${CLONEZILLA_VERSION}/${CLONEZILLA_FILE}/download"
if [ -f "$OUT_DIR/clonezilla/vmlinuz" ] && [ -f "$OUT_DIR/clonezilla/filesystem.squashfs" ]; then
echo " Already prepared, skipping. Delete boot-tools/clonezilla/ to re-download."
else
echo " Downloading Clonezilla Live ${CLONEZILLA_VERSION}..."
TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
wget -q --show-progress -O "$TMPDIR/$CLONEZILLA_FILE" "$CLONEZILLA_URL" || {
echo " ERROR: Download failed. Trying alternative URL..."
# Fallback: try OSDN mirror
wget -q --show-progress -O "$TMPDIR/$CLONEZILLA_FILE" \
"https://free.nchc.org.tw/clonezilla-live/stable/${CLONEZILLA_FILE}" || {
echo " ERROR: Could not download Clonezilla. Download manually and place in boot-tools/clonezilla/"
echo " Need: vmlinuz, initrd.img, filesystem.squashfs from the live ZIP"
}
}
if [ -f "$TMPDIR/$CLONEZILLA_FILE" ]; then
echo " Extracting PXE boot files..."
unzip -o -j "$TMPDIR/$CLONEZILLA_FILE" "live/vmlinuz" -d "$OUT_DIR/clonezilla/"
unzip -o -j "$TMPDIR/$CLONEZILLA_FILE" "live/initrd.img" -d "$OUT_DIR/clonezilla/"
unzip -o -j "$TMPDIR/$CLONEZILLA_FILE" "live/filesystem.squashfs" -d "$OUT_DIR/clonezilla/"
rm -rf "$TMPDIR"
echo " Done."
fi
fi
ls -lh "$OUT_DIR/clonezilla/" 2>/dev/null | grep -E 'vmlinuz|initrd|squashfs' | sed 's/^/ /'
# --- Blancco Drive Eraser ---
echo ""
echo "[2/3] Blancco Drive Eraser"
if [ -n "$BLANCCO_ISO" ] && [ -f "$BLANCCO_ISO" ]; then
echo " Extracting from: $BLANCCO_ISO"
echo " Using 7z to extract (no root required)..."
# Blancco is Arch Linux-based. We need:
# arch/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz-bde-linux
# arch/boot/x86_64/initramfs-bde-linux.img
# arch/boot/intel-ucode.img
# arch/boot/amd-ucode.img
# arch/boot/config.img
# arch/x86_64/airootfs.sfs
TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
7z x -o"$TMPDIR" "$BLANCCO_ISO" \
"arch/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz-bde-linux" \
"arch/boot/x86_64/initramfs-bde-linux.img" \
"arch/boot/intel-ucode.img" \
"arch/boot/amd-ucode.img" \
"arch/boot/config.img" \
"arch/x86_64/airootfs.sfs" \
-r 2>/dev/null || {
echo " 7z extraction failed. Install p7zip-full: apt install p7zip-full"
}
# Flatten into blancco/ directory for HTTP serving
if [ -f "$TMPDIR/arch/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz-bde-linux" ]; then
cp "$TMPDIR/arch/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz-bde-linux" "$OUT_DIR/blancco/"
cp "$TMPDIR/arch/boot/x86_64/initramfs-bde-linux.img" "$OUT_DIR/blancco/"
cp "$TMPDIR/arch/boot/intel-ucode.img" "$OUT_DIR/blancco/"
cp "$TMPDIR/arch/boot/amd-ucode.img" "$OUT_DIR/blancco/"
cp "$TMPDIR/arch/boot/config.img" "$OUT_DIR/blancco/"
# airootfs.sfs needs to be in arch/x86_64/ path relative to HTTP root
mkdir -p "$OUT_DIR/blancco/arch/x86_64"
cp "$TMPDIR/arch/x86_64/airootfs.sfs" "$OUT_DIR/blancco/arch/x86_64/"
echo " Extracted Blancco boot files."
# --- Patch config.img (size-preserving) ---
# config.img is a CPIO archive containing preferences.xml (padded to 32768 bytes).
# The CPIO itself must remain exactly 194560 bytes (380 x 512-byte blocks).
# We use Python for byte-level replacement to preserve exact sizes.
if [ -f "$OUT_DIR/blancco/config.img" ]; then
echo " Patching config.img for network report storage..."
CFGTMP=$(mktemp -d)
cd "$CFGTMP"
cpio -id < "$OUT_DIR/blancco/config.img" 2>/dev/null
if [ -f "$CFGTMP/preferences.xml" ]; then
ORIG_SIZE=$(stat -c%s "$CFGTMP/preferences.xml")
python3 << 'PYEOF'
import sys
with open("preferences.xml", "rb") as f:
data = f.read()
orig_size = len(data)
# Set SMB share credentials and path
data = data.replace(
b'',
b'blancco'
)
data = data.replace(
b'',
b'blancco'
)
data = data.replace(
b'',
b'10.9.100.1'
)
data = data.replace(
b'',
b'blancco-reports'
)
# Enable auto-backup
data = data.replace(
b'false',
b'true'
)
# Enable bootable report
data = data.replace(
b'\n false\n ',
b'\n true\n '
)
# Maintain exact file size by trimming trailing padding/whitespace
diff = len(data) - orig_size
if diff > 0:
# The file has trailing whitespace/padding before the final XML closing tags
# Trim from the padding area (spaces before closing comment or end of file)
end_pos = data.rfind(b'', end_pos)
if comment_end > 0:
data = data[:comment_end - diff] + data[comment_end:]
if len(data) > orig_size:
# Fallback: trim trailing whitespace
data = data.rstrip()
data = data + b'\n' * (orig_size - len(data))
elif diff < 0:
# Pad with spaces to maintain size
data = data[:-1] + b' ' * (-diff) + data[-1:]
if len(data) != orig_size:
print(f" WARNING: Size mismatch ({len(data)} vs {orig_size}), padding to match")
if len(data) > orig_size:
data = data[:orig_size]
else:
data = data + b'\x00' * (orig_size - len(data))
with open("preferences.xml", "wb") as f:
f.write(data)
print(f" preferences.xml: {orig_size} bytes (preserved)")
PYEOF
# Repack CPIO with exact 512-byte block alignment (194560 bytes)
ls -1 "$CFGTMP" | (cd "$CFGTMP" && cpio -o -H newc 2>/dev/null) | \
dd bs=512 conv=sync 2>/dev/null > "$OUT_DIR/blancco/config.img"
echo " Reports: SMB blancco@10.9.100.1/blancco-reports, bootable report enabled"
fi
cd "$SCRIPT_DIR"
rm -rf "$CFGTMP"
fi
# --- Patch initramfs to keep network interfaces up after copytoram ---
# Blancco uses copytoram=y which triggers archiso_pxe_common latehook to
# flush all network interfaces. Binary-patch the check from "y" to "N" so
# the condition never matches. IMPORTANT: full extract/repack BREAKS booting.
echo " Patching initramfs to preserve network after copytoram..."
python3 << PYEOF
import lzma, sys, os
initramfs = "$OUT_DIR/blancco/initramfs-bde-linux.img"
with open(initramfs, "rb") as f:
compressed = f.read()
# Decompress XZ stream
try:
raw = lzma.decompress(compressed)
except lzma.LZMAError:
print(" WARNING: Could not decompress initramfs (not XZ?), skipping patch")
sys.exit(0)
# Binary patch: change the copytoram check from "y" to "N"
old = b'"y" ]; then\n for curif in /sys/class/net'
new = b'"N" ]; then\n for curif in /sys/class/net'
if old not in raw:
# Try alternate pattern with different whitespace
old = b'"\${copytoram}" = "y"'
new = b'"\${copytoram}" = "N"'
if old in raw:
raw = raw.replace(old, new, 1)
# Recompress with same XZ settings as archiso
recompressed = lzma.compress(raw, format=lzma.FORMAT_XZ,
check=lzma.CHECK_CRC32,
preset=6)
with open(initramfs, "wb") as f:
f.write(recompressed)
print(" initramfs patched: copytoram network flush disabled")
else:
print(" WARNING: copytoram pattern not found in initramfs, skipping patch")
PYEOF
# --- Build GRUB EFI binary for Blancco chainload ---
# Broadcom iPXE can't pass initrd to Linux kernels in UEFI mode.
# Solution: iPXE chains to grubx64.efi, which loads kernel+initrd via TFTP.
GRUB_CFG="$SCRIPT_DIR/boot-tools/blancco/grub-blancco.cfg"
if [ -f "$GRUB_CFG" ]; then
if command -v grub-mkstandalone &>/dev/null; then
echo " Building grubx64.efi (GRUB chainload for Blancco)..."
grub-mkstandalone \
--format=x86_64-efi \
--output="$OUT_DIR/blancco/grubx64.efi" \
--modules="linux normal echo net efinet tftp chain sleep" \
"boot/grub/grub.cfg=$GRUB_CFG" 2>/dev/null
echo " Built grubx64.efi ($(du -h "$OUT_DIR/blancco/grubx64.efi" | cut -f1))"
else
echo " WARNING: grub-mkstandalone not found. Install grub-efi-amd64-bin:"
echo " sudo apt install grub-efi-amd64-bin grub-common"
echo " Then re-run this script to build grubx64.efi"
fi
else
echo " WARNING: grub-blancco.cfg not found at $GRUB_CFG"
fi
else
echo " Could not extract boot files from ISO."
fi
rm -rf "$TMPDIR"
else
echo " No Blancco ISO found. Provide path as argument or place in project directory."
echo " Usage: $0 /path/to/DriveEraser.iso"
fi
ls -lh "$OUT_DIR/blancco/" 2>/dev/null | grep -v '^total' | sed 's/^/ /'
# --- Memtest86+ ---
echo ""
echo "[3/3] Memtest86+"
MEMTEST_VERSION="7.20"
MEMTEST_URL="https://memtest.org/download/${MEMTEST_VERSION}/mt86plus_${MEMTEST_VERSION}.binaries.zip"
if [ -f "$OUT_DIR/memtest/memtest.efi" ]; then
echo " Already prepared, skipping."
else
echo " Downloading Memtest86+ v${MEMTEST_VERSION}..."
TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
wget -q --show-progress -O "$TMPDIR/memtest.zip" "$MEMTEST_URL" || {
echo " ERROR: Download failed. Download manually from https://memtest.org"
TMPDIR=""
}
if [ -n "$TMPDIR" ] && [ -f "$TMPDIR/memtest.zip" ]; then
echo " Extracting EFI binary..."
unzip -o -j "$TMPDIR/memtest.zip" "memtest64.efi" -d "$OUT_DIR/memtest/" 2>/dev/null || \
unzip -o -j "$TMPDIR/memtest.zip" "mt86plus_${MEMTEST_VERSION}.x64.efi" -d "$OUT_DIR/memtest/" 2>/dev/null || \
unzip -o "$TMPDIR/memtest.zip" -d "$TMPDIR/extract/"
# Find the EFI file regardless of exact name
EFI_FILE=$(find "$TMPDIR" "$OUT_DIR/memtest" -name '*.efi' -name '*64*' 2>/dev/null | head -1)
if [ -n "$EFI_FILE" ] && [ ! -f "$OUT_DIR/memtest/memtest.efi" ]; then
cp "$EFI_FILE" "$OUT_DIR/memtest/memtest.efi"
fi
rm -rf "$TMPDIR"
echo " Done."
fi
fi
ls -lh "$OUT_DIR/memtest/" 2>/dev/null | grep -v '^total' | sed 's/^/ /'
# --- Summary ---
echo ""
echo "============================================"
echo "Boot tools prepared in: $OUT_DIR/"
echo "============================================"
echo ""
for tool in clonezilla blancco memtest; do
COUNT=$(find "$OUT_DIR/$tool" -type f 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
SIZE=$(du -sh "$OUT_DIR/$tool" 2>/dev/null | cut -f1)
printf " %-15s %s (%d files)\n" "$tool" "$SIZE" "$COUNT"
done
echo ""
echo "These files need to be copied to the PXE server's web root:"
echo " /var/www/html/clonezilla/"
echo " /var/www/html/blancco/"
echo " /var/www/html/memtest/"
echo ""
echo "The build-usb.sh script will include them automatically,"
echo "or copy them manually to the server."
echo ""