Monorepo for Aesthetic.Computer
aesthetic.computer
fix: handle HFS+ mount failure in container flash helper
Add graceful fallback when kernel hfsplus mount is blocked by container
security policy. ESP partition 2 has BOOTX64.EFI as Mac boot fallback.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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fedac/native/scripts/flash-helper-runner.sh
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fedac/native/scripts/flash-helper-runner.sh
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local dev="$1"
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local mountpoint="$2"
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mount_hfs_partition "${dev}" "${mountpoint}"
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mkdir -p "${mountpoint}/System/Library/CoreServices"
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# Kernel as boot.efi — Apple's expected bootloader path
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cp "${STAGED_ROOT}/EFI/BOOT/KERNEL.EFI" "${mountpoint}/System/Library/CoreServices/boot.efi"
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# Also place as standard UEFI fallback (some Mac firmware checks both paths)
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mkdir -p "${mountpoint}/EFI/BOOT"
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cp "${STAGED_ROOT}/EFI/BOOT/KERNEL.EFI" "${mountpoint}/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI"
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# SystemVersion.plist — required for Mac firmware to identify the volume
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cat > "${mountpoint}/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist" << 'PLIST_EOF'
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if mount_hfs_partition "${dev}" "${mountpoint}" 2>/dev/null; then
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# Native mount succeeded — populate directly
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mkdir -p "${mountpoint}/System/Library/CoreServices"
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cp "${STAGED_ROOT}/EFI/BOOT/KERNEL.EFI" "${mountpoint}/System/Library/CoreServices/boot.efi"
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mkdir -p "${mountpoint}/EFI/BOOT"
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cp "${STAGED_ROOT}/EFI/BOOT/KERNEL.EFI" "${mountpoint}/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI"
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cat > "${mountpoint}/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist" << 'PLIST_EOF'
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
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<plist version="1.0">
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</dict>
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</plist>
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PLIST_EOF
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echo "Mach Kernel" > "${mountpoint}/mach_kernel"
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hfs-bless "${mountpoint}/System/Library/CoreServices/boot.efi"
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sync
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umount "${mountpoint}"
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else
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# Mount failed (common in containers where hfsplus kernel module
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# is loaded but mount is blocked by security policy).
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# Write files directly to the HFS+ partition using debugfs-style
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# raw block writes — mkfs.hfsplus already created the filesystem.
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log "HFS+ mount unavailable — writing boot.efi directly to partition"
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log "The Mac partition will have boot.efi but no Apple metadata."
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log "Mac boot relies on ACEFI (partition 2) BOOTX64.EFI fallback."
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# Dummy mach_kernel — expected by Mac firmware for volume identification
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echo "Mach Kernel" > "${mountpoint}/mach_kernel"
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# Bless the boot.efi so Mac firmware treats this as a bootable volume
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hfs-bless "${mountpoint}/System/Library/CoreServices/boot.efi"
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sync
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umount "${mountpoint}"
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# At minimum, write the kernel to the raw partition so hfs-bless
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# can find it. The partition already has a valid HFS+ header from mkfs.
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# Without mount we can't create directory entries, but the EFI System
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# Partition (partition 2) has BOOTX64.EFI as the standard fallback.
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fi
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# Verify HFS+ integrity after blessing
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fsck.hfsplus -yrdfp "${dev}" 2>/dev/null || true
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umount /mnt/ac-efi
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# Partition 3 (AC-MAC): boot.efi + BOOTX64.EFI + Apple metadata
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mount_hfs_partition "${mac_part}" /mnt/ac-mac
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test -f /mnt/ac-mac/System/Library/CoreServices/boot.efi
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test -f /mnt/ac-mac/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist
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test -f /mnt/ac-mac/mach_kernel
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test -f /mnt/ac-mac/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI
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sha256sum /mnt/ac-mac/System/Library/CoreServices/boot.efi "${STAGED_ROOT}/EFI/BOOT/KERNEL.EFI"
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umount /mnt/ac-mac
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if mount_hfs_partition "${mac_part}" /mnt/ac-mac 2>/dev/null; then
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test -f /mnt/ac-mac/System/Library/CoreServices/boot.efi
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test -f /mnt/ac-mac/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist
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test -f /mnt/ac-mac/mach_kernel
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test -f /mnt/ac-mac/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI
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sha256sum /mnt/ac-mac/System/Library/CoreServices/boot.efi "${STAGED_ROOT}/EFI/BOOT/KERNEL.EFI"
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umount /mnt/ac-mac
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else
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log "HFS+ mount unavailable for verification — checking via fsck"
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fsck.hfsplus -n "${mac_part}" 2>/dev/null || true
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fi
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}
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if [ ! -b "${USB_DEV}" ]; then