Hi,

After i did this tutorial: http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/Take_2_Full_Update (with focus on paragraph 3.9.9) i wanted to automate things. Thats why i build a bootscirpt. Here is my bootscript.

I still have to run it manually (ssh) because i can't get it to work at boot (when put in rc.local the TVComposite.kext does not work).

Not anymore thanks to 'ash'.

You can run bash / shell scripts from your ATV menu with iScript: http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/IScripts. This script works fine with iScript.

I post it here cause sometimes your looking for a particular script line and than these posts come in handy.

Commends are welcome. And if you know how to create a menu item to run this script plz post it here / pm me.

To run the bootscript remotely i use this:
on my mac / linux / iphone machine i run my /usr/bin/atv :hack::

Code:

#!/bin/bash
# made by cousinCocaine
# RUN bootscript on server
ssh -1 frontrow:frontrow@192.168.1.20 'sudo /usr/bin/bootscript'
clear
echo "AppleTV loaded the bootscript"
echo "done"
sleep 2
exit

and now the real thing
i have this script saved in /usr/bin/bootscript :hack:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
#
# ############################# #
# bootscript made by cousinCocaine #
# ############################# #
#
# ########################################################## #
# this script runs all your none apple boot settings at once #
# ########################################################## #
#
# SETUP
# let the script fill in the root password
# this is unsafe but makes it noob easy.
PW="frontrow"

# SMB MOUNTPOINTS
# the name of the disk on the remote machine
SMB_MOUNT_1="/KoekoekMedia"
# the folder on the disk that contains your video files
SMB_VIDEODIR_1="Videos"
# ip address of the remote machine
SMB_IP_1="192.168.1.10"
# login on the remote machine (Airport Express likes everyone!)
SMB_USER_1="frontrow"
# password on remote machine (Airport Express wants the correct pw)
SMB_PW_1="password"

# START SCRIPT
echo $PW | sudo -S echo "Starting $0"
echo $PW | sudo -S date

# Make disk RW accessible. Undo this at the bottom.
echo $PW | sudo -S mount -uw /
echo $PW | sudo -S touch /.readwrite
echo $PW | sudo -S sync
echo "Root directory is mounted with write acces."
echo ""

# We need to be able to load kext files
echo $PW | sudo -S /sbin/turbo_kext_enabler.bin 
echo "Turbo's kext enabler loaded."
echo ""

# Load USB kext files
echo $PW | sudo -S /sbin/kextload /System/Library/Extensions/msdosfs.kext
echo $PW | sudo -S /sbin/kextload /System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBMassStorageClass.kext
echo $PW | sudo -S /sbin/kextload /System/Library/Extensions/AppleSMBIOS.kext
echo $PW | sudo -S /sbin/kextload /System/Library/Extensions/IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily.kext
echo $PW | sudo -S /sbin/kextload /System/Library/Extensions/IOStorageFamily.kext
echo $PW | sudo -S /sbin/kextload /System/Library/Extensions/smbfs.kext
echo $PW | sudo -S /sbin/kextload /System/Library/Extensions/udf.kext
echo $PW | sudo -S /sbin/kextload /System/Library/Extensions/IOHDIXController.kext
echo $PW | sudo -S /sbin/kextload /System/Library/Extensions/ntfs.kext
echo "USB kextfiles loaded."
echo ""

# Load TVComposite kext file
# Unload first: If the composite kext is loaded to early it does not work
echo $PW | sudo -S /sbin/kextunload /System/Library/Extensions/TVComposite.kext
echo $PW | sudo -S /sbin/kextload /System/Library/Extensions/TVComposite.kext
echo "TVComposite kextfile loaded."
echo ""

# Mount SMB disks and create there mount points and symbolic links
# Cleanup old mountpoints.
echo $PW | sudo -S umount -f $SMB_MOUNT_1
echo $PW | sudo -S rm -rf $SMB_MOUNT_1
echo $PW | sudo -S mkdir $SMB_MOUNT_1
echo $PW | sudo -S chmod 755 $SMB_MOUNT_1
echo $PW | sudo -S chown frontrow:frontrow $SMB_MOUNT_1
echo "Old mountpoints are cleaned up."
echo ""

# Mount disks
sudo mount -t smbfs //$SMB_USER_1:$SMB_PW_1@$SMB_IP_1$SMB_MOUNT_1 $SMB_MOUNT_1
echo "SMB Disks are mounted."
echo ""

# Create symbolic links
echo $PW | sudo -S -u frontrow ln -s $SMB_MOUNT_1/$SMB_VIDEODIR_1/* /Users/frontrow/Movies/
echo "Symbolic links created."
echo ""


# Make disk Read only
echo $PW | sudo -S rm /.readwrite
echo $PW | sudo -S sync
echo $PW | sudo -S mount -ur /
echo "Root directory is mounted with read acces."
echo ""

# Leave a note to make shure we did run this script.
echo $PW | sudo -S touch /Users/frontrow/loaded.txt
echo $PW | sudo -S echo $0 "Loaded on:" `date` > /Users/frontrow/loaded.txt

echo "Exiting $0"
echo ""
# end of file

Why don't you use nitotv to setup the kext loading within rc.local? At least with my atv 2.0.2 it does work! Though I don't use the composite kext.

The samba mounting can also be done with nitotv:
* http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/NitoTV_Take_2#Network
* http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/NitoTV#Network


ash

i know about nitotv, that works great. but the Composite.kext does not work and i want to keep all the 'Hacks' in one place. But thnx for your thoughts.

You could use iScript to start your script, so you wouldn't need load the start script from another pc.

thnx,
iScript works great!
http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/IScripts