[server] create a bootable usb drive

rednaks · Apr 10, 2013 · 99c839a · 99c839a
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diff --git a/src/server/command/boot.py b/src/server/command/boot.py
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@
 def bootDistribution(dist):
   usb = [f for f in os.listdir("/dev/disk/by-id/") if f.find("usb")!= -1 ]
   if(len(usb)!=0):
+    homedir = os.environ['HOME']
+    base=homedir+"/.the-gnu-distro/distribution/"+dist
     result= os.popen("udisks --show-info /dev/disk/by-id/usb*|grep -i 'device-file'").read()
     target=result[result.find("/"):len(result)-1]
+    os.popen("dd if="+base+" of="+target+" ibs=4b obs=1b conv=notrunc,noerror").read()
     return True
   else:
     return False