Sync with Debian's upstream/3.0_a27 (new log file name, persistency reworked,...)
[live-boot-grml.git] / scripts / live
index 24dc468..780c5de 100755 (executable)
@@ -11,13 +11,6 @@ mountpoint="/live/image"
 alt_mountpoint="/media"
 LIVE_MEDIA_PATH="live"
 
-root_persistence="live-rw"
-home_persistence="home-rw"
-root_snapshot_label="live-sn"
-home_snapshot_label="home-sn"
-
-USERNAME="user"
-USERFULLNAME="Live user"
 HOSTNAME="host"
 
 mkdir -p "${mountpoint}"
@@ -41,359 +34,6 @@ then
        touch /live.vars
 fi
 
-Arguments ()
-{
-       PRESEEDS=""
-       LOCATIONS=""
-
-       for ARGUMENT in $(cat /proc/cmdline)
-       do
-               case "${ARGUMENT}" in
-                       skipconfig)
-                               NOACCESSIBILITY="Yes"
-                               NOFASTBOOT="Yes"
-                               NOFSTAB="Yes"
-                               NONETWORKING="Yes"
-
-                               export NOACCESSIBILITY NOFASTBOOT NOFSTAB NONETWORKING
-                               ;;
-
-                       access=*)
-                               ACCESS="${ARGUMENT#access=}"
-                               export ACCESS
-                               ;;
-
-                       console=*)
-                               DEFCONSOLE="${ARGUMENT#*=}"
-                               export DEFCONSOLE
-                               ;;
-
-                       BOOTIF=*)
-                               BOOTIF="${x#BOOTIF=}"
-                               ;;
-
-                       debug)
-                               DEBUG="Yes"
-                               export DEBUG
-
-                               set -x
-                               ;;
-
-                       dhcp)
-                               # Force dhcp even while netbooting
-                               # Use for debugging in case somebody works on fixing dhclient
-                               DHCP="Force";
-                               export DHCP
-                               ;;
-
-                       nodhcp)
-                               unset DHCP
-                               ;;
-
-                       ethdevice=*)
-                               DEVICE="${ARGUMENT#ethdevice=}"
-                               ETHDEVICE="${DEVICE}"
-                               export DEVICE ETHDEVICE
-                               ;;
-
-                       ethdevice-timeout=*)
-                               ETHDEV_TIMEOUT="${ARGUMENT#ethdevice-timeout=}"
-                               export ETHDEV_TIMEOUT
-                               ;;
-
-                       fetch=*)
-                               FETCH="${ARGUMENT#fetch=}"
-                               export FETCH
-                               ;;
-
-                       forcepersistentfsck)
-                               FORCEPERSISTENTFSCK="Yes"
-                               export FORCEPERSISTENTFSCK
-                               ;;
-
-                       ftpfs=*)
-                               FTPFS="${ARGUMENT#ftpfs=}"
-                               export FTPFS
-                               ;;
-
-                       httpfs=*)
-                               HTTPFS="${ARGUMENT#httpfs=}"
-                               export HTTPFS
-                               ;;
-
-                       iscsi=*)
-                               ISCSI="${ARGUMENT#iscsi=}"
-                               #ip:port - separated by ;
-                               ISCSI_PORTAL="${ISCSI%;*}"
-                               if echo "${ISCSI_PORTAL}" | grep -q , ; then
-                                       ISCSI_SERVER="${ISCSI_PORTAL%,*}"
-                                       ISCSI_PORT="${ISCSI_PORTAL#*,}"
-                               fi
-                               #target name
-                               ISCSI_TARGET="${ISCSI#*;}"
-                               export ISCSI ISCSI_PORTAL ISCSI_TARGET ISCSI_SERVER ISCSI_PORT
-                               ;;
-
-                       isofrom=*|fromiso=*)
-                               FROMISO="${ARGUMENT#*=}"
-                               export FROMISO
-                               ;;
-
-                       ignore_uuid)
-                               IGNORE_UUID="Yes"
-                               export IGNORE_UUID
-                               ;;
-
-                       integrity-check)
-                               INTEGRITY_CHECK="Yes"
-                               export INTEGRITY_CHECK
-                               ;;
-
-                       ip=*)
-                               STATICIP="${ARGUMENT#ip=}"
-
-                               if [ -z "${STATICIP}" ]
-                               then
-                                       STATICIP="frommedia"
-                               fi
-
-                               export STATICIP
-                               ;;
-
-                       live-getty)
-                               LIVE_GETTY="1"
-                               export LIVE_GETTY
-                               ;;
-
-                       live-media=*|bootfrom=*)
-                               LIVE_MEDIA="${ARGUMENT#*=}"
-                               export LIVE_MEDIA
-                               ;;
-
-                       live-media-encryption=*|encryption=*)
-                               LIVE_MEDIA_ENCRYPTION="${ARGUMENT#*=}"
-                               export LIVE_MEDIA_ENCRYPTION
-                               ;;
-
-                       live-media-offset=*)
-                               LIVE_MEDIA_OFFSET="${ARGUMENT#live-media-offset=}"
-                               export LIVE_MEDIA_OFFSET
-                               ;;
-
-                       live-media-path=*)
-                               LIVE_MEDIA_PATH="${ARGUMENT#live-media-path=}"
-                               export LIVE_MEDIA_PATH
-                               ;;
-
-                       live-media-timeout=*)
-                               LIVE_MEDIA_TIMEOUT="${ARGUMENT#live-media-timeout=}"
-                               export LIVE_MEDIA_TIMEOUT
-                               ;;
-
-                       module=*)
-                               MODULE="${ARGUMENT#module=}"
-                               export MODULE
-                               ;;
-
-                       netboot=*)
-                               NETBOOT="${ARGUMENT#netboot=}"
-                               export NETBOOT
-                               ;;
-
-                       nfsopts=*)
-                               NFSOPTS="${ARGUMENT#nfsopts=}"
-                               export NFSOPTS
-                               ;;
-
-                       nfscow=*)
-                               NFS_COW="${ARGUMENT#nfscow=}"
-                               export NFS_COW
-                               ;;
-
-                       noaccessibility)
-                               NOACCESSIBILITY="Yes"
-                               export NOACCESSIBILITY
-                               ;;
-
-                       nofastboot)
-                               NOFASTBOOT="Yes"
-                               export NOFASTBOOT
-                               ;;
-
-                       nofstab)
-                               NOFSTAB="Yes"
-                               export NOFSTAB
-                               ;;
-
-                       nonetworking)
-                               NONETWORKING="Yes"
-                               export NONETWORKING
-                               ;;
-
-                       ramdisk-size=*)
-                               ramdisk_size="${ARGUMENT#ramdisk-size=}"
-                               ;;
-
-                       swapon)
-                               SWAPON="Yes"
-                               export SWAPON
-                               ;;
-
-                       persistent)
-                               PERSISTENT="Yes"
-                               export PERSISTENT
-                               ;;
-
-                       persistent-encryption=*)
-                               PERSISTENT_ENCRYPTION="${ARGUMENT#*=}"
-                               export PERSISTENT_ENCRYPTION
-                               ;;
-
-                       persistent-media=*)
-                               PERSISTENT_MEDIA="${ARGUMENT#*=}"
-                               export PERSISTENT_MEDIA
-                               ;;
-
-                       persistent-path=*)
-                               PERSISTENT_PATH="${ARGUMENT#persistent-path=}"
-                               export PERSISTENT_PATH
-                               ;;
-
-                       persistent-storage=*)
-                               PERSISTENT_STORAGE="${ARGUMENT#persistent-storage=}"
-                               export PERSISTENT_STORAGE
-                               ;;
-
-                       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
-                               ;;
-
-                       noprompt)
-                               NOPROMPT="Yes"
-                               export NOPROMPT
-                               ;;
-
-                       noprompt=*)
-                               NOPROMPT="${ARGUMENT#noprompt=}"
-                               export NOPROMPT
-                               ;;
-
-                       quickusbmodules)
-                               QUICKUSBMODULES="Yes"
-                               export QUICKUSBMODULES
-                               ;;
-
-                       preseed/file=*|file=*)
-                               LOCATIONS="${ARGUMENT#*=} ${LOCATIONS}"
-                               export LOCATIONS
-                               ;;
-
-                       nopreseed)
-                               NOPRESEED="Yes"
-                               export NOPRESEED
-                               ;;
-
-                       */*=*)
-                               question="${ARGUMENT%%=*}"
-                               value="${ARGUMENT#*=}"
-                               PRESEEDS="${PRESEEDS}\"${question}=${value}\" "
-                               export PRESEEDS
-                               ;;
-
-                       showmounts)
-                               SHOWMOUNTS="Yes"
-                               export SHOWMOUNTS
-                               ;;
-
-                       silent)
-                               SILENT="Yes"
-                               export SILENT
-                               ;;
-
-                       todisk=*)
-                               TODISK="${ARGUMENT#todisk=}"
-                               export TODISK
-                               ;;
-
-                       toram)
-                               TORAM="Yes"
-                               export TORAM
-                               ;;
-
-                       toram=*)
-                               TORAM="Yes"
-                               MODULETORAM="${ARGUMENT#toram=}"
-                               export TORAM MODULETORAM
-                               ;;
-
-                       exposedroot)
-                               EXPOSED_ROOT="Yes"
-                               export EXPOSED_ROOT
-                               ;;
-
-                       plainroot)
-                               PLAIN_ROOT="Yes"
-                               export PLAIN_ROOT
-                               ;;
-
-                       skipunion)
-                               SKIP_UNION_MOUNTS="Yes"
-                               export SKIP_UNION_MOUNTS
-                               ;;
-
-                       root=*)
-                               ROOT="${ARGUMENT#root=}"
-                               export ROOT
-                               ;;
-
-                       union=*)
-                               UNIONTYPE="${ARGUMENT#union=}"
-                               export UNIONTYPE
-                               ;;
-               esac
-       done
-
-       # sort of compatibility with netboot.h from linux docs
-       if [ -z "${NETBOOT}" ]
-       then
-               if [ "${ROOT}" = "/dev/nfs" ]
-               then
-                       NETBOOT="nfs"
-                       export NETBOOT
-               elif [ "${ROOT}" = "/dev/cifs" ]
-               then
-                       NETBOOT="cifs"
-                       export NETBOOT
-               fi
-       fi
-
-       if [ -z "${MODULE}" ]
-       then
-               MODULE="filesystem"
-               export MODULE
-       fi
-
-       if [ -z "${UNIONTYPE}" ]
-       then
-               UNIONTYPE="aufs"
-               export UNIONTYPE
-       fi
-
-       if [ -n "${PERSISTENT}" ] && [ -z "${PERSISTENT_STORAGE}" ]
-       then
-               PERSISTENT_STORAGE="filesystem,file"
-               export PERSISTENT_STORAGE
-       fi
-}
-
 is_live_path ()
 {
        DIRECTORY="${1}"
@@ -501,7 +141,7 @@ is_nice_device ()
                PATH_ID="/sbin/udevadm test-builtin path_id"
        fi
 
-       if "${PATH_ID}" "${sysfs_path}" | egrep -q "ID_PATH=(usb|pci-[^-]*-(ide|sas|scsi|usb|virtio)|platform-sata_mv|platform-orion-ehci|platform-mmc|platform-mxsdhci)"
+       if ${PATH_ID} "${sysfs_path}" | egrep -q "ID_PATH=(usb|pci-[^-]*-(ide|sas|scsi|usb|virtio)|platform-sata_mv|platform-orion-ehci|platform-mmc|platform-mxsdhci)"
        then
                return 0
        elif echo "${sysfs_path}" | grep -q '^/block/vd[a-z]$'
@@ -819,7 +459,7 @@ do_iscsi()
        #modprobe ib_iser
        modprobe iscsi_tcp
        local debugopt=""
-       [ "${DEBUG}" == "Yes" ] && debugopt="-d 8"
+       [ "${DEBUG}" = "Yes" ] && debugopt="-d 8"
        #FIXME this name is supposed to be unique - some date + ifconfig hash?
        ISCSI_INITIATORNAME="iqn.1993-08.org.debian.live:01:$(echo "${HWADDR}" | sed -e s/://g)"
        export ISCSI_INITIATORNAME
@@ -952,9 +592,9 @@ do_nfsmount ()
 
        modprobe -q nfs
 
-       if [ -z "${NFSOPTS}" ]
+       if [ -n "${NFSOPTS}" ]
        then
-               NFSOPTS=""
+               NFSOPTS="-o ${NFSOPTS}"
        fi
 
        log_begin_msg "Trying nfsmount -o nolock -o ro ${NFSOPTS} ${NFSROOT} ${mountpoint}"
@@ -981,7 +621,7 @@ do_cifsmount ()
                then
                        CIFSOPTS="-ouser=root,password="
                else
-                       CIFSOPTS="${NFSOPTS}"
+                       CIFSOPTS="-o ${NFSOPTS}"
                fi
 
                log_begin_msg "Trying mount.cifs ${NFSROOT} ${mountpoint} ${CIFSOPTS}"
@@ -1049,26 +689,6 @@ do_snap_copy ()
        fi
 }
 
-find_snap ()
-{
-       # Look for ${snap_label}.* in block devices
-       snap_label="${1}"
-       black_listed_devices="${2}"
-       white_listed_devices="${3}"
-
-       if echo ${PERSISTENT_STORAGE} | grep -qw file
-       then
-               # search for image files
-               snapdata=$(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" "${black_listed_devices}" "${white_listed_devices}")
-       fi
-
-       if echo ${PERSISTENT_STORAGE} | grep -qw filesystem && [ -z "${snapdata}" ]
-       then
-               snapdata=$(find_cow_device "${snap_label}" "${black_listed_devices}" "${white_listed_devices}")
-       fi
-       echo "${snapdata}"
-}
-
 try_snap ()
 {
        # copy the contents of previously found snapshot to ${snap_mount}
@@ -1179,7 +799,10 @@ try_snap ()
                return 1
        fi
 
-       echo "export ${snap_type}SNAP=${snap_relpath}:${snapdev}:${snapfile}" >> snapshot.conf # for resync on reboot/halt
+       if [ -z ${PERSISTENCE_READONLY} ]
+       then
+               echo "export ${snap_type}SNAP=${snap_relpath}:${snapdev}:${snapfile}" >> snapshot.conf # for resync on reboot/halt
+       fi
        return 0
 }
 
@@ -1190,7 +813,7 @@ setup_unionfs ()
        addimage_directory="${3}"
 
        case ${UNIONTYPE} in
-               aufs|unionfs)
+               aufs|unionfs|overlayfs)
                        modprobe -q -b ${UNIONTYPE}
 
                        if ! cut -f2 /proc/filesystems | grep -q "^${UNIONTYPE}\$" && [ -x /bin/unionfs-fuse ]
@@ -1218,17 +841,6 @@ setup_unionfs ()
        # Let's just mount the read-only file systems first
        rofslist=""
 
-       if [ "${UNIONTYPE}" = "aufs" ]
-       then
-               roopt="rr+wh"
-               noxino_opt="noxino,"
-       elif [ "${UNIONTYPE}" = "unionfs-fuse" ]
-       then
-               roopt="RO"
-       else
-               roopt="ro"
-       fi
-
        if [ -z "${PLAIN_ROOT}" ]
        then
                # Read image names from ${MODULE}.module if it exists
@@ -1340,10 +952,14 @@ setup_unionfs ()
                log_end_msg
        fi
 
-       mkdir -p /cow
+       # tmpfs file systems
+       touch /etc/fstab
+       mkdir -p /live
+       mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /live
+       mkdir -p /live/overlay
 
-       # Looking for "${root_persistence}" device or file
-       if [ -n "${PERSISTENT}" ] && [ -z "${NOPERSISTENT}" ]
+       # Looking for persistence devices or files
+       if [ -n "${PERSISTENCE}" ] && [ -z "${NOPERSISTENCE}" ]
        then
 
                if [ -z "${QUICKUSBMODULES}" ]
@@ -1373,7 +989,7 @@ setup_unionfs ()
                        done
                fi
 
-               case "${PERSISTENT_MEDIA}" in
+               case "${PERSISTENCE_MEDIA}" in
                        removable)
                                whitelistdev="$(removable_dev)"
                                ;;
@@ -1385,48 +1001,55 @@ setup_unionfs ()
                                ;;
                esac
 
-               # search for label and files (this could be hugely optimized)
-               cowprobe=$(find_cow_device "${root_persistence}" "${blacklistdev}" "${whitelistdev}")
-               if [ -b "${cowprobe}" ]
+               if echo ${PERSISTENCE_METHOD} | grep -qe "\<overlay\>"
                then
-                       # Blacklist /cow device, to avoid inconsistent setups for overlapping snapshots
-                       # makes sense to have both persistence for /cow and /home mounted, maybe also with
-                       # snapshots to be sure to really store some e.g key config files,
-                       # but not on the same media
-                       blacklistdev="${cowprobe}"
-                       PERSISTENCE_IS_ON="1"
-                       export PERSISTENCE_IS_ON
+                       overlays="${old_root_overlay_label} ${old_home_overlay_label} ${custom_overlay_label}"
                fi
-               # homecow just mount something on /home, this should be generalized some way
-               homecow=$(find_cow_device "${home_persistence}" "${blacklistdev}" "${whitelistdev}")
-               if [ -b "${homecow}" ]
-               then
-                       PERSISTENCE_IS_ON="1"
-                       export PERSISTENCE_IS_ON
-               fi
-               root_snapdata=$(find_snap "${root_snapshot_label}" "${blacklistdev}" "${whitelistdev}")
-               # 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}" "${blacklistdev}" "${whitelistdev}")
 
-               if [ -b "${cowprobe}" ]
+               if echo ${PERSISTENCE_METHOD} | grep -qe "\<snapshot\>"
                then
-                       cowdevice=${cowprobe}
-                       cow_fstype=$(get_fstype "${cowprobe}")
-                       cow_mountopt="rw,noatime"
-
-                       if [ "${FORCEPERSISTENTFSCK}" = "Yes" ]
-                       then
-                               fsck -y ${cowdevice}
-                       fi
-               else
-                       log_warning_msg "Unable to find the persistent medium"
-                       cowdevice="tmpfs"
-                       cow_fstype="tmpfs"
-                       cow_mountopt="rw,noatime,mode=755"
+                       snapshots="${root_snapshot_label} ${home_snapshot_label}"
                fi
-       elif [ -n "${NFS_COW}" ] && [ -z "${NOPERSISTENT}" ]
+
+               local root_snapdata=""
+               local home_snapdata=""
+               local overlay_devices=""
+               for media in $(find_persistence_media "${overlays}" "${snapshots}" "${whitelistdev}")
+               do
+                       media="$(echo ${media} | tr ":" " ")"
+                       case ${media} in
+                               ${root_snapshot_label}=*|${old_root_snapshot_label}=*)
+                                       if [ -z "${root_snapdata}" ]
+                                       then
+                                               root_snapdata="${media#*=}"
+                                       fi
+                                       ;;
+                               ${home_snapshot_label}=*)
+                                       # This second type should be removed when snapshot will get smarter,
+                                       # hence when "/etc/live-snapshot*list" will be supported also by
+                                       # ext2|ext3|ext4|jffs2 snapshot types.
+                                       if [ -z "${home_snapdata}" ]
+                                       then
+                                               home_snapdata="${media#*=}"
+                                       fi
+                                       ;;
+                               ${old_root_overlay_label}=*)
+                                       device="${media#*=}"
+                                       fix_backwards_compatibility ${device} / union
+                                       overlay_devices="${overlay_devices} ${device}"
+                                       ;;
+                               ${old_home_overlay_label}=*)
+                                       device="${media#*=}"
+                                       fix_backwards_compatibility ${device} /home bind
+                                       overlay_devices="${overlay_devices} ${device}"
+                                       ;;
+                               ${custom_overlay_label}=*)
+                                       device="${media#*=}"
+                                       overlay_devices="${overlay_devices} ${device}"
+                                       ;;
+                        esac
+               done
+       elif [ -n "${NFS_COW}" ] && [ -z "${NOPERSISTENCE}" ]
        then
                # check if there are any nfs options
                if echo ${NFS_COW}|grep -q ','
@@ -1437,6 +1060,12 @@ setup_unionfs ()
                        nfs_cow_opts="-o nolock"
                        nfs_cow=${NFS_COW}
                fi
+
+               if [ -n "${PERSISTENCE_READONLY}" ]
+               then
+                       nfs_cow_opts="${nfs_cow_opts},nocto,ro"
+               fi
+
                mac="$(get_mac)"
                if [ -n "${mac}" ]
                then
@@ -1445,7 +1074,10 @@ setup_unionfs ()
                else
                        panic "unable to determine mac address"
                fi
-       else
+       fi
+
+       if [ -z "${cowdevice}" ]
+       then
                cowdevice="tmpfs"
                cow_fstype="tmpfs"
                cow_mountopt="rw,noatime,mode=755"
@@ -1453,21 +1085,30 @@ setup_unionfs ()
 
        if [ "${UNIONTYPE}" != "unionmount" ]
        then
+               if [ -n "${PERSISTENCE_READONLY}" ] && [ "${cowdevice}" != "tmpfs" ]
+               then
+                       mount -t tmpfs -o rw,noatime,mode=755 tmpfs "/live/overlay"
+                       root_backing="/live/persistence/$(basename ${cowdevice})-root"
+                       mkdir -p ${root_backing}
+               else
+                       root_backing="/live/overlay"
+               fi
 
                if [ "${cow_fstype}" = "nfs" ]
                then
                        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"
+                               "Trying nfsmount ${nfs_cow_opts} ${cowdevice} ${root_backing}"
+                       nfsmount ${nfs_cow_opts} ${cowdevice} ${root_backing} || \
+                               panic "Can not mount ${cowdevice} (n: ${cow_fstype}) on ${root_backing}"
                else
-                       mount -t ${cow_fstype} -o ${cow_mountopt} ${cowdevice} /cow || \
-                               panic "Can not mount ${cowdevice} (o: ${cow_fstype}) on /cow"
+                       mount -t ${cow_fstype} -o ${cow_mountopt} ${cowdevice} ${root_backing} || \
+                               panic "Can not mount ${cowdevice} (o: ${cow_fstype}) on ${root_backing}"
                fi
        fi
 
        rofscount=$(echo ${rofslist} |wc -w)
 
+       # XXX: we now ensure that there can only be one read-only filesystem. Should this be inside the EXPOSED_ROOT if?
        if [ ${rofscount} -ne 1 ]
        then
                panic "only one RO file system supported with exposedroot: ${rofslist}"
@@ -1495,87 +1136,52 @@ setup_unionfs ()
                #panic "unionmount does not support subunions (${cow_dirs})."
        fi
 
-       unionmountopts=""
-       unionmountpoint=""
-
        for dir in ${cow_dirs}; do
-               mkdir -p /cow${dir}
-
                unionmountpoint="${rootmnt}${dir}"
-               unionrw="/cow${dir}"
-               unionro="${rofs}${dir}"
-               # We don't handle spaces and other junk gracefully here, hopefully not needed.
-               case "${UNIONTYPE}" in
-                       unionfs-fuse)
-                               unionmountopts="-o cow -o noinitgroups -o default_permissions -o allow_other -o use_ino -o suid"
-                               unionmountopts="${unionmountopts} ${unionrw}=RW:${unionro}=RO"
-                               ( sysctl -w fs.file-max=391524 ; ulimit -HSn 16384
-                               unionfs-fuse ${unionmountopts} "${unionmountpoint}" ) && \
-                               ( mkdir -p /run/sendsigs.omit.d
-                               pidof unionfs-fuse >> /run/sendsigs.omit.d/unionfs-fuse || true )
-                               ;;
-
-                       unionmount)
-                               unionmountopts="-t ${cow_fstype} -o noatime,union,${cow_mountopt} ${cowdevice}"
-                               mount_full $unionmountopts "${unionmountpoint}"
-                               ;;
-
-
-                       *)
-                               unionmountopts="-o noatime,${noxino_opt}dirs=${unionrw}=rw:${unionro}=${roopt}"
-                               mount -t ${UNIONTYPE} ${unionmountopts} ${UNIONTYPE} "${unionmountpoint}"
-                               ;;
-               esac || \
-                       panic "mount ${UNIONTYPE} on ${unionmountpoint} failed with option ${unionmountopts}"
+               mkdir -p ${unionmountpoint}
+               if [ "${UNIONTYPE}" = "unionmount" ]
+               then
+                       # FIXME: handle PERSISTENCE_READONLY
+                       unionmountopts="-t ${cow_fstype} -o noatime,union,${cow_mountopt} ${cowdevice}"
+                       mount_full $unionmountopts "${unionmountpoint}"
+               else
+                       cow_dir="/live/overlay${dir}"
+                       rofs_dir="${rofs}${dir}"
+                       mkdir -p ${cow_dir}
+                       if [ -n "${PERSISTENCE_READONLY}" ] && [ "${cowdevice}" != "tmpfs" ]
+                       then
+                               do_union ${unionmountpoint} ${cow_dir} ${root_backing} ${rofs_dir}
+                       else
+                               do_union ${unionmountpoint} ${cow_dir} ${rofs_dir}
+                       fi
+               fi || panic "mount ${UNIONTYPE} on ${unionmountpoint} failed with option ${unionmountopts}"
        done
 
        # Correct the permissions of /:
        chmod 0755 "${rootmnt}"
 
-       # tmpfs file systems
-       touch /etc/fstab
-       mkdir -p "${rootmnt}/live"
-       mount -t tmpfs tmpfs ${rootmnt}/live
-
-       # Adding other custom mounts
-       if [ -n "${PERSISTENT}" ] && [ -z "${NOPERSISTENT}" ]
-       then
-               # directly mount /home
-               # FIXME: add a custom mounts configurable system
-
-               if [ -b "${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
-                       log_warning_msg "Unable to find the persistent home medium"
-               fi
-
-               # Look for other snapshots to copy in
-               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 "${SHOWMOUNTS}" ]
+       live_rofs_list=""
+       # SHOWMOUNTS is necessary for custom mounts with the union option
+       # Since we may want to do custom mounts in user-space it's best to always enable SHOWMOUNTS
+       if true #[ -n "${SHOWMOUNTS}" ] || ( [ -n "${PERSISTENCE}" ] && [ -z "${NOPERSISTENCE}" ] 1)
        then
+               # XXX: is the for loop really necessary? rofslist can only contain one item (see above XXX about EXPOSEDROOT) and this is also assumed elsewhere above (see use of $rofs above).
                for d in ${rofslist}
                do
-                       mkdir -p "${rootmnt}/live/${d##*/}"
-
+                       live_rofs="/live/rofs/${d##*/}"
+                       live_rofs_list="${live_rofs_list} ${live_rofs}"
+                       mkdir -p "${live_rofs}"
                        case d in
                                *.dir)
-                                       # do nothing # mount -o bind "${d}" "${rootmnt}/live/${d##*/}"
+                                       # do nothing # mount -o bind "${d}" "${live_rofs}"
                                        ;;
-
                                *)
                                        case "${UNIONTYPE}" in
                                                unionfs-fuse)
-                                                       mount -o bind "${d}" "${rootmnt}/live/${d##*/}"
+                                                       mount -o bind "${d}" "${live_rofs}"
                                                        ;;
-
                                                *)
-                                                       mount -o move "${d}" "${rootmnt}/live/${d##*/}"
+                                                       mount -o move "${d}" "${live_rofs}"
                                                        ;;
                                        esac
                                        ;;
@@ -1583,9 +1189,44 @@ setup_unionfs ()
                done
        fi
 
-       # shows cow fs on /cow for use by live-snapshot
-       mkdir -p "${rootmnt}/live/cow"
-       mount -o move /cow "${rootmnt}/live/cow" >/dev/null 2>&1 || mount -o bind /cow "${rootmnt}/live/cow" || log_warning_msg "Unable to move or bind /cow to ${rootmnt}/live/cow"
+       # Adding custom persistence
+       if [ -n "${PERSISTENCE}" ] && [ -z "${NOPERSISTENCE}" ]
+       then
+               local custom_mounts="/tmp/custom_mounts.list"
+               rm -rf ${custom_mounts} 2> /dev/null
+
+               # Gather information about custom mounts from devies detected as overlays
+               get_custom_mounts ${custom_mounts} ${overlay_devices}
+
+               [ -n "${DEBUG}" ] && cp ${custom_mounts} "/live/persistence"
+
+               # Now we do the actual mounting (and symlinking)
+               local used_overlays=""
+               used_overlays=$(activate_custom_mounts ${custom_mounts})
+               rm ${custom_mounts}
+
+               # Close unused overlays (e.g. due to missing $persistence_list)
+               for overlay in ${overlay_devices}
+               do
+                       if echo ${used_overlays} | grep -qve "^\(.* \)\?${device}\( .*\)\?$"
+                       then
+                               close_persistence_media ${overlay}
+                       fi
+               done
+
+               # Look for other snapshots to copy in
+               [ -n "${root_snapdata}" ] && try_snap "${root_snapdata}" "${rootmnt}" "ROOT"
+               # This second type should be removed when snapshot grow smarter
+               [ -n "${home_snapdata}" ] && try_snap "${home_snapdata}" "${rootmnt}" "HOME" "/home"
+       fi
+
+       mkdir -p "${rootmnt}/live"
+       mount -o move /live "${rootmnt}/live" >/dev/null 2>&1 || mount -o bind /live "${rootmnt}/live" || log_warning_msg "Unable to move or bind /live to ${rootmnt}/live"
+
+       # shows cow fs on /overlay for use by live-snapshot
+       mkdir -p "${rootmnt}/live/overlay"
+       mount -o move /live/overlay "${rootmnt}/live/overlay" >/dev/null 2>&1 || mount -o bind /overlay "${rootmnt}/live/overlay" || log_warning_msg "Unable to move or bind /overlay to ${rootmnt}/live/overlay"
+
 }
 
 check_dev ()
@@ -1693,6 +1334,21 @@ check_dev ()
                mount -t ${fstype} -o ro,noatime "${devname}" ${mountpoint} || continue
                [ -n "$devuid" ] && echo "$devuid" >> $tried
 
+               if [ -n "${FINDISO}" ]
+               then
+                       if [ -f ${mountpoint}/${FINDISO} ]
+                       then
+                               umount ${mountpoint}
+                               mkdir -p /live/findiso
+                               mount -t ${fstype} -o ro,noatime "${devname}" /live/findiso
+                               loopdevname=$(setup_loop "/live/findiso/${FINDISO}" "loop" "/sys/block/loop*" 0 "")
+                               devname="${loopdevname}"
+                               mount -t iso9660 -o ro,noatime "${devname}" ${mountpoint}
+                       else
+                               umount ${mountpoint}
+                       fi
+               fi
+
                if is_live_path ${mountpoint} && \
                        ([ "${skip_uuid_check}" ] || matches_uuid ${mountpoint})
                then
@@ -1979,6 +1635,28 @@ mountroot ()
        # when booting FAI, this simple workaround solves it
        ls /root/* >/dev/null 2>&1
 
+       # Move findiso directory to the new root filesystem so that programs there can get at it.
+       if [ -d /live/findiso ] && [ ! -d /root/live/findiso ]
+       then
+               mkdir -p /root/live/findiso
+               mount -n --move /live/findiso /root/live/findiso
+       fi
+
+       # 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 "$FINDISO" ] && [ "${TORAM}" ]
+       then
+               losetup -d /dev/loop0
+
+               if is_mountpoint /live/findiso
+               then
+                       umount /root/live/findiso
+                       rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty /root/live/findiso \
+                               >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+               fi
+       fi
+
        # copy snapshot configuration if exists
        if [ -f snapshot.conf ]
        then