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feat: Add systemd service to auto-fetch Apple firmware and ensure its execution on first boot. #175

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RayBB Jan 5, 2026
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use curl instead
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Use wget on Linux to check for Internet
AdityaGarg8 Jan 14, 2026
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24 changes: 13 additions & 11 deletions .github/workflows/iso.sh
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os=$(uname -s)
case "$os" in
(Darwin)
true
echo -e "GET http://github.com HTTP/1.0\n\n" | nc github.com 80 > /dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
true
else
echo "Please connect to the internet"
exit 1
fi
;;
(Linux)
true
if wget -q --spider --timeout=5 --tries=1 http://github.com >/dev/null 2>&1; then
true
else
echo "Please connect to the internet"
exit 1
fi
;;
(*)
echo "This script is meant to be run only on Linux or macOS"
exit 1
;;
esac

echo -e "GET http://github.com HTTP/1.0\n\n" | nc github.com 80 > /dev/null 2>&1

if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
true
else
echo "Please connect to the internet"
exit 1
fi

set -e

cd $HOME/Downloads
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions 02_build_image.sh
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Expand Up @@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ touch "${IMAGE_PATH}"/ubuntu
cp -r "${ROOT_PATH}"/files/preseed "${IMAGE_PATH}"/preseed
cp "${ROOT_PATH}/files/grub/grub.cfg" "${IMAGE_PATH}"/isolinux/grub.cfg

echo >&2 "===]> Info: Reset firmware flag for fresh boot... "
rm -f "${CHROOT_PATH}/etc/get_apple_firmware_attempted" || true

echo >&2 "===]> Info: Compress the chroot... "
cd "${WORKING_PATH}"
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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions files/chroot_build.sh
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Expand Up @@ -123,6 +123,12 @@ printf 'apple-bce' >>/etc/modules-load.d/t2.conf
#printf '\n# display f* key in touchbar\noptions apple-ib-tb fnmode=1\n' >> /etc/modprobe.d/apple-tb.conf
#printf '\n# delay loading of the touchbar driver\ninstall apple-ib-tb /bin/sleep 7; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install apple-ib-tb' >> /etc/modprobe.d/delay-tb.conf

echo >&2 "===]> Info: Setup auto-fetch firmware service... "

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/t2linux/wiki/refs/heads/master/docs/tools/get-apple-firmware.service -o /etc/systemd/system/get-apple-firmware.service

systemctl enable get-apple-firmware.service

echo >&2 "===]> Info: Update initramfs... "

## Add custom drivers to be loaded at boot
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