move /boot to container partition

install-stage1.sh

@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ fi
 # new GPT
 # 2M BIOS GRUB
 # 268M ESP
-# 1G boot
 # everything else one big partition
 echo "g
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@@ -107,10 +106,6 @@ n
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-+1G
-n
-
-
 
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@@ -120,18 +115,13 @@ t
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 w" | fdisk --wipe always --wipe-partitions always "/dev/$TARGET_DISK"
 TARGET_PART_BIOS="$(lsblk --raw --noheadings --output PATH "/dev/$TARGET_DISK" | sed -n '2p')"
 TARGET_PART_EFI="$(lsblk --raw --noheadings --output PATH "/dev/$TARGET_DISK" | sed -n '3p')"
-TARGET_PART_BOOT="$(lsblk --raw --noheadings --output PATH "/dev/$TARGET_DISK" | sed -n '4p')"
-TARGET_PART_BIG="$(lsblk --raw --noheadings --output PATH "/dev/$TARGET_DISK" | sed -n '5p')"
+TARGET_PART_BIG="$(lsblk --raw --noheadings --output PATH "/dev/$TARGET_DISK" | sed -n '4p')"
 
 mkfs.vfat -F32 -n "EFIBOOT" "$TARGET_PART_EFI"
-mkfs.f2fs -f -l "boot" "$TARGET_PART_BOOT"
 mkfs.f2fs -f -l "container" "$TARGET_PART_BIG"
 
 mkdir -p /mnt/target
@@ -148,12 +138,13 @@ mkdir /mnt/target/dev
 mount --rbind /dev /mnt/target/dev
 
 # actual storage
-mkdir /mnt/target/boot
-mount "$TARGET_PART_BOOT" /mnt/target/boot
-mkdir /mnt/target/boot/efi
-mount "$TARGET_PART_EFI" /mnt/target/boot/efi
 mkdir -p /mnt/target/run/void-usb/container
 mount "$TARGET_PART_BIG" /mnt/target/run/void-usb/container
+mkdir /mnt/target/boot
+mkdir /mnt/target/run/void-usb/container/boot
+mount --bind /mnt/target/run/void-usb/container/boot /mnt/target/boot
+mkdir /mnt/target/boot/efi
+mount "$TARGET_PART_EFI" /mnt/target/boot/efi
 mkdir /mnt/target/home
 mkdir /mnt/target/run/void-usb/container/home
 mount --bind /mnt/target/run/void-usb/container/home /mnt/target/home
@@ -199,8 +190,6 @@ echo "%wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL" > /mnt/target/etc/sudoers.d/wheel_as_sudo_group.
 mkdir -p /mnt/target/opt/void-usb
 chmod 755 /mnt/target/opt/void-usb
 
-echo "UUID=$(blkid --output value --match-tag UUID $TARGET_PART_BIG)" > /mnt/target/opt/void-usb/container
-
 echo '# Void USB dracut configuration
 
 hostonly="no"
@@ -230,8 +219,8 @@ echo "# See fstab(5).
 
 # /run/void-usb/container, /run/void-usb/overlay, and / are mounted by scripts in initramfs
 
-UUID=$(blkid --output value --match-tag UUID $TARGET_PART_BOOT) /boot f2fs defaults,nodev,nosuid 0 2
 UUID=$(blkid --output value --match-tag UUID $TARGET_PART_EFI) /boot/efi vfat defaults,fmask=0077,dmask=0077 0 2
+/run/void-usb/container/boot /boot none bind 0 0
 /run/void-usb/container/home /home none bind 0 0
 tmpfs /tmp tmpfs size=512m 0 0
 " > /mnt/target/etc/fstab

notes_to_self.txt

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ do not rely on the RTC
   - use ntp to get time
     - only fall back to using rtc if offline
   - do not set the RTC
-move /boot to /run/void-usb/container instead of its own partition
 show user-friendly status instead of scrolling output from all sorts of tools
 shutdown squashfs updater can’t get user input!?
 make our own or extract (if feasible) kb selection and time zone selection to hijack them for our purposes

opt/grub-config

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ OS_NAME="Void Linux USB"
 GRUB_PREFIX="/boot/efi/LOADER/grub"
 CFG_CUSTOM_BEFORE="custom_before.cfg"
 CFG_CUSTOM_AFTER="custom_after.cfg"
-LINUX_CMDLINE="root=/dev/loop0 ro void-usb-container=$(cat /opt/void-usb/container)"
+CONTAINER_UUID="$(blkid --output value --match-tag UUID "$(grep " /run/void-usb/container " /proc/mounts | sed -e 's/ .*//')")"
+LINUX_CMDLINE="root=/dev/loop0 ro void-usb-container=$CONTAINER_UUID"
 
 DEFAULT_LINUX=/boot/vmlinu?
 if [ ! -f "$DEFAULT_LINUX" ]; then
@@ -48,9 +49,9 @@ function make_menuentry {
   echo "
   menuentry 'Linux $LINUX_VERSION' {
     echo    'Loading $LINUX...'
-    linux   /$LINUX $LINUX_CMDLINE
+    linux   /boot/$LINUX $LINUX_CMDLINE
     echo    'Loading initial ramdisk...'
-    initrd  /$INITRAMFS
+    initrd  /boot/$INITRAMFS
   }" >> "$GRUB_PREFIX/grub.cfg"
 }
 
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ echo "# This file is auto-generated by $0.
 # $GRUB_PREFIX/$CFG_CUSTOM_BEFORE or
 # $GRUB_PREFIX/$CFG_CUSTOM_AFTER
 
-search --fs-uuid --set=root $(blkid --output value --match-tag UUID "$(grep " /boot " /proc/mounts | sed -e 's/ .*//')")
+search --fs-uuid --set=root $CONTAINER_UUID
 
 set menu_color_normal=white/black
 set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
@@ -79,9 +80,9 @@ fi
 
 menuentry '$OS_NAME' {
   echo 'Loading Linux...'
-  linux /$DEFAULT_LINUX $LINUX_CMDLINE
+  linux /boot/$DEFAULT_LINUX $LINUX_CMDLINE
   echo 'Loading initial ramdisk...'
-  initrd /$DEFAULT_INITRAMFS
+  initrd /boot/$DEFAULT_INITRAMFS
 }
 
 submenu 'Choose kernel version...' {" > "$GRUB_PREFIX/grub.cfg"