make the samizdat boot menu show up

1 files changed, 35 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/initramfs-tools/scripts/samizdat b/initramfs-tools/scripts/samizdat
index 3f2ee43..89eb3ab 100644
--- a/initramfs-tools/scripts/samizdat
+++ b/initramfs-tools/scripts/samizdat
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+klogd -c1 # TODO: This should be even earlier.  Can it go on the kernel command line?
+
 mountroot()
 {
   set -x
@@ -16,7 +18,11 @@ mountroot()
   samizdat_install_udev_rules
 
   openvt -c 13 sh
-  sleep 100
+
+  mkfifo "$MENUFIFO" || panic "mkfifo '$MENUFIFO' failed"
+  bootmenu
+
+  sleep 1000
   set +x
 }
 
@@ -40,4 +46,32 @@ samizdat_restart_udev()
   killall systemd-udevd
   /lib/systemd/systemd-udevd --resolve-names=never --debug >/var/log/udevd-systemd.log 2>&1 &
   udevadm hwdb --update  # rule is not executed by 'udevadm trigger' otherwise.  not sure why
+}
+
+
+# TODO: do not duplicate these functions from common.sh
+
+export MENUFIFO=/menu.fifo
+
+addmenu()
+{
+  cat <<END >>$MENUFIFO # mind the tabs
+setItem "$1" "dummy" "$2" "$3"
+END
+}
+
+menutitle()
+{
+  printf 'setTitle "%s"\n' "$1" >>$MENUFIFO
+  printf 'setWelcomeText "%s"\n' "$2" >>$MENUFIFO
+}
+
+bootmenu()
+{
+  local do_trigger="$1" no_panic="$2"
+  /bin/openvt -f -c 7 -- dynmenu "$MENUFIFO" &&
+  chvt 7 &&
+  menutitle 'Samizdat\n\nAs the Internet develops there are\ntransitions in the management arrangements.\nThe time has come to take\na small step in one of those transitions.' 'Choose an installation target.'
+# menutitle 'Samizdat\nfreedom from surveillance\nno trusted authorities' 'Choose an installation target.'
+  addmenu "ramdisk" "[ Boot to RAM without installing anything ]" "menu-select boot-ram"
 }
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