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Re: Bug#773881: Bug#773868: Patch to support overlay



Hello,

On 5 March 2015 at 10:51, Steven Shiau <steven@nchc.org.tw> wrote:
> Hi Intrigeri,
>
> On 2/27/2015 AM 07:18, intrigeri wrote:
>>
>> Hi Steven,
>>
>> intrigeri wrote (15 Feb 2015 19:17:23 GMT) :
>>>
>>> I've imported your patch into Git, on top of debian-next + the other
>>> fix I've attached to #773881 a few weeks ago. I've added a few code
>>> cleanups and small refactoring bits on top, and the result can be
>>> found in the feature/overlayfs branch of the Tails live-boot Git
>>> repository:
>>
>>
>>>    https://git-tails.immerda.ch/live-boot
>>
>>
>> Have you had time to look into this again?
>>
>> Note that support for multiple read-only layers was added in Linux
>> 4.0-rc1, so we can now add support for it in live-boot (look for
>> "Multiple lower filesystems" in components/9990-misc-helpers.sh).
>>
>> Do you want to give it a try? If so, please base your work on my
>> branch, and then I'm happy to test your changes and report back :)
>
> Yes. So how to do that?

There are some quality git guides on the net. You build live-boot by
dpkg-buildpackge. And you install it in your live image either by
custom hook or by custom repo.

FWIW I needed these two patches to boot with overlayfs on recent
experimental kernels.

Thanks

Michal

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