isolinux.bin autoupdate

README

@@ -10,7 +10,15 @@ distribution into a Live Kit (formely known as Live CD).
   and reorganize isolinux.cfg to fit your needs (when editing the file,
   keep all paths in /boot/, it will be rellocated during LiveKit creation)
 
-* When done editing, run the ./build script to create your Live Kit
+* If you plan to boot your Live Kit from CD, you need to recompile
+  syslinux.bin to include your target path. There is a script prepared
+  for you which will handle all of that. Simply go to directory ./tools/
+  and run isolinux.bin.update ... it will update your isolinux.bin
+  automatically by downloading isolinux sources, patching them using
+  your actual LIVEKITNAME and recompiling. It will copy the new isolinux.bin
+  binary to bootfiles for you as well.
+
+* When done, run the ./build script to create your Live Kit
 
 
 Author: Tomas M. <http://www.linux-live.org>

tools/isolinux.bin.update

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This script will update the file ../bootfiles/isolinux.bin to match
+# your LiveKit name used in ../.config
+
+PKG=syslinux-4.05
+PKGTGZ=$PKG.tar.gz
+DL="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/$PKGTGZ"
+
+. ../.config
+
+# download, unpack, and patch syslinux
+wget -c "$DL"
+tar -xf $PKGTGZ
+#rm $PKGTGZ
+
+cd $PKG
+
+sed -i -r "s:/boot/syslinux:/$LIVEKITNAME/boot:" core/fs/iso9660/iso9660.c
+sed -i -r "s:/boot/syslinux:/$LIVEKITNAME/boot:" core/fs/lib/loadconfig.c
+
+make installer
+cp core/isolinux.bin ../../bootfiles/isolinux.bin
+
+echo
+echo "Copying isolinux.bin to $(realpath ../../bootfiles/isolinux.bin)"
+
+cd ..
+rm -Rf $PKG