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1 files changed, 39 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/liveinit b/liveinit
index e8df065..6676eea 100755
--- a/liveinit
+++ b/liveinit
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ VIRGIN=0
# Used for debugging the init; set to '1' to enable explicit pauses>
DEBUG=0
+# Masochists can copy the live environment into RAM:
+TORAM=0
+
INITRD=$(cat /initrd-name)
WAIT=$(cat /wait-for-root)
KEYMAP=$(cat /keymap)
@@ -123,6 +126,9 @@ for ARG in $(cat /proc/cmdline); do
rootpw=*)
ROOTPW=$(echo $ARG | cut -f2 -d=)
;;
+ toram)
+ TORAM=1
+ ;;
tz=*)
TZ=$(echo $ARG | cut -f2 -d=)
;;
@@ -230,6 +236,21 @@ if [ "$RESCUE" = "" ]; then
echo "$lodev"
}
+ find_modloc() {
+ MY_LOC="$1"
+
+ if [ $TORAM -ne 0 ]; then
+ # If we need to copy the module to RAM, we need a place for that:
+ mkdir -p /mnt/live/toram
+ # Copy the module to RAM before mounting it:
+ MODNAME="$(basename ${MY_LOC})"
+ cp ${MY_LOC} /mnt/live/toram
+ MY_LOC=/mnt/live/toram/${MODNAME}
+ fi
+
+ echo "${MY_LOC}"
+ }
+
## End support functions ##
# We need a mounted filesystem here to be able to do a switch_root later,
@@ -310,13 +331,19 @@ if [ "$RESCUE" = "" ]; then
# Mount our squashed modules (.sxz extension).
mkdir /mnt/live/modules
+
+ if [ $TORAM -ne 0 ]; then
+ echo "${INITRD}: Copying Live modules to RAM, please be patient."
+ fi
+
# Modules were created in specific order and will be mounted in that order.
# In the lowerdirs parameter for the overlay, the module with the highest
# number (i.e. created last) will be leftmost in a colon-separated list:
RODIRS=""
# First, the base Slackware system components:
- for MODLOC in $(ls -1 /mnt/media/${LIVEMAIN}/system/*.sxz) ; do
- MODBASE="$(basename ${MODLOC} .sxz)"
+ for MODULE in $(ls -1 /mnt/media/${LIVEMAIN}/system/*.sxz) ; do
+ MODBASE="$(basename ${MODULE} .sxz)"
+ MODLOC=$(find_modloc ${MODULE})
mkdir /mnt/live/modules/${MODBASE}
mount -t squashfs -o loop ${MODLOC} /mnt/live/modules/${MODBASE}
RODIRS=":/mnt/live/modules/${MODBASE}${RODIRS}"
@@ -326,13 +353,14 @@ if [ "$RESCUE" = "" ]; then
# Remember, module name must adhere to convention: "NNNN-modname-*.sxz"
# where 'N' is a digit and 'modname' must not contain a dash '-'.
if ls /mnt/media/${LIVEMAIN}/addons/*.sxz 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null ; then
- for MODLOC in /mnt/media/${LIVEMAIN}/addons/*.sxz ; do
- MODBASE="$(basename $MODLOC .sxz)"
+ for MODULE in /mnt/media/${LIVEMAIN}/addons/*.sxz ; do
+ MODBASE="$(basename ${MODULE} .sxz)"
# Skip loading one or more addons by using boot parameter 'noload':
# noload=mod1[,mod2[,mod3]]
if [ -n "$NOLOAD" -a -n '$(echo ",${NOLOAD}," |grep -i ",$(echo $MODBASE |cut -d- -f2),")' ]; then
echo "$MODBASE" >> /mnt/live/modules/skipped
else
+ MODLOC=$(find_modloc ${MODULE})
mkdir /mnt/live/modules/${MODBASE}
mount -t squashfs -o loop ${MODLOC} /mnt/live/modules/${MODBASE}
RODIRS=":/mnt/live/modules/${MODBASE}${RODIRS}"
@@ -344,9 +372,10 @@ if [ "$RESCUE" = "" ]; then
# Remember, module name must adhere to convention: "NNNN-modname-*.sxz"
# where 'N' is a digit and 'modname' must not contain a dash '-'.
if ls /mnt/media/${LIVEMAIN}/optional/*.sxz 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null ; then
- for MODLOC in /mnt/media/${LIVEMAIN}/optional/*.sxz ; do
- MODBASE="$(basename $MODLOC .sxz)"
+ for MODULE in /mnt/media/${LIVEMAIN}/optional/*.sxz ; do
+ MODBASE="$(basename ${MODULE} .sxz)"
if [ -n "$LOAD" -a -n '$(echo ",${LOAD}," |grep -i ",$(echo $MODBASE |cut -d- -f2),")' ]; then
+ MODLOC=$(find_modloc ${MODULE})
mkdir /mnt/live/modules/${MODBASE}
mount -t squashfs -o loop ${MODLOC} /mnt/live/modules/${MODBASE}
RODIRS=":/mnt/live/modules/${MODBASE}${RODIRS}"
@@ -357,6 +386,10 @@ if [ "$RESCUE" = "" ]; then
# Get rid of the starting colon:
RODIRS=$(echo $RODIRS |cut -c2-)
+ if [ $TORAM -ne 0 ]; then
+ echo "${INITRD}: Live OS copied to RAM, you can remove the Live medium."
+ fi
+
# Setup persistence in case our media is writable, *and* the user
# has created a directory "persistence" in the root of the media.
# otherwise we let the block changes accumulate in RAM only.