Merge pull request #27 from johndoe6345789/copilot/add-missing-boot-files

Generate initrd during kernel download and eliminate duplicate image artifacts

.github/workflows/build-image.yml

@@ -141,18 +141,14 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: sparkos-image-${{ github.sha }}
-          path: |
-            release/sparkos-image.zip
-            release/sparkos.img.gz
+          path: release/sparkos-image.zip
           retention-days: 90
 
       - name: Create GitHub Release
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
         with:
-          files: |
-            release/sparkos-image.zip
-            release/sparkos.img.gz
+          files: release/sparkos-image.zip
           body: |
             # SparkOS UEFI-Bootable Disk Image Release ${{ github.ref_name }}
             
@@ -160,8 +156,7 @@ jobs:
             
             ## What's Included
             
-            - **sparkos-image.zip**: Complete package with image and README
-            - **sparkos.img.gz**: Compressed UEFI-bootable disk image (~1GB)
+            - **sparkos-image.zip**: Complete package with compressed disk image and README
             
             ## Features
             
@@ -177,8 +172,11 @@ jobs:
             ### Write to USB and Boot
             
             ```bash
-            # Download and decompress
-            wget https://github.com/johndoe6345789/SparkOS/releases/download/${{ github.ref_name }}/sparkos.img.gz
+            # Download and extract the package
+            wget https://github.com/johndoe6345789/SparkOS/releases/download/${{ github.ref_name }}/sparkos-image.zip
+            unzip sparkos-image.zip
+            
+            # Decompress the image
             gunzip sparkos.img.gz
             
             # Write to USB drive (Linux - BE CAREFUL!)

scripts/docker-image-download-kernel.sh

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ echo "=== Downloading Linux kernel from Ubuntu repositories ==="
 mkdir -p /kernel
 apt-get update
 
+# Install initramfs-tools for generating initrd
+echo "Installing initramfs-tools..."
+apt-get install -y initramfs-tools
+
 # Get the actual kernel package name (not the metapackage)
 echo "Finding latest kernel package..."
 KERNEL_PKG=$(apt-cache depends linux-image-generic | grep -E 'Depends.*linux-image-[0-9]' | head -1 | awk '{print $2}')
@@ -20,9 +24,9 @@ fi
 echo "Downloading kernel package: $KERNEL_PKG"
 apt-get download "$KERNEL_PKG"
 
-# Extract the kernel package
+# Extract the kernel package to /kernel
 echo "Extracting kernel..."
-dpkg -x ${KERNEL_PKG}*.deb /kernel
+dpkg -x "${KERNEL_PKG}"*.deb /kernel
 
 # Verify kernel was extracted
 if [ ! -d /kernel/boot ]; then
@@ -37,7 +41,31 @@ if [ -z "$KERNEL_FILE" ]; then
 fi
 
 echo "Kernel extracted successfully: $KERNEL_FILE"
+
+# Extract kernel version from the kernel filename
+KERNEL_VERSION=$(basename "$KERNEL_FILE" | sed 's/vmlinuz-//')
+echo "Kernel version: $KERNEL_VERSION"
+
+# Copy kernel modules to system location so mkinitramfs can find them
+echo "Copying kernel modules to system location..."
+if [ -d "/kernel/lib/modules/${KERNEL_VERSION}" ]; then
+    cp -r "/kernel/lib/modules/${KERNEL_VERSION}" /lib/modules/
+else
+    echo "WARNING: No modules found for kernel ${KERNEL_VERSION}"
+fi
+
+# Generate initrd using mkinitramfs
+echo "Generating initrd for kernel version $KERNEL_VERSION..."
+mkinitramfs -o "/kernel/boot/initrd.img-${KERNEL_VERSION}" "${KERNEL_VERSION}"
+
+# Verify initrd was created
+if [ ! -f "/kernel/boot/initrd.img-${KERNEL_VERSION}" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Failed to generate initrd"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Initrd generated successfully: /kernel/boot/initrd.img-${KERNEL_VERSION}"
 ls -lh /kernel/boot/
 
 # Clean up
-rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* ${KERNEL_PKG}*.deb
+rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* "${KERNEL_PKG}"*.deb