Fix bug that prevented install of syslinux bootloader. Added AntiX and MX Linux distros

Author: Root User

README.md

@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ distroflash.lua has been seen to work with the following distributions. If anyon
 
 ## Perfect, runs live and installs from live environment 
 
+  * AntiX Linux 19
+  * MX Linux 19.1
   * Bodhi Linux 5.0.0
   * Trisquel-mini 8.0
   * Linux Mint 19.3
@@ -88,16 +90,16 @@ distroflash.lua has been seen to work with the following distributions. If anyon
 
 ## Finiky, can be made to install
 
-  * Salix 14.2     - has to be told to install from harddrive, and given both the device name and path to files on disk
-  * Slax 9.11.0    - no automated installer, apparently can be installed from live by copying files manually
-  * Gentoo         - no automated installer, apparently can be installed manually from live
+  * Salix 14.2                - has to be told to install from harddrive, and given both the device name and path to files on disk
+  * Slax 9.11.0               - no automated installer, apparently can be installed from live by copying files manually
+  * Gentoo                    - no automated installer, apparently can be installed manually from live
+  * Damn Small Linux 4.4.10   - difficult to use installer, not had a successful install from it yet, but it may work.
 
 ## Live environment only
 
   * Kali Linux 2020.1
   * Clonezilla 
   * Fatdog Linux 721
-  * Damn Small Linux 4.4.10  
   * Puppy Linux slacko 6.3.2     - installs, but installed system doesn't seem to boot
   * Puppy Linux tahr 6.0.5       - installs, but installed system doesn't seem to boot
   * Puppy Linux xenialpup 7.5    - installs, but installed system doesn't seem to boot

distroflash.conf

@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 # "append" is the boot parameters. This can include the variable '$(distdir)' 
 # which is the directory name that the distro will be installed to on disk
 
+name="AntiX" id="antiX/vmlinuz" kernel="antiX/vmlinuz" initrd="antiX/initrd.gz" append="bdir=$(distdir)/antiX rootdelay=5 from=usb,cd,hd splasht disable=lxF xorg=safe"
 name="Clonezilla" id="Clonezilla-Live-Version" kernel="live/vmlinuz" initrd="live/initrd.img" append="live-media-path=/$(distdir)/live boot=live union=overlay username=user config components noswap edd=on nomodeset nodmraid noeject locales= keyboard-layouts= ocs_live_run=ocs-live-general ocs_live_extra_param= ocs_live_batch=no ip= nosplash i915.blacklist=yes radeonhd.blacklist=yes nouveau.blacklist=yes vmwgfx.enable_fbdev=1 vga=791"
+name="Damn Small Linux" id="boot/isolinux/linux24" kernel="boot/isolinux/linux24" initrd="boot/isolinux/minirt24.gz" append="ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off vga=791 knoppix_dir=/$(distdir)/KNOPPIX"
 name="Gentoo" id="isolinux/gentoo" kernel="isolinux/gentoo" initrd="isolinux/gentoo.xz" append="init=/linuxrc looptype=squashfs loop=/$(distdir)/image.squashfs cdroot subdir=$(distdir) console=tty1"
 name="Kali" id="dists/kali-last-snapshot" kernel="live/vmlinuz" initrd="live/initrd.img" append="boot=live components splash hostname=kali live-media-path=/$(distdir)/live"
 name="lUbuntu" id="preseed/lubuntu.seed" kernel="casper/vmlinuz" initrd="" append="file=$(distdir)/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper ignore_uuid only-ubiquity initrd=$(distdir)/casper/initrd live-media-path=$(distdir)/casper"

distroflash.lua

@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ end
 
 function SetupDest()
 local devname, devtype, removable, mounted
+local from, to
 
 	--diskname is the name of the parent disk for a destination. For disk destinations devname and diskname will
 	--be the same. For partitions, for example /dev/sda1,  devname=sda1 and diskname=sda
@@ -288,7 +289,11 @@ local devname, devtype, removable, mounted
 		Settings.Format=true
 	end
 
-	filesys.copy(Settings.SyslinuxDir .."/".. Settings.SyslinuxMBR, "/dev/"..diskname) 
+	from=Settings.SyslinuxDir .."/".. Settings.SyslinuxMBR
+	to="/dev/"..diskname
+	print("install mbr: ".. from.. " to "..to)
+	filesys.copy(from, to) 
+
 	Settings.tmpMount=("/tmp/.usb_install_"..tostring(process.pid()))
 	filesys.mkdir(Settings.tmpMount)
 	Settings.MountPoint=Settings.tmpMount
@@ -415,15 +420,15 @@ item=toks:next()
 while item ~= nil
 do
 print("Install Syslinux: "..item)
-filesys.copy(Settings.SyslinuxDir..item, Settings.MountPoint.."/boot/"..item)
+filesys.copy(Settings.SyslinuxDir.."/"..item, Settings.MountPoint.."/boot/"..item)
 item=toks:next()
 end
 end
 
 
 function ActivateSyslinux()
 print("Activate syslinux")
-str=Settings.programs["syslinux"] .. " -m --install -d /boot "..Settings.InstallDest
+str=Settings.programs["syslinux"] .. " --install -d /boot "..Settings.InstallDest
 os.execute(str)
 print("Activated: "..str)
 end
@@ -432,7 +437,7 @@ end
 function InitConfig()
 local str
 
-Settings.Version="1.0"
+Settings.Version="1.1"
 Settings.MountPoint="/mnt"
 str=string.gsub(process.getenv("PATH"), "/bin", "/share")
 Settings.SyslinuxDir=filesys.find("syslinux", str)