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Thumbos - Load disk images to your thumbdrive

Source code I have written openly published for your viewing pleasure.


Thumbos - Load disk images to your thumbdrive

Postby TheeMahn » Thu Dec 05, 2013 3:35 am

THUMBOS
What is ThumbOS? ThumbOS is a CLI (Command line Interpreter) based application used to load bootable ISO or IMG files to a thumbdrive. Sure there are other applications that do the same thing such as gtk-usb-creator and Unetbootin to name a few. What makes Thumbos different? It is as I said a CLI based client. This app has saved my rump more then once. I have been locked out of the desktop due to issues in Mate 1.6 and it allowed me to load out a new image from the raw TTY. Did I mention it is faster then any GUI (Graphical User Interface) based client I have seen?

Loading out Windows 7 using ThumbOS:

virtual.png
Booting Ultimate Edition 4.2 in a Virtual Machine using ThumbOS 1.0.5

itisdone.png
ThumbOS 1.0.5 Displaying Notification that it is done. It also says "It is done." Through your speakers in a Cylon voice.

CURRENT CHANGE LOG:
# ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
# title :thumbos
# description :Loads disk images to thumbdrive from the CLI.
# author :theemahn <[email protected]>
# date :07/28/2014
# version :1.0.9
# usage :thumbos --help
# manual :man thumbos
# notes :See change-log below for further information.
# ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
# Change-log: 1.0.1: Initial Internal Beta release
#
# 1.0.2: Bug fixes
#
# Erase feature added.
#
# Test feature added.
#
# Display ISO and Image info
#
# 1.03 Minor bugfix see comment in code.
#
# Supress errors if end user does not possess a thumbdrive,
# exit graciously.
#
# 1.04 Edited erase routine, NTFS set as default.
#
# Added partition detection function in case user has
# multiple partitions on the thumbdrive.
#
# Added initial ©Microsft Windows support & detection
# routine.
#
# 1.0.5 Adjustment to test function when booting ISO's
#
# Added cpu core(s) & memory size detection
# set VM based on detected hardware.
#
# Added ntfsprogs to dependancy list, direct check on
# mkfs.ntfs Broken symlink: The symlink to mkfs.ntfs is
# wrong. A bug report has been filed.
#
# Added Eyecandy routines borrowed code from repostorm ;)
#
# Added notifications and sound, ThumbOS now talks to you.
#
# 1.0.6 Bug Fix: Columize function info output in wrong column.
#
# 1.0.7 Add more comments to code, we are here to learn right?
#
# Fixed scan function if 2 unknowns are found no output.
#
# Appended detected size MB / GB etc. Calculating disk
# sizes smartly up to 999 Yottabytes.
#
# 1.0.8 Added fix for 0 thumbdrives detected. Report and exit.
#
# Added code for X11 detection in test function.
#
# Wrote Thumbos initial manpages, postscript and pdf
# manuals.
#
# 1.0.9 Adjusted recommended in control file to include:
# gnome-session-canberra, libnotify-bin for sound and
# notifications.
#
# Adjusted Virtual testing function to fallback to qemu on
# KVM acceleration failure.
# 1.1.0 Added Advanced eyecandy fuctions.
# Initiated construction of a GUI (graphical user interface)
#
# 1.1.1 Added dependancy on syslinux-ulils (hybridiso)
#
# 1.1.2 Added udisks | udisks2 to control, Wily support enters
# the mix
#
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  • Introduction
  • Source code
  • Download

toysinbound.png
Testing Android based Ultimate Edition with ThumbOS


Introduction:
First what is Thumbos? As taken from the source code and deb description: Loads disk images to thumbdrive from the CLI. Let's just drop help:
theemahn@JackHammer:~/Music$ thumbos
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▒ Thumbos 1.0.5, 03/24/2014 ▒
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GNU Thumbos home page: <http://ultimateedition.info/>.
E-mail bug reports to: <[email protected]>.
Be sure to include the word Thumbos somewhere in the Subject: field.

Usage: Thumbos -<-COMMAND> [option]
Mandatory arguments to long options are identical for short options.
possible commands...

-e --erase erases the entire thumbdrive
-l --load load ISO image to thumbdrive
-h --help this help message
-s --scan scans / reports thumbdrive(s) and exits
-t --test test boot device and exit
-v --version dump version info

Thumbos --help [COMMAND] for further information.
theemahn@JackHammer:~/Music$


When I built Ultimate Edition 4.0 and installed it (awesome O/S BTW) i continued to advance it futher by re-building it and fixing idiosyncrasies. I advanced the O/S and went to load it out to a thumbdrive with gtk-usb-creator and it crashed. No error message, just died. I can now see in the logs what happened it segfaulted:
Dec 5 01:20:46 JackHammer udisksd[3561]: Cleaning up mount point /media/theemahn/BLANK (device 8:128 is not mounted)
Dec 5 01:21:02 JackHammer udisksd[3561]: Mounted /dev/sdi at /media/theemahn/BLANK on behalf of uid 1000
Dec 5 01:21:16 JackHammer udisksd[3561]: Mounted /dev/sdk at /media/theemahn/BLANK1 on behalf of uid 1000
Dec 5 01:33:30 JackHammer dbus[1256]: [system] Activating service name='com.ubuntu.USBCreator' (using servicehelper)
Dec 5 01:33:30 JackHammer dbus[1256]: [system] Successfully activated service 'com.ubuntu.USBCreator'
Dec 5 01:33:51 JackHammer udisksd[3561]: Cleaning up mount point /media/theemahn/BLANK (device 8:128 is not mounted)
Dec 5 01:33:51 JackHammer kernel: [21630.118871] sdi:
Dec 5 01:34:12 JackHammer kernel: [21651.275762] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3
Dec 5 01:34:12 JackHammer kernel: [21651.278765] ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
Dec 5 01:36:47 JackHammer kernel: [21805.478348] usb-creator-gtk[23647]: segfault at 4 ip 00007fa7efb53d80 sp 00007ffff1e5cec8 error 6 in libdbus-1.so.3.7.4[7fa7efb30000+44000]

Not a dealbreaker, we have unetbootin too right? Wrong, segfault again (something I will have to look into heavily as I aproach the final release of Ultimate Edition 4.0). It is things that happen to me such as the above that causes me to take matters into my own hands. Will those programs be fixed? I'm sure, so why write Thumbos?
  • CLI based; to me means when I build O/S's I don't have to leave the comfort of the terminal I can immediately load out an ISO image for testing.
  • Diversity
  • Speed
  • Low overhead
  • Features

I'd like to start by covering the features. Thumbos uses as a backend dcfldd, similar to dd aka "disk destroyer" as taken from the wiki:
dcfldd is an enhanced version of dd developed by the U.S. Department of Defense Computer Forensics Lab. It has some useful features for forensic investigators such as:

On-the-fly hashing of the transmitted data.
Progress bar of how much data has already been sent.
Wiping of disks with known patterns.
Verification that the image is identical to the original drive, bit-for-bit.
Simultaneous output to more than one file/disk is possible.
The output can be split into multiple files.
Logs and data can be piped into external applications.

I released this app integrated in Ultimate Edition 3.8 to admin, beta testers, and donors on the Ultimate Edition Test Server and got no feedback, good or bad. Sometimes no news is good news. I have been using this app religiously to load out operating systems and find it to be flawless in design. I have since enhanced it & I have deliberatly tried tossing switches that were incorrect to try and get it to screw up without success. This app in no way shape or form should be taken lightly. The damage it can incure is massive & irreversible, however it will not do so with out your consent.
theemahn@JackHammer:~/Music$ thumbos --help erase
▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
▒ Thumbos 1.0.5, 03/24/2014 ▒
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GNU Thumbos home page: <http://ultimateedition.info/>.
E-mail bug reports to: <[email protected]>.
Be sure to include the word Thumbos somewhere in the Subject: field.

Usage erase;
Thumbos -e <DEVICE> [quick|secure|full]
Quickly erases the contents of <DEVICE> thumbdrive.
Example: Thumbos --erase sdi secure
If the [full] or [secure] option is used it will wipe the entire drive. This
is a slow process and the information is non-recoverable. Specifing no option
is the same as using the default [Quick] option.

Warning: The contents of the device will be entirely wiped and
unrecoverable using the secure or full option.

Note: The partition number is not necessary as the entire drive will be wiped.
theemahn@JackHammer:~/Music$

It will prompt you in bold red for example: WARNING: this will erase all content on device /dev/sdi. (Y/N)? None the less, I TAKE ZERO RESPOSIBILITY IF YOU HOSE YOUR PORN DRIVE ;)

Lets cover the other features in short order. Low overhead? You can not beat a cli application in resource usage period and goes in hand in hand with speed accordingly. Diversity, is that it is CLI. Optionally directly test the thumbdrive to boot the O/S. I have been also writing a tool to format in android based format called mkfs.android and may eventually enter this program instead, we will see. Enough flapping your gums TheeMahn. Lets drop some source code:

Source Code:
If you are looking to learn programming, my code is heavily commented. I do so to encourage others to learn. I highly discourage you to just copy and paste the source code into a text file and execute it, as it does have dependancies that are not built into any Ultimate Edition minus 3.8. I recommend you download the deb listed at the bottom of this post to satisfy these dependancies:
theemahn@JackHammer:~/Documents/ultimate-edition-thumbos_1.0.2_all/bin$ bashdepends --depends thumbos
bashdepends 1.7.2-1, 10/23/2013
GNU builddeps home page: <http://www.ultimateedition.info/>.
E-mail bug reports to: <[email protected]>.
Be sure to include the word builddeps somewhere in the Subject: field.
Please wait this may take a while depending on the size of the script.
Stripping bash builtin commands.
Externally called commands:
as
blkid
cut
date
dcfldd
expr
file
grep
info
isohybrid
isoinfo
kvm
ls
lsblk
man
qemu-system-x86_64
sed
sfdisk
sync
udevadm
udisks
umount
uniq
wc
which
SCANNING FOR NON-ESSENTIAL / ESSENTIAL PACKAGE(S)...
COMMAND PACKAGE PRIORITY VERSION
________________________________________________________________________________
as binutils optional 2.23.52.20130913-0ubuntu1
blkid util-linux required 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu9
cut coreutils required 8.20-3ubuntu5
date coreutils required 8.20-3ubuntu5
dcfldd dcfldd optional 1.3.4.1-2.1
expr coreutils required 8.20-3ubuntu5
file file standard 5.11-2ubuntu4
grep grep required 2.14-3
info info important 5.1.dfsg.1-4ubuntu1
isohybrid syslinux optional 3
isoinfo genisoimage optional 9
kvm qemu-system-x86 optional 1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5
ls coreutils required 8.20-3ubuntu5
lsblk util-linux required 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu9
man man-db important 2.6.5-2
qemu-system-x86_64 qemu-system-x86 optional 1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5
sed sed required 4.2.2-1ubuntu1
sfdisk util-linux required 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu9
sync coreutils required 8.20-3ubuntu5
udevadm udev extra 204-0ubuntu19
udisks udisks optional 1.0.4-8ubuntu1
umount mount required 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu9
uniq coreutils required 8.20-3ubuntu5
wc coreutils required 8.20-3ubuntu5
which debianutils required 4.4
Please add all red packages to your control file.
Depends: binutils (>=2.23.52.20130913-0ubuntu1), dcfldd (>=1.3.4.1-2.1), syslinux (>=3), genisoimage (>=9), qemu-system-x86 (>=1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5), udev (>=204-0ubuntu19), udisks (>=1.0.4-8ubuntu1)
theemahn@JackHammer:~/Documents/ultimate-edition-thumbos_1.0.2_all/bin$

Bashdepends is another application I wrote for scanning bash scripts for dependancies it is part of the ultimate-edition-code-cleanup package.
The main application /bin/thumbos
Code: Select all
#!/bin/bash
# ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
# title         :thumbos
# description      :Loads disk images to thumbdrive from the CLI.
# author      :theemahn <[email protected]>
# date         :07/28/2014
# version      :1.0.9
# usage         :thumbos --help
# manual      :man thumbos
# notes         :See change-log below for further information.
# ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
# Change-log:   1.0.1:   Initial Internal Beta release
#
#      1.0.2:   Bug fixes
#
#         Erase feature added.
#
#         Test feature added.
#
#         Display ISO and Image info
#
#      1.03   Minor bugfix see comment in code.
#
#         Supress errors if end user does not possess a thumbdrive,
#         exit graciously.
#
#      1.04   Edited erase routine, NTFS set as default.
#
#         Added partition detection function in case user has
#         multiple partitions on the thumbdrive.
#
#         Added initial ©Microsft Windows support & detection
#         routine.
#
#      1.0.5   Adjustment to test function when booting ISO's
#
#         Added cpu core(s) & memory size detection
#         set VM based on detected hardware.
#
#         Added ntfsprogs to dependancy list, direct check on
#         mkfs.ntfs Broken symlink: The symlink to mkfs.ntfs is
#         wrong. A bug report has been filed.
#
#         Added Eyecandy routines borrowed code from repostorm ;)
#
#         Added notifications and sound, ThumbOS now talks to you.
#
#      1.0.6   Bug Fix: Columize function info output in wrong column.
#
#      1.0.7   Add more comments to code, we are here to learn right?
#
#         Fixed scan function if 2 unknowns are found no output.
#
#         Appended detected size MB / GB etc. Calculating disk
#         sizes smartly up to 999 Yottabytes.
#
#      1.0.8   Added fix for 0 thumbdrives detected. Report and exit.
#
#         Added code for X11 detection in test function.
#
#         Wrote Thumbos initial manpages, postscript and pdf
#         manuals.
#
#      1.0.9   Adjusted recommended in control file to include:
#         gnome-session-canberra, libnotify-bin for sound and
#         notifications.
#
#         Adjusted Virtual testing function to fallback to qemu on
#         KVM acceleration failure.
# ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒

PROGNAME="Thumbos"
BUILDDATE="07/28/2014"
VERSION="1.0.9"

# Initiate a few arrays and vars
declare -a USBDRIVE=();
# Vars for obtaining Disk Information can add and remove based on data requested.
# That is just another reason I love arrays.
declare -a ISOINFO=('System id' 'System id' 'Volume id' 'Publisher id' 'Data preparer' 'Volume size');
((blockSize = 4 * 1024 * 1024))
sp="/-\|"
sc=0

# Added in 1.0.7 - Taking a stab at calculating disk sizes smartly up to Yottabyte
# Could easily roll up to a Geopbyte.
# · 1 Bit = Binary Digit
# · 8 Bits = 1 Byte
# · 1024 Bytes = 1 Kilobyte
# · 1024 Kilobytes = 1 Megabyte
# · 1024 Megabytes = 1 Gigabyte
# · 1024 Gigabytes = 1 Terabyte
# · 1024 Terabytes = 1 Petabyte
# · 1024 Petabytes = 1 Exabyte
# · 1024 Exabytes = 1 Zettabyte
# · 1024 Zettabytes = 1 Yottabyte
# · 1024 Yottabytes = 1 Brontobyte
# · 1024 Brontobytes = 1 Geopbyte    

# See additional code in function DumpArray to see how I did so using the array
# defined below.
declare -a DISKSIZES=('KB' 'MB' 'GB' 'TB' 'PB' 'EB' 'ZB' 'YB')
#declare -i KBS

# Retrieve number of lines & columns the screen supports.
LINEZ=$(tput lines)
COLUMNZ=$(tput cols)
SPLIT=0

# check to see if notify is installed & if sound is supported.
NOTIFY=$(which notify-send)
SOUND=$(which canberra-gtk-play)

# Declare integer to span eyecandy routine
declare -i RR
RR=0
declare -i TT
TT=0

# Declare integer for whether a drive is detatchable.
declare -i DETACHABLE

# Not required, but optional, no promting for testing etc. if false.
QEMUINSTALLED=$(which qemu)

# set colors so errors etc. stand out.
txtblk='\e[0;30m' # Black - Regular
txtred='\e[0;31m' # Red
txtgrn='\e[0;32m' # Green
txtylw='\e[0;33m' # Yellow
txtblu='\e[0;34m' # Blue
txtpur='\e[0;35m' # Purple
txtcyn='\e[0;36m' # Cyan
txtwht='\e[0;37m' # White
bldblk='\e[1;30m' # Black - Bold
bldred='\e[1;31m' # Red
bldgrn='\e[1;32m' # Green
bldylw='\e[1;33m' # Yellow
bldblu='\e[1;34m' # Blue
bldpur='\e[1;35m' # Purple
bldcyn='\e[1;36m' # Cyan
bldwht='\e[1;37m' # White
unkblk='\e[4;30m' # Black - Underline
undred='\e[4;31m' # Red
undgrn='\e[4;32m' # Green
undylw='\e[4;33m' # Yellow
undblu='\e[4;34m' # Blue
undpur='\e[4;35m' # Purple
undcyn='\e[4;36m' # Cyan
undwht='\e[4;37m' # White
bakblk='\e[40m'   # Black - Background
bakred='\e[41m'   # Red
badgrn='\e[42m'   # Green
bakylw='\e[43m'   # Yellow
bakblu='\e[44m'   # Blue
bakpur='\e[45m'   # Purple
bakcyn='\e[46m'   # Cyan
bakwht='\e[47m'   # White
txtrst='\e[0m'    # Text Reset

# Prerequisite check - mkntfs
MKNTFS=$(which mkntfs)
if ! [ $MKNTFS ]; then
   MKNTFS=$(which mkfs.ntfs)
fi

# Direct linking mkfs.ntfs https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntfs-3g/+bug/1158732
# To fix, I wrote a mini howto: http://askubuntu.com/questions/343847/mkfs-ntfs-is-not-found-through-the-ntfs-3g-package-is-installed
# For now, I work around the bug by directly checking for the app.

if [[ -f /sbin/mkfs.ntfs ]]; then
   MKNTFS='/sbin/mkfs.ntfs'
fi

if ! [ $MKNTFS ]; then
   echo -e "${bldred}Error: mkntfs or mkfs.ntfs program not found!${txtrst}" >&2
   exit 1
fi

function Columnize () {
   #echo $COLUMNZ
   MAINS=$(echo "scale=2; $COLUMNZ-30" | bc)
   MAINS=${MAINS%.*}
   #echo $MAINS
   MAINS=$(expr $MAINS - 2)
   MAINS=$(expr $MAINS / 4)
   #echo $MAINS
   if ! [[ $1 ]]; then
      #"#" "DEV" "VENDOR" "LABEL" "TYPE" "SIZE"
      printf "%-0s %-1s %-1s %-20s %-26s %-7s %-1s\n" "▒" "#" "DEV" "VENDOR" "LABEL" "TYPE" "SIZE"
   else
      #MAINS=$(expr $MAINS / 2)
      printf "%-0s %-1s %-1s %-20s %-26s %-7s %-1s\n" "▒" $1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6
   fi
}

# Function for outputing to X-11 screen a notification of completion and playing sound.
# The sound file is from the "Optional" ultimate-edition-sound-theme
function Notification () {
   X=$( pidof X )
   if [[ -f "/usr/share/sounds/Ultimate Edition Sound Scheme/stereo/itisdone.wav" ]]; then
      WAVE=1
   fi
   if [[ $X && $NOTIFY ]]; then
      a=$(notify-send "ThumbOS" "$1" -i /usr/share/ultimate_edition/logo.png -t 5000)
   else
      echo $1
   fi
   if [[ $SOUND && $WAVE ]]; then
      a=$(canberra-gtk-play -i itisdone 2>/dev/null)
   fi
}

#Usage: EyeCandy Message
function EyeCandy() {
   # Verify a message has been sent to this function otherwise do squat.
   # Example: EyeCandy ('Repostorm $REPOVERSION is entering extraction mode.')
   # ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
   # ▒ Repostorm 1.7.7 is entering extraction mode. ▒
   # ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
   STP="$1"
   if [[ $STP ]]; then
      STRLEN=${#STP}
      STRLEN=$(expr $STRLEN + 3)
      RR=0; while [ $RR -le $STRLEN ]; do echo -n "▒"; RR=RR+1; done; echo;
      echo -e "▒ "$STP" ▒"
      RR=0; while [ $RR -le $STRLEN ]; do echo -n "▒"; RR=RR+1; done; echo;
   fi
}

# Draws a bar across the screen based on screensize detected (columnz)
function FullBar() {
   RR=1; while [ $RR -lt $COLUMNZ ]; do echo -n "▒"; RR=RR+1; done; echo;
}

# Center data passed to function on screen
function Center () {
   STP=$1
   if [[ $STP ]]; then
      STRLEN=${#STP}
      CENTER=$(expr $STRLEN / 2)
      TCENTER=$(expr $COLUMNZ / 2)
      DISTANCE=$(expr $TCENTER - $CENTER)
      DISTANCE=$(expr $DISTANCE - 2)
      RR=0; while [ $RR -le $DISTANCE ]; do echo -n "▒"; RR=RR+1; done;
      echo -n " $STP "
      TT=0; while [ $TT -le $DISTANCE ]; do echo -n "▒"; TT=TT+1; done;
      CALC=$(expr $RR + $TT + $STRLEN + 2)
      if [[ $CALC -lt $COLUMNZ ]]; then
         while [ $CALC -lt $COLUMNZ ]; do echo -n "▒"; CALC=CALC+1; done; echo;
      fi
   fi
      # Dubugging:
      # echo "STRING LEN: $STRLEN CENTER: $CENTER TOTAL CNTER: $TCENTER RR=$RR TT=$TT COLUMNZ: $COLUMNZ CALC: $CALC DISTANCE: $DISTANCE"
}

# Debugging function to monitor passed arguments.
function CommandLineIntrepreter(){
   echo -e "${bldgrn}Number of switches passed: $#"
   for var in "$@"
   do
      array_counter=$(($array_counter + 1))
      echo "Switch $array_counter: $var"
   done
}

# Virtual machine testing function.
function Virtual {
   if ! [[ $DISPLAY ]]; then
      echo -e "${bldred}No X11 session detected.  Exiting.${txtrst}"
      exit 0;
   fi
   # Declare a few integer varibles
   declare -i MEMORY
   declare -i DEDICATED
   TEMPO=$(cat /proc/meminfo | grep 'MemTotal'|cut -d ':' -f2 | sed 's/ kB//g')
   MEMORY=$TEMPO
   # See if end user has 3GB or greater memory
   if [[ $MEMORY -ge 3096000 ]]; then
      # If so set maximum the virtual machine can have.
      DEDICATED=2047
   else
      # Limited resources. Use a quarter the end users memory.
      MAINS=$(echo "scale=2; $MEMORY/1000*.25" | bc)
      # dump the decimal, we want a raw integer.
      DEDICATED=${MAINS%.*}
   fi

   # Snatch the number of CPU Core(s) the end user has.
   CORES=$(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep "processor" | sed '/model/d' | wc -l)

   # Dump data to the end user.
   echo -e "${bldgrn}"$MEMORY "memory and "$CORES "CPU core(s) detected.\nUtilizing $DEDICATED MB of memory and $CORES CPU Core(s) to full potential."

   # Check for existance of ISO, if so launch VM, enable kvm acceleration.
   if [ -e "$1" ]; then
      EyeCandy "Thumbos: Testing ISO $1 in a virtual machine.${txtrst}"
      A=$(qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m $DEDICATED --boot d menu=on cdrom=$1 2>/dev/null)
      if ! [[ $A ]]; then
         a=$(kvm -m $DEDICATED -smp $CORES -usb -boot d -cdrom $1 -name ThumbOS 2>/dev/null)
      fi
   else
      # Block device?
      GREPEDSWITCH=$(echo $1 | grep "dev")
      if [[ $GREPPEDSWITCH ]]; then
         if [[ -b $1 ]]; then
            EyeCandy "Thumbos: Testing Thumbdrive $1 in a virtual machine.${txtrst}"
            A=$(qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m $DEDICATED --boot d menu=on cdrom=$1 2>/dev/null)
            if ! [[ $A ]]; then
               a=$(kvm -m $DEDICATED -smp $CORES -usb -boot d -cdrom $1 -name ThumbOS 2>/dev/null)
            fi
         else
            # Lost in space !!! ;)
            echo -e "${bldred}Error: Invalid option $1"
            Help test $1
            exit 0
         fi
      else
         TD='/dev/'$1
         if [[ -b $TD ]]; then
            EyeCandy "Thumbos: Testing Thumbdrive $TD in a virtual machine.${txtrst}"
            A=$(qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m $DEDICATED --boot d menu=on cdrom=$TD 2>/dev/null)
            if ! [[ $A ]]; then
               a=$(kvm -m $DEDICATED -smp $CORES -usb -boot d -cdrom $TD -name ThumbOS 2>/dev/null)
            fi
         else
            # Lost in space !!! ;)
            echo -e "${bldred}Error: Invalid option $1"
            Help test $1
            exit 0
         fi
      fi
   fi
   Notification "All operations completed successfully."
}

function DiskImageInfo {
   # Set needed varibles, we do not need to check for existance of $1 we
   # would not be here if it does not exist
   EXTENSION="${1##*.}"
   FILENAME="${1%.*}"
   BOOTABLE=$(file $1 | grep -m1 "bootable")

   # Don't put full trust in utility "file" for ISO's use the right tool
   # for the right job if file failed.
   if [[ $EXTENSION == 'iso' && $BOOTABLE == '' ]]; then
      BOOTABLE=$(isoinfo -i $1 -f -d | grep -m1 "bootable")
   fi

   
   # Set Boot Flag
   if [[ ${BOOTABLE} ]]; then
      BOOTABLE='Yes'
   else
      BOOTABLE='No'
   fi

   # Come here my pretty ;)
   FullBar
   # ISO Image? Dump info defined in Array. Makes it simple to add remove info.
   printf '%-15s %s\n' \
   "Image File:" "$1"
   array_counter=1
   for number in ${ISOINFO[@]}
      do
         TITLEINFO=${ISOINFO[$array_counter]}
         GREPINFO=${ISOINFO[$array_counter]}
         DISPLAYINFO=$(isoinfo -d -i $1 | grep -m1 "$GREPINFO" | cut -d: -f2 | sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//')
         if [[ $DISPLAYINFO && $TITLEINFO ]]; then
            printf '%-15s %s\n' \
            "$TITLEINFO:" "$DISPLAYINFO"
         fi
         array_counter=$(($array_counter + 1))
      done

   # Dump info on boot info as detected, we may need some work here,
   # lots of different types of iso's and image files
   printf '%-15s %s\n' \
   "Bootable:" "$BOOTABLE"

   # Thusly inform end user.
   if ! [[ $BOOTABLE ]]; then
      echo -e "${txtred}Note: This image most likely will not boot. Proceeding.${txtrst}"
   fi
   WINISO=$(isoinfo -d -i $1 | grep -i "win\|microsoft")
   LINUX=$(isoinfo -d -i $1 | grep -i "LINUX")
   APPLE=$(isoinfo -d -i $1 | grep -i "APPLE")
   FullBar
   # Drop additional info if acclible
   if [[ $BOOTABLE && $WINISO ]]; then
      echo -e "${bldgrn}This is a ©Microsoft Windows bootable ISO and will be treated as such.${txtrst}"
   fi
   if [[ $BOOTABLE && $LINUX ]]; then
      echo -e "${bldgrn}This is a bootable Linux based operating system and will be treated as such.${txtrst}"
   fi
   if [[ $BOOTABLE && $APPLE ]]; then
      echo -e "${bldgrn}This is a bootable Apple/ MAC based operating system and will be treated as such.${txtrst}"
   fi
}

# Some eyecandy?
function spin() {

   printf "\b${sp:sc++:1}"
   ((sc==${#sp})) && sc=0
}

function endspin() {

   printf "\r%s\n" "$@"
}

function DumpArray () {

   # Yank on Devkit to retrieve availible USBDrives, we will process the data later
   # 1.0.3 fix for 0 thumbdrives dump to /dev/null to avoid output of errors.
   # Open a subshell & parse values.
   NUSBDRIVES=$((ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/*usb* | sed 's/^.*\///g' | sed 's/[0-9]*//g' | uniq | wc -l) 2>/dev/null)
   USBDRIVE=$((ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/*usb* | sed 's/^.*\///g' | sed 's/[0-9]*//g' | uniq) 2>/dev/null)
   # if user has at least one USB drive dump array to screen.
   if [[ $NUSBDRIVES ]]; then
      echo -e "${undwht}Number of USB drives detected${txtrst}: $NUSBDRIVES"
      #Fix for 1.0.8, zero thumbdrives report error.
      if [[ $NUSBDRIVES -lt 1 ]]; then
         echo -e "${bldred}Error: No thumbdrives detected.${txtrst}"
         exit 0;
      fi
      Columnize
      # Old method, left for educational purposes.
      # printf '%-1s %-1s %-15s %-25s %-10s %s\n' \
      # "#" "DEV" "VENDOR" "LABEL" "TYPE" "SIZE"
      FullBar
      echo -e -n "${bldgrn}${txtrst}"
      array_counter=1
      # Stack out a database if you will of detected USB Drives. We will strip out
      # Non hackers as we roll.  No, I do not want my 1TB external showing up as
      # as a thumbdrive.
      for number in ${USBDRIVE[@]}
      do
         TESTVALUE=${USBDRIVE[$array_counter]}
         REMOVABLE='2'
         REMOVABLE=$(lsblk | grep -m1 $number | cut -d ':' -f2 | cut -d" " -f3)
         
         DETACHABLE=$(udisks --show-info /dev/sdh | grep 'detachable' | cut -d ':' -f2)
         
            # Removable is for debugging at this stage of development.
            # Bust out udisks we need raw data on the device(s) in question.
            VENDOR=$(udisks --show-info /dev/$number | grep 'vendor' | cut -d":" -f2 | sed 's/ //g')
            MODEL=$(udisks --show-info /dev/$number | grep 'model' | cut -d":" -f2 | sed 's/ //g')
            if [[ $VENDOR == "" ]]; then
               VENDOR=$MODEL
            fi

            # Still no Vendor?
            if ! [[ $VENDOR ]]; then
               VENDOR='UNKNOWN'
            fi
            BYTES=$(udisks --show-info /dev/$number 2>&1 | grep -m1 'size:' | cut -d":" -f2 | sed 's/ //g')
            LABEL=$(udisks --show-info /dev/$number | grep 'label:' | cut -d ":" -f2 |  sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//')
   
            if [[ $LABEL == "" ]]; then
               LABEL=$(ls -l /dev/disk/by-label/ | grep $number | cut -d ":" -f2 | cut -d " " -f2 | sed 's/\\x20/ /g' 2> /dev/null)
            fi
   
            if ! [[ $LABEL ]]; then
               LABEL="UNKNOWN"
            fi
   
            TYPE=$(udisks --show-info /dev/$number | grep 'type:' | cut -d ":" -f2 |  sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//' | sed 's/ //g')
            if [[ $TYPE == "" ]]; then
               TYPE=$(blkid /dev/$number'1' | cut -d " " -f4 | cut -d'"' -f2)
               if [[ $TYPE == "" ]]; then
                  TYPE=$(udevadm info --query=all --name=$number | grep 'ID_PART_TABLE_TYPE' | cut -d '=' -f2)
               fi
            fi
   
            if ! [[ $TYPE ]]; then
               TYPE="UNKNOWN"
            fi
            # Debugging detected size in bytes.
            # echo "BYTES: $BYTES"
            SIZE=$BYTES
            FORMATTED=$(echo $BYTES | \
sed -r '
  :L
  s=([0-9]+)([0-9]{3})=\1,\2=
  t L')
            # IMMEDIATELY convert to KB, the beginning of our scale.
            KBS=$(echo "scale=2;${BYTES%/*}/1024"|bc)
            # Start with bytes each division of 1024 cycle to next array value MB, GB etc.
            for XX in ${DISKSIZES[@]}
            do
               SIZE=$(echo "scale=2;${SIZE%/*}/1024"|bc)
               # Dump the decimal just to see if we have hit the 1024 or less mark.
               KBS=$(echo $SIZE | cut -d . -f 1)
               # Debugging:
               # echo "TESTINGSIZE: $KBS $XX"
               if [[ $KBS -lt 1024 && $KBS -gt 1 ]]; then
                  TRUESIZE="$KBS"$XX
                  #echo "$KBS $XX"
                  
               fi
            done
   
            LABEL=$(echo $LABEL | sed "s/ /_/g")
            # Test against UNKNOWN VALUES
            if ! [[ $TYPE == 'UNKNOWN' || $LABEL == 'UNKNOWN' ]]; then
               # Print data in nice Columns, eventually I will re-write this function
               # to handle data of any size and include it in code-cleanup application.
               if [[ $COLUMNZ -gt 80 ]]; then
                  Columnize "$array_counter" "$number" "$VENDOR" "$LABEL" "$TYPE" "$TRUESIZE($FORMATTED)"
               else
                  Columnize "$array_counter" "$number" "$VENDOR" "$LABEL" "$TYPE" "$TRUESIZE"
               fi
            fi
            array_counter=$(($array_counter + 1))
   
      done
      FullBar
   else
      # OOPSSY end user does not have a thumbdrive.
      echo -e "${bldred}Error: No thumbdrive(s) detected.  Exiting...${txtrst}"
      exit 0;
   fi
}

function copyFile(){
   # uncomment below for debugging.
   # echo "copyFile RECIEVED 1:$1 2:$2 3:$3 4:$4"
   inFile="$1"
   outFile="$2"
   wholeCurrentSize="$3"

   # Size in blocks
   size=$(stat --format=%s "$inFile")
   ((stepNb = size / blockSize + 1))

   # Prior existance Remove file.
   if [ -f "$outFile" ]; then
      rm "$outFile"
   fi

   # Initiate Copying
   i=0
   while [ "$i" -lt "$stepNb" ]; do
      dd if="$inFile" bs="$blockSize" skip="$i" seek="$i" of="$outFile" count=1 2> /dev/null
      ((i = i + 1))
      # output current copied size
      local copiedSize=$(stat --format=%s "$outFile")
      ((totalCopiedSize = copiedSize + wholeCurrentSize)) || true
      ((percent = (totalCopiedSize * 100) / totalSize)) || true
      echo -en "$percent%\r"
   done
   return 0
}

function progressCp(){
   # uncomment below for debugging.
   # echo "progressCp Switches RECEIVED 1:$1 2:$2 3:$3 4:$4"
   totalSize=$(du -s "$1" --bytes | awk '{print $1}')
   currentSize=0

   targetDir="$2"
   mkdir -p "$targetDir"
   targetDir=$(readlink -f "$targetDir")

   cd "$1"
   fileList=$(find .)
   INDICATOR='='
   while read inFile; do
      if [ "$inFile" != '.' ]; then
         outFile="$targetDir/$inFile"

         fileSize=$(stat --format=%s "$inFile")

         if [ -d "$inFile" ]; then
            mkdir -p "$outFile"
         elif [ -f "$inFile" ]; then
            if [ "$fileSize" -lt "$blockSize" ]; then
               cp "$inFile" "$outFile"
            else
               copyFile "$inFile" "$outFile" "$currentSize"
            fi
         else
            echo "Error: Unknown type of '$inFile' !" >&2
            exit 1
         fi

         # Mode
         #chmod "$(stat --format=%a "$inFile")" "$outFile"

         # Progress spinner and precentage
         i=1
         sp="/-\|"
         echo -n ' '
         ((currentSize = currentSize + fileSize)) || true
         ((percent = (currentSize * 100) / totalSize)) || true
         echo -en "$percent%\r"
      fi
   done < <(echo "$fileList")
}

function UnmountIso(){
   RETURN="$?"

   set +o errexit # We need to clean up everything we can

   trap - HUP QUIT KILL SEGV PIPE INT TERM EXIT

   echo "Syncing..."
   cd /
   sync
   wait 2> /dev/null
   sleep 1

   echo -e "${bldgrn}Umounting and removing '$1'...${txtrst}"
   umount "$1" && rm -rf "$1" || true

   echo -e "${bldgrn}Umounting and removing '$2'...${txtrst}"
   umount "$2" && rm -rf "$2" || true
}

function STARTTIMER {
   # Start the counter, we are off to the races.
   STARTM=`date -u "+%s"`
}

function STOPTIMER {
   STOPM=`date -u "+%s"`
   RUNTIMEM=`expr $STOPM - $STARTM`
   if (($RUNTIMEM>59)); then
      TTIMEM=`printf "%dm%ds\n" $((RUNTIMEM/60%60)) $((RUNTIMEM%60))`
   else
      TTIMEM=`printf "%ds\n" $((RUNTIMEM))`
   fi
   echo "Execution Time: $TTIMEM"
}

function QuickWipeFat() {
   #Display initial header
   VersionDump
   #Verify the switch interpreter, if not provide short help message example.
   if [[ $1 == "" ]]; then
      DumpArray $1
      echo -e "\n${bldred}ERROR: Please specify a device to wipe.${txtrst}"
      echo -e "${bldwht}Example: thumbos --erase /dev/sdb${txtrst}"
      echo -e "${bldylw}Note: the partition number is unecessary as it will erase the entire drive.${txtrst}"
      exit 0;
   fi
   #Begin scanning for USB Devices.
   echo -e "${bldgrn}SCANNING FOR USB DRIVE(S)..."
   DETECTED=$(ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/*usb* 2> /dev/null)
   #None found?
   if ! [[ $DETECTED ]]; then
      echo -e "${bldred}No USB drives detected. Exiting.${txtrst}"
      exit 0;
   fi
   if [[ -b /dev/$1 ]]; then
      DumpArray $1
   else
      echo -e "${bldred}Error: Device /dev/$1 is not vaild block device."
      echo -e "${bldgrn}Example usage: thumbos --erase sdk full${txtrst}"
      exit 0;
   fi
   NUMERALS=$(echo $2 |grep -o '[0-9]*')
   if [[ $NUMERALS ]]; then
      echo -e "${bldred}Error: Please provide drive letters only no numerals.${txtrst}"
      exit 0;
   fi
   #Final check.  Did the user specify a valid device?
   array_counter=1
   for number in ${USBDRIVE[@]}
   do
      REMOVABLE='2'
      REMOVABLE=$(lsblk | grep -m1 $number | cut -d ':' -f2 | cut -d" " -f3)
      #Debugging - future implementation?
      #if [[ $REMOVABLE == 1 ]]; then
         if [[ $number == $1 ]]; then
            VALIDITY='YES'
         fi
      #fi
   done
   
   if [[ $VALIDITY ]]; then
      if [[ $2 == "full" ]]; then
         ETYPE='Full'
      elif [[ $2 == 'secure' ]]; then
         ETYPE='Secure'
      else
         ETYPE='Quick'
      fi
      #Verify write premissions to drive
      THUMBDRIVE="/dev/"$1
      echo -e -n "${txtwht}Verifying write permission of thumbdrive: /dev/$1: ${txtrst}"
      if [[ -w ${THUMBDRIVE} ]]; then
         echo -e "${bldgrn}Granted.${txtrst}"
      else
         echo -e "${bldred}Denied."
         echo -e "Please run the command sudo thumbos --erase $@"
         echo -e "${txtwht}Exiting.${txtrst}"
         exit 0
      fi
      #User has provided valid switches / permission. Drop information and final warning in bold red to standout.

      echo -e "${bldgrn}$ETYPE Erase: /dev/$1 thumbdrive?${txtwht}"
         while true; do
            FullBar
            echo -e -n "${bldred}"
            read -p "WARNING: this will erase all content on device /dev/$1. (Y/N)? " yn
            case $yn in
               [Nn]* ) echo -e "${txtrst}"; exit 0;;
               [Yy]* ) echo -e "${txtgrn}"
               echo "Erasing $1 thumbdrive...";
               break;;
               * ) echo "Please answer y or n.";;
            esac
         done
   else
      echo -e "${bldred}ERROR: $1 is not a valid device.${txtrst}"
      exit 0;
   fi
   STARTTIMER
   UNMOUNT=$(umount /dev/$1 2>/dev/null)

   case "$ETYPE" in
      Full) echo -e "${txtwht}Full wiping drive: $1"; dcfldd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/$1;;
      Secure) echo -e "${txtwht}Securely wiping drive: $1"; dcfldd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/$1 bs=1M;;
      *) echo -e "${txtwht}Quickly wiping drive: $1"; QUICK=$(mkfs.msdos -I -n 'Blank' -F 32 /dev/$1);;
   esac
   echo -e "${txtwht}Syncing..."
   sync
   echo -e "${txtwht}Refreshing partition ..."
   sudo partprobe /dev/$1 2> /dev/null
   Notification "All operations completed successfully."
   STOPTIMER
}

function Clear() {

   # Wipe Thumbdrive
   # Debugging switches... Uncomment to see output.
   # echo "1:$1 2:$2 3:$3 4:$4"
   # exit 0;
   # FORCE is an internally called switch to format drive in preparation
   # for loading out M$ Windows.

   if [[ $2 != "FORCE" ]]; then
      # Display initial header
      VersionDump
      # Verify the switch interpreter, if not provide short help message example.
      if [[ $1 == "" ]]; then
         DumpArray $1
         echo -e "\n${bldred}ERROR: Please specify a device to wipe.${txtrst}"
         echo -e "${bldwht}Example: thumbos --erase /dev/sdb${txtrst}"
         echo -e "${bldylw}Note: the partition number is unecessary as it will erase the entire drive.${txtrst}"
         exit 0;
      fi
      # Begin scanning for USB Devices.
      echo -e "${bldgrn}SCANNING FOR USB DRIVE(S)..."
      DETECTED=$(ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/*usb* 2> /dev/null)
      # None found?
      if ! [[ $DETECTED ]]; then
         echo -e "${bldred}No USB drives detected. Exiting.${txtrst}"
         exit 0;
      fi
      if [[ -b /dev/$1 ]]; then
         DumpArray $1
      else
         DumpArray $1
         echo -e "${bldred}Error: Device /dev/$1 is not vaild block device."
         echo -e "${bldgrn}Example usage: thumbos --erase sdk full${txtrst}"
         exit 0;
      fi
      NUMERALS=$(echo $2 |grep -o '[0-9]*')
      if [[ $NUMERALS ]]; then
         echo -e "${bldred}Error: Please provide drive letters only no numerals.${txtrst}"
         exit 0;
      fi
      #Final check.  Did the user specify a valid device?
      array_counter=1
      for number in ${USBDRIVE[@]}
      do
         REMOVABLE='2'
         REMOVABLE=$(lsblk | grep -m1 $number | cut -d ':' -f2 | cut -d" " -f3)
         #Debugging - future implementation?
         #if [[ $REMOVABLE == 1 ]]; then
            if [[ $number == $1 ]]; then
               VALIDITY='YES'
            fi
         #fi
      done
      
      if [[ $VALIDITY ]]; then
         if [[ $2 == "full" ]]; then
            ETYPE='Full'
         elif [[ $2 == 'secure' ]]; then
            ETYPE='Secure'
         else
            ETYPE='Quick'
         fi

         #Verify write premissions to drive
         THUMBDRIVE="/dev/"$1
         echo -e -n "${txtwht}Verifying write permission of thumbdrive: /dev/$1: ${txtrst}"
         if [[ -w ${THUMBDRIVE} ]]; then
            echo -e "${bldgrn}Granted.${txtrst}"
         else
            echo -e "${bldred}Denied."
            echo -e "Please run the command sudo thumbos --erase $@"
            echo -e "${txtwht}Exiting.${txtrst}"
            exit 0
         fi

         #User has provided valid switches / permission. Drop information and final warning in bold red to standout.
         echo -e "${bldgrn}$ETYPE Erase: /dev/$1 thumbdrive?${txtwht}"
            while true; do
               FullBar
               echo -e -n "${bldred}"
               read -p "WARNING: this will erase all content on device /dev/$1. (Y/N)? " yn
               case $yn in
                  [Nn]* ) echo -e "${txtrst}Exiting..."; exit 0;;
                  [Yy]* ) echo -en "${txtgrn}"
                  echo "Erasing $1 thumbdrive...";
                  break;;
                  * ) echo "Please answer y or n.";;
               esac
            done
      else
         echo -e "${bldred}ERROR: $1 is not a valid device.${txtrst}"
         exit 0;
      fi
   fi
   STARTTIMER
   # Detect number of partitions currently on thumbdrive.
   TOTALPARTS=0
   TOTALPARTS=$(parted -s "/dev/$1" print | tail --lines 2 | grep '^\s[0-9]\+\s\+.*$' | awk '{print $1}'| bc)
   DISKSIZE=$( sudo parted -s /dev/$1 unit B print | grep "^Disk /dev/$1:" | cut -f 3 -d " " | tr -d B )
   # Information overkill, the end user probably does not care
   # echo "Disk size detected: $DISKSIZE"
   # Unmount Volume(s) - Suppress errors for non-existant volumes
   I=0;
   if [[ $TOTALPARTS -gt 0 ]]; then
      echo -e "${txtwht}$TOTALPARTS existing partitions detected.${txtrst}"
      while [ $I -lt $TOTALPARTS ]; do
         I=$(($I + 1))
         TRUEDEV='/dev/'$1$I
         UNMOUNT=$(umount $TRUEDEV 2>/dev/null)
      done
   else
      echo -e "${txtylw}No existing partitions detected.${txtrst}"
   fi
   #Unmount Success?
   if ! [[ $UNMOUNT ]]; then
      echo -e "${bldgrn}Device $1 successfully unmounted the $TOTALPARTS partition(s).${txtrst}"
   else
      echo -e "${bldred}ERROR: $1 can not be unmounted. Are you root?${txtrst}"
      exit 0;
   fi

   I=0;
   #DUMP ALL PARTITIONS - Do not assume the enduser is in the United States.
   if [[ $TOTALPARTS -gt 0 ]]; then
      while [ $I -lt $TOTALPARTS ]; do
         I=$(($I + 1))
         TRUEDEV='/dev/'$1$I
         echo -e "${txtwht}Deleting partition: $TRUEDEV${txtrst}"
         sudo parted -s "/dev/$1" rm "$I"
      done
   else
      echo -e "${txtylw}No partitions to delete.${txtrst}"
   fi
   #Check for non-existant partition table
   ERRORCHECK=$(sudo parted -s "/dev/$1" print| grep 'unrecognised disk label')
   if [[ $ERRORCHECK ]]; then
      echo -e "${bldred}ERROR: No partition table exists at all, attempting to rectify.${txtrst}"
      sfdisk /dev/$1 << EOF
;
EOF
      sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/$1 bs=512 count=1
      sudo sfdisk -A1 /dev/$1 > /dev/null 2>&1
   fi
   TRUEDEV='/dev/'$11
   #Ensure empty table is reflected to the kernel before proceeding.
   echo -e "${bldgrn}Creating a single partition 100% in size."
   #Suppress standard output, we don't need to update the fstab for a thumbdrive.
   sudo parted -a opt /dev/$1 unit MB mkpart primary 0% 100% > /dev/null 2>&1
   sudo sync > /dev/null 2>&1
   sudo partprobe $TRUEDEV > /dev/null 2>&1

   #Create a single default partition
   I=1
   TRUEDEV='/dev/'$1$I
   #Set default as NTFS
   sudo sfdisk -c --change-id /dev/$1 1 07 > /dev/null 2>&1
   case "$ETYPE" in
      Full) echo -e "${txtwht}Full wiping drive: $1"; dcfldd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/$1;;
      Secure) echo -e "${txtwht}Securely wiping drive: $1"; dcfldd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/$1 bs=1M;;
      *) echo -e "${txtwht}Quick formating drive in NTFS Format: $1"; QUICK=$(mkfs.ntfs -Q -L 'ThumbOS' "$TRUEDEV");;
   esac
   if [[ $QUICK ]]; then
      echo -e "${txtwht}Drive $1 successfully formatted.${txtrst}"
   fi
   echo -e "${txtwht}Syncing...${txtrst}"
   sudo sync
   echo -e "${txtwht}Setting $TRUEDEV as bootable.${txtrst}"
   sudo sfdisk -A1 /dev/$1 > /dev/null 2>&1
   echo -e "${txtwht}Refreshing partition ...${txtrst}"
   sudo partprobe /dev/$1  2> /dev/null
   Notification "All operations completed successfully."
   STOPTIMER
}

function WindowsISO {
   echo -e "${bldgrn}©Microsoft Windows ISO detected.${txtrst}"
   # Debugging Switches
   # echo "SENT 1:$1 2:$2 3:$3 4:$4"
   # Exclusive internally called switch to force a wipe, we
   # already know we have a valid device and user has accepted
   # the terms.
   Clear $2 FORCE
   # Create temporary mount points we will clean up later
   isoMountPath="/media/thumbos_iso_$(date +%s)_$$"
   partitionMountPath="/media/thumbos_target_$(date +%s)_$$"
   STARTTIMER
   # Mounting
   REALDEV="/dev/$2"1
   echo "Mounting $1 ISO..."
   mkdir -p "$isoMountPath"
   if [ -f "$1" ]; then # ISO
      mount -o loop "$1" "$isoMountPath"
   else # Real DVD drive (block)
      mount "$1" "$isoMountPath"
   fi
   mkdir -p "$partitionMountPath"
   mount "$REALDEV" "$partitionMountPath"

   # Calculate needed space
   freeSpace=$(df --block-size 1 "$partitionMountPath" | grep "$REALDEV" | awk '{print $4}')
   neededSpace=$(du -s "$isoMountPath" --bytes | awk '{print $1}')
   neededSpace=$((neededSpace + 1000 * 1000 * 30))

   if [ "$neededSpace" -gt "$freeSpace" ]; then
      echo -e "${bldred}Error: Not enough free space on '$REALDEV'!${txtrst}" >&2
      exit 1
   fi

   # Copy data
   echo "Copying ISO data..."
   progressCp "$isoMountPath" "$partitionMountPath"

   # boot dir should be lower case
   if [ -d "$partitionMountPath/BOOT" ]; then mv "$partitionMountPath/BOOT" "$partitionMountPath/boot"; fi
   if [ -d "$partitionMountPath/Boot" ]; then mv "$partitionMountPath/Boot" "$partitionMountPath/boot"; fi

   # Install Grub
   echo "Installing grub, please wait ..."
   grub-install --root-directory="$partitionMountPath" "$REALDEV" > /dev/null 2>&1

   uuid=$(blkid -o value -s UUID "$REALDEV")

   # grub.cfg
   echo "Installing grub.cfg..."
   cfgFilename="$partitionMountPath/boot/grub/grub.cfg"
   mkdir -p "$(dirname "$cfgFilename")"
   echo -n "" > "$cfgFilename"

   echo "echo '------------------------------------'" >> "$cfgFilename"
   echo "echo '|        ThumbOS - Loading...      |'" >> "$cfgFilename"
   echo "echo '------------------------------------'" >> "$cfgFilename"
   echo "insmod ntfs" >> "$cfgFilename"
   echo "search --no-floppy --fs-uuid $uuid --set root" >> "$cfgFilename"
   echo "chainloader +1" >> "$cfgFilename"
   echo "boot" >> "$cfgFilename"

   # Cleanup and exit
   echo -e "${bldgrn}Cleaning up.${txtrst}"
   UnmountIso "$isoMountPath" "$partitionMountPath" 'Cleanup'
   STOPTIMER
   #Prompt for testing?
   if [[ $QEMUINSTALLED ]]; then
      while true; do
         FullBar
         read -p "Would you like to test the drive now in a virtual machine?. (Y/N)? " yn
         case $yn in
            [Nn]* ) echo -e "${txtrst}"; exit 0;;
            [Yy]* ) echo -e "${txtgrn}"
            echo "Booting $2...";
            break;;
            * ) echo "Please answer y or n.";;
         esac
      done
      Virtual $REALDEV
   fi
   Notification "All operations completed successfully."
}

function Loadit() {
   #Display initial header
   VersionDump

   #Verify the switch interpreter, if not provide short help message example & exit.
   if [[ $1 == "" ]]; then
      echo -e "\n${bldred}ERROR: Please specify an ISO to load to thumbdrive.${txtrst}"
      echo -e "${bldwht}Example: thumbos --load ultimate-edition-4.0-x64.iso sdc${txtrst}"
      echo -e "${bldylw}Note: the partition number is unecessary as it will replace the entire drive.${txtrst}"
      exit 0;
   fi

   #display information about selected iso:
   if [[ -e $1 ]]; then
      DiskImageInfo $1
   else
      echo -e "${bldred}$1 does not exist. Please specify an ISO to load.${txtrst}"
      exit 0;
   fi

   #Begin scanning for USB Devices.
   echo -e "${bldgrn}SCANNING FOR USB DRIVE(S)..."
   DETECTED=$(ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/*usb* 2> /dev/null)
   #None found?
   if [[ $DETECTED == "" ]]; then
      echo -e "${bldred}No USB drives detected. Exiting.${txtrst}"
      exit 0;
   fi
   #proper switches provided?
   if [[ -e $1 && $2 != "" ]]; then
      DumpArray $1
      
   else
      DumpArray $1
      if [[ -e "$1" ]]; then
         if [[ ${USBDRIVE[@]} && $2 == "" ]]; then
            echo -e "${bldred}Please provide one of the destinations above.${txtrst}"
            echo -e "${bldwht}Example: thumbos --load ultimate-edition-4.0-x64.iso sdc${txtrst}"
            echo -e "${bldylw}Note: the partition number is unecessary as it will replace the entire drive.${txtrst}"
            exit 0;
         fi
      else
         echo -e "${bldred}$1 does not exist. Please specify an ISO.${txtrst}"
         exit 0;
      fi

   fi
   #Scan for partition numbers a no, no.
   NUMERALS=$(echo $2 |grep -o '[0-9]*')
   if [[ $NUMERALS ]]; then
      echo -e "${bldred}Error: Please provide drive letters only no numerals.${txtrst}"
      exit 0;
   fi
   #Final check.  Did the user specify a valid device?
   array_counter=1
   for number in ${USBDRIVE[@]}
   do
      REMOVABLE='2'
      REMOVABLE=$(lsblk | grep -m1 $number | cut -d ':' -f2 | cut -d" " -f3)
      #Debugging - future implementation?
      #if [[ $REMOVABLE == 1 ]]; then
         if [[ $number == $2 ]]; then
            VALIDITY='YES'
            THUMBDRIVE='/dev/'$2
         fi
      #fi
   done
   if [[ $VALIDITY ]]; then
      # Verify write premissions to drive
      echo -e -n "${txtwht}Verifying write premissions to thumbdrive ${THUMBDRIVE}: ${txtrst}"
      if [[ -w ${THUMBDRIVE} ]]; then
         echo -e "${bldgrn}Granted.${txtrst}"
      else
         echo -e "${bldred}Denied."
         echo -e "Please run the command sudo thumbos --load $@"
         echo -e "${txtwht}Exiting.${txtrst}"
         exit 0
      fi

      # User has provided valid switches.  Drop information and warning.
      echo -e "${bldgrn}Load: $1 to: $2 thumbdrive?${txtwht}"
         while true; do
            FullBar
            echo -e -n "${bldred}"
            read -p "WARNING: this will erase all content on device $2. (Y/N)? " yn
            case $yn in
               [Nn]* ) echo -e "${txtrst}Exiting ..."; exit 0;;
               [Yy]* ) echo -en "${bldgrn}"
               echo -e "Dumping $1 to thumbdrive $2...${txtrst}";
               break;;
               * ) echo "Please answer y or n.";;
            esac
         done

      # Whack the thumbdrive and load it as requested.
      # Is drive mounted? If so unmount drive. Suppress errors if not
      # mounted.
      # Windows Bootable ISO?
      if [[ $BOOTABLE && $WINISO ]]; then
         WindowsISO $1 $2 $3 $4
      fi
      # Click the timer, we are starting.
      STARTTIMER

      DUMPIT=$(umount /dev/$2 2>/dev/null)

      # convert image to hybrid bootable image.
      isohybrid $1

      # Use dcfldd - forensic based version of dd aka "Disk Destroyer"
      # we like nice toys.
      dcfldd sizeprobe=if statusinterval=10 bs=4M if=$1 of=/dev/$2

      # Ensure all data even buffered is written to the disk.
      sync

      # Set drive active
      echo -e "${bldgrn}Setting $2 device as bootable.${txtrst}"
      SUPPRESS=$(sfdisk -A /dev/$2 2>/dev/null)
   else
      echo -e "${bldred}$2 is not a vaild device.  Please refer to the table above.${txtrst}"
      # Correction in #1.0.3, no sence in syncing or refreshing the
      # Partition table if an invaild device was specified. Exit.
      exit 0;
   fi
   echo -e "${txtwht}Syncing..."
   sync
   echo -e "${txtwht}Refreshing partition ..."
   sudo partprobe /dev/$2  2>/dev/null
   Notification "All operations completed successfully."
   STOPTIMER
   #Prompt for testing?
   if [[ $QEMUINSTALLED ]]; then
      while true; do
         FullBar
         read -p "Would you like to test the drive now in a virtual machine?. (Y/N)? " yn
         case $yn in
            [Nn]* ) echo -e "${txtrst}"; exit 0;;
            [Yy]* ) echo -e "${txtgrn}"
            echo "Booting $2...";
            break;;
            * ) echo "Please answer y or n.";;
         esac
      done
      Virtual /dev/$2
   fi
}

function Help() {
   echo "PARAMETER: $1"
   if [[ $1 == "" ]];
   then
      VersionDump
      PRAM="ALL"
   else
      PRAM=$1
   fi

   case $PRAM in
      ALL)
echo -e "
${bldgrn}Usage: $PROGNAME -<-COMMAND> [option]${txtrst}
Mandatory arguments to long options are identical for short options.
   possible commands...      

   -e   --erase      erases the entire thumbdrive
   -l   --load      load ISO image to thumbdrive
   -h   --help      this help message
   -s   --scan      scans / reports thumbdrive(s) and exits
   -t   --test      test boot device and exit
   -v   --version   dump version info

${bldgrn}$PROGNAME --help [COMMAND] for further information.${txtrst}";;
      ALL|e|erase)
         echo -e "
${bldwht}Usage erase;${txtrst}
${txtgrn}$PROGNAME -e <DEVICE> [quick|secure|full]${txtrst}
  Quickly erases the contents of <DEVICE> thumbdrive.
  Example: ${bldgrn}$PROGNAME --erase sdi secure${txtrst}
  If the [full] or [secure] option is used it will wipe the entire drive. This
  is a  slow process and the information is non-recoverable. Specifing no option
  is the same as using the default [Quick] option.

  ${bldred}Warning: The contents of the device will be entirely wiped and
  unrecoverable using the secure or full option.${txtrst}

  ${txtylw}Note: The partition number is not necessary as the entire drive will be wiped.${txtrst}";;
      ALL|s|scan)
         echo -e "
${bldwht}Usage scan;${txtrst}
${txtgrn}$PROGNAME -s${txtrst}
  Scans and reports availible thumbdrive(s).";;
      ALL|t|test)
         echo -e "
${bldwht}Usage test;${txtrst}
${txtgrn}$PROGNAME -t [DEVICE] | [ISO]${txtrst}
  Invokes a virtual machine to boot [DEVICE] or [ISO] image.
  Example: thumbos --test ultimate-edition-4.2-x64-lite.iso
  Example 2: thumbos --test sdd";;
      ALL|l|load)
         echo -e "
${bldwht}Usage load;${txtrst}
${txtgrn}$PROGNAME -l <ISONAME> <DEVICE>${txtrst}
  Loads selected ISO to selected thumbdrive. Optionally will launch kvm for
  testing.

  Example: ${bldgrn}thumbos --load utimate-edition-4.0-x64.iso sdi
  ${bldred}Warning: The contents of the device will be entirely wiped.${txtrst}
  ${bldylw}Note: the partition number is unecessary as it will replace the entire drive.${txtrst}";;
      ALL|v|version)
         echo -e "
${bldwht}Usage version;${txtrst}
${txtgrn}$PROGNAME -v${txtrst}
  Displays $PROGNAMEs version number and exits.";;
      ALL|h|help|\?)
         echo -e "
${bldwht}Useage Help [COMMAND];${txtrst}
${txtgrn}$PROGNAME -h [COMMAND]${txtrst}
  Displays this message. For futher information $PROGNAME help [COMMAND]
  or refer to the manpages.

man $PROGNAME"
echo -e "${txtgrn}"
echo -e "Example: $PROGNAME -h version"
echo -e "${txtwht}Will display help about the command version${txtrst}"
esac
exit 0
}

function VersionDump {
EyeCandy "$PROGNAME $VERSION, $BUILDDATE"
echo -e "GNU $PROGNAME home page: <http://ultimateedition.info/>."
echo -e "E-mail bug reports to: <[email protected]>."
echo -e "Be sure to include the word $PROGNAME somewhere in the Subject: field."
}

# Command line pre-processor use for debugging.
#CommandLineIntrepreter $@

    case "$1" in
      -s|--scan) VersionDump; DumpArray; exit 0;;
      -t|--test) VersionDump; Virtual $2; exit 0;;
      -e|--erase) Clear $2 $3 $4; exit 0;;
      -l|--load) Loadit $2 $3 $4; exit 0;;
      -h|--help|-\?) Help $2; exit 0;;
      -v|--version) VersionDump; exit 0;;
      *) Help; exit 0;;
    esac

Funny how a programmer will spend 10 extra hours writing software just to save 10 minutes tapping keys. I am no exception. Thumbos supports bash autocompletion ie typing thumbos - and tapping the [TAB] key 3 times will yield the availible command switches:
theemahn@JackHammer:~/Music$ thumbos --
--erase --help --load --scan --version
theemahn@JackHammer:~/Music$ thumbos --

Same goes with image files:
theemahn@JackHammer:~/Music$ thumbos --load
Misc ultimate-android-20130222-i386.iso ultimate-edition-4.0-x64.iso
Misc.tar.gz ultimate-edition-3.8-lite-x64-Nov-22-2013-0352.iso ultimate-edition-mk809III-armel-Dec-02-2013-0757.iso
theemahn@JackHammer:~/Music$ thumbos --load

Completion code:
/etc/bash_completion.d/thumbos:
Code: Select all
# Debian thumbos(8) completion.

have thumbos &&
_thumbos()
{
   dashify()
   {
      local i

      for (( i=0; i < ${#COMPREPLY[@]}; i++ )); do
         if [ ${#COMPREPLY[i]} -le 2 ]; then
            COMPREPLY[i]=-${COMPREPLY[i]}
         else
            COMPREPLY[i]=--${COMPREPLY[i]}
         fi
      done
   }

   local cur cur_nodash prev

   COMPREPLY=()
   cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}
   cur_nodash=${cur#-}
   prev=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1][COMP_CWORD-2]}

   if [ $COMP_CWORD = 1 ]; then
      # first parameter on line
      case "$cur" in
      -s*)
         COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W 'scan' \
                   $cur_nodash ) )
         dashify
         return 0
         ;;
      -l*)
         COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W 'load' \
                   $cur_nodash ) )
         dashify
         return 0
         ;;
      -*)
         COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W 'erase load scan version help' ${cur_nodash#-} ) )
         dashify;
         return 0
         ;;
      --*)
         COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W 'erase load scan version help' ${cur_nodash#-} ) )
         dashify;
         return 0
         ;;
      *)
         COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -f $cur ) )
         return 0
         ;;
      esac
   fi

   if [ $COMP_CWORD = 2 ]; then
      case "${COMP_WORDS[1]}" in
      --l*)
         # standard filename completion
         COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -f $cur ) )
         return 0
         ;;
      -l)
         # standard filename completion
         COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -f $cur ) )
         return 0
         ;;
      --h*)
         # complete on list of relevant options
         COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W 'erase help load scan version' ${cur_nodash#-} ) )
         #dashify;
         return 0
         ;;
      -h)
         # complete on list of relevant options
         COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W 'erase load scan help version' ${cur_nodash#-} ) )
         #dashify;
         return 0
         ;;
      esac
   fi
}
complete -F _thumbos thumbos

Download:
ultimate-edition-thumbos_1.0.2_all.deb
Thumbos Version 1.0.2
(9.41 KiB) Downloaded 748 times

ultimate-edition-thumbos_1.0.3_all.deb
Thumbos Version 1.0.3
(9.61 KiB) Downloaded 865 times

ultimate-edition-thumbos_1.0.4_all.deb
Preliminary M$ Windows Support.
(13.06 KiB) Downloaded 752 times

ultimate-edition-thumbos_1.0.5_all.deb
ThumbOS Version 1.0.5 See changelog above for changes.
(14.53 KiB) Downloaded 691 times

ultimate-edition-thumbos_1.0.6_all.deb
Minor bug fix.
(14.66 KiB) Downloaded 763 times

ultimate-edition-thumbos_1.0.7_all.deb
ThumbOS 1.0.7
(15.77 KiB) Downloaded 627 times

ultimate-edition-thumbos_1.0.8_all.deb
ThumbOS 1.0.8
(29.31 KiB) Downloaded 655 times

ultimate-edition-thumbos_1.0.9_all.deb
ThumbOS 1.0.9
(27.13 KiB) Downloaded 1033 times

ultimate-edition-thumbos_1.1.3_all.deb
Wait for 1.1.4, img support for Raspberry PI / Phones I am sorry I ignore the forum.
(27.73 KiB) Downloaded 524 times


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Re: Thumbos - Load disk images to your thumbdrive

Postby uenuubguy » Tue Dec 17, 2013 10:07 pm

Whoah. Kudos TheeMahn, Startup Disk Creator is pretty crappy IMO, crashes & frequent memory leaks or something, and sometimes unetbootin just doesn't cut it. Thnx, will need to give this a try. <BREW>
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Re: Thumbos - Load disk images to your thumbdrive

Postby TheeMahn » Fri Dec 20, 2013 5:16 am

Thanks, this is the only tool I use to load Ultimate Edition. I will still include gtk-usb-creator and unetbootin in Ultimate Edition, I don't expect the end user to have to utilize the terminal. Glad to see a fellow terminal Jockey ;)
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Re: Thumbos - Load disk images to your thumbdrive

Postby BBOSAK2143 » Fri Dec 20, 2013 10:16 am

Thank you, thank you TheeMahn!!!! Those other 2 are getting to be a real nightmare! Pretty sure is due to all the changes that have come down in the past 6 months and they just are not even trying to keep up! Anyway am going to really appreciate this fine tool as I know when you make something, it is done!!!! So can not thank you enough on it and always wishing you the best of times!!!!
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Re: Thumbos - Load disk images to your thumbdrive

Postby TheeMahn » Fri Dec 20, 2013 10:24 am

Thanks and happy holidays to you. In an unrelated topic did you see I updated all Ultimate Edition themes on http://themelinux.com ? Ultimate Edition 4.0 theme has been downloaded almost 300 times. I just put it on there, they were downloading them as fast as I could post them ;)


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Re: Thumbos - Load disk images to your thumbdrive

Postby BBOSAK2143 » Fri Dec 20, 2013 1:32 pm

So far can not find on the menu anywhere even though installed. App finder and command line does not find it either? Must be something disagreeing with this OS I built. Will be a first! Of course still wish I was able to get the newest Ultimate, but for not can not happen with this poor speed and limitations! Yes, was awesome to see your work on Gnome Looks!!! Finally a real artist unlike a lot of flim flams on there with hardly touched or any effects to the originals! Going to get some more up too! Getting great cooperation in this system now if only I could think of the right stuff!!! Going to stick with a lot of the imaging as love the looks it gets on Gnome, has that new car shine look. Least I call it that! Probably best way to describe it. Was what I did on Black Beauty III. So far is the one most downloaded. Yours will knock it down in another day or so!!! Am a real sucker for color effects, but is looking like not so many others are! Anyway if you have any suggestions to get that thumbOS working on this OS of mine, please let me know. Startup disk never worked for me on any distro I built or downloaded. Unetbootin works but studders here and there when it comes to finding the file. I hope you will keep uploading to Gnome looks someone needs to show how themes are really done!!!! Am just not that good enough yet!!!!
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Re: Thumbos - Load disk images to your thumbdrive

Postby TheeMahn » Tue Jan 14, 2014 10:19 am

I replaced my parents hard disk in thier computer with an SSD and had to re-install windows. No problem right? Unetbootin will not load out Windows to a thumbdrive, gtk-usb-creator the same situation. My solution? Continue application development on ThumbOS to support writing Windows to a thumbdrive ;) I know there are tons of tools in Windows to preform such actions. What about me, I run only Linux and kicked Windows to the curb it does not reside on my PC except in ISO format. I could in all right I am sure do the same with MAC O/S etc.

Working the Systems, coming soon in ThumbOS 1.0.4:
# Change-log: 1.0.1: Initial Internal Beta release
#
# 1.0.2: Bug fixes
# Erase feature added.
# Test feature added.
# Display ISO and Image info
#
# 1.03 Minor bugfix see comment in code.
#
# Supress errors if end user does not possess a thumbdrive,
# exit graciously.
#
# 1.04 Edited erase routine, NTFS set as default.
#
# Added partition detection function in case user has
# multiple partitions on the thumbdrive.
#
# Added initial ©Microsft Windows support & detection
# routine.
# ==============================================================================

PROGNAME="Thumbos"
BUILDDATE="01/14/2014"
VERSION="1.0.4"

Code: Select all
theemahn@JackHammer:~$ sudo thumbos --load Win7Tiny.iso
Number of switches passed: 2
Switch 1: --load
Switch 2: Win7Tiny.iso
Thumbos 1.0.4, 01/14/2014
GNU Thumbos home page: <http://ultimateedition.info/>.
E-mail bug reports to: <[email protected]>.
Be sure to include the word Thumbos somewhere in the Subject: field.

================================================================================
Image File:     Win7Tiny.iso
Volume id:      TINY7 X86
Publisher id:   MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Data preparer:  MICROSOFT CORPORATION, ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND WA 98052, (425) 882-8080
Volume size:    358050
Bootable:       Yes
================================================================================
This is a ©Microsoft Windows bootable ISO and will be treated as such.

SCANNING FOR USB DRIVE(S)...
Number of USB drives detected: 3
# DEV VENDOR          LABEL                     TYPE       SIZE
================================================================================
1 sdg Generic         UNKNOWN                   UNKNOWN    0      GB
2 sdk MUSHKIN         TINY7 X86                 iso9660    31.62  GB
3 sdi SanDisk         UNKNOWN                   ntfs       4.02   GB
================================================================================
Please provide one of the destinations above.
Example: thumbos --load ultimate-edition-4.0-x64.iso sdc
Note: the partition number is unecessary as it will replace the entire drive.
theemahn@JackHammer:~$

Adding Windows support to ThumbOS has more then doubled the amount of code involved. I have added ISO detection, not 100% foolproof yet. I have also added code for partition detection. Whether the thumbdrive has 4 partitions, 1, zero or any number in between it will detect and rectify the situation:
theemahn@JackHammer:~$ sudo thumbos --load Win7Tiny.iso sdk
Number of switches passed: 3
Switch 1: --load
Switch 2: Win7Tiny.iso
Switch 3: sdk
Thumbos 1.0.4, 01/14/2014
GNU Thumbos home page: <http://ultimateedition.info/>.
E-mail bug reports to: <[email protected]>.
Be sure to include the word Thumbos somewhere in the Subject: field.

================================================================================
Image File: Win7Tiny.iso
Volume id: TINY7 X86
Publisher id: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Data preparer: MICROSOFT CORPORATION, ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND WA 98052, (425) 882-8080
Volume size: 358050
Bootable: Yes
================================================================================
This is a ©Microsoft Windows bootable ISO and will be treated as such.

SCANNING FOR USB DRIVE(S)...
Number of USB drives detected: 3
# DEV VENDOR LABEL TYPE SIZE
================================================================================
1 sdg Generic UNKNOWN UNKNOWN 0 GB
2 sdk MUSHKIN TINY7 X86 iso9660 31.62 GB
3 sdi SanDisk UNKNOWN ntfs 4.02 GB
================================================================================
Verifying write premissions to thumbdrive /dev/sdk: Granted.
Load: Win7Tiny.iso to: sdk thumbdrive?
================================================================================
WARNING: this will erase all content on device sdk. (Y/N)? Y
Dumping Win7Tiny.iso to thumbdrive sdk...
©Microsoft Windows ISO detected.
No existing partitions detected.
Device sdk successfully unmounted the partition(s).
No partitions to delete.
ERROR: No partition table exists at all, attempting to rectify.
Checking that no-one is using this disk right now ...
OK

Disk /dev/sdk: 30160 cylinders, 64 heads, 32 sectors/track

sfdisk: ERROR: sector 0 does not have an msdos signature
/dev/sdk: unrecognized partition table type
Old situation:
No partitions found
New situation:
Units = cylinders of 1048576 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0

Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System
/dev/sdk1 0+ 30159 30160- 30883839+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdk2 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/sdk3 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/sdk4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
Warning: no primary partition is marked bootable (active)
This does not matter for LILO, but the DOS MBR will not boot this disk.
Successfully wrote the new partition table

Re-reading the partition table ...

If you created or changed a DOS partition, /dev/foo7, say, then use dd(1)
to zero the first 512 bytes: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/foo7 bs=512 count=1
(See fdisk(8).)
dd: opening ‘’: No such file or directory
Creating a single partition 100% in size.
Quick formating drive in NTFS Format: sdk
Drive sdk successfully formatted.
Syncing...
Setting /dev/sdk1 as bootable.
Refreshing partition ...
All partition and format operations completed successfully.
Execution Time: 4s
Mounting Win7Tiny.iso ISO...
mount: block device /home/theemahn/Win7Tiny.iso is write-protected, mounting read-only
Copying ISO data...
Installing grub, please wait ...
Installing grub.cfg...
Cleaning up.
Syncing...
Umounting and removing '/media/thumbos_iso_1389708868_27311'...
Umounting and removing '/media/thumbos_target_1389708868_27311'...
Execution Time: 43s
================================================================================
Would you like to test the drive now in a virtual machine?. (Y/N)? y

Booting sdk...
theemahn@JackHammer:~$


I still have work to do on it, such as suppressing errors, as it will fix them as it goes along, better Linux detection as well:
theemahn@JackHammer:~$ sudo thumbos --load ultimate-edition-3.8-x64.iso
Number of switches passed: 2
Switch 1: --load
Switch 2: ultimate-edition-3.8-x64.iso
Thumbos 1.0.4, 01/14/2014
GNU Thumbos home page: <http://ultimateedition.info/>.
E-mail bug reports to: <[email protected]>.
Be sure to include the word Thumbos somewhere in the Subject: field.

================================================================================
Image File: ultimate-edition-3.8-x64.iso
System id: LINUX
Volume id: Ultimate Edition 3.8
Publisher id: Ultimate Edition Team
Data preparer: TheeMahn
Volume size: 1234817
Bootable: Yes
================================================================================
This is a bootable Linux based operating system and will be treated as such.

SCANNING FOR USB DRIVE(S)...
Number of USB drives detected: 3
# DEV VENDOR LABEL TYPE SIZE
================================================================================
1 sdg Generic UNKNOWN UNKNOWN 0 GB
2 sdk MUSHKIN ThumbOS ntfs 31.62 GB
3 sdi SanDisk UNKNOWN ntfs 4.02 GB
================================================================================
Please provide one of the destinations above.
Example: thumbos --load ultimate-edition-4.0-x64.iso sdc
Note: the partition number is unecessary as it will replace the entire drive.
theemahn@JackHammer:~$


Downloading Windows 8.1 trial to see if I can also get it working...
So far only success with Windows 7, will see if I can get it working with XP as well. I might as well make it a complete application.

The unloading of switches are currently for debugging purposes. I am also going to add Internal Field Separator (IFS) for long filename support as Windows users love to name their files with spaces etc. This will be a large undertaking for example:
theemahn@JackHammer:~/Downloads$ thumbos --load 9600 16384 WINBLUE RTM 130821-1623 X64FRE ENTERPRISE EVAL EN-US-IRM CENA X64FREE EN-US DV5.ISO sdk
Number of switches passed: 15
Switch 1: --load
Switch 2: 9600
Switch 3: 16384
Switch 4: WINBLUE
Switch 5: RTM
Switch 6: 130821-1623
Switch 7: X64FRE
Switch 8: ENTERPRISE
Switch 9: EVAL
Switch 10: EN-US-IRM
Switch 11: CENA
Switch 12: X64FREE
Switch 13: EN-US
Switch 14: DV5.ISO
Switch 15: sdk
Thumbos 1.0.4, 01/14/2014
GNU Thumbos home page: <http://ultimateedition.info/>.
E-mail bug reports to: <[email protected]>.
Be sure to include the word Thumbos somewhere in the Subject: field.
9600 does not exist. Please specify an ISO to load.
theemahn@JackHammer:~/Downloads$

I will have to turn IFS on merge with spaces switches 2 through 14, verify ISO existence and set the device as switch 15 and also verify not only its existence, but that it indeed is a thumb-drive.
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Re: Thumbos - Load disk images to your thumbdrive

Postby BBOSAK2143 » Tue Jan 14, 2014 4:07 pm

You know me, not at all crazy about Windows, either! Just still curious why I can't find thumbOS after I installed it. Would absolutely love to try it out! Am not so keen on the other 2 as I always get some flac from Unetbootin if I have a disk in the drive! Startup disk, always fails after spending 15 minutes waiting for it!!!! Same has happened on every OS I have used and built! So that much I can not blame on my poor building skills!!! Little by little I am getting my love Shawn weened from Windows! She is on my OS, of course yours would have been a much better example, but least she is starting to understand things! Finally got her to stop using Explorer, ew is that thing a nasty beast! Been showing her the frills of Firefox, a browser than can be depended on! Anyway as I always say, you have style, class and are massively intelligent, so now who do you thing I would love to have a program from???? I know if anyone can beat all the hassles and make it happen it will be you! Always the best wishes as you deserve nothing but!!!!
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Re: Thumbos - Load disk images to your thumbdrive

Postby pam » Wed Jan 15, 2014 3:24 am

Ive yet to create a PKGBUILD for arch.
Being bashable it works by just bashing but i havent tried applying it.

I'll see how it goes on a disk and let you know Thee.

Any chance of a frontend. I mean if it could be an alternative to unetboot, it'd be cool. Maybe build one using glade/tkinter...IDK...just sayin..

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Re: Thumbos - Load disk images to your thumbdrive

Postby Celtic Ferret » Sun Jan 19, 2014 7:17 pm

Just used to load Mint 13 "Maya" (32-bit) LTS (linuxmint-13-kde-dvd-32bit.iso) onto a Dell OptiPlex GX280 with only a CD drive.
BBOSAK2143 - thumbos lives in /bin as a shell script, so you access it from the CLI.

mylogin@PC:~/Documents$ sudo thumbos --load linuxmint-13-kde-dvd-32bit.iso sdb
Thumbos 1.0.3, 12/09/2013
GNU Thumbos home page: <http://ultimateedition.info/>.
E-mail bug reports to: <[email protected]>.
Be sure to include the word Thumbos somewhere in the Subject: field.

================================================================================
Image File: linuxmint-13-kde-dvd-32bit.iso
Volume id: Linux Mint 13 KDE 32-bit
Volume size: 468034
Bootable: Yes
================================================================================

SCANNING FOR USB DRIVE(S)...
Number of USB drives detected: 1
# DEV VENDOR LABEL TYPE SIZE
================================================================================
1 sdb SanDisk Blank vfat 8.00 GB
================================================================================
Verifying write premissions to thumbdrive /dev/sdb: Granted.
Load: linuxmint-13-kde-dvd-32bit.iso to: sdb thumbdrive?
================================================================================
WARNING: this will erase all content on device sdb. (Y/N)? y

Dumping linuxmint-13-kde-dvd-32bit.iso to thumbdrive sdb...
[96% of 915Mb] 220 blocks (880Mb) written. 00:00:02 remaining.
228+1 records in
228+1 records out
Setting sdb device as bootable.
Execution Time: 1m23s
Syncing...
Refreshing partition ...
Error: Could not stat device /dev/linuxmint-13-kde-dvd-32bit.iso - No such file or directory.
All operations completed successfully.


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