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author Eric Hameleers <alien@slackware.com>2016-02-02 11:20:29 +0100
committer Eric Hameleers <alien@slackware.com>2016-02-02 11:20:29 +0100
commitec3790e3a742ecb8b26682e03a5c4266e2cc9dfa (patch)
treea29fef493a24a0ca5450ffffe5626c6712f768e3 /liveinit
parent5bfccf3c68356525274aee58a8a1f344ab4100ea (diff)
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Live init: add 'toram' boot parameter.
This allows the user to remove the bootable Live media afterwards, because the complete OS will been copied to RAM and run from there when adding the boot commandline parameter 'toram'. This feature works nicely for the XFCE ISO since that one is fairly small. Untested for the bigger ISOs; you need more patience while the squashfs modules are being copied to RAM, and available RAM decreases a lot. Realistically speaking, your computer would need 1 or 2 GB of RAM for the XFCE variant, 2 or 4 GB RAM for the Mate variant, and 4 to 8 GB RAM for the KDE4 and Plasma5 variants.
Diffstat (limited to 'liveinit')
-rwxr-xr-xliveinit45
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.