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+#!/bin/sh
+# Nico Schottelius, 12019-11-25
+
+set -e
+
+echo "incomplete script: partition table, size"
+exit 1
+
+version=3.10.3
+tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
+
+file=alpine-standard-${version}-x86_64.iso
+url=http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.10/releases/x86_64/$file
+
+uefifile=${file%.iso}.efi
+
+# FIXME: get this from the ISO and round up a bit - size in MiB
+uefisize=200
+
+wget -c "$url"
+
+# cretae the output file
+dd if=/dev/zero of=${uefifile} bs=1M count=${uefisize}
+
+mkdir "$tmpdir/iso"
+mkdir "$tmpdir/efi"
+
+mkfs.vfat -F32 ${uefifile}
+
+mount -o loop "${file}" "$tmpdir/iso"
+mount -o loop "${uefifile}" "$tmpdir/efi"
+
+cd "$tmpdir/iso"
+tar c . | ( cd  "$tmpdir/efi"; tar xv )
+
+umount "$tmpdir/iso"  "$tmpdir/efi"
+
+# FIXME: create partition!!