How does mkPiratebox work?

The following steps are processed while install of the PirateBox package postinst:

1. Mount USB Drive

2. Stop & Disable running uhttpd & luci stuff

3. Enable Piratebox for startup

4. run piratebox-setup

5. run piratebox-init

6. run piratebox-update

7. restart firewall

8. (restart dnsmasq - removed in 0.3.3 )

9. reload wifi

10. start Piratebox

piratebox-setup

1. usbconfig ⇒ Create entry in /etc/config/fstab for mounting /dev/sda1 to /mnt/usb

2. netconfig ⇒ Set hostname, IP, do some /etc/config/network , enable wireless, set SSID ; stop dnsmasq

piratebox-init

1. mount /mnt/usb

2. create special swap device & activate it (function pb_mkswap )

3. create image file for /usr/local (called ext. loop image) ⇒ Unzip /usr/share/piratebox/OpenWRT.gz to usb and mount it. Do the /etc/config/fstab entries.

4. create piratebox-image (see pb_mkpbimg )

5. create opkg-destination in /etc/opkg.conf

6. Link external Image to /usr/local and do some other linking stuff.

piratebox-update

1. Take care that external Image is mounted

2. disable DNS redirection ( currently unproved function by cr )

3. remove opkg.lock if exits (Hack for running in postinst )

4. Check if libffi python python-mini exists on USB device and install it from there

5. if not; use internet, update opkg list and install python to external device

6. Undo opkg.lock Hack

7. link python to /usr/bin/

piratebox-start

1. Take care, that all needed loop imaged (ext, pb) and swap space is mounted

2. Expand PATH and LD_LIBARY_PATH with /usr/local

3. Create Share-Folder, if needed.

4. Start scripts located in /opt/piratebox/init.d/piratebox_router

pb_mkpbimg

1. if Piratebox-Image is mounted, unmount

2. take care, that USB is mounted

3. create mountpoint /opt/piratebox

4. if piratebox_img.gz exists on /mnt/usb use this file, if not, do wget and fetch the file

5. Unzip the file

6. Do /etc/config/fstab