[Feature Request] Linux support

[emir4169]

I would like the tools in this repository to not be platform-dependant on Windows.

[abhalala]

It would be really helpful in the cases where we need to deploy KVMs of it.

[jwillhoeft]

As a Linux first user, it seems wrong to install a full Blabla-Windows to create a Windows I would actually use in a VM. But "the tools in this repository" are just PowerShell scripts and PowerShell is also available for Linux. I did not test it. Probably the referenced "oscdimg.exe" would need to be made available via Wine. I do not fully understand the code, but maybe you also need the "advapi32.dll"?

[Sectonid]

PowerShell is also available for Linux.

Yes indeed, however it doesn't work correctly:

New-Object: ./tiny11Coremaker.ps1:17
Line |
  17 |  $adminSID = New-Object System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier(" …
     |              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     | Exception calling ".ctor" with "1" argument(s): "Windows Principal functionality is not supported on this platform."
InvalidOperation: ./tiny11Coremaker.ps1:18
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  18 |  $adminGroup = $adminSID.Translate([System.Security.Principal.NTAccoun …
     |  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     | You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
MethodInvocationException: ./tiny11Coremaker.ps1:19
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  19 |  $myWindowsID=[System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent( …
     |  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     | Exception calling "GetCurrent" with "0" argument(s): "Windows Principal functionality is not supported on this platform."
New-Object: ./tiny11Coremaker.ps1:20
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  20 |  … wsPrincipal=new-object System.Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal($my …
     |                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     | A constructor was not found. Cannot find an appropriate constructor for type System.Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal.
InvalidOperation: ./tiny11Coremaker.ps1:22
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  22 |  if (! $myWindowsPrincipal.IsInRole($adminRole))
     |      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     | You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.

(The filepaths in this log were cut off by me)

[Sectonid]

And also, if you still proceed after the errors, then it will request you to input a drive letter, but Unix doesn't mount drives/images as letters.

[YasInvolved]

I'm not sure if Linux support is possible because there's no DISM there

[emir4169]

wine:

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I'm not sure if Linux support is possible because there's no DISM there

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[YasInvolved]

wine:

Does wine provide DISM executable? Anyway, I'm working on tiny11 gui app using the DISM API (C++) so maybe this will work on Linux, but I'm still not sure if windows virtdisk lib will work fine on wine

[DomHeadroom]

No wine doesn't provide a dism executable, but maybe is possible to run the microsoft executable with wine to make the script work on linux

[YasInvolved]

No wine doesn't provide a dism executable, but maybe is possible to run the microsoft executable with wine to make the script work on linux

I will test this when I finally have some time

[RokeJulianLockhart]

https://github.com/ntdevlabs/tiny11builder/issues/208#event-19542703945

@ntdevlabs, what OS did you test it on?