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diff --git a/scripts/live b/scripts/live
index fb61d01..26a6a46 100755
--- a/scripts/live
+++ b/scripts/live
@@ -20,6 +20,18 @@ USERFULLNAME="Live user"
 HOSTNAME="host"
 
 mkdir -p "${mountpoint}"
+tried="/tmp/tried"
+
+# Create /etc/mtab for debug purpose and future syncs
+if [ ! -d /etc ]
+then
+	mkdir /etc/
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f /etc/mtab ]
+then
+	touch /etc/mtab
+fi
 
 [ -f /etc/live.conf ] && . /etc/live.conf
 export USERNAME USERFULLNAME HOSTNAME
@@ -34,10 +46,40 @@ fi
 Arguments ()
 {
 	PRESEEDS=""
+	LOCATIONS=""
 
 	for ARGUMENT in $(cat /proc/cmdline)
 	do
 		case "${ARGUMENT}" in
+			skipconfig)
+				NOACCESSIBILITY="Yes"
+				NOAPPARMOR="Yes"
+				NOAPTCDROM="Yes"
+				NOAUTOLOGIN="Yes"
+				NOCONSOLEKEYBOARD="Yes"
+				NOFASTBOOT="Yes"
+				NOFSTAB="Yes"
+				NOGNOMEPANEL="Yes"
+				NOHOSTS="Yes"
+				NOJOCKEY="Yes"
+				NOKPERSONALIZER="Yes"
+				NOLANGUAGESELECTOR="Yes"
+				NOLOCALES="Yes"
+				NONETWORKING="Yes"
+				NOPOLKITCONF="Yes"
+				NOPOWERMANAGEMENT="Yes"
+				NOPROGRAMCRASHES="Yes"
+				NOSUDO="Yes"
+				NOTIMEZONE="Yes"
+				NOUPDATENOTIFIER="Yes"
+				NOUSER="Yes"
+				NOXAUTOCONFIG="Yes"
+				NOXAUTOLOGIN="Yes"
+				NOXSCREENSAVER="Yes"
+
+				export NOACCESSIBILITY NOAPPARMOR NOAPTCDROM NOAUTOLOGIN NOCONSOLEKEYBOARD NOFASTBOOT NOFSTAB NOGNOMEPANEL NOHOSTS NOJOCKEY NOKPERSONALIZER NOLANGUAGESELECTOR NOLOCALES NONETWORKING NOPOLKITCONF NOPOWERMANAGEMENT NOPROGRAMCRASHES NOSUDO NOTIMEZONE NOUPDATENOTIFIER NOUSER NOXAUTOCONFIG NOXAUTOLOGIN NOXSCREENSAVER
+				;;
+
 			access=*)
 				ACCESS="${ARGUMENT#access=}"
 				export ACCESS
@@ -55,11 +97,31 @@ Arguments ()
 				set -x
 				;;
 
+			ethdevice=*)
+				DEVICE="${ARGUMENT#ethdevice=}"
+				export DEVICE
+				;;
+
+			ethdevice=*)
+				ETHDEVICE="${ARGUMENT#ethdevice=}"
+				export ETHDEVICE
+				;;
+
+			ethdevice-timeout=*)
+				ETHDEV_TIMEOUT="${ARGUMENT#ethdevice-timeout=}"
+				export ETHDEV_TIMEOUT
+				;;
+
 			fetch=*)
                                 FETCH="${ARGUMENT#fetch=}"
                                 export FETCH
                                 ;;
 
+			forcepersistentfsck)
+				FORCEPERSISTENTFSCK="Yes"
+				export FORCEPERSISTENTFSCK
+				;;
+
 			hook=*)
 				HOOK="${ARGUMENT#hook=}"
 				export HOOK
@@ -81,6 +143,11 @@ Arguments ()
 				export HOSTNAME LIVECONF
 				;;
 
+			isofrom=*|fromiso=*)
+				FROMISO="${ARGUMENT#*=}"
+				export FROMISO
+				;;
+
 			username=*)
 				USERNAME="${ARGUMENT#username=}"
 				LIVECONF="changed"
@@ -98,6 +165,11 @@ Arguments ()
 				export IGNORE_UUID
 				;;
 
+			integrity-check)
+				INTEGRITY_CHECK="Yes"
+				export INTEGRITY_CHECK
+				;;
+
 			ip=*)
 				STATICIP="${ARGUMENT#ip=}"
 
@@ -275,9 +347,9 @@ Arguments ()
 				export NOPROGRAMCRASHES
 				;;
 
-			norestrictedmanager)
-				NORESTRICTEDMANAGER="Yes"
-				export NORESTRICTEDMANAGER
+			nojockey)
+				NOJOCKEY="Yes"
+				export NOJOCKEY
 				;;
 
 			nosudo)
@@ -285,9 +357,9 @@ Arguments ()
 				export NOSUDO
 				;;
 
-			noswap)
-				NOSWAP="Yes"
-				export NOSWAP
+			swapon)
+				SWAPON="Yes"
+				export SWAPON
 				;;
 
 			noupdatenotifier)
@@ -315,14 +387,40 @@ Arguments ()
 				export PERSISTENT
 				;;
 
+			persistent=*)
+				PERSISTENT="${ARGUMENT#persistent=}"
+				if [ -z "${PERSISTENT}" ]
+				then
+					PERSISTENT="Yes"
+				fi
+				export PERSISTENT
+				;;
+
+			persistent-path=*)
+				PERSISTENT_PATH="${ARGUMENT#persistent-path=}"
+				export PERSISTENT_PATH
+				;;
+
+			persistent-subtext=*)
+				root_persistence="${root_persistence}-${ARGUMENT#persistent-subtext=}"
+				home_persistence="${home_persistence}-${ARGUMENT#persistent-subtext=}"
+				root_snapshot_label="${root_snapshot_label}-${ARGUMENT#persistent-subtext=}"
+				home_snapshot_label="${home_snapshot_label}-${ARGUMENT#persistent-subtext=}"
+				;;
+
 			nopersistent)
 				NOPERSISTENT="Yes"
 				export NOPERSISTENT
 				;;
 
+			quickusbmodules)
+				QUICKUSBMODULES="Yes"
+				export QUICKUSBMODULES
+				;;
+
 			preseed/file=*|file=*)
-				LOCATION="${ARGUMENT#*=}"
-				export LOCATION
+				LOCATIONS="${ARGUMENT#*=} ${LOCATIONS}"
+				export LOCATIONS
 				;;
 
 			nopreseed)
@@ -331,22 +429,22 @@ Arguments ()
 				;;
 
 			url=*)
-				location="${ARGUMENT#url=}"
+				URL_LOCATION="${ARGUMENT#url=}"
 
-				mount -n -o bind /sys /root/sys
-				mount -n -o bind /proc /root/proc
-				mount -n -o bind /dev /root/dev
+				mount -o bind /sys /root/sys
+				mount -o bind /proc /root/proc
+				mount -o bind /dev /root/dev
 
 				mkdir -p /root/var/run/network
-				chroot /root dhclient eth0
-				chroot /root wget -P /tmp "${location}"
-				chroot /root ifconfig eth0 down
+				[ "${NETBOOT}" ] || chroot /root dhclient eth0
+				chroot /root wget -P /tmp "${URL_LOCATION}"
+				[ "${NETBOOT}" ] || chroot /root ifconfig eth0 down
 
 				umount /root/sys
 				umount /root/proc
 				umount /root/dev
 
-				LOCATION="/tmp/$(basename "${location}")"
+				LOCATIONS="/tmp/$(basename ${URL_LOCATION}) ${LOCATIONS}"
 				;;
 
 			*/*=*)
@@ -361,6 +459,11 @@ Arguments ()
 				export SHOWMOUNTS
 				;;
 
+			silent)
+				SILENT="Yes"
+				export SILENT
+				;;
+
 			textonly)
 				TEXTONLY="Yes"
 				export TEXTONLY
@@ -402,6 +505,11 @@ Arguments ()
 				export PLAIN_ROOT
 				;;
 
+			skipunion)
+                                SKIP_UNION_MOUNTS="Yes"
+                                export SKIP_UNION_MOUNTS
+                                ;;
+
 			root=*)
 				ROOT="${ARGUMENT#root=}"
 				export ROOT
@@ -467,7 +575,7 @@ is_live_path ()
 
 	if [ -d "${DIRECTORY}"/"${LIVE_MEDIA_PATH}" ]
 	then
-		for FILESYSTEM in squashfs ext2 ext3 xfs dir jffs2
+		for FILESYSTEM in squashfs ext2 ext3 ext4 xfs dir jffs2
 		do
 			if [ "$(echo ${DIRECTORY}/${LIVE_MEDIA_PATH}/*.${FILESYSTEM})" != "${DIRECTORY}/${LIVE_MEDIA_PATH}/*.${FILESYSTEM}" ]
 			then
@@ -489,7 +597,7 @@ matches_uuid ()
 	path="${1}"
 	uuid="$(cat /conf/uuid.conf)"
 
-	for try_uuid_file in "${mountpoint}/.disk/live-uuid"*
+	for try_uuid_file in "${path}/.disk/live-uuid"*
 	do
 		[ -e "${try_uuid_file}" ] || continue
 
@@ -507,7 +615,7 @@ matches_uuid ()
 get_backing_device ()
 {
 	case "${1}" in
-		*.squashfs|*.ext2|*.ext3|*.jffs2)
+		*.squashfs|*.ext2|*.ext3|*.ext4|*.jffs2)
 			echo $(setup_loop "${1}" "loop" "/sys/block/loop*" '0' "${LIVE_MEDIA_ENCRYPTION}" "${2}")
 			;;
 
@@ -538,19 +646,20 @@ mount_images_in_directory ()
 {
 	directory="${1}"
 	rootmnt="${2}"
-    	mac="${3}"
+	mac="${3}"
 
 
 	if match_files_in_dir "${directory}/${LIVE_MEDIA_PATH}/*.squashfs" ||
 		match_files_in_dir "${directory}/${LIVE_MEDIA_PATH}/*.ext2" ||
 		match_files_in_dir "${directory}/${LIVE_MEDIA_PATH}/*.ext3" ||
+		match_files_in_dir "${directory}/${LIVE_MEDIA_PATH}/*.ext4" ||
 		match_files_in_dir "${directory}/${LIVE_MEDIA_PATH}/*.jffs2" ||
 		match_files_in_dir "${directory}/${LIVE_MEDIA_PATH}/*.dir"
 	then
 		[ -n "${mac}" ] && adddirectory="${directory}/${LIVE_MEDIA_PATH}/${mac}"
 		setup_unionfs "${directory}/${LIVE_MEDIA_PATH}" "${rootmnt}" "${adddirectory}"
 	else
-		:
+		panic "No supported filesystem images found at /${LIVE_MEDIA_PATH}."
 	fi
 }
 
@@ -558,12 +667,15 @@ is_nice_device ()
 {
 	sysfs_path="${1#/sys}"
 
-	if /lib/udev/path_id "${sysfs_path}" | grep -E -q "ID_PATH=(usb|pci-[^-]*-[ide|scsi|usb])"
+	if /lib/udev/path_id "${sysfs_path}" | grep -E -q "ID_PATH=(usb|pci-|platform-orion-ehci|platform-mmc|platform-mxsdhci|)"
 	then
 		return 0
 	elif echo "${sysfs_path}" | grep -q '^/block/vd[a-z]$'
 	then
 		return 0
+	elif echo ${sysfs_path} | grep -q "^/block/dm-"
+	then
+		return 0
 	fi
 
 	return 1
@@ -577,7 +689,7 @@ copy_live_to ()
 
 	if [ -z "${MODULETORAM}" ]
 	then
-		size=$(fs_size "" ${copyfrom} "used")
+		size=$(fs_size "" ${copyfrom}/${LIVE_MEDIA_PATH} "used")
 	else
 		MODULETORAMFILE="${copyfrom}/${LIVE_MEDIA_PATH}/${MODULETORAM}"
 
@@ -593,7 +705,7 @@ copy_live_to ()
 	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 $2}' - ) )
+		freespace=$( expr $(awk '/MemFree/{print $2}' /proc/meminfo) + $( awk '/\<Cached/{print $2}' /proc/meminfo ) )
 		mount_options="-o size=${size}k"
 		free_string="memory"
 		fstype="tmpfs"
@@ -607,20 +719,20 @@ copy_live_to ()
 			fstype=$(get_fstype "${dev}")
 			freespace=$(fs_size "${dev}")
 		else
-			[ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_warning_msg "${copytodev} is not a block device."
+			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 free, ${size}k needed) to copy live media in ${copytodev}."
+		log_warning_msg "Not enough free ${free_string} (${freespace}k free, ${size}k needed) to copy live media in ${copytodev}."
 		return 1
 	fi
 
 	# begin copying (or uncompressing)
 	mkdir "${copyto}"
-	echo "mount -t ${fstype} ${mount_options} ${dev} ${copyto}"
+	log_begin_msg "mount -t ${fstype} ${mount_options} ${dev} ${copyto}"
 	mount -t "${fstype}" ${mount_options} "${dev}" "${copyto}"
 
 	if [ "${extension}" = "tgz" ]
@@ -633,12 +745,24 @@ copy_live_to ()
 	else
 		if [ -n "${MODULETORAMFILE}" ]
 		then
-			cp ${MODULETORAMFILE} ${copyto} # copy only the filesystem module
+			if [ -x /bin/rsync ]
+			then
+				echo " * Copying $MODULETORAMFILE to RAM" 1>/dev/console
+				rsync -a --progress ${MODULETORAMFILE} ${copyto} 1>/dev/console # copy only the filesystem module
+			else
+				cp ${MODULETORAMFILE} ${copyto} # copy only the filesystem module
+			fi
 		else
-			cp -a ${copyfrom}/* ${copyto}   # "cp -a" from busybox also copies hidden files
+			if [ -x /bin/rsync ]
+			then
+				echo " * Copying whole medium to RAM" 1>/dev/console
+				rsync -a --progress ${copyfrom}/* ${copyto} 1>/dev/console  # "cp -a" from busybox also copies hidden files
+			else
+				mkdir -p ${copyto}/${LIVE_MEDIA_PATH}
+				cp -a ${copyfrom}/${LIVE_MEDIA_PATH}/* ${copyto}/${LIVE_MEDIA_PATH}   # "cp -a" from busybox also copies hidden files
+			fi
 		fi
 
-		livefs_root
 		umount ${copyfrom}
 		mount -r -o move ${copyto} ${copyfrom}
 	fi
@@ -653,18 +777,59 @@ do_netmount ()
 
 	modprobe -q af_packet # For DHCP
 
-	if [ -x /sbin/udevadm ]
+	udevadm trigger
+	udevadm settle
+
+	if [ -z "${NETBOOT}" ] && [ -z "${FETCH}" ] && \
+	   [ -z "${HTTPFS}" ] && [ -z "${FTPFS}" ]
 	then
-		# lenny
-		udevadm trigger
-		udevadm settle
-	else
-		# etch
-		udevtrigger
-		udevsettle
+
+	# if ethdevice was not specified on the kernel command line
+	# make sure we try to get a working network configuration
+	# for *every* present network device (except for loopback of course)
+	if [ -z "$ETHDEVICE" ] ; then
+		echo "If you want to boot from a specific device use bootoption ethdevice=..."
+		for device in /sys/class/net/*; do
+			dev=${device##*/} ;
+			if [ "$dev" != "lo" ] ; then
+				ETHDEVICE="$ETHDEVICE $dev"
+			fi
+		done
 	fi
 
+	# split args of ethdevice=eth0,eth1 into "eth0 eth1"
+	for device in $(echo $ETHDEVICE | sed 's/,/ /g') ; do
+		devlist="$devlist $device"
+	done
+
+	[ -n "$ETHDEV_TIMEOUT" ] || ETHDEV_TIMEOUT=15
+	echo "Using timeout of $ETHDEV_TIMEOUT seconds for network configuration."
+
+	# this is tricky (and ugly) because ipconfig sometimes just hangs/runs into
+	# an endless loop; iff execution fails give it two further tries, that's
+	# why we use '$devlist $devlist $devlist' for the other for loop
+	for dev in $devlist $devlist $devlist ; do
+		echo "Executing ipconfig -t $ETHDEV_TIMEOUT $dev"
+		ipconfig -t "$ETHDEV_TIMEOUT" $dev | tee -a /netboot.config &
+		jobid=$!
+		sleep "$ETHDEV_TIMEOUT" ; sleep 1
+		if [ -r /proc/"$jobid"/status ] ; then
+			echo "Killing job $jobid for device $dev as ipconfig ran into recursion..."
+			kill -9 $jobid
+		fi
+
+		# if configuration of device worked we should have an assigned
+		# IP address, iff so let's use the according as $DEVICE for later usage
+		# simple and primitive approach which seems to work fine
+		if ifconfig $dev | grep -q 'inet.*addr:' ; then
+			export DEVICE="$dev"
+			break
+		fi
+	done
+
+	else
 	ipconfig ${DEVICE} | tee /netboot.config
+	fi
 
 	# source relevant ipconfig output
 	OLDHOSTNAME=${HOSTNAME}
@@ -672,6 +837,16 @@ do_netmount ()
 	[ -z ${HOSTNAME} ] && HOSTNAME=${OLDHOSTNAME}
 	export HOSTNAME
 
+	# Check if we have a network device at all
+	if ! ls /sys/class/net/"$DEVICE" > /dev/null 2>&1 && \
+	   ! ls /sys/class/net/eth0 > /dev/null 2>&1 && \
+	   ! ls /sys/class/net/wlan0 > /dev/null 2>&1 && \
+	   ! ls /sys/class/net/ath0 > /dev/null 2>&1 && \
+	   ! ls /sys/class/net/ra0 > /dev/null 2>&1
+	then
+		panic "No supported network device found, maybe a non-mainline driver is required."
+	fi
+
 	if [ "${NFSROOT}" = "auto" ]
 	then
 		NFSROOT=${ROOTSERVER}:${ROOTPATH}
@@ -688,7 +863,7 @@ do_netmount ()
 		NFSROOT=${ROOTSERVER}:${NFSROOT}
 	fi
 
-	[ "${quiet}" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Trying netboot from ${NFSROOT}"
+	log_begin_msg "Trying netboot from ${NFSROOT}"
 
 	if [ "${NETBOOT}" != "nfs" ] && do_cifsmount
 	then
@@ -700,7 +875,7 @@ do_netmount ()
 		rc=0
 	fi
 
-	[ "${quiet}" != "y" ] && log_end_msg
+	log_end_msg
 	return ${rc}
 }
 
@@ -724,21 +899,20 @@ do_httpmount ()
 					then
 						case "$url" in
 							tftp*)
-								ip="$(dirname $url | sed -e 's|tftp://||g')"
-								[ "${quiet}" != "y" ] &&
-								log_begin_msg "Trying tftp -g -b 10240 -r $(basename ${url})  -l ${dest}/$(basename ${url}) $ip"
-								tftp -g -b 10240 -r $(basename ${url})  -l ${dest}/$(basename ${url}) $ip
+								ip="$(dirname $url | sed -e 's|tftp://||g' -e 's|/.*$||g')"
+								rfile="$(echo $url | sed -e "s|tftp://$ip||g")"
+								lfile="$(basename $url)"
+								log_begin_msg "Trying tftp -g -b 10240 -r $rfile -l ${dest}/$lfile $ip"
+								tftp -g -b 10240 -r $rfile -l ${dest}/$lfile $ip
 							;;
 
 							*)
-								[ "${quiet}" != "y" ] &&
 								log_begin_msg "Trying wget ${url} -O ${dest}/$(basename ${url})"
 								wget "${url}" -O "${dest}/$(basename ${url})"
 								;;
 						esac
 					else
-						[ "${quiet}" != "y" ] &&
-							log_begin_msg "Trying to mount ${url} on ${dest}/$(basename ${url})"
+						log_begin_msg "Trying to mount ${url} on ${dest}/$(basename ${url})"
 						if [ "${webfile}" = "FTPFS" ]
 						then
 							FUSE_MOUNT="curlftpfs"
@@ -755,7 +929,7 @@ do_httpmount ()
 					;;
 
 				*)
-					[ "${quiet}" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Unrecognized archive extension for ${url}"
+					log_begin_msg "Unrecognized archive extension for ${url}"
 					;;
 			esac
 		fi
@@ -780,13 +954,15 @@ do_nfsmount ()
 		NFSOPTS=""
 	fi
 
-	[ "${quiet}" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Trying nfsmount -o nolock -o ro ${NFSOPTS} ${NFSROOT} ${mountpoint}"
+	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
+	# FIXME: This while loop is an ugly HACK round an nfs bug
+	i=0
+	while [ "$i" -lt 60 ]
 	do
 		nfsmount -o nolock -o ro ${NFSOPTS} "${NFSROOT}" "${mountpoint}" && rc=0 && break
 		sleep 1
+		i="$(($i + 1))"
 	done
 
 	return ${rc}
@@ -805,7 +981,7 @@ do_cifsmount ()
 			CIFSOPTS="${NFSOPTS}"
 		fi
 
-		[ "${quiet}" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Trying mount.cifs ${NFSROOT} ${mountpoint} ${CIFSOPTS}"
+		log_begin_msg "Trying mount.cifs ${NFSROOT} ${mountpoint} ${CIFSOPTS}"
 		modprobe -q cifs
 
 		if mount.cifs "${NFSROOT}" "${mountpoint}" "${CIFSOPTS}"
@@ -829,10 +1005,10 @@ do_snap_copy ()
 		# look for free mem
 		if [ -n "${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 $4}')
+			todev=$(awk -v pat="$(base_path ${todir})" '$2 == pat { print $1 }' /proc/mounts)
+			freespace=$(df -k | awk '/'${todev}'/{print $4}')
 		else
-			freespace=$( expr $(awk '/MemFree/{print $2}' /proc/meminfo) + $( cat /proc/meminfo | grep Cached | head -n 1 | awk '/Cached/{print $2}' - ))
+			freespace=$( expr $(awk '/MemFree/{print $2}' /proc/meminfo) + $( awk '/\<Cached/{print $2}' /proc/meminfo))
 		fi
 
 		tomount="/mnt/tmpsnap"
@@ -847,7 +1023,7 @@ do_snap_copy ()
 		if [ -n "${fstype}" ]
 		then
 			# Copying stuff...
-			mount -t "${fstype}" -o ro,noatime "${fromdev}" "${tomount}"
+			mount -o ro -t "${fstype}" "${fromdev}" "${tomount}" || log_warning_msg "Error in mount -t ${fstype} -o ro ${fromdev} ${tomount}"
 			cp -a "${tomount}"/* ${todir}
 			umount "${tomount}"
 		else
@@ -865,79 +1041,117 @@ do_snap_copy ()
 	else
 		return 1
 
-		[ "${quiet}" != "y" ] && log_warning_msg "Unable to find the snapshot ${snap_type} medium"
+		log_warning_msg "Unable to find the snapshot ${snap_type} medium"
 	fi
 }
 
+find_snap ()
+{
+	# Look for ${snap_label}.* in block devices
+	snap_label="${1}"
+
+	if [ "${PERSISTENT}" != "nofiles" ]
+	then
+		# search for image files
+		snapdata=$(find_files "${PERSISTENT_PATH}${snap_label}.squashfs ${PERSISTENT_PATH}${snap_label}.cpio.gz ${PERSISTENT_PATH}${snap_label}.ext2 ${PERSISTENT_PATH}${snap_label}.ext3 ${PERSISTENT_PATH}${snap_label}.ext4 ${PERSISTENT_PATH}${snap_label}.jffs2")
+	fi
+
+	if [ -z "${snapdata}" ]
+	then
+		snapdata=$(find_cow_device "${snap_label}")
+	fi
+	echo "${snapdata}"
+}
+
 try_snap ()
 {
-	# Look for ${snap_label}.* in block devices and copy the contents to ${snap_mount}
+        # copy the contents of previously found snapshot to ${snap_mount}
 	# and remember the device and filename for resync on exit in live-initramfs.init
 
-	snap_label="${1}"
+	snapdata="${1}"
 	snap_mount="${2}"
 	snap_type="${3}"
-	snapdata=$(find_files "${snap_label}.squashfs ${snap_label}.cpio.gz ${snap_label}.ext2 ${snap_label}.ext3 ${snap_label}.jffs2")
 
-	if [ ! -z "${snapdata}" ]
+	if [ -n "${snapdata}" ] && [ ! -b "${snapdata}" ]
 	then
+		log_success_msg "found snapshot: ${snapdata}"
 		snapdev="$(echo ${snapdata} | cut -f1 -d ' ')"
 		snapback="$(echo ${snapdata} | cut -f2 -d ' ')"
 		snapfile="$(echo ${snapdata} | cut -f3 -d ' ')"
 
-		if echo "${snapfile}" | grep -qs '\(squashfs\|ext2\|ext3\|jffs2\)'
+		RES=""
+		if ! try_mount "${snapdev}" "${snapback}" "ro"
+		then
+			break
+		fi
+
+		if echo "${snapfile}" | grep -qs '\(squashfs\|ext2\|ext3\|ext4\|jffs2\)'
 		then
-			# squashfs, jffs2 or ext2/ext3 snapshot
+			# squashfs, jffs2 or ext2/ext3/ext4 snapshot
 			dev=$(get_backing_device "${snapback}/${snapfile}")
 
-			if ! do_snap_copy "${dev}" "${snap_mount}" "${snap_type}"
-			then
-				log_warning_msg "Impossible to include the ${snapfile} Snapshot"
-				return 1
-			fi
+			do_snap_copy "${dev}" "${snap_mount}" "${snap_type}"
+			RES=$?
 		else
 			# cpio.gz snapshot
-			if ! (cd "${snap_mount}" && zcat "${snapback}/${snapfile}" | cpio --extract --preserve-modification-time --no-absolute-filenames --sparse --unconditional --make-directories > /dev/null 2>&1)
-			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
+			# Unfortunately klibc's cpio is incompatible with the
+			# rest of the world; everything else requires -u -d,
+			# while klibc doesn't implement them. Try to detect
+			# whether it's in use.
+			cpiopath="$(which cpio)" || true
+			if [ "$cpiopath" ] && grep -aq /lib/klibc "$cpiopath"
 			then
-				# strange things happens, user confused?
-				snaploop=$( losetup ${dev} | awk '{print $3}' | tr -d '()' )
-				snapfile=$(basename ${snaploop})
-				snapdev=$(cat /proc/mounts | awk '{print $2,$1}' | grep -es "^$( dirname ${snaploop} )" | cut -f2 -d ' ')
+				cpioargs=
 			else
-				snapdev="${dev}"
+				cpioargs='--unconditional --make-directories'
 			fi
 
-			if ! do_snap_copy "${dev}" "${snap_mount}" "${snap_type}"
+			if ! (cd "${snap_mount}" && zcat "${snapback}/${snapfile}" | cpio $cpioargs --extract --preserve-modification-time --no-absolute-filenames --sparse 2>/dev/null)
 			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
+				log_warning_msg "failure to \"zcat ${snapback}/${snapfile} | cpio $cpioargs --extract --preserve-modification-time --no-absolute-filenames --sparse\""
 			fi
+		fi
+
+		umount "${snapback}" ||  log_warning_msg "failure to \"umount ${snapback}\""
+
+		if [ "${RES}" != "0" ]
+		then
+			log_warning_msg "Impossible to include the ${snapfile} Snapshot file"
+		fi
+
+	elif [ -b "${snapdata}" ]
+	then
+		# Try to find if it could be a snapshot partition
+		dev="${snapdata}"
+		log_success_msg "found snapshot ${snap_type} device on ${dev}"
+		if echo "${dev}" | grep -qs loop
+		then
+			# strange things happens, user confused?
+			snaploop=$( losetup ${dev} | awk '{print $3}' | tr -d '()' )
+			snapfile=$(basename ${snaploop})
+			snapdev=$(awk -v pat="$( dirname ${snaploop})" '$2 == pat { print $1 }' /proc/mounts)
 		else
-			log_warning_msg "Impossible to include the ${snap_label} Snapshot"
+			snapdev="${dev}"
+		fi
+
+		if ! do_snap_copy "${dev}" "${snap_mount}" "${snap_type}"
+		then
+			log_warning_msg "Impossible to include the ${snap_type} Snapshot"
 			return 1
+		else
+			if [ -n "${snapfile}" ]
+			then
+				# it was a loop device, user confused
+				umount ${snapdev}
+			fi
 		fi
+	else
+		log_warning_msg "Impossible to include the ${snap_type} Snapshot"
+		return 1
 	fi
 
-	echo "export ${snap_type}SNAP="${snap_mount}":${snapdev}:${snapfile}" >> /etc/live.conf # for resync on reboot/halt
+	echo "export ${snap_type}SNAP="/cow${snap_mount#$rootmnt}":${snapdev}:${snapfile}" >> /etc/live.conf # for resync on reboot/halt
 	return 0
 }
 
@@ -946,7 +1160,25 @@ setup_unionfs ()
 	image_directory="${1}"
 	rootmnt="${2}"
         addimage_directory="${3}"
-	modprobe -q -b ${UNIONTYPE}
+
+	case ${UNIONTYPE} in
+		aufs|unionfs)
+			modprobe -q -b ${UNIONTYPE}
+
+			if ! cut -f2 /proc/filesystems | grep -q "^${UNIONTYPE}\$" && [ -x /bin/unionfs-fuse ]
+			then
+				echo "${UNIONTYPE} not available, falling back to unionfs-fuse."
+				echo "This might be really slow."
+
+				UNIONTYPE="unionfs-fuse"
+			fi
+			;;
+	esac
+
+	if [ "${UNIONTYPE}" = unionfs-fuse ]
+	then
+		modprobe fuse
+	fi
 
 	# 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,
@@ -958,50 +1190,38 @@ setup_unionfs ()
 	# Let's just mount the read-only file systems first
 	rofsstring=""
 	rofslist=""
-	minor_kernel_version=$(uname -r|cut -c 5-|sed 's/[^0-9].*//')
 
-	if [ "${NETBOOT}" = "nfs" ] && [ "${minor_kernel_version}" -lt 22 ]
-	then
-		# go aroung a bug in nfs-unionfs locking for unionfs <= 1.4
-		roopt="nfsro"
-	elif [ "${UNIONTYPE}" = "aufs" ]
+	if [ "${UNIONTYPE}" = "aufs" ]
 	then
 		roopt="rr"
+		noxino_opt="noxino,"
+	elif [ "${UNIONTYPE}" = "unionfs-fuse" ]
+	then
+		roopt="RO"
 	else
 		roopt="ro"
 	fi
 
-	# Read image names from ${MODULE}.module if it exists
-	if [ -e "${image_directory}/filesystem.${MODULE}.module" ]
+	if [ -z "${PLAIN_ROOT}" ]
 	then
-		for IMAGE in $(cat ${image_directory}/filesystem.${MODULE}.module)
-		do
-			image_string="${image_string} ${image_directory}/${IMAGE}"
-		done
-	elif [ -e "${image_directory}/${MODULE}.module" ]
-	then
-		for IMAGE in $(cat ${image_directory}/${MODULE}.module)
-		do
-			image_string="${image_string} ${image_directory}/${IMAGE}"
-		done
-	else
-		# ${MODULE}.module does not exist, create a list of images
-		for FILESYSTEM in squashfs ext2 ext3 xfs jffs2 dir
-		do
-			for IMAGE in "${image_directory}"/*."${FILESYSTEM}"
+		# Read image names from ${MODULE}.module if it exists
+		if [ -e "${image_directory}/filesystem.${MODULE}.module" ]
+		then
+			for IMAGE in $(cat ${image_directory}/filesystem.${MODULE}.module)
 			do
-				if [ -e "${IMAGE}" ]
-				then
-					image_string="${image_string} ${IMAGE}"
-				fi
+				image_string="${image_string} ${image_directory}/${IMAGE}"
 			done
-		done
-
-		if [ -n "${addimage_directory}" ] && [ -d "${addimage_directory}" ]
+		elif [ -e "${image_directory}/${MODULE}.module" ]
 		then
-			for FILESYSTEM in squashfs ext2 ext3 xfs jffs2 dir
+			for IMAGE in $(cat ${image_directory}/${MODULE}.module)
+			do
+				image_string="${image_string} ${image_directory}/${IMAGE}"
+			done
+		else
+			# ${MODULE}.module does not exist, create a list of images
+			for FILESYSTEM in squashfs ext2 ext3 ext4 xfs jffs2 dir
 			do
-				for IMAGE in "${addimage_directory}"/*."${FILESYSTEM}"
+				for IMAGE in "${image_directory}"/*."${FILESYSTEM}"
 				do
 					if [ -e "${IMAGE}" ]
 					then
@@ -1009,45 +1229,80 @@ setup_unionfs ()
 					fi
 				done
 			done
-		fi
 
-		# Now sort the list
-		image_string="$(echo ${image_string} | sed -e 's/ /\n/g' | sort )"
-	fi
+			if [ -n "${addimage_directory}" ] && [ -d "${addimage_directory}" ]
+			then
+				for FILESYSTEM in squashfs ext2 ext3 ext4 xfs jffs2 dir
+				do
+					for IMAGE in "${addimage_directory}"/*."${FILESYSTEM}"
+					do
+						if [ -e "${IMAGE}" ]
+						then
+							image_string="${image_string} ${IMAGE}"
+						fi
+					done
+				done
+			fi
+
+			# Now sort the list
+			image_string="$(echo ${image_string} | sed -e 's/ /\n/g' | sort )"
+		fi
 
 	[ -n "${MODULETORAMFILE}" ] && image_string="${image_directory}/$(basename ${MODULETORAMFILE})"
 
-	mkdir -p "${croot}"
+		mkdir -p "${croot}"
 
-	for image in ${image_string}
-	do
-		imagename=$(basename "${image}")
+		for image in ${image_string}
+		do
+			imagename=$(basename "${image}")
 
-		if [ -d "${image}" ]
-		then
-			# it is a plain directory: do nothing
-			rofsstring="${image}=${roopt}:${rofsstring}"
-			rofslist="${image} ${rofslist}"
-		elif [ -f "${image}" ]
-		then
-			if losetup --help 2>&1 | grep -q -- "-r\b"
-			then
-				backdev=$(get_backing_device "${image}" "-r")
-			else
-				backdev=$(get_backing_device "${image}")
-			fi
-			fstype=$(get_fstype "${backdev}")
+			export image devname
+			maybe_break live-realpremount
+			log_begin_msg "Running /scripts/live-realpremount"
+			run_scripts /scripts/live-realpremount
+			log_end_msg
 
-			if [ "${fstype}" = "unknown" ]
+			if [ -d "${image}" ]
 			then
-				panic "Unknown file system type on ${backdev} (${image})"
-			fi
+				# it is a plain directory: do nothing
+				rofsstring="${image}=${roopt}:${rofsstring}"
+				rofslist="${image} ${rofslist}"
+			elif [ -f "${image}" ]
+			then
+				if losetup --help 2>&1 | grep -q -- "-r\b"
+				then
+					backdev=$(get_backing_device "${image}" "-r")
+				else
+					backdev=$(get_backing_device "${image}")
+				fi
+				fstype=$(get_fstype "${backdev}")
 
-			mkdir -p "${croot}/${imagename}"
-			echo "debug: Mounting backdev \"${backdev}\" (image = ${image}) on croot/imagename \"${croot}/${imagename}\""
-			mount -t "${fstype}" -o ro,noatime "${backdev}" "${croot}/${imagename}" || panic "Can not mount ${backdev} (${image}) on ${croot}/${imagename}" && rofsstring="${croot}/${imagename}=${roopt}:${rofsstring}" && rofslist="${croot}/${imagename} ${rofslist}"
-		fi
-	done
+				if [ "${fstype}" = "unknown" ]
+				then
+					panic "Unknown file system type on ${backdev} (${image})"
+				fi
+
+				if [ -z "${fstype}" ]
+				then
+					fstype="${imagename##*.}"
+					log_warning_msg "Unknown file system type on ${backdev} (${image}), assuming ${fstype}."
+				fi
+
+				mkdir -p "${croot}/${imagename}"
+				log_begin_msg "Mounting \"${image}\" on \"${croot}${imagename}\" via \"${backdev}\""
+				mount -t "${fstype}" -o ro,noatime "${backdev}" "${croot}/${imagename}" || panic "Can not mount ${backdev} (${image}) on ${croot}/${imagename}" && rofsstring="${croot}/${imagename}=${roopt}:${rofsstring}" && rofslist="${croot}/${imagename} ${rofslist}"
+				log_end_msg
+			fi
+		done
+	else
+		# we have a plain root system
+		mkdir -p "${croot}/filesystem"
+		log_begin_msg "Mounting \"${image_directory}\" on \"${croot}/filesystem\""
+		mount -t $(get_fstype "${image_directory}") -o ro,noatime "${image_directory}" "${croot}/filesystem" || panic "Can not mount ${image_directory} on ${croot}/filesystem" && rofsstring="${croot}/filesystem=${roopt}:${rofsstring}" && rofslist="${croot}/filesystem ${rofslist}"
+		# probably broken:
+		mount -o bind ${croot}/filesystem $mountpoint
+		log_end_msg
+	fi
 
 	rofsstring=${rofsstring%:}
 
@@ -1056,47 +1311,70 @@ setup_unionfs ()
 	# Looking for "${root_persistence}" device or file
 	if [ -n "${PERSISTENT}" ] && [ -z "${NOPERSISTENT}" ]
 	then
-		# Load USB modules
-		num_block=$(ls -l /sys/block | wc -l)
-		for module in sd_mod uhci-hcd ehci-hcd ohci-hcd usb-storage
-		do
-			modprobe -q -b ${module}
-		done
-
-		if [ -x /sbin/udevadm ]
+		if [ -z "${QUICKUSBMODULES}" ]
 		then
-			# lenny
+			# Load USB modules
+			num_block=$(ls -l /sys/block | wc -l)
+			for module in sd_mod uhci-hcd ehci-hcd ohci-hcd usb-storage
+			do
+				modprobe -q -b ${module}
+			done
+
 			udevadm trigger
 			udevadm settle
-		else
-			# etch
-			udevtrigger
-			udevsettle
-		fi
 
-		# For some reason, udevsettle does not block in this scenario,
-		# so we sleep for a little while.
-		#
-		# See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/84591
-		for timeout in 5 4 3 2 1
-		do
-			sleep 1
+			# For some reason, udevsettle does not block in this scenario,
+			# so we sleep for a little while.
+			#
+			# See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/84591
+			for timeout in 5 4 3 2 1
+			do
+				sleep 1
 
-			if [ $(ls -l /sys/block | wc -l) -gt ${num_block} ]
-			then
-				break
-			fi
-		done
+				if [ $(ls -l /sys/block | wc -l) -gt ${num_block} ]
+				then
+					break
+				fi
+			done
+		fi
 
+		# search for label and files (this could be hugely optimized)
 		cowprobe=$(find_cow_device "${root_persistence}")
+		if [ -b "${cowprobe}" ]
+		then
+			# Blacklist /cow device, to avoid inconsistent setups for overlapping snapshots
+			# makes sense to have both persistence for /cow and /home mounted, maybe also with
+			# snapshots to be sure to really store some e.g key config files,
+			# but not on the same media
+			blacklistdev="${cowprobe}"
+			PERSISTENCE_IS_ON="1"
+			export PERSISTENCE_IS_ON
+		fi
+		# homecow just mount something on /home, this should be generalized some way
+		homecow=$(find_cow_device "${home_persistence}" "${blacklistdev}")
+		if [ -b "${homecow}" ]
+		then
+			PERSISTENCE_IS_ON="1"
+			export PERSISTENCE_IS_ON
+		fi
+		root_snapdata=$(find_snap "${root_snapshot_label}" "${blacklistdev}")
+		# This second type should be removed when snapshot will get smarter,
+		# hence when "/etc/live-snapshot*list" will be supported also by
+		# ext2|ext3|ext4|jffs2 snapshot types.
+		home_snapdata=$(find_snap "${home_snapshot_label}" "${blacklistdev}")
 
 		if [ -b "${cowprobe}" ]
 		then
 			cowdevice=${cowprobe}
 			cow_fstype=$(get_fstype "${cowprobe}")
 			cow_mountopt="rw,noatime"
+
+			if [ "${FORCEPERSISTENTFSCK}" = "Yes" ]
+			then
+				fsck -y ${cowdevice}
+			fi
 		else
-			[ "${quiet}" != "y" ] && log_warning_msg "Unable to find the persistent medium"
+			log_warning_msg "Unable to find the persistent medium"
 			cowdevice="tmpfs"
 			cow_fstype="tmpfs"
 			cow_mountopt="rw,noatime,mode=755"
@@ -1128,7 +1406,7 @@ setup_unionfs ()
 
 	if [ "${cow_fstype}" = "nfs" ]
 	then
-		[ "${quiet}" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg \
+		log_begin_msg \
 			"Trying nfsmount ${nfs_cow_opts} ${cowdevice} /cow"
 		nfsmount ${nfs_cow_opts} ${cowdevice} /cow || \
 			panic "Can not mount ${cowdevice} (n: ${cow_fstype}) on /cow"
@@ -1150,24 +1428,47 @@ setup_unionfs ()
 		mount --bind ${exposedrootfs} ${rootmnt} || \
 			panic "bind mount of ${exposedrootfs} failed"
 
-		cow_dirs='/var/tmp /var/lock /var/run /var/log /var/spool
-			/home /var/lib/live'
+		if [ -z "${SKIP_UNION_MOUNTS}" ]
+		then
+			cow_dirs='/var/tmp /var/lock /var/run /var/log /var/spool /home /var/lib/live'
+		else
+			cow_dirs=''
+		fi
 
 		for dir in ${cow_dirs}; do
 			mkdir -p /cow${dir}
-			mount -t ${UNIONTYPE} \
-				-o rw,noatime,dirs=/cow${dir}=rw:${exposedrootfs}${dir}=ro \
-				${UNIONTYPE} "${rootmnt}${dir}" || \
-				panic "mount ${UNIONTYPE} on ${rootmnt}${dir} failed with option \
-					rw,noatime,dirs=/cow${dir}=rw:${exposedrootfs}${dir}=ro"
+
+			case "${UNIONTYPE}" in
+				unionfs-fuse)
+					(ulimit -n 16384; unionfs-fuse -o cow -o noinitgroups -o default_permissions -o allow_other -o use_ino -o suid /cow=RW:${exposedrootfs}${dir} "${rootmnt}${dir}" || panic "mount ${UNIONTYPE} on ${rootmnt}${dir} failed with option cow,noinitgroups,default_permissions,allow_other,use_ino,suid=/cow=RW:${exposedrootfs}${dir}")
+					mkdir -p /dev/.initramfs/varrun
+					pidof unionfs-fuse >> /dev/.initramfs/varrun/sendsigs.omit || true
+					;;
+
+				*)
+					mount -t ${UNIONTYPE} -o rw,noatime,dirs=/cow${dir}=rw:${exposedrootfs}${dir}=ro ${UNIONTYPE} "${rootmnt}${dir}" || panic "mount ${UNIONTYPE} on ${rootmnt}${dir} failed with option rw,noatime,dirs=/cow${dir}=rw:${exposedrootfs}${dir}=ro"
+					;;
+			esac
 		done
 	else
-		mount -t ${UNIONTYPE} -o noatime,dirs=/cow=rw:${rofsstring} \
-			${UNIONTYPE} "${rootmnt}" || panic "mount ${UNIONTYPE} on \
-			${rootmnt} failed with option noatime,dirs=/cow=rw:${rofsstring}"
+		case "${UNIONTYPE}" in
+			unionfs-fuse)
+				(ulimit -n 16384; unionfs-fuse -o cow -o noinitgroups -o default_permissions -o allow_other -o use_ino -o suid /cow=RW:${rofsstring} "${rootmnt}" || panic "mount ${UNIONTYPE} on ${rootmnt} failed with option cow,noinitgroups,default_permissions,allow_other,use_ino,suid=/cow:RW:${rofsstring}")
+				mkdir -p /dev/.initramfs/varrun
+				pidof unionfs-fuse >> /dev/.initramfs/varrun/sendsigs.omit || true
+				;;
+
+			*)
+				mount -t ${UNIONTYPE} -o noatime,${noxino_opt}dirs=/cow=rw:${rofsstring} ${UNIONTYPE} "${rootmnt}" || panic "mount ${UNIONTYPE} on ${rootmnt} failed with option noatime,${noxino_opt}dirs=/cow=rw:${rofsstring}"
+				;;
+		esac
 	fi
 
+	# Correct the permissions of /:
+	chmod 0755 "${rootmnt}"
+
 	# tmpfs file systems
+	touch /etc/fstab
 	mkdir -p "${rootmnt}/live"
 	mount -t tmpfs tmpfs ${rootmnt}/live
 
@@ -1176,19 +1477,19 @@ setup_unionfs ()
 	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,noatime "${homecow}" "${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"
+			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"
+		try_snap "${root_snapdata}" "${rootmnt}" "ROOT"
+		# This second type should be removed when snapshot grow smarter
+		try_snap "${home_snapdata}" "${rootmnt}/home" "HOME"
 	fi
 
 	if [ -n "${SHOWMOUNTS}" ]
@@ -1203,7 +1504,15 @@ setup_unionfs ()
 					;;
 
 				*)
-					mount -o move "${d}" "${rootmnt}/live/${d##*/}"
+					case "${UNIONTYPE}" in
+						unionfs-fuse)
+							mount -o bind "${d}" "${rootmnt}/live/${d##*/}"
+							;;
+
+						*)
+							mount -o move "${d}" "${rootmnt}/live/${d##*/}"
+							;;
+					esac
 					;;
 			esac
 		done
@@ -1211,7 +1520,7 @@ setup_unionfs ()
 
 	# shows cow fs on /cow for use by live-snapshot
 	mkdir -p "${rootmnt}/live/cow"
-	mount -o move /cow "${rootmnt}/live/cow" || mount -o bind /cow "${rootmnt}/live/cow" || [ "${quiet}" != "y" ] && log_warning_msg "Unable to move or bind /cow to ${rootmnt}/live/cow"
+	mount -o move /cow "${rootmnt}/live/cow" >/dev/null 2>&1 || mount -o bind /cow "${rootmnt}/live/cow" || log_warning_msg "Unable to move or bind /cow to ${rootmnt}/live/cow"
 }
 
 check_dev ()
@@ -1220,6 +1529,36 @@ check_dev ()
 	devname="${2}"
 	skip_uuid_check="${3}"
 
+	# support for fromiso=.../isofrom=....
+	if [ -n "$FROMISO" ]
+	then
+		ISO_DEVICE=$(dirname $FROMISO)
+		if ! [ -b $ISO_DEVICE ]
+		then
+			# to support unusual device names like /dev/cciss/c0d0p1
+			# as well we have to identify the block device name, let's
+			# do that for up to 15 levels
+			i=15
+			while [ -n "$ISO_DEVICE" ] && [ "$i" -gt 0 ]
+			do
+				ISO_DEVICE=$(dirname ${ISO_DEVICE})
+				[ -b "$ISO_DEVICE" ] && break
+				i=$(($i -1))
+		        done
+		fi
+
+		if [ "$ISO_DEVICE" = "/" ]
+		then
+			echo "Warning: device for bootoption isofrom= ($FROMISO) not found.">>/live.log
+		else
+			mkdir /isofrom
+			mount "$ISO_DEVICE" /isofrom
+			ISO_NAME="$(echo $FROMISO | sed "s|$ISO_DEVICE||")"
+			loopdevname=$(setup_loop "/isofrom/${ISO_NAME}" "loop" "/sys/block/loop*" "" '')
+			devname="${loopdevname}"
+		fi
+	fi
+
 	if [ -z "${devname}" ]
 	then
 		devname=$(sys2dev "${sysdev}")
@@ -1237,6 +1576,7 @@ check_dev ()
 			umount $mountpoint
 		fi
 	fi
+	[ -e "$devname" ] || continue
 
 	if [ -n "${LIVE_MEDIA_OFFSET}" ]
 	then
@@ -1248,7 +1588,10 @@ check_dev ()
 
 	if is_supported_fs ${fstype}
 	then
+		devuid=$(blkid -o value -s UUID "$devname")
+		[ -n "$devuid" ] && grep -qs "\<$devuid\>" $tried && continue
 		mount -t ${fstype} -o ro,noatime "${devname}" ${mountpoint} || continue
+		[ -n "$devuid" ] && echo "$devuid" >> $tried
 
 		if is_live_path ${mountpoint} && \
 			([ "${skip_uuid_check}" ] || matches_uuid ${mountpoint})
@@ -1272,15 +1615,6 @@ find_livefs ()
 {
 	timeout="${1}"
 
-	# first look at the one specified in the command line
-	if [ ! -z "${LIVE_MEDIA}" ]
-	then
-		if check_dev "null" "${LIVE_MEDIA}" "skip_uuid_check"
-		then
-			return 0
-		fi
-	fi
-
 	# don't start autodetection before timeout has expired
 	if [ -n "${LIVE_MEDIA_TIMEOUT}" ]
 	then
@@ -1290,10 +1624,74 @@ find_livefs ()
 		fi
 	fi
 
+	# first look at the one specified in the command line
+	case "${LIVE_MEDIA}" in
+		removable-usb)
+			for sysblock in $(echo /sys/block/* | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -vE "/(loop|ram|dm-|fd)")
+			do
+				if [ "$(cat ${sysblock}/removable)" = "1" ]
+				then
+					if readlink ${sysblock} | grep -q usb ||
+					   readlink ${sysblock}/device | grep -q usb # linux < 2.6.29
+					then
+						for dev in $(subdevices "${sysblock}")
+						do
+							if check_dev "${dev}"
+							then
+								return 0
+							fi
+						done
+					fi
+				fi
+			done
+			return 1
+			;;
+
+		removable)
+			for sysblock in $(echo /sys/block/* | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -vE "/(loop|ram|dm-|fd)")
+			do
+				if [ "$(cat ${sysblock}/removable)" = "1" ]
+				then
+					for dev in $(subdevices "${sysblock}")
+					do
+						if check_dev "${dev}"
+						then
+							return 0
+						fi
+					done
+				fi
+			done
+			return 1
+			;;
+
+		*)
+			if [ ! -z "${LIVE_MEDIA}" ]
+			then
+				if check_dev "null" "${LIVE_MEDIA}" "skip_uuid_check"
+				then
+					return 0
+				fi
+			fi
+			;;
+	esac
+
 	# or do the scan of block devices
-	for sysblock in $(echo /sys/block/* | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -v loop | grep -v ram | grep -v 'dm-' | grep -v fd )
+	# prefer removable devices over non-removable devices, so scan them first
+	for sysblock in $(echo /sys/block/* | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -vE "/(loop|ram|dm-|fd)")
+	do
+		if [ "$(cat ${sysblock}/removable)" = "1" ]
+		then
+			removable_devices_to_scan="$removable_devices_to_scan $sysblock"
+		else
+			nonremovable_devices_to_scan="$nonremovable_devices_to_scan $sysblock"
+		fi
+	done
+	devices_to_scan="$removable_devices_to_scan $nonremovable_devices_to_scan"
+
+	for sysblock in $devices_to_scan
 	do
 		devname=$(sys2dev "${sysblock}")
+		[ -e "$devname" ] || continue
 		fstype=$(get_fstype "${devname}")
 
 		if /lib/udev/cdrom_id ${devname} > /dev/null
@@ -1314,6 +1712,7 @@ find_livefs ()
 		elif [ "${fstype}" = "squashfs" -o \
 			"${fstype}" = "ext2" -o \
 			"${fstype}" = "ext3" -o \
+			"${fstype}" = "ext4" -o \
 			"${fstype}" = "jffs2" ]
 		then
 			# This is an ugly hack situation, the block device has
@@ -1333,12 +1732,47 @@ set_usplash_timeout ()
 	if [ -x /sbin/usplash_write ]
 	then
 		/sbin/usplash_write "TIMEOUT 120"
+	else if [ -x /sbin/splashy_update ] ; then
+		/sbin/splashy_update "TIMEOUT 120"
+	fi ; fi
+}
+
+integrity_check ()
+{
+	media_mountpoint="${1}"
+
+	log_begin_msg "Checking media integrity"
+
+	cd ${media_mountpoint}
+	/bin/md5sum -c md5sum.txt < /dev/tty8 > /dev/tty8
+	RC="${?}"
+
+	log_end_msg
+
+	if [ "${RC}" -eq 0 ]
+	then
+		log_success_msg "Everything ok, will reboot in 10 seconds."
+		sleep 10
+		cd /
+		umount ${media_mountpoint}
+		sync
+		echo u > /proc/sysrq-trigger
+		echo b > /proc/sysrq-trigger
+	else
+		panic "Not ok, a media defect is likely, switch to VT8 for details."
+	fi
+}
+
+start_usplash_pulse ()
+{
+	if [ -x /sbin/usplash_write ]
+	then
+		/sbin/usplash_write "PULSELOGO"
 	fi
 }
 
 mountroot ()
 {
-    
         if [ -x /scripts/local-top/cryptroot ]; then
 	    /scripts/local-top/cryptroot
 	fi
@@ -1351,14 +1785,17 @@ mountroot ()
 	tailpid="${!}"
 
 	# Ensure 'panic' function is overridden
-    	. /scripts/live-functions
+	. /scripts/live-functions
 
 	Arguments
 
 	set_usplash_timeout
-	[ "${quiet}" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Running /scripts/live-premount"
+	start_usplash_pulse
+
+	maybe_break live-premount
+	log_begin_msg "Running /scripts/live-premount"
 	run_scripts /scripts/live-premount
-	[ "${quiet}" != "y" ] && log_end_msg
+	log_end_msg
 
 	# Needed here too because some things (*cough* udev *cough*)
 	# changes the timeout
@@ -1380,7 +1817,8 @@ mountroot ()
 			livefs_root=${ROOT}
 		else
 			# Scan local devices for the image
-			for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
+			i=0
+			while [ "$i" -lt 60 ]
 			do
 				livefs_root=$(find_livefs ${i})
 
@@ -1390,6 +1828,7 @@ mountroot ()
 				fi
 
 				sleep 1
+				i="$(($i + 1))"
 			done
 		fi
 	fi
@@ -1399,6 +1838,11 @@ mountroot ()
 		panic "Unable to find a medium containing a live file system"
 	fi
 
+	if [ "${INTEGRITY_CHECK}" ]
+	then
+		integrity_check "${livefs_root}"
+	fi
+
 	if [ "${TORAM}" ]
 	then
 		live_dest="ram"
@@ -1414,7 +1858,16 @@ mountroot ()
 		log_end_msg
 	fi
 
-	if [ -n "${MODULETORAMFILE}" ]
+	# if we do not unmount the ISO we can't run "fsck /dev/ice" later on
+	# because the mountpoint is left behind in /proc/mounts, so let's get
+	# rid of it when running from RAM
+	if [ -n "$FROMISO" ] && [ "${TORAM}" ]
+	then
+	  losetup -d /dev/loop0
+	  grep -q /isofrom /proc/mounts && umount /isofrom
+	fi
+
+	if [ -n "${MODULETORAMFILE}" ] || [ -n "${PLAIN_ROOT}" ]
 	then
 		setup_unionfs "${livefs_root}" "${rootmnt}"
 	else
@@ -1425,14 +1878,59 @@ mountroot ()
 
 	log_end_msg
 
+	# unionfs-fuse needs /dev to be bind-mounted for the duration of
+	# live-bottom; udev's init script will take care of things after that
+	if [ "${UNIONTYPE}" = unionfs-fuse ]
+	then
+		mount -n -o bind /dev "${rootmnt}/dev"
+	fi
+
+	# Open up two fifo's fd's for debconf-communicate to use. Speeds up
+	# the live-initramfs process considerably.
+	log_begin_msg "Creating debconf-communicate fifo mechanism"
+	mkfifo /tmp/debconf-in.fifo
+	mkfifo /tmp/debconf-out.fifo
+
+	chroot /root debconf-communicate -fnoninteractive live-initramfs > /tmp/debconf-out.fifo < /tmp/debconf-in.fifo &
+
+	# Save the PID so it can be killed later.
+	DEBCONF_COMMUNICATE_PID="$!"
+
+	if [ ! -p /tmp/debconf-in.fifo ] || [ ! -p /tmp/debconf-out.fifo ]
+	then
+		log_warning_msg "failed to setup debconf-communicate channel"
+	fi
+	log_end_msg
+
+	# Order matters!
+	# These file descriptors must stay open until we're finished with
+	# debconf-communicate.
+	exec 4</tmp/debconf-out.fifo 3>/tmp/debconf-in.fifo
+
 	maybe_break live-bottom
-	[ "${quiet}" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Running /scripts/live-bottom"
+	log_begin_msg "Running /scripts/live-bottom\n"
 
 	run_scripts /scripts/live-bottom
-	[ "${quiet}" != "y" ] && log_end_msg
+	log_end_msg
+
+	if [ "${UNIONFS}" = unionfs-fuse ]
+	then
+		umount "${rootmnt}/dev"
+	fi
+
+	# Kill the debconf-communicate instance and close fd's associated with·
+	# debconf-communicate.
+	kill $DEBCONF_COMMUNICATE_PID
+	exec 3>&- 4<&-
+	rm -f /tmp/debconf-in.fifo
+	rm -f /tmp/debconf-out.fifo
 
 	exec 1>&6 6>&-
 	exec 2>&7 7>&-
 	kill ${tailpid}
-	cp live.log "${rootmnt}/var/log/"
+	[ -w "${rootmnt}/var/log/" ] && cp live.log "${rootmnt}/var/log/" 2>/dev/null
+	if [ -f /etc/live.conf ]
+	then
+		cp /etc/live.conf "${rootmnt}/etc/"
+	fi
 }