Adding casper 1.79+debian-2.
[live-boot-grml.git] / scripts / casper
index 2557595..17e19ae 100644 (file)
 
 # set -e
 
+export PATH=/root/usr/bin:/root/usr/sbin:/root/bin:/root/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin
+
 mountpoint=/live_media
+
 root_persistence="casper-rw"
 home_persistence="home-rw"
+root_snapshot_label="casper-sn"
+home_snapshot_label="home-sn"
+
+USERNAME="casper"
+USERFULLNAME="Live session user"
+HOSTNAME="live"
+BUILD_SYSTEM="Debian"
 
 mkdir -p $mountpoint
 
-overlay_method=unionfs
-if [ "${DPKG_ARCH}" = "ia64" ] || [ "${DPKG_ARCH}" = "hppa" ] || [ "${DPKG_ARCH}" = "sparc" ]; then
-    overlay_method=devmapper
-fi
+[ -f /etc/casper.conf ] && . /etc/casper.conf
+export USERNAME USERFULLNAME HOSTNAME BUILD_SYSTEM
 
-USERNAME=debian
-USERFULLNAME="Debian Live user"
-HOST=debian
+. /scripts/casper-helpers
 
-[ -f /etc/casper.conf ] && . /etc/casper.conf
+if [ ! -f /casper.vars ]; then
+    touch /casper.vars
+fi
 
-export USERNAME USERFULLNAME HOST
+parse_cmdline ()
+{
+    PRESEEDS=
+    # looking for casper specifics options as kernel parameters
+    for x in $(cat /proc/cmdline); do
+        case $x in
+            userfullname=*)
+                export USERFULLNAME=${x#userfullname=}
+                export CASPERCONF="changed"
+                ;;
+            hostname=*)
+                export HOSTNAME=${x#hostname=}
+                export CASPERCONF="changed"
+                ;;
+            username=*)
+                export USERNAME=${x#username=}
+                export CASPERCONF="changed"
+                ;;
+            netboot*)
+                export NETBOOT=${x#netboot=} ;;
+            access=*)
+                export ACCESS=${x#access=} ;;
+            xdebconf)
+                export XDEBCONF="Yes" ;;
+            toram)
+                export TORAM="Yes" ;;
+            todisk=*)
+                export TODISK=${x#todisk=} ;;
+            showmounts)
+                export SHOWMOUNTS="Yes" ;;
+            persistent)
+                export PERSISTENT="Yes" ;;
+            nopersistent)
+                export PERSISTENT="" ;;
+            ip*)
+                STATICIP=${x#ip=}
+                if [ "${STATICIP}" == "" ]; then
+                    STATICIP="frommedia"
+                fi
+                export STATICIP ;;
+            casper-getty)
+                export CASPERGETTY=1 ;;
+            bootfrom=*|live-media=*)
+                export LIVEMEDIA=${x#*=} ;;
+            live-media-timeout=*)
+                export LIVEMEDIA_TIMEOUT=${x#live-media-timeout=} ;;
+            live-media-offset=*)
+                export LIVEMEDIA_OFFSET=${x#live-media-offset=} ;;
+            locale=*|debian-installer/locale=*)
+                export LOCALE=${x#*=} ;;
+            keyb=*|kbd-chooser/method=*)
+                export KBD=${x#*=} ;;
+            klayout=*|console-setup/layoutcode=*)
+                export KLAYOUT=${x#*=} ;;
+            koptions=*)
+                export KOPTIONS=${x#koptions=} ;;
+            kvariant=*|console-setup/variantcode=*)
+                export KVARIANT=${x#*=} ;;
+            kmodel=*|console-setup/modelcode=*)
+                export KMODEL=${x#*=} ;;
+            preseed/file=*|file=*)
+                export LOCATION="${x#*=}" ;;
+            */*=*)
+                question="${x%%=*}"
+                value="${x#*=}"
+                PRESEEDS="${PRESEEDS}\"${question}=${value}\" "
+                ;;
+            console=*)
+                export DEFCONSOLE=$(sed -e 's%.*console=%console=%' /proc/cmdline) ;;
+        esac
+    done
 
-casper_path() { # Fixme: uglyness
-    path=$1
-    if [ -e "$path/casper/filesystem.cloop" ]; then
-        echo "$path/casper/filesystem.cloop"
-        return 0
-    elif [ -e "$path/casper/filesystem.squashfs" ]; then
-        echo "$path/casper/filesystem.squashfs"
-        return 0
-    elif [ -e "$path/casper/filesystem.ext2" ]; then
-        echo "$path/casper/filesystem.ext2"
-        return 0
-    elif [ -e "$path/casper/filesystem.xfs" ]; then
-        echo "$path/casper/filesystem.xfs"
-        return 0
+    # sort of compatibility with netboot.h from linux docs
+    if [ -z "${NETBOOT}" ]; then
+        if [ "${ROOT}" == "/dev/nfs" ]; then
+            NETBOOT="nfs"
+            export NETBOOT
+        elif [ "${ROOT}" == "/dev/cifs" ]; then
+            NETBOOT="cifs"
+            export NETBOOT
+        fi
     fi
-    return 1
 }
 
-subdevices() {
-    sysblock=$1
-    r=""
-    for dev in "${sysblock}" "${sysblock}"/*; do
-        if [ -e "${dev}/dev" ]; then
-            r="${r} ${dev}"
+is_casper_path() {
+    path=$1
+    if [ -d "$path/casper" ]; then
+        if [ "$(echo $path/casper/*.squashfs)" != "$path/casper/*.squashfs" ] ||
+            [ "$(echo $path/casper/*.ext2)" != "$path/casper/*.ext2" ] ||
+            [ "$(echo $path/casper/*.dir)" != "$path/casper/*.dir" ]; then
+            return 0
         fi
-    done
-    echo ${r}
+    fi
+    return 1
 }
 
 get_backing_device() {
-       case "$1" in
-            *.cloop)
-                echo $(setup_loop "$1" "cloop" "/sys/block/cloop*")
-                       ;;
-            *.squashfs|*.ext2|*.xfs)
-                echo $(setup_loop "$1" "loop" "/sys/block/loop*")
-                ;;
-            *)
-                panic "Unrecognized casper filesystem: $1"
-                ;;
-       esac
+    case "$1" in
+        *.squashfs|*.ext2)
+            echo $(setup_loop "$1" "loop" "/sys/block/loop*")
+            ;;
+        *.dir)
+            echo "directory"
+            ;;
+        *)
+            panic "Unrecognized casper filesystem: $1"
+            ;;
+    esac
 }
 
-setup_cow() {
-       case "$1" in
-            unionfs)
-                setup_unionfs "$2" "$rootmnt"
-                ;;
-            devmapper)
-                setup_devmapper "$2" "$rootmnt"
-       esac
-}
+match_files_in_dir() {
+    # Does any files match pattern $1 ?
 
-sys2dev() {
-    sysdev=${1#/sys}
-    echo "/dev/$(udevinfo -q name -p ${sysdev} 2>/dev/null|| echo ${sysdev##*/})"
+    local pattern="$1"
+    if [ "$(echo $pattern)" != "$pattern" ]; then
+        return 0
+    fi
+    return 1
 }
 
-setup_loop() {
-    local fspath=$1
-    local module=$2
-    local pattern=$3
-
-    modprobe -qb "$module"
-    if [ -x /sbin/udevplug ]; then
-        udevplug -W
+mount_images_in_directory() {
+    directory="$1"
+    rootmnt="$2"
+    if match_files_in_dir "$directory/casper/*.squashfs" ||
+        match_files_in_dir "$directory/casper/*.ext2" ||
+        match_files_in_dir "$directory/casper/*.dir"; then
+        setup_unionfs "$directory/casper" "$rootmnt"
     else
-        udevtrigger
+        :
     fi
-    for loopdev in $pattern; do
-        if [ "$(cat $loopdev/size)" -eq 0 ]; then
-            dev=$(sys2dev "${loopdev}")
-            losetup "$dev" "$fspath"
-            echo "$dev"
-            return 0
-        fi
-    done
-    panic "No loop devices available"
 }
 
-get_fstype() {
-    local FSTYPE
-    local FSSIZE
-    eval $(fstype < $1)
-    if [ "$FSTYPE" != "unknown" ]; then
-        echo $FSTYPE
+is_nice_device() {
+    sysfs_path="${1#/sys}"
+    if /lib/udev/path_id "${sysfs_path}" | grep -E -q "ID_PATH=(usb|pci-[^-]*-[ide|scsi|usb])"; then
         return 0
     fi
-    /lib/udev/vol_id -t $1 2>/dev/null
+    return 1
 }
 
-setup_devmapper() {
-    backdev="$1"
-    rootmnt="$2"
+is_supported_fs ()
+{
+    # FIXME: do something better like the scan of supported filesystems
+    fstype="${1}"
+    case ${fstype} in
+        vfat|iso9660|udf|ext2|ext3|ntfs)
+            return 0
+            ;;
+    esac
+    return 1
+}
 
-    modprobe -qb dm-mod
-    COW_DEVICE=/dev/ram1
-    COW_NAME="casper-cow"
+copy_live_to() {
+    copyfrom="${1}"
+    copytodev="${2}"
+    copyto="${copyfrom}_swap"
 
-    BACKING_FILE_SIZE=$(blockdev --getsize "$backdev")
-    MAX_COW_SIZE=$(blockdev --getsize "$COW_DEVICE")
-    CHUNK_SIZE=8 # sectors
+    size=$(fs_size "" ${copyfrom} "used")
 
-    if [ -z "$COW_SIZE" -o "$COW_SIZE" -gt "$MAX_COW_SIZE" ]; then
-        COW_SIZE=$MAX_COW_SIZE
+    if [ "${copytodev}" = "ram" ]; then
+        # copying to ram:
+        freespace=$( expr $(awk '/MemFree/{print $2}' /proc/meminfo) + $( cat /proc/meminfo | grep Cached | head -n 1 | awk '/Cached/{print $2}' - ) )
+        mount_options="-o size=${size}k"
+        free_string="memory"
+        fstype="tmpfs"
+        dev="/dev/shm"
+    else
+        # it should be a writable block device
+        if [ -b "${copytodev}" ]; then
+            dev="${copytodev}"
+            free_string="space"
+            fstype=$(get_fstype "${dev}")
+            freespace=$(fs_size "${dev}")
+        else
+            [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_warning_msg "${copytodev} is not a block device."
+            return 1
+        fi
+    fi
+    if [ "${freespace}" -lt "${size}" ] ; then
+        [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_warning_msg "Not enough free ${free_string} (${freespace}k > ${size}k) to copy live media in ${copytodev}."
+        return 1
     fi
 
-    echo "0 $COW_SIZE linear $COW_DEVICE 0" | dmsetup create $COW_NAME
+    # begin copying..
+    mkdir "${copyto}"
+    echo "mount -t ${fstype} ${mount_options} ${dev} ${copyto}"
+    mount -t "${fstype}" ${mount_options} "${dev}" "${copyto}"
+    cp -a ${copyfrom}/* ${copyto} # "cp -a" from busybox also copies hidden files
+    umount ${copyfrom}
+    mount -r -o move ${copyto} ${copyfrom}
+    rmdir ${copyto}
+    return 0
+}
 
-    echo "0 $BACKING_FILE_SIZE snapshot $backdev /dev/mapper/$COW_NAME p $CHUNK_SIZE" | \
-        dmsetup create casper-snapshot
-    if [ "$(get_fstype $backdev)" = "unknown" ]; then
-        panic "Unknown file system type on $backdev"
+do_netmount() {
+    rc=1
+
+    modprobe "${MP_QUIET}" af_packet # For DHCP
+
+    ipconfig ${DEVICE} /tmp/net-${DEVICE}.conf | tee /netboot.config
+
+    if [ "${NFSROOT}" = "auto" ]; then
+        NFSROOT=${ROOTSERVER}:${ROOTPATH}
     fi
-    mount -t $(get_fstype "$backdev") /dev/mapper/casper-snapshot $rootmnt || panic "Can not mount /dev/mapper/casper/snapshot on $rootmnt"
 
-    mkdir -p "$rootmnt/rofs"
-    echo "0 $BACKING_FILE_SIZE linear $backdev 0" | dmsetup create casper-backing
-    mount -t $(get_fstype "$backdev") /dev/mapper/casper-backing "$rootmnt/rofs"
-}
+    [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Trying netboot from ${NFSROOT}"
 
-where_is_mounted() {
-    device=$1
-    if grep -q "^$device " /proc/mounts; then
-        grep "^$device " /proc/mounts | read d mountpoint rest
-        echo $mountpoint
-        return 0
+    if [ "${NETBOOT}" != "nfs" ] && do_cifsmount ; then
+        rc=0
+    elif do_nfsmount ; then
+        NETBOOT="nfs"
+        export NETBOOT
+        rc=0
     fi
-    return 1
+
+    [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_end_msg
+    return ${rc}
 }
 
-copy_to_ram() {
-       copyto="${mountpoint}_swap"
-
-       size=$(du -ks ${mountpoint} | cut -f1)
-       size=$(expr ${size} + ${size}/20 ) # Fixme: 5% more to be sure
-       needed_space=$(expr ${size} * 1024)
-       freespace=$( expr $(awk '/MemFree/{print $2}' /proc/meminfo) + $( cat /proc/meminfo | grep Cached | head -n 1 | awk '/Cached/{print $2}' - ))
-       
-       if [ ! ${freespace} -lt ${needed_space}  ] ; then
-               [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Not enough free memory to copy to ram"
-               [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_end_msg
-               return
-       else
-               [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Copying live media to ram..."
-               mkdir "${copyto}"
-               mount -t tmpfs -o size=${size}k /dev/shm ${copyto}
-               cp -a ${mountpoint}/* ${copyto}
-               umount ${mountpoint}
-               mount -r -o move ${copyto} ${mountpoint}
-               rmdir ${copyto}
-               [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_end_msg
-       fi
+do_nfsmount() {
+    rc=1
+    modprobe "${MP_QUIET}" nfs
+    if [ -z "${NFSOPTS}" ]; then
+        NFSOPTS=""
+    fi
+
+    [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Trying nfsmount -o nolock -o ro ${NFSOPTS} ${NFSROOT} ${mountpoint}"
+    # FIXME: This for loop is an ugly HACK round an nfs bug
+    for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13; do
+        nfsmount -o nolock -o ro ${NFSOPTS} "${NFSROOT}" "${mountpoint}" && rc=0 && break
+        sleep 1
+    done
+    return ${rc}
 }
 
-find_cow_device() {
-       pers_label="${1}"
-       cow_backing="/${pers_label}-backing"
-       for sysblock in $(echo /sys/block/* | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -v loop); do
-               for dev in $(subdevices "${sysblock}"); do
-                       devname=$(sys2dev "${dev}")
-                       if [ "$(/lib/udev/vol_id -l $devname 2>/dev/null)" = "${pers_label}" ]; then
-                               echo "$devname"
-                               return
-                       elif [ "$(get_fstype ${devname})" = "vfat" ]; then
-                               mkdir -p "${cow_backing}"
-                               if where_is_mounted ${devname} > /dev/null; then
-                                       mount -o remount,rw ${devname} $(where_is_mounted ${devname}) || panic "Remounting failed"
-                                       mount -o bind $(where_is_mounted ${devname}) ${cow_backing} || panic "Cannot bind-mount"
-                               else
-                                       mount -t $(get_fstype "${devname}") -o rw "${devname}" ${cow_backing} || panic "Cannot mount $devname on /cow-backing"
-                               fi
-
-                               if [ -e "${cow_backing}/${pers_label}" ]; then
-                                       echo $(setup_loop "${cow_backing}/${pers_label}" "loop" "/sys/block/loop*")
-                                       return 0
-                               else
-                                       umount ${cow_backing}
-                               fi
-                       fi
-               done
-       done
+do_cifsmount() {
+    rc=1
+    if [ -x "/sbin/mount.cifs" ]; then
+        if [ -z "${NFSOPTS}" ]; then
+            CIFSOPTS="-ouser=root,password="
+        else
+            CIFSOPTS="${NFSOPTS}"
+        fi
+
+        [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Trying mount.cifs ${NFSROOT} ${mountpoint} ${CIFSOPTS}"
+        modprobe "${MP_QUIET}" cifs
+
+        if mount.cifs "${NFSROOT}" "${mountpoint}" "${CIFSOPTS}" ; then
+            rc=0
+        fi
+    fi
+    return ${rc}
 }
 
-do_netmount() {
-       rofsmnt="$1"
-       # adapted from NFS filesystem mounting
+do_snap_copy ()
+{
+    fromdev="${1}"
+    todir="${2}"
+    snap_type="${3}"
+
+    size=$(fs_size "${fromdev}" "" "used")
+
+    if [ -b "${fromdev}" ]; then
+        # look for free mem
+        if [ -n "${HOMEMOUNTED}" -a "${snap_type}" = "HOME" ]; then
+            todev=$(cat /proc/mounts | grep -s " $(base_path ${todir}) " | awk '{print $1}' )
+            freespace=$(df -k  | grep -s ${todev} | awk '{print $4}')
+        else
+            freespace=$( expr $(awk '/MemFree/{print $2}' /proc/meminfo) + $( cat /proc/meminfo | grep Cached | head -n 1 | awk '/Cached/{print $2}' - ))
+        fi
 
-       modprobe -q cifs
-       # For DHCP
-       modprobe -q af_packet
+        tomount="/mnt/tmpsnap"
+        if [ ! -d "${tomount}" ] ; then
+            mkdir -p "${tomount}"
+        fi
 
-       ipconfig ${DEVICE} /tmp/net-${DEVICE}.conf
-       if [ "x${NFSROOT}" = "xauto" ]; then
-               NFSROOT=${ROOTSERVER}:${ROOTPATH}
-       fi
+        fstype=$(get_fstype "${fromdev}")
+        if [ -n "${fstype}" ]; then
+            # Copying stuff...
+            mount -t "${fstype}" -o ro "${fromdev}" "${tomount}"
+            cp -a "${tomount}"/* ${todir}
+            umount "${tomount}"
+        else
+            log_warning_msg "Unrecognized fstype: ${fstype} on ${fromdev}:${snap_type}"
+        fi
 
-       NFSOPTS="-ouser=root,password="
+        rmdir "${tomount}"
+        if echo ${fromdev} | grep -qs loop; then
+           losetup -d "${fromdev}"
+        fi
+        return 0
+    else
+        return 1
+        [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_warning_msg "Unable to find the snapshot ${snap_type} medium"
+    fi
+}
 
-       [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Mounting using mount.cifs with ${NFSROOT} ${rofsmnt} ${NFSOPTS}"
-       mount.cifs "${NFSROOT}" "${rofsmnt}" "${NFSOPTS}" 
-       [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_end_msg
+try_snap ()
+{
+    # Look for $snap_label.* in block devices and copy the contents to $snap_mount
+    #   and remember the device and filename for resync on exit in casper.init
+
+    snap_label="${1}"
+    snap_mount="${2}"
+    snap_type="${3}"
+
+    snapdata=$(find_files "${snap_label}.squashfs ${snap_label}.cpio.gz ${snap_label}.ext2")
+    if [ ! -z "${snapdata}" ]; then
+        snapdev="$(echo ${snapdata} | cut -f1 -d ' ')"
+        snapback="$(echo ${snapdata} | cut -f2 -d ' ')"
+        snapfile="$(echo ${snapdata} | cut -f3 -d ' ')"
+        if echo "${snapfile}" | grep -qs '\(squashfs\|ext2\)'; then
+            # squashfs or ext2 snapshot
+            dev=$(get_backing_device "${snapback}/${snapfile}")
+            if ! do_snap_copy "${dev}" "${snap_mount}" "${snap_type}"; then
+                 log_warning_msg "Impossible to include the ${snapfile} Snapshot"
+                 return 1
+            fi
+        else
+            # cpio.gz snapshot
+            if ! (cd "${snap_mount}" && zcat "${snapback}/${snapfile}" | cpio -i -u -d 2>/dev/null) ; then
+                log_warning_msg "Impossible to include the ${snapfile} Snapshot"
+                return 1
+            fi
+        fi
+        umount "${snapback}"
+    else
+        dev=$(find_cow_device "${snap_label}")
+        if [ -b ${dev} ]; then
+            if echo "${dev}" | grep -qs loop; then
+                # strange things happens, user confused?
+                snaploop=$( losetup ${dev} | awk '{print $3}' | tr -d '()' )
+                snapfile=$(basename ${snaploop})
+                snapdev=$(cat /proc/mounts | awk '{print $2,$1}' | grep -es "^$( dirname ${snaploop} )" | cut -f2 -d ' ')
+            else
+                snapdev="${dev}"
+            fi
+            if ! do_snap_copy "${dev}" "${snap_mount}" "${snap_type}" ; then
+                log_warning_msg "Impossible to include the ${snap_label} Snapshot"
+                return 1
+            else
+                if [ -n "${snapfile}" ]; then
+                     # it was a loop device, user confused
+                     umount ${snapdev}
+                fi
+            fi
+        else
+            log_warning_msg "Impossible to include the ${snap_label} Snapshot"
+            return 1
+        fi
+    fi
+    echo "export ${snap_type}SNAP="${snap_mount}":${snapdev}:${snapfile}" >> /etc/casper.conf # for resync on reboot/halt
+    return 0
 }
 
 setup_unionfs() {
-       backdev="$1"
-       rootmnt="$2"
-       modprobe -qb unionfs
-       mkdir -p /cow
-       cowdevice="tmpfs"
-       cow_fstype="tmpfs"
-       # Looking for "${root_persistence}" device or file
-       if grep -q persistent /proc/cmdline; then
-               cowprobe=$(find_cow_device "${root_persistence}")
-               if [ -b "${cowprobe}" ]; then
-                       cowdevice=${cowprobe}
-                       cow_fstype=$(get_fstype "${cowprobe}")
-               else
-                       [ "$quiet" != "y" ] &&  log_begin_msg "Unable to find the persistent medium"
-               fi
-       fi
-
-       mount ${cowdevice} -t ${cow_fstype} -o rw /cow || panic "Can not mount $cowdevice on /cow"
-
-       mkdir -p /rofs
-       if grep -q netboot /proc/cmdline; then
-               do_netmount /rofs || panic "Can not mount netroot on /rofs"
-       else
-               if [ "$(get_fstype $backdev)" = "unknown" ]; then
-                       panic "Unknown file system type on $backdev"
-               fi
-               mount -t $(get_fstype "$backdev") -o ro "$backdev" /rofs || panic "Can not mount $backdev on /rofs"
-       fi
-       
-       mount -t unionfs -o dirs=/cow=rw:/rofs=ro unionfs "$rootmnt"
-       if grep -q show-cow /proc/cmdline; then
-               mkdir -p "$rootmnt/cow"
-               mount -o bind /cow "$rootmnt/cow"
-       fi
-       mkdir -p "$rootmnt/rofs"
-       mount -o bind /rofs "$rootmnt/rofs"
-
-       # Adding home persitence
-       if grep -q homepersistence /proc/cmdline; then
-               homecow=$(find_cow_device "${home_persistence}" )
-               if [ -b "${homecow}" ]; then
-                       mount ${homecow} -t $(get_fstype "${homecow}") -o rw "${rootmnt}/home"
-               else 
-                       [ "$quiet" != "y" ] &&  log_begin_msg "Unable to find the persistent home medium"
-               fi
-       fi
+    image_directory="$1"
+    rootmnt="$2"
+
+    modprobe "${MP_QUIET}" -b unionfs
+
+    # run-init can't deal with images in a subdir, but we're going to
+    # move all of these away before it runs anyway.  No, we're not,
+    # put them in / since move-mounting them into / breaks mono and
+    # some other apps.
+
+    croot="/"
+
+    # Let's just mount the read-only file systems first
+    rofsstring=""
+    rofslist=""
+    if [ "${NETBOOT}" == "nfs" ] ; then
+        roopt="nfsro" # go aroung a bug in nfs-unionfs locking
+    else
+        roopt="ro"
+    fi
+
+    mkdir -p "${croot}"
+    for image_type in "ext2" "squashfs" "dir" ; do
+        for image in "${image_directory}"/*."${image_type}"; do
+            imagename=$(basename "${image}")
+            if [ -d "${image}" ]; then
+                # it is a plain directory: do nothing
+                rofsstring="${image}=${roopt}:${rofsstring}"
+                rofslist="${image} ${rofslist}"
+            elif [ -f "${image}" ]; then
+                backdev=$(get_backing_device "$image")
+                fstype=$(get_fstype "${backdev}")
+                if [ "${fstype}" = "unknown" ]; then
+                    panic "Unknown file system type on ${backdev} (${image})"
+                fi
+                mkdir -p "${croot}/${imagename}"
+                mount -t "${fstype}" -o ro "${backdev}" "${croot}/${imagename}" || panic "Can not mount $backdev ($image) on ${croot}/${imagename}" && rofsstring="${croot}/${imagename}=${roopt}:${rofsstring}" && rofslist="${croot}/${imagename} ${rofslist}"
+            fi
+        done
+    done
+    rofsstring=${rofsstring%:}
+
+    mkdir -p /cow
+
+    cowdevice="tmpfs"
+    cow_fstype="tmpfs"
+
+    # Looking for "${root_persistence}" device or file
+    if [ -n "${PERSISTENT}" ]; then
+        cowprobe=$(find_cow_device "${root_persistence}")
+        if [ -b "${cowprobe}" ]; then
+            cowdevice=${cowprobe}
+            cow_fstype=$(get_fstype "${cowprobe}")
+        else
+            [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_warning_msg "Unable to find the persistent medium"
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    mount ${cowdevice} -t ${cow_fstype} -o rw /cow || panic "Can not mount $cowdevice on /cow"
+
+    mount -t unionfs -o dirs=/cow=rw:$rofsstring unionfs "$rootmnt" || panic "Unionfs mount failed"
+
+    # Adding other custom mounts
+    if [ -n "${PERSISTENT}" ]; then
+        # directly mount /home
+        # FIXME: add a custom mounts configurable system
+        homecow=$(find_cow_device "${home_persistence}" )
+        if [ -b "${homecow}" ]; then
+            mount -t $(get_fstype "${homecow}") -o rw "${homecow}" "${rootmnt}/home"
+            export HOMEMOUNTED=1 # used to proper calculate free space in do_snap_copy()
+        else
+            [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_warning_msg "Unable to find the persistent home medium"
+        fi
+        # Look for other snapshots to copy in
+        try_snap "${root_snapshot_label}" "${rootmnt}" "ROOT"
+        try_snap "${home_snapshot_label}" "${rootmnt}/home" "HOME"
+    fi
+
+    if [ -n "${SHOWMOUNTS}" ]; then
+        for d in ${rofslist}; do
+            mkdir -p "${rootmnt}/casper/${d##*/}"
+            case d in
+                *.dir) # do nothing # mount -o bind "${d}" "${rootmnt}/casper/${d##*/}"
+                    ;;
+                *) mount -o move "${d}" "${rootmnt}/casper/${d##*/}"
+                    ;;
+            esac
+        done
+    fi
+
+    # shows cow fs on /cow for use by casper-snapshot
+    mkdir -p "${rootmnt}/cow"
+    mount -o bind /cow "${rootmnt}/cow"
 }
 
-is_usb_device() {
-    sysfs_path="${1#/sys}"
-    if /lib/udev/path_id "${sysfs_path}" | grep -q "ID_PATH=usb"; then
-        return 0
+check_dev ()
+{
+    sysdev="${1}"
+    devname="${2}"
+    if [ -z "${devname}" ]; then
+        devname=$(sys2dev "${sysdev}")
+    fi
+
+    if [ -n "${LIVEMEDIA_OFFSET}" ]; then
+        loopdevname=$(setup_loop "${devname}" "loop" "/sys/block/loop*" "${LIVEMEDIA_OFFSET}")
+        devname="${loopdevname}" 
+    fi
+
+    fstype=$(get_fstype "${devname}")
+    if is_supported_fs ${fstype}; then
+        mount -t ${fstype} -o ro "${devname}" $mountpoint || continue
+        if is_casper_path $mountpoint; then
+            echo $mountpoint
+            return 0
+        else
+            umount $mountpoint
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    if [ -n "${LIVEMEDIA_OFFSET}" ]; then
+        losetup -d "${loopdevname}"
     fi
     return 1
 }
 
-find_live() {
-       mounted=
-        for sysblock in $(echo /sys/block/* | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -v loop | grep -v ram); do
-            devname=$(sys2dev "${sysblock}")
-            fstype=$(get_fstype "${devname}")
-            if /lib/udev/cdrom_id ${devname} > /dev/null; then
-                mount -t ${fstype} -o ro "$devname" $mountpoint || continue
-                if casper_path $mountpoint; then
-                    echo $(casper_path $mountpoint)
-                    return
-                else
-                    umount $mountpoint
-                fi
-            elif is_usb_device "$sysblock"; then
-                for dev in $(subdevices "${sysblock}"); do
-                    devname=$(sys2dev "${dev}")
-                    fstype=$(get_fstype "${devname}")
-                    case ${fstype} in
-                        vfat|iso9660|udf)
-                            mount -t ${fstype} -o ro "${devname}" $mountpoint || continue
-                            if casper_path $mountpoint; then
-                                echo $(casper_path $mountpoint)
-                                return
-                            else
-                                umount $mountpoint
-                            fi
-                            ;;
-                    esac
-                done
-           elif [ "${fstype}" = "squashfs" ]; then
-
-                # This is an ugly hack situation, the block device has
-                # a squashfs image directly on it.  It's hopefully
-                # casper, so take it and run with it.
-
-                ln -s "${devname}" "${devname}.${fstype}"
-                echo "${devname}.${fstype}"
-                return
+find_livefs() {
+    timeout="${1}"
+    # first look at the one specified in the command line
+    if [ ! -z "${LIVEMEDIA}" ]; then
+        if check_dev "null" "${LIVEMEDIA}"; then
+            return 0
+        fi
+    fi
+    # don't start autodetection before timeout has expired
+    if [ -n "${LIVEMEDIA_TIMEOUT}" ]; then
+        if [ "${timeout}" -lt "${LIVEMEDIA_TIMEOUT}" ]; then
+            return 1
+        fi
+    fi
+    # or do the scan of block devices
+    for sysblock in $(echo /sys/block/* | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -v loop | grep -v ram); do
+        devname=$(sys2dev "${sysblock}")
+        fstype=$(get_fstype "${devname}")
+        if /lib/udev/cdrom_id ${devname} > /dev/null; then
+            if check_dev "null" "${devname}" ; then
+                return 0
             fi
-        done
+        elif is_nice_device "${sysblock}" ; then
+            for dev in $(subdevices "${sysblock}"); do
+                if check_dev "${dev}" ; then
+                    return 0
+                fi
+            done
+        elif [ "${fstype}" = "squashfs" -o \
+                "${fstype}" = "ext3" -o \
+                "${fstype}" = "ext2" ]; then
+            # This is an ugly hack situation, the block device has
+            # an image directly on it.  It's hopefully
+            # casper, so take it and run with it.
+            ln -s "${devname}" "${devname}.${fstype}"
+            echo "${devname}.${fstype}"
+            return 0
+        fi
+    done
+    return 1
+}
+
+pulsate() {
+    if [ -x /sbin/usplash_write ]; then
+        /sbin/usplash_write "PULSATE"
+    fi
 }
 
 set_usplash_timeout() {
@@ -337,8 +568,11 @@ mountroot() {
     exec > casper.log
     exec 2>&1
 
+    parse_cmdline
+
     set_usplash_timeout
     [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Running /scripts/casper-premount"
+    pulsate
     run_scripts /scripts/casper-premount
     [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_end_msg
 
@@ -347,33 +581,47 @@ mountroot() {
 
     set_usplash_timeout
 
-    for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13; do
-        live_image=$(find_live)
-        if [ "${live_image}" ]; then
-            break
+    if [ ! -z "${NETBOOT}" ]; then
+        if do_netmount ; then
+            livefs_root="${mountpoint}"
+        else
+            panic "Unable to find a the network rootfs live file system"
         fi
-        sleep 1
-    done
-    if [ "$?" -gt 0 ]; then
+    else
+        # Scan local devices for the image
+        for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19; do
+            livefs_root=$(find_livefs $i)
+            if [ -n "${livefs_root}" ]; then
+                break
+            fi
+            sleep 1
+        done
+    fi
+
+    if [ -z "${livefs_root}" ]; then
         panic "Unable to find a medium containing a live file system"
     fi
-    
-       if grep -q toram /proc/cmdline; then
-               copy_to_ram
-       fi
 
-    setup_cow "$overlay_method" "$(get_backing_device $live_image)" "$rootmnt"
+    if [ -n "${TORAM}" ]; then
+        live_dest="ram"
+    elif [ -n "${TODISK}" ]; then
+        live_dest="${TODISK}"
+    fi
+    if [ -n "${live_dest}" ]; then
+        [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Copying live_media to ${live_dest}"
+        copy_live_to "${livefs_root}" "${live_dest}"
+        [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_end_msg
+    fi
 
-       # show it on new rootfs
-       mkdir ${rootmnt}/${mountpoint}
-       mount -o bind ${mountpoint} ${rootmnt}/${mountpoint}
+    mount_images_in_directory "${livefs_root}" "${rootmnt}"
 
     log_end_msg
 
     maybe_break casper-bottom
     [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Running /scripts/casper-bottom"
 
-    PATH=/root/usr/bin:/root/usr/sbin:/root/bin:/root/sbin:$PATH run_scripts /scripts/casper-bottom
+    pulsate
+    run_scripts /scripts/casper-bottom
     [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_end_msg
 
     exec 1>&6 6>&-