Apple TV

From Luke Jackson

Patchstick Testing

        echo "Changing Patchstick-root to Apple TV Mode..."
        #diskutil unmountDisk $THEDISK
        START=$(gpt -r show $THEDISK | grep '1  GPT part' | awk '{print $1}')
        SIZE=$(gpt -r show $THEDISK | grep '1  GPT part' | awk '{print $2}')
        diskutil unmountDisk $THEDISK
        gpt remove -i 1 $THEDISK
        diskutil unmountDisk $THEDISK
        gpt add -b $START -s $SIZE -i 1 -t "5265636F-7665-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC" $THEDISK
        diskutil unmountDisk $THEDISK
        echo
        echo "Your disk $THEDISK is now unmounted and ready to patch your AppleTV."

Testing smbfs.kext

The /System/Library/StartupItems directory is reserved for startup items that ship with Mac OS X. All other startup items should be placed in the /Library/StartupItems directory. Note that this directory does not exist by default and may need to be created during installation of the startup item.

It existed on my Apple TV so I just did the following:

sudo mkdir /Library/StartupItems/MountSystem
sudo touch /Library/StartupItems/MountSystem/MountSystem
sudo touch /Library/StartupItems/MountSystem/StartupParameters.plist

Add the following code to MountSystem executable:

#!/bin/sh

. /etc/rc.common

EN0=`ifconfig en0 | grep 'broadcast' | awk '{print $2}' | awk -F . '{print $3}'`
EN1=`ifconfig en1 | grep 'broadcast' | awk '{print $2}' | awk -F . '{print $3}'`

StartService() {
  if [ $EN0 = 85 ] || [ $EN1 = 85 ]; then
      #Load kernel extension and mount share
    /sbin/turbo_kext_enabler.bin
    kextload /System/Library/Extensions/smbfs.kext
    mount_smbfs "//<Username>:<Password>@<IP-Address>/<Share>" /Users/frontrow/Movies/<Share>
  else
    echo 'Not at home!'
  fi
}

StopService() {
    return 0;
}

RestartService() {
    return 0;
}

RunService "$1"

Add the following to StartupParameters.plist:

{
  Description = "Mount System";
  Provides = ("Network Shares");
  Uses = ("Network");
  Requires = ("Network");
  OrderPreference = "Late";
}

Set permissions:

sudo chowm -R root:wheel /Library/StartupItems/MountSystem
sudo chmod -R 755 /Library/StartupItems/MountSystem
sudo chmod 744 /Library/StartupItems/MountSystem/StartupParameters.plist