From 6ad23a615acd736a83402fe6488d8d3da1e10135 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: vandomej <jacob.vandome15@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 18:07:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Utilizing kernal and ram init files

---
 .../vm-setup/create-control-plane-vms.sh      | 48 ++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/control-plane/vm-setup/create-control-plane-vms.sh b/control-plane/vm-setup/create-control-plane-vms.sh
index 67a2707..5d61db8 100755
--- a/control-plane/vm-setup/create-control-plane-vms.sh
+++ b/control-plane/vm-setup/create-control-plane-vms.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ CONTROLPLANE_NAME="talos-controlplane"
 MEMORY="2048"  # 2GB per VM
 CPUS="2"
 DISK_SIZE="10G"  # 10GB disk
-TALOS_ISO_URL="https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/releases/download/v1.11.0/metal-arm64.iso"
+TALOS_VERSION="v1.11.1"
+KERNEL_URL="https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/releases/download/${TALOS_VERSION}/vmlinuz-arm64"
+INITRAMFS_URL="https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/releases/download/${TALOS_VERSION}/initramfs-arm64.xz"
 
 # Colors for output
 RED='\033[0;31m'
@@ -36,14 +38,25 @@ create_vm_dir() {
     echo "$vm_path"
 }
 
-# Download Talos ISO if not exists
-download_talos_iso() {
-    local iso_path="$VM_DIR/talos.iso"
+# Download Talos kernel and initramfs
+download_kernal_file() {
+    local initramfs_path="$VM_DIR/initramfs-arm64.xz"
     
-    if [[ ! -f "$iso_path" ]]; then
-        curl -L -o "$iso_path" "$TALOS_ISO_URL"
+    if [[ ! -f "$kernel_path" ]]; then
+        curl -L -o "$kernel_path" "$KERNEL_URL"
     fi
-    echo "$iso_path"
+    
+    echo "$kernel_path"
+}
+
+download_initramfs_file() {
+    local initramfs_path="$VM_DIR/initramfs-arm64.xz"
+    
+    if [[ ! -f "$initramfs_path" ]]; then
+        curl -L -o "$initramfs_path" "$INITRAMFS_URL"
+    fi
+    
+    echo "$initramfs_path"
 }
 
 # Create disk image
@@ -70,16 +83,15 @@ create_vm_script() {
     local vm_path=$1
     local vm_name=$2
     local mac_address=$3
-    local iso_path=$4
-    local disk_path=$5
+    local kernel_path=$4
+    local initramfs_path=$5
+    local disk_path=$6
     
     local script_path="$vm_path/start.sh"
     
-    # Use a function to escape the variables
     cat > "$script_path" << EOF
 #!/bin/bash
-export OBJC_DISABLE_INITIALIZE_FORK_SAFETY=YES \\
-qemu-system-aarch64 \\
+OBJC_DISABLE_INITIALIZE_FORK_SAFETY=YES qemu-system-aarch64 \\
     -name "$vm_name" \\
     -machine virt,highmem=off \\
     -accel hvf \\
@@ -87,9 +99,13 @@ qemu-system-aarch64 \\
     -smp "$CPUS" \\
     -m "${MEMORY}M" \\
     -drive file="$disk_path",if=virtio,format=qcow2 \\
-    -cdrom "$iso_path" \\
+    -kernel "$kernel_path" \\
+    -initrd "$initramfs_path" \\
+    -append "talos.platform=metal console=tty0 console=ttyS0" \\
     -netdev user,id=net0 \\
     -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net0,mac=$mac_address \\
+    -nographic \\
+    -serial mon:stdio \\
     -daemonize
 EOF
     
@@ -133,13 +149,13 @@ main() {
         exit 1
     fi
     
-    local iso_path=$(download_talos_iso)
-    
     log_info "Creating controlplane VM..."
     local controlplane_path=$(create_vm_dir "$CONTROLPLANE_NAME")
     local controlplane_disk=$(create_disk_image "$controlplane_path" "$CONTROLPLANE_NAME")
     local controlplane_mac=$(generate_mac "$CONTROLPLANE_NAME")
-    local controlplane_script=$(create_vm_script "$controlplane_path" "$CONTROLPLANE_NAME" "$controlplane_mac" "$iso_path" "$controlplane_disk")
+    local kernal_path=$(download_kernal_file)
+    local initramfs_path=$(download_initramfs_file)
+    local controlplane_script=$(create_vm_script "$controlplane_path" "$CONTROLPLANE_NAME" "$controlplane_mac" "$kernel_path" "$initramfs_path" "$controlplane_disk")
     create_service_file "$controlplane_path" "$CONTROLPLANE_NAME" "$controlplane_script"
     
     local manage_script="$VM_DIR/manage-vm.sh"