Sync with Debian's upstream/3.0_a27 (new log file name, persistency reworked,...)
[live-boot-grml.git] / scripts / live
index a9c0f13..780c5de 100755 (executable)
@@ -8,16 +8,9 @@ echo "/root/lib" >> /etc/ld.so.conf
 echo "/root/usr/lib" >> /etc/ld.so.conf
 
 mountpoint="/live/image"
-ext_mountpoint="/ext_volume"
+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}"
@@ -34,9 +27,6 @@ then
        touch /etc/mtab
 fi
 
-[ -f /etc/live.conf ] && . /etc/live.conf
-export USERNAME USERFULLNAME HOSTNAME
-
 . /scripts/live-helpers
 
 if [ ! -f /live.vars ]
@@ -44,437 +34,6 @@ then
        touch /live.vars
 fi
 
-Arguments ()
-{
-       PRESEEDS=""
-       LOCATIONS=""
-
-       for ARGUMENT in $(cat /proc/cmdline)
-       do
-               case "${ARGUMENT}" in
-                       skipconfig)
-                               NOACCESSIBILITY="Yes"
-                               NOAPTCDROM="Yes"
-                               NOAUTOLOGIN="Yes"
-                               NOCONSOLEKEYBOARD="Yes"
-                               NOFASTBOOT="Yes"
-                               NOFSTAB="Yes"
-                               NOHOSTS="Yes"
-                               NONETWORKING="Yes"
-                               NOTIMEZONE="Yes"
-                               NOXAUTOCONFIG="Yes"
-                               NOXAUTOLOGIN="Yes"
-
-                               export NOACCESSIBILITY NOAPTCDROM NOAUTOLOGIN NOCONSOLEKEYBOARD NOFASTBOOT NOFSTAB NOHOSTS NONETWORKING NOTIMEZONE NOXAUTOCONFIG NOXAUTOLOGIN
-                               ;;
-
-                       access=*)
-                               ACCESS="${ARGUMENT#access=}"
-                               export ACCESS
-                               ;;
-
-                       console=*)
-                               DEFCONSOLE="${ARGUMENT#*=}"
-                               export DEFCONSOLE
-                               ;;
-
-                       debug)
-                               DEBUG="Yes"
-                               export DEBUG
-
-                               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
-                               ;;
-
-                       ftpfs=*)
-                               FTPFS="${ARGUMENT#ftpfs=}"
-                               export FTPFS
-                               ;;
-
-                       httpfs=*)
-                               HTTPFS="${ARGUMENT#httpfs=}"
-                               export HTTPFS
-                               ;;
-
-                       isofrom=*|fromiso=*)
-                               FROMISO="${ARGUMENT#*=}"
-                               export FROMISO
-                               ;;
-
-                       username=*)
-                               USERNAME="${ARGUMENT#username=}"
-                               LIVECONF="changed"
-                               export USERNAME LIVECONF
-                               ;;
-
-                       userfullname=*)
-                               USERFULLNAME="${ARGUMENT#userfullname=}"
-                               LIVECONF="changed"
-                               export USERFULLNAME LIVECONF
-                               ;;
-
-                       ignore_uuid)
-                               IGNORE_UUID="Yes"
-                               export IGNORE_UUID
-                               ;;
-
-                       integrity-check)
-                               INTEGRITY_CHECK="Yes"
-                               export INTEGRITY_CHECK
-                               ;;
-
-                       ip=*)
-                               STATICIP="${ARGUMENT#ip=}"
-
-                               if [ -z "${STATICIP}" ]
-                               then
-                                       STATICIP="frommedia"
-                               fi
-
-                               export STATICIP
-                               ;;
-
-                       keyb=*|kbd-chooser/method=*)
-                               KBD="${ARGUMENT#*=}"
-                               export KBD
-                               ;;
-
-                       klayout=*|console-setup/layoutcode=*)
-                               KLAYOUT="${ARGUMENT#*=}"
-                               export KLAYOUT
-                               ;;
-
-                       kvariant=*|console-setup/variantcode=*)
-                               KVARIANT="${ARGUMENT#*=}"
-                               export KVARIANT
-                               ;;
-
-                       kmodel=*|console-setup/modelcode=*)
-                               KMODEL="${ARGUMENT#*=}"
-                               export KMODEL
-                               ;;
-
-                       koptions=*)
-                               KOPTIONS="${ARGUMENT#koptions=}"
-                               export KOPTIONS
-                               ;;
-
-                       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
-                               ;;
-
-                       noaptcdrom)
-                               NOAPTCDROM="Yes"
-                               export NOAPTCDROM
-                               ;;
-
-                       noautologin)
-                               NOAUTOLOGIN="Yes"
-                               export NOAUTOLOGIN
-                               ;;
-
-                       noxautologin)
-                               NOXAUTOLOGIN="Yes"
-                               export NOXAUTOLOGIN
-                               ;;
-
-                       noconsolekeyboard)
-                               NOCONSOLEKEYBOARD="Yes"
-                               export NOCONSOLEKEYBOARD
-                               ;;
-
-                       nofastboot)
-                               NOFASTBOOT="Yes"
-                               export NOFASTBOOT
-                               ;;
-
-                       nofstab)
-                               NOFSTAB="Yes"
-                               export NOFSTAB
-                               ;;
-
-                       nohosts)
-                               NOHOSTS="Yes"
-                               export NOHOSTS
-                               ;;
-
-                       nonetworking)
-                               NONETWORKING="Yes"
-                               export NONETWORKING
-                               ;;
-
-                       swapon)
-                               SWAPON="Yes"
-                               export SWAPON
-                               ;;
-
-                       noxautoconfig)
-                               NOXAUTOCONFIG="Yes"
-                               export NOXAUTOCONFIG
-                               ;;
-
-                       noxscreensaver)
-                               NOXSCREENSAVER="Yes"
-                               export NOXSCREENSAVER
-                               ;;
-
-                       persistent)
-                               PERSISTENT="Yes"
-                               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=*)
-                               LOCATIONS="${ARGUMENT#*=} ${LOCATIONS}"
-                               export LOCATIONS
-                               ;;
-
-                       nopreseed)
-                               NOPRESEED="Yes"
-                               export NOPRESEED
-                               ;;
-
-                       url=*)
-                               URL_LOCATION="${ARGUMENT#url=}"
-
-                               mount -o bind /sys /root/sys
-                               mount -o bind /proc /root/proc
-                               mount -o bind /dev /root/dev
-
-                               mkdir -p /root/var/run/network
-                               [ "${NETBOOT}" ] || chroot /root dhclient eth0
-                               chroot /root wget -P /tmp "${URL_LOCATION}"
-                               [ "${NETBOOT}" ] || chroot /root ifconfig eth0 down
-
-                               umount /root/sys
-                               umount /root/proc
-                               umount /root/dev
-
-                               LOCATIONS="/tmp/$(basename ${URL_LOCATION}) ${LOCATIONS}"
-                               ;;
-
-                       */*=*)
-                               question="${ARGUMENT%%=*}"
-                               value="${ARGUMENT#*=}"
-                               PRESEEDS="${PRESEEDS}\"${question}=${value}\" "
-                               export PRESEEDS
-                               ;;
-
-                       showmounts)
-                               SHOWMOUNTS="Yes"
-                               export SHOWMOUNTS
-                               ;;
-
-                       silent)
-                               SILENT="Yes"
-                               export SILENT
-                               ;;
-
-                       textonly)
-                               TEXTONLY="Yes"
-                               export TEXTONLY
-                               ;;
-
-                       timezone=*)
-                               TIMEZONE="${ARGUMENT#timezone=}"
-                               export TIMEZONE
-                               ;;
-
-                       notimezone)
-                               NOTIMEZONE="Yes"
-                               export NOTIMEZONE
-                               ;;
-
-                       todisk=*)
-                               TODISK="${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="${ARGUMENT#union=}"
-                               export UNIONTYPE
-                               ;;
-
-                       xdebconf)
-                               XDEBCONF="Yes"
-                               export XDEBCONF
-                               ;;
-
-                       xdriver=*)
-                               XDRIVER="${ARGUMENT#xdriver=}"
-                               export XDRIVER
-                               ;;
-
-                       xvideomode=*)
-                               XVIDEOMODE="${ARGUMENT#xvideomode=}"
-                               export XVIDEOMODE
-                               ;;
-               esac
-       done
-
-       # sort of compatibility with netboot.h from linux docs
-       if [ -z "${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
-}
-
 is_live_path ()
 {
        DIRECTORY="${1}"
@@ -573,7 +132,16 @@ is_nice_device ()
 {
        sysfs_path="${1#/sys}"
 
-       if /lib/udev/path_id "${sysfs_path}" | egrep -q "ID_PATH=(usb|pci-|platform-orion-ehci|platform-mmc|platform-mxsdhci|)"
+       if [ -e /lib/udev/path_id ]
+       then
+               # squeeze
+               PATH_ID="/lib/udev/path_id"
+       else
+               # wheezy/sid (udev >= 174)
+               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)"
        then
                return 0
        elif echo "${sysfs_path}" | grep -q '^/block/vd[a-z]$'
@@ -582,6 +150,9 @@ is_nice_device ()
        elif echo ${sysfs_path} | grep -q "^/block/dm-"
        then
                return 0
+       elif echo ${sysfs_path} | grep -q "^/block/mtdblock"
+       then
+               return 0
        fi
 
        return 1
@@ -636,6 +207,13 @@ copy_live_to ()
                return 1
        fi
 
+       # Custom ramdisk size
+       if [ -z "${mount_options}" ] && [ -n "${ramdisk_size}" ]
+       then
+               # FIXME: should check for wrong values
+               mount_options="-o size=${ramdisk_size}"
+       fi
+
        # begin copying (or uncompressing)
        mkdir "${copyto}"
        log_begin_msg "mount -t ${fstype} ${mount_options} ${dev} ${copyto}"
@@ -681,17 +259,68 @@ copy_live_to ()
        return 0
 }
 
-do_netmount ()
+do_netsetup ()
 {
        modprobe -q af_packet # For DHCP
 
        udevadm trigger
        udevadm settle
 
+       [ -n "$ETHDEV_TIMEOUT" ] || ETHDEV_TIMEOUT=15
+       echo "Using timeout of $ETHDEV_TIMEOUT seconds for network configuration."
+
        if [ -z "${NETBOOT}" ] && [ -z "${FETCH}" ] && \
           [ -z "${HTTPFS}" ] && [ -z "${FTPFS}" ]
        then
 
+
+       # support for Syslinux IPAPPEND parameter
+       # it sets the BOOTIF variable on the kernel parameter
+
+       if [ -n "${BOOTIF}" ]
+       then
+               # pxelinux sets BOOTIF to a value based on the mac address of the
+               # network card used to PXE boot, so use this value for DEVICE rather
+               # than a hard-coded device name from initramfs.conf. this facilitates
+               # network booting when machines may have multiple network cards.
+               # pxelinux sets BOOTIF to 01-$mac_address
+
+               # strip off the leading "01-", which isn't part of the mac
+               # address
+               temp_mac=${BOOTIF#*-}
+
+               # convert to typical mac address format by replacing "-" with ":"
+               bootif_mac=""
+               IFS='-'
+               for x in $temp_mac
+               do
+                       if [ -z "$bootif_mac" ]
+                       then
+                               bootif_mac="$x"
+                       else
+                               bootif_mac="$bootif_mac:$x"
+                       fi
+               done
+               unset IFS
+
+               # look for devices with matching mac address, and set DEVICE to
+               # appropriate value if match is found.
+
+               for device in /sys/class/net/*
+               do
+                       if [ -f "$device/address" ]
+                       then
+                               current_mac=$(cat "$device/address")
+
+                               if [ "$bootif_mac" = "$current_mac" ]
+                               then
+                                       DEVICE=${device##*/}
+                                       break
+                               fi
+                       fi
+               done
+       fi
+
        # if ethdevice was not specified on the kernel command line
        # make sure we try to get a working network configuration
        # for *every* present network device (except for loopback of course)
@@ -710,9 +339,6 @@ do_netmount ()
                devlist="$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
@@ -736,24 +362,62 @@ do_netmount ()
        done
 
        else
-       ipconfig ${DEVICE} | tee /netboot.config
+               for interface in ${DEVICE}; do
+                       ipconfig -t "$ETHDEV_TIMEOUT" ${interface} | tee /netboot-${interface}.config
+                       [ -e /tmp/net-${interface}.conf ] && . /tmp/net-${interface}.conf
+                       if [ "$IPV4ADDR" != "0.0.0.0" ]
+                       then
+                               break
+                       fi
+               done
        fi
 
-       # source relevant ipconfig output
-       OLDHOSTNAME=${HOSTNAME}
-       . /tmp/net-${DEVICE}.conf
-       [ -z ${HOSTNAME} ] && HOSTNAME=${OLDHOSTNAME}
-       export HOSTNAME
+       for interface in ${DEVICE}; do
+               # source relevant ipconfig output
+               OLDHOSTNAME=${HOSTNAME}
+               [ -e /tmp/net-${interface}.conf ] && . /tmp/net-${interface}.conf
+               [ -z ${HOSTNAME} ] && HOSTNAME=${OLDHOSTNAME}
+               export HOSTNAME
 
-       # Check if we have a network device at all
-       if ! ls /sys/class/net/"$DEVICE" > /dev/null 2>&1 && \
-          ! ls /sys/class/net/eth0 > /dev/null 2>&1 && \
-          ! ls /sys/class/net/wlan0 > /dev/null 2>&1 && \
-          ! ls /sys/class/net/ath0 > /dev/null 2>&1 && \
-          ! ls /sys/class/net/ra0 > /dev/null 2>&1
-       then
-               panic "No supported network device found, maybe a non-mainline driver is required."
-       fi
+               if [ -n "${interface}" ]
+               then
+                       HWADDR="$(cat /sys/class/net/${interface}/address)"
+               fi
+
+               if [ ! -e "/etc/resolv.conf" ]
+               then
+                       echo "Creating /etc/resolv.conf"
+
+                       if [ -n "${DNSDOMAIN}" ]
+                       then
+                               echo "domain ${DNSDOMAIN}" > /etc/resolv.conf
+                               echo "search ${DNSDOMAIN}" >> /etc/resolv.conf
+                       fi
+
+                       for i in ${IPV4DNS0} ${IPV4DNS1} ${IPV4DNS1}
+                       do
+                               if [ -n "$i" ] && [ "$i" != 0.0.0.0 ]
+                               then
+                                       echo "nameserver $i" >> /etc/resolv.conf
+                               fi
+                       done
+               fi
+
+               # Check if we have a network device at all
+               if ! ls /sys/class/net/"$interface" > /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
+       done
+}
+
+do_netmount()
+{
+       do_netsetup
 
        if [ "${NFSROOT}" = "auto" ]
        then
@@ -789,6 +453,54 @@ do_netmount ()
        return ${rc}
 }
 
+do_iscsi()
+{
+       do_netsetup
+       #modprobe ib_iser
+       modprobe iscsi_tcp
+       local debugopt=""
+       [ "${DEBUG}" = "Yes" ] && debugopt="-d 8"
+       #FIXME this name is supposed to be unique - some date + ifconfig hash?
+       ISCSI_INITIATORNAME="iqn.1993-08.org.debian.live:01:$(echo "${HWADDR}" | sed -e s/://g)"
+       export ISCSI_INITIATORNAME
+       if [ -n "${ISCSI_SERVER}" ] ; then
+               iscsistart $debugopt -i "${ISCSI_INITIATORNAME}" -t "${ISCSI_TARGET}" -g 1 -a "${ISCSI_SERVER}" -p "${ISCSI_PORT}"
+       else
+               iscsistart $debugopt -i "${ISCSI_INITIATORNAME}" -t "${ISCSI_TARGET}" -g 1 -a "${ISCSI_PORTAL}" -p 3260
+       fi
+       if [ $? != 0 ]
+       then
+               panic "Failed to log into iscsi target"
+       fi
+       local host="$(ls -d /sys/class/scsi_host/host*/device/iscsi_host:host* \
+                           /sys/class/scsi_host/host*/device/iscsi_host/host* | sed -e 's:/device.*::' -e 's:.*host::')"
+       if [ -n "${host}" ]
+       then
+               local devices=""
+               local i=0
+               while [ -z "${devices}" -a $i -lt 60 ]
+               do
+                       sleep 1
+                       devices="$(ls -d /sys/class/scsi_device/${host}*/device/block:* \
+                                        /sys/class/scsi_device/${host}*/device/block/* | sed -e 's!.*[:/]!!')"
+                       i=$(expr $i + 1)
+                       echo -ne $i\\r
+               done
+               for dev in $devices
+               do
+                       if check_dev "null" "/dev/$dev"
+                       then
+                               NETBOOT="iscsi"
+                               export NETBOOT
+                               return 0;
+                       fi
+               done
+               panic "Failed to locate a live device on iSCSI devices (tried: $devices)."
+       else
+               panic "Failed to locate iSCSI host in /sys"
+       fi
+}
+
 do_httpmount ()
 {
        rc=1
@@ -804,8 +516,8 @@ do_httpmount ()
                                iso|squashfs|tgz|tar)
                                        if [ "${extension}" = "iso" ]
                                        then
-                                               mkdir -p "${ext_mountpoint}"
-                                               dest="${ext_mountpoint}"
+                                               mkdir -p "${alt_mountpoint}"
+                                               dest="${alt_mountpoint}"
                                        else
                                                local dest="${mountpoint}/${LIVE_MEDIA_PATH}"
                                                mount -t ramfs ram "${mountpoint}"
@@ -838,6 +550,7 @@ do_httpmount ()
                                                fi
                                                modprobe fuse
                                                $FUSE_MOUNT "${url}" "${dest}"
+                                               ROOT_PID="$(minips h -C "$FUSE_MOUNT" | { read x y ; echo "$x" ; } )"
                                        fi
                                        [ ${?} -eq 0 ] && rc=0
                                        [ "${extension}" = "tgz" ] && live_dest="ram"
@@ -859,10 +572,10 @@ do_httpmount ()
 
        if [ ${rc} != 0 ]
        then
-               if [ -d "${ext_mountpoint}" ]
+               if [ -d "${alt_mountpoint}" ]
                then
-                       umount "${ext_mountpoint}"
-                       rmdir "${ext_mountpoint}"
+                       umount "${alt_mountpoint}"
+                       rmdir "${alt_mountpoint}"
                fi
                umount "${mountpoint}"
        elif [ "${webfile}"  != "FETCH" ] ; then
@@ -879,9 +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} ${mountpoint}"
@@ -908,7 +621,7 @@ do_cifsmount ()
                then
                        CIFSOPTS="-ouser=root,password="
                else
-                       CIFSOPTS="${NFSOPTS}"
+                       CIFSOPTS="-o ${NFSOPTS}"
                fi
 
                log_begin_msg "Trying mount.cifs ${NFSROOT} ${mountpoint} ${CIFSOPTS}"
@@ -932,6 +645,8 @@ do_snap_copy ()
 
        if [ -b "${fromdev}" ]
        then
+               log_success_msg "Copying snapshot ${fromdev} to ${todir}..."
+
                # look for free mem
                if [ -n "${HOMEMOUNTED}" -a "${snap_type}" = "HOME" ]
                then
@@ -969,38 +684,29 @@ do_snap_copy ()
 
                return 0
        else
-               return 1
-
                log_warning_msg "Unable to find the snapshot ${snap_type} medium"
+               return 1
        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 ()
 {
-        # copy the contents of previously found snapshot 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-boot.init
 
        snapdata="${1}"
        snap_mount="${2}"
        snap_type="${3}"
+       snap_relpath="${4}"
+
+       if [ -z "${snap_relpath}" ]
+       then
+               # root snapshot, default usage
+               snap_relpath="/"
+       else
+               # relative snapshot (actually used just for "/home" snapshots)
+               snap_mount="${2}${snap_relpath}"
+       fi
 
        if [ -n "${snapdata}" ] && [ ! -b "${snapdata}" ]
        then
@@ -1009,19 +715,20 @@ try_snap ()
                snapback="$(echo ${snapdata} | cut -f2 -d ' ')"
                snapfile="$(echo ${snapdata} | cut -f3 -d ' ')"
 
-               RES=""
                if ! try_mount "${snapdev}" "${snapback}" "ro"
                then
                        break
                fi
 
+               RES="0"
+
                if echo "${snapfile}" | grep -qs '\(squashfs\|ext2\|ext3\|ext4\|jffs2\)'
                then
                        # squashfs, jffs2 or ext2/ext3/ext4 snapshot
                        dev=$(get_backing_device "${snapback}/${snapfile}")
 
                        do_snap_copy "${dev}" "${snap_mount}" "${snap_type}"
-                       RES=$?
+                       RES="$?"
                else
                        # cpio.gz snapshot
 
@@ -1037,9 +744,20 @@ try_snap ()
                                cpioargs='--unconditional --make-directories'
                        fi
 
-                       if ! (cd "${snap_mount}" && zcat "${snapback}/${snapfile}" | cpio $cpioargs --extract --preserve-modification-time --no-absolute-filenames --sparse 2>/dev/null)
+                       if [ -s "${snapback}/${snapfile}" ]
+                       then
+                               BEFOREDIR="$(pwd)"
+                               cd "${snap_mount}" && zcat "${snapback}/${snapfile}" | $cpiopath $cpioargs --extract --preserve-modification-time --no-absolute-filenames --sparse 2>/dev/null
+                               RES="$?"
+                               cd "${BEFOREDIR}"
+                       else
+                               log_warning_msg "${snapback}/${snapfile} is empty, adding it for sync on reboot."
+                               RES="0"
+                       fi
+
+                       if [ "${RES}" != "0" ]
                        then
-                               log_warning_msg "failure to \"zcat ${snapback}/${snapfile} | cpio $cpioargs --extract --preserve-modification-time --no-absolute-filenames --sparse\""
+                               log_warning_msg "failure to \"zcat ${snapback}/${snapfile} | $cpiopath $cpioargs --extract --preserve-modification-time --no-absolute-filenames --sparse\""
                        fi
                fi
 
@@ -1067,7 +785,7 @@ try_snap ()
 
                if ! do_snap_copy "${dev}" "${snap_mount}" "${snap_type}"
                then
-                       log_warning_msg "Impossible to include the ${snap_type} Snapshot"
+                       log_warning_msg "Impossible to include the ${snap_type} Snapshot (i)"
                        return 1
                else
                        if [ -n "${snapfile}" ]
@@ -1077,11 +795,14 @@ try_snap ()
                        fi
                fi
        else
-               log_warning_msg "Impossible to include the ${snap_type} Snapshot"
+               log_warning_msg "Impossible to include the ${snap_type} Snapshot (o)"
                return 1
        fi
 
-       echo "export ${snap_type}SNAP="/cow${snap_mount#$rootmnt}":${snapdev}:${snapfile}" >> /etc/live.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
 }
 
@@ -1089,10 +810,10 @@ setup_unionfs ()
 {
        image_directory="${1}"
        rootmnt="${2}"
-        addimage_directory="${3}"
+       addimage_directory="${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 ]
@@ -1118,20 +839,8 @@ setup_unionfs ()
        croot="/"
 
        # Let's just mount the read-only file systems first
-       rofsstring=""
        rofslist=""
 
-       if [ "${UNIONTYPE}" = "aufs" ]
-       then
-               roopt="rr"
-               noxino_opt="noxino,"
-       elif [ "${UNIONTYPE}" = "unionfs-fuse" ]
-       then
-               roopt="RO"
-       else
-               roopt="ro"
-       fi
-
        if [ -z "${PLAIN_ROOT}" ]
        then
                # Read image names from ${MODULE}.module if it exists
@@ -1178,7 +887,7 @@ setup_unionfs ()
                        image_string="$(echo ${image_string} | sed -e 's/ /\n/g' | sort )"
                fi
 
-       [ -n "${MODULETORAMFILE}" ] && image_string="${image_directory}/$(basename ${MODULETORAMFILE})"
+               [ -n "${MODULETORAMFILE}" ] && image_string="${image_directory}/$(basename ${MODULETORAMFILE})"
 
                mkdir -p "${croot}"
 
@@ -1195,7 +904,6 @@ setup_unionfs ()
                        if [ -d "${image}" ]
                        then
                                # it is a plain directory: do nothing
-                               rofsstring="${image}=${roopt}:${rofsstring}"
                                rofslist="${image} ${rofslist}"
                        elif [ -f "${image}" ]
                        then
@@ -1218,9 +926,17 @@ setup_unionfs ()
                                        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} ${rofslist}"
+                               if [ "${UNIONTYPE}" != "unionmount" ]
+                               then
+                                       mpoint="${croot}/${imagename}"
+                                       rofslist="${mpoint} ${rofslist}"
+                               else
+                                       mpoint="${rootmnt}"
+                                       rofslist="${rootmnt} ${rofslist}"
+                               fi
+                               mkdir -p "${mpoint}"
+                               log_begin_msg "Mounting \"${image}\" on \"${mpoint}\" via \"${backdev}\""
+                               mount -t "${fstype}" -o ro,noatime "${backdev}" "${mpoint}" || panic "Can not mount ${backdev} (${image}) on ${mpoint}"
                                log_end_msg
                        fi
                done
@@ -1228,19 +944,24 @@ setup_unionfs ()
                # we have a plain root system
                mkdir -p "${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}"
+               mount -t $(get_fstype "${image_directory}") -o ro,noatime "${image_directory}" "${croot}/filesystem" || \
+                       panic "Can not mount ${image_directory} on ${croot}/filesystem" && \
+                       rofslist="${croot}/filesystem ${rofslist}"
                # probably broken:
                mount -o bind ${croot}/filesystem $mountpoint
                log_end_msg
        fi
 
-       rofsstring=${rofsstring%:}
-
-       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}" ]
                then
                        # Load USB modules
@@ -1268,48 +989,67 @@ setup_unionfs ()
                        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}" ]
+               case "${PERSISTENCE_MEDIA}" in
+                       removable)
+                               whitelistdev="$(removable_dev)"
+                               ;;
+                       removable-usb)
+                               whitelistdev="$(removable_usb_dev)"
+                               ;;
+                       *)
+                               whitelistdev=""
+                               ;;
+               esac
+
+               if echo ${PERSISTENCE_METHOD} | grep -qe "\<overlay\>"
                then
-                       PERSISTENCE_IS_ON="1"
-                       export PERSISTENCE_IS_ON
+                       overlays="${old_root_overlay_label} ${old_home_overlay_label} ${custom_overlay_label}"
                fi
-               root_snapdata=$(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}" ]
+               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 ${NFS_COW}|grep -q ','
@@ -1320,6 +1060,12 @@ setup_unionfs ()
                        nfs_cow_opts="-o nolock"
                        nfs_cow=${NFS_COW}
                fi
+
+               if [ -n "${PERSISTENCE_READONLY}" ]
+               then
+                       nfs_cow_opts="${nfs_cow_opts},nocto,ro"
+               fi
+
                mac="$(get_mac)"
                if [ -n "${mac}" ]
                then
@@ -1328,35 +1074,51 @@ 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"
        fi
 
-       if [ "${cow_fstype}" = "nfs" ]
+       if [ "${UNIONTYPE}" != "unionmount" ]
        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"
-       else
-               mount -t ${cow_fstype} -o ${cow_mountopt} ${cowdevice} /cow || \
-                       panic "Can not mount ${cowdevice} (o: ${cow_fstype}) on /cow"
+               if [ -n "${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} ${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} ${root_backing} || \
+                               panic "Can not mount ${cowdevice} (o: ${cow_fstype}) on ${root_backing}"
+               fi
        fi
 
        rofscount=$(echo ${rofslist} |wc -w)
 
-       if [ -n "${EXPOSED_ROOT}" ]
+       # 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
-               if [ ${rofscount} -ne 1 ]
-               then
-                       panic "only one RO file system supported with exposedroot: ${rofslist}"
-               fi
-               exposedrootfs=${rofslist%% }
+               panic "only one RO file system supported with exposedroot: ${rofslist}"
+       fi
+       rofs=${rofslist%% }
 
-               mount --bind ${exposedrootfs} ${rootmnt} || \
-                       panic "bind mount of ${exposedrootfs} failed"
+       if [ -n "${EXPOSED_ROOT}" ]
+       then
+               mount --bind ${rofs} ${rootmnt} || \
+                       panic "bind mount of ${rofs} failed"
 
                if [ -z "${SKIP_UNION_MOUNTS}" ]
                then
@@ -1364,83 +1126,62 @@ setup_unionfs ()
                else
                        cow_dirs=''
                fi
-
-               for dir in ${cow_dirs}; do
-                       mkdir -p /cow${dir}
-
-                       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}${dir}=ro"
-                                       ;;
-                       esac
-               done
        else
-               case "${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
+               cow_dirs="/"
        fi
 
-       # 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 "${NOPERSISTENT}" ]
+       if [ "${cow_fstype}" != "tmpfs" ] && [ "${cow_dirs}" != "/" ] && [ "${UNIONTYPE}" = "unionmount" ]
        then
-               # directly mount /home
-               # FIXME: add a custom mounts configurable system
+               true # FIXME: Maybe it does, I don't really know.
+               #panic "unionmount does not support subunions (${cow_dirs})."
+       fi
 
-               if [ -b "${homecow}" ]
+       for dir in ${cow_dirs}; do
+               unionmountpoint="${rootmnt}${dir}"
+               mkdir -p ${unionmountpoint}
+               if [ "${UNIONTYPE}" = "unionmount" ]
                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()
+                       # FIXME: handle PERSISTENCE_READONLY
+                       unionmountopts="-t ${cow_fstype} -o noatime,union,${cow_mountopt} ${cowdevice}"
+                       mount_full $unionmountopts "${unionmountpoint}"
                else
-                       log_warning_msg "Unable to find the persistent home medium"
-               fi
+                       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
 
-               # 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
+       # Correct the permissions of /:
+       chmod 0755 "${rootmnt}"
 
-       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
                                        ;;
@@ -1448,9 +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 ()
@@ -1479,13 +1255,19 @@ check_dev ()
 
                if [ "$ISO_DEVICE" = "/" ]
                then
-                       echo "Warning: device for bootoption isofrom= ($FROMISO) not found.">>/live.log
+                       echo "Warning: device for bootoption isofrom= ($FROMISO) not found.">>/live-boot.log
                else
-                       mkdir /isofrom
-                       mount "$ISO_DEVICE" /isofrom
-                       ISO_NAME="$(echo $FROMISO | sed "s|$ISO_DEVICE||")"
-                       loopdevname=$(setup_loop "/isofrom/${ISO_NAME}" "loop" "/sys/block/loop*" "" '')
-                       devname="${loopdevname}"
+                       fs_type=$(get_fstype "${ISO_DEVICE}")
+                       if is_supported_fs ${fs_type}
+                       then
+                               mkdir /isofrom
+                               mount -t $fs_type "$ISO_DEVICE" /isofrom
+                               ISO_NAME="$(echo $FROMISO | sed "s|$ISO_DEVICE||")"
+                               loopdevname=$(setup_loop "/isofrom/${ISO_NAME}" "loop" "/sys/block/loop*" "" '')
+                               devname="${loopdevname}"
+                       else
+                               echo "Warning: unable to mount $ISO_DEVICE." >>/live-boot.log
+                       fi
                fi
        fi
 
@@ -1506,6 +1288,35 @@ check_dev ()
                        umount $mountpoint
                fi
        fi
+
+       IFS=","
+       for device in ${devname}
+       do
+               case "$device" in
+                       *mapper*)
+                               # Adding lvm support
+                               if [ -x /scripts/local-top/lvm2 ]
+                               then
+                                       ROOT="$device" resume="" /scripts/local-top/lvm2
+                               fi
+                               ;;
+
+                       /dev/md*)
+                               # Adding raid support
+                               if [ -x /scripts/local-top/mdadm ]
+                               then
+                                       cp /conf/conf.d/md /conf/conf.d/md.orig
+                                       echo "MD_DEVS=$device " >> /conf/conf.d/md
+                                       /scripts/local-top/mdadm
+                                       mv /conf/conf.d/md.orig /conf/conf.d/md
+                               fi
+                               ;;
+               esac
+       done
+       unset IFS
+
+       [ -n "$device" ] && devname="$device"
+
        [ -e "$devname" ] || continue
 
        if [ -n "${LIVE_MEDIA_OFFSET}" ]
@@ -1523,13 +1334,28 @@ 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
                        echo ${mountpoint}
                        return 0
                else
-                       umount ${mountpoint}
+                       umount ${mountpoint} 2>/dev/null
                fi
        fi
 
@@ -1557,39 +1383,29 @@ find_livefs ()
        # 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)")
+                       for sysblock in $(removable_usb_dev "sys")
                        do
-                               if [ "$(cat ${sysblock}/removable)" = "1" ]
-                               then
-                                       if readlink ${sysblock} | grep -q usb ||
-                                          readlink ${sysblock}/device | grep -q usb # linux < 2.6.29
+                               for dev in $(subdevices "${sysblock}")
+                               do
+                                       if check_dev "${dev}"
                                        then
-                                               for dev in $(subdevices "${sysblock}")
-                                               do
-                                                       if check_dev "${dev}"
-                                                       then
-                                                               return 0
-                                                       fi
-                                               done
+                                               return 0
                                        fi
-                               fi
+                               done
                        done
                        return 1
                        ;;
 
                removable)
-                       for sysblock in $(echo /sys/block/* | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -vE "/(loop|ram|dm-|fd)")
+                       for sysblock in $(removable_dev "sys")
                        do
-                               if [ "$(cat ${sysblock}/removable)" = "1" ]
-                               then
-                                       for dev in $(subdevices "${sysblock}")
-                                       do
-                                               if check_dev "${dev}"
-                                               then
-                                                       return 0
-                                               fi
-                                       done
-                               fi
+                               for dev in $(subdevices "${sysblock}")
+                               do
+                                       if check_dev "${dev}"
+                                       then
+                                               return 0
+                                       fi
+                               done
                        done
                        return 1
                        ;;
@@ -1607,16 +1423,7 @@ find_livefs ()
 
        # or do the scan of block devices
        # prefer removable devices over non-removable devices, so scan them first
-       for sysblock in $(echo /sys/block/* | tr ' ' '\n' | egrep -v "/(loop|ram|dm-|fd)")
-       do
-               if [ "$(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 $nonremovable_devices_to_scan"
+       devices_to_scan="$(removable_dev 'sys') $(non_removable_dev 'sys')"
 
        for sysblock in $devices_to_scan
        do
@@ -1640,6 +1447,7 @@ find_livefs ()
                                fi
                        done
                elif [ "${fstype}" = "squashfs" -o \
+                       "${fstype}" = "btrfs" -o \
                        "${fstype}" = "ext2" -o \
                        "${fstype}" = "ext3" -o \
                        "${fstype}" = "ext4" -o \
@@ -1657,16 +1465,6 @@ find_livefs ()
        return 1
 }
 
-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}"
@@ -1693,25 +1491,17 @@ integrity_check ()
        fi
 }
 
-start_usplash_pulse ()
-{
-       if [ -x /sbin/usplash_write ]
-       then
-               /sbin/usplash_write "PULSELOGO"
-       fi
-}
-
 mountroot ()
 {
-        if [ -x /scripts/local-top/cryptroot ]; then
+       if [ -x /scripts/local-top/cryptroot ]; then
            /scripts/local-top/cryptroot
        fi
 
        exec 6>&1
        exec 7>&2
-       exec > live.log
+       exec > live-boot.log
        exec 2>&1
-       tail -f live.log >&7 &
+       tail -f live-boot.log >&7 &
        tailpid="${!}"
 
        # Ensure 'panic' function is overridden
@@ -1719,9 +1509,6 @@ mountroot ()
 
        Arguments
 
-       set_usplash_timeout
-       start_usplash_pulse
-
        maybe_break live-premount
        log_begin_msg "Running /scripts/live-premount"
        run_scripts /scripts/live-premount
@@ -1730,8 +1517,6 @@ mountroot ()
        # Needed here too because some things (*cough* udev *cough*)
        # changes the timeout
 
-       set_usplash_timeout
-
        if [ ! -z "${NETBOOT}" ] || [ ! -z "${FETCH}" ] || [ ! -z "${HTTPFS}" ] || [ ! -z "${FTPFS}" ]
        then
                if do_netmount
@@ -1741,11 +1526,28 @@ mountroot ()
                        panic "Unable to find a live file system on the network"
                fi
        else
-               if [ -n "${PLAIN_ROOT}" ] && [ -n "${ROOT}" ]
+               if [ -n "${ISCSI_PORTAL}" ]
+               then
+                       do_iscsi && livefs_root="${mountpoint}"
+               elif [ -n "${PLAIN_ROOT}" ] && [ -n "${ROOT}" ]
                then
                        # Do a local boot from hd
                        livefs_root=${ROOT}
                else
+                       if [ -x /usr/bin/memdiskfind ]
+                       then
+                               MEMDISK=$(/usr/bin/memdiskfind)
+
+                               if [ $? -eq 0 ]
+                               then
+                                       # We found a memdisk, set up phram
+                                       modprobe phram phram=memdisk,${MEMDISK}
+
+                                       # Load mtdblock, the memdisk will be /dev/mtdblock0
+                                       modprobe mtdblock
+                               fi
+                       fi
+
                        # Scan local devices for the image
                        i=0
                        while [ "$i" -lt 60 ]
@@ -1806,6 +1608,11 @@ mountroot ()
                mount_images_in_directory "${livefs_root}" "${rootmnt}" "${mac}"
        fi
 
+
+       if [ -n "${ROOT_PID}" ] ; then
+               echo "${ROOT_PID}" > "${rootmnt}"/live/root.pid
+       fi
+
        log_end_msg
 
        # unionfs-fuse needs /dev to be bind-mounted for the duration of
@@ -1822,6 +1629,53 @@ mountroot ()
                mount --move /live/image /root/live/image
        fi
 
+       # aufs2 in kernel versions around 2.6.33 has a regression:
+       # directories can't be accessed when read for the first the time,
+       # causing a failure for example when accessing /var/lib/fai
+       # 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
+               log_begin_msg "Copying snapshot.conf to ${rootmnt}/etc/live/boot.d"
+               if [ ! -d "${rootmnt}/etc/live/boot.d" ]
+               then
+                       mkdir -p "${rootmnt}/etc/live/boot.d"
+               fi
+               cp snapshot.conf "${rootmnt}/etc/live/boot.d/"
+               log_end_msg
+       fi
+
+       if [ -f /etc/resolv.conf ] && [ ! -s ${rootmnt}/etc/resolv.conf ]
+       then
+               log_begin_msg "Copying /etc/resolv.conf to ${rootmnt}/etc/resolv.conf"
+               cp -v /etc/resolv.conf ${rootmnt}/etc/resolv.conf
+               log_end_msg
+       fi
+
        maybe_break live-bottom
        log_begin_msg "Running /scripts/live-bottom\n"
 
@@ -1836,9 +1690,5 @@ mountroot ()
        exec 1>&6 6>&-
        exec 2>&7 7>&-
        kill ${tailpid}
-       [ -w "${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
+       [ -w "${rootmnt}/var/log/" ] && cp live-boot.log "${rootmnt}/var/log/" 2>/dev/null
 }