additional bash programming to support a json configuration file.

still working on kernel options for proper networking.

scripts/build_filesystem.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then
+	echo "switching from $(id -un) to root"
+	exec sudo "$0" "$@"
+fi
+set -e
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+DIR="$(dirname "$0")"
+cd ..
+echo $PWD
+if mountpoint -q "./outputs/chroot/proc/"; then
+  umount -lf "./outputs/chroot/proc/"
+fi
+rm -rf './outputs/chroot'
+mkdir -p ./outputs/chroot/
+if mountpoint -q "./outputs/root/proc/"; then
+  umount -lf "./outputs/root/proc/"
+fi
+rsync -a ./outputs/root/ ./outputs/chroot/
+mkdir -p ./outputs/chroot/proc
+mount --bind /proc ./outputs/chroot/proc
+cp ./config/filesystem_chroot_install.sh ./outputs/chroot/filesystem_chroot_install.sh
+cp ./config/apply_initial_host_configuration.sh ./outputs/chroot/apply_initial_host_configuration.sh
+cp ./config/config.json ./outputs/chroot/config.json
+
+#setup user skeleton
+cp ./config/settings/skel/bash_profile ./outputs/chroot/etc/skel/.bash_profile
+cp ./config/settings/skel/bashrc ./outputs/chroot/etc/skel/.bashrc
+cp ./config/settings/skel/profile ./outputs/chroot/etc/skel/.profile
+
+chmod +x ./outputs/chroot/filesystem_chroot_install.sh
+chmod +x ./outputs/chroot/apply_initial_host_configuration.sh
+chroot ./outputs/chroot /bin/bash -c "/filesystem_chroot_install.sh"
+chroot ./outputs/chroot /bin/bash -c "/apply_initial_host_configuration.sh"
+
+
+
+cd $DIR
+cd ..
+if mountpoint -q "./outputs/chroot/proc/"; then
+   umount -lf "./outputs/chroot/proc/"
+fi
+echo 'root filesystem created.'