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Fix issues with Pentium machines and their escaping phantom keystrokes by dumbing down kbd interactions with kernel,R1 FirstStorm release just about ready

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markmental 2026-09-11 16:32:53 -04:00
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@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ msg() { printf '%s\n' "$*"; }
warn() { printf 'WARNING: %s\n' "$*"; }
die() { printf 'ERROR: %s\n' "$*" >&2; exit 1; }
# make sure a failed run never leaves the target disk mounted
# make sure a failed run never leaves the target disk mounted and
# always restores the terminal state
cleanup() {
stty sane 2>/dev/null
grep -q " $MNT " /proc/mounts 2>/dev/null && umount "$MNT" 2>/dev/null
[ -n "${TMNT:-}" ] && umount /mnt 2>/dev/null
return 0
@ -33,6 +35,10 @@ for t in fdisk mkfs.ext4 grub-install; do
command -v "$t" >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "required tool '$t' not found"
done
# keep the console usable even if the user hits Ctrl-S (XOFF) by
# accident while the install is running
stty -ixon 2>/dev/null
banner() {
clear 2>/dev/null
msg ""
@ -134,15 +140,26 @@ mount -t ext4 "$ROOTPART" "$MNT" || die "could not mount $ROOTPART"
msg " Copying the system (this takes a while) ..."
# NOTE: one single tar invocation per side. busybox tar stops reading at
# the first end-of-archive marker, so piping several archives through
# '-' would silently transfer only the first directory.
# NOTE: one complete archive->extraction pair per directory. busybox tar
# stops reading at the first end-of-archive marker, so a single archive
# made of several directories would transfer only the first one; a pipe
# of several archives would leave the reader hanging after the first
# EOF. Per-directory pairs are safe and give progress feedback on slow
# machines.
DIRS=
for d in bin boot etc home lib lib32 lib64 media opt root sbin srv usr var; do
[ -e "/$d" ] && DIRS="$DIRS $d"
done
(cd / && tar -cf - $DIRS) | (cd "$MNT" && tar -xpf -) \
|| die "copying failed"
# typing during the long copy used to be echoed and buffered, then
# replayed as shell commands after the installer exited; mute it
stty -echo 2>/dev/null
for d in $DIRS; do
msg " Copying: /$d"
(cd / && tar -cf - "$d") | (cd "$MNT" && tar -xpf -) \
|| { stty echo 2>/dev/null; die "copying /$d failed"; }
done
stty echo 2>/dev/null
# mount points that live in tmpfs on the CD
mkdir -p "$MNT/proc" "$MNT/sys" "$MNT/dev" "$MNT/tmp" "$MNT/run" "$MNT/mnt"
@ -175,13 +192,24 @@ sed "s|@ROOTDEV@|$ROOTPART|" /usr/share/mentalnet/grub-disk.cfg \
|| die "could not write grub.cfg"
msg " Installing GRUB to the MBR of $DEV ..."
grub-install --boot-directory="$MNT/boot" "$DEV" >/dev/null 2>&1 \
grub-install --boot-directory="$MNT/boot" "$DEV" \
|| die "grub-install failed"
sync
umount "$MNT" || umount -f "$MNT" || die "could not unmount $MNT"
[ -n "$TMNT" ] && umount /mnt
# discard anything the user typed ahead during the (long) copy: it was
# buffered in the tty and would otherwise be replayed as shell commands
# after this script exits
stty -icanon min 0 time 0 2>/dev/null
i=0
while [ "$i" -lt 512 ] && read -r junk; do
i=$((i + 1))
done
stty sane 2>/dev/null
clear 2>/dev/null
msg ""
msg " ============================================================"
msg " Installation complete!"